Sen. Reid Compares Tea Party to Modern Anarchists
Which side is supposed to be insulted, if any?
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says the Tea Party is the main reason why things are not getting done in Congress and views it as a party of modern-day anarchists.
Reid on Wednesday afternoon stood by comments he made on the Senate floor last week comparing Tea Party-affiliated Republicans to 19th century American anarchists.
"I believe that, my experience with the Tea Party is that they are against government in any form. They throw monkey wrenches into the government," Reid said during an interview on the Rusty Humphries Show.
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Sen. Reid needs his diaper changed. He's squishing around on a turd and getting fussy.
So, how long until someone tosses a homemade bomb at Hairy Reed?
Still, I do think Tea Partiers should indulge him, and adopt the symbols of radical leftists, just because it would confuse the shit out of everyone across the political spectrum.