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(71,994 posts) Wed Oct 16, 2013, 11:38 AM Oct 2013

GRAYSON: "The Tea Party Emperor Has No Clothes"

“They’re fools — and work for fools!”: Grayson on GOP staffers (and much more)
The Florida Democrat also talks about Tea Party "destruction," the right's "torture" and Boehner's golf fantasy
BY JOSH EIDELSON

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In an interview late Tuesday afternoon, Grayson accused Republicans of pushing “health suppression” and measures “torturing” congressional staffers, and repeatedly “dragging America into heavy traffic.” The Florida Democrat also defended the effectiveness of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, predicted the demise of any “Great Betrayal” targeting Social Security or Medicare, and said voters will soon send the Republican Party “to the ash heap of history.” A condensed version of our conversation follows:

What’s your sense of what’s going on in the House right now?

Pathetic flailing around to little or no purpose.

What do you think John Boehner is trying to accomplish?

John Boehner is trying to maintain his position as President Obama’s golf partner.

Do you think the intention is to pass something that will become law?

No. I think that has never been the Tea Party’s intention. The Tea Party’s intention is destruction.

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What’s revealed by the fact that we’re now talking about opening the government and raising the debt ceiling in exchange in part for getting rid of the portion of people’s compensation that goes to health insurance?

...the Tea Party emperor has no clothes — that they never should have, or could have, forced their idiocy on the other house of Congress, or the other branches of government. That their blackmail and extortion and coercion has been recognized for exactly what it is. It’s never made any sort of sense or had any moral strength to say to America, as they’ve said, “If you don’t let us steal your car, we will burn down your house.” They tried to steal the car, which was Obamacare, under threat of burning down the house, which is the U.S. economy. That was always wrong, it’s still wrong. It’s always gonna be wrong. The sad thing is that they were able to extort the concessions that they’ve already received with those kinds of tactics, such as the fact that they took the president’s budget, cut it by 20 per cent, and then threw it in the trash can.

the rest:
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/16/theyre_fools_and_work_for_fools_alan_grayson_unloads_on_gop_staffers_and_much_more/