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Title: Dick Armey Warns Republicans On Tea Party Power: 'We'll Replace You' (VIDEO)
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Huffington Post
URL Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/ ... y-warns-republic_n_691079.html
Published: Aug 23, 2010
Author: Huffington Post
Post Date: 2010-08-23 20:35:13 by Brian S
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Views: 4239
Comments: 6
In an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" over the weekend, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey issued a warning that Republicans risk being targeted by the Tea Party if they don't get with the program when it comes to signing onto fiscally conservative policy. Armey -- who serves as Chairman of Freedomworks, a Tea Party organizing group -- made the threat in discussing a balanced-budget proposal introducing by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.). "The difference between being on -- a co-sponsor with Ryan and not is a thing called courage," explained the prominent conservative voice. "So we're saying to the Republican Party , you know, 'Get some courage to stand up for the things that are right for this country. Don't stand there and, and, and hide from the issue because you're afraid of the politics.'" Armey went to underscore his bottom line: "The issue of public policy that governs the future of my children is more important than your politics, and if you can't see that, we'll replace you." Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who made an appearance earlier in the Sunday morning program, lauded the rise of the Tea Party as "an indication of broad public support for doing something about too much spending and too much debt." Despite recent reports on concerns that the growth of the conservative movement could create a rift within the larger Republican Party, McConnell regarded the fervor exhibited by the Tea Party as an "entirely positive" force for the GOP. "I think it has been extremely helpful," explained the ranking Republican. "It's produced a lot of excitement in our primaries, and I think it's going to produce victories in November." WATCH: V Poster Comment: Well I guess it is official, Dick Armey "IS" the Tea Party... 
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#4. To: Brian S (#0)
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Watch the video. Granholm has it completely backwards. I got so agitated with her comments, that I had to write her a letter: Governor, I wanted to reply to your statements on Meet the Press because you have a great many things backwards. The 21st century isn't about government taking a leading role. The 20th century was all about that. Communism, Fascism, Socialism all failed. You kept bringing up China. China has succeeded because they've gotten rid of big government over the last 30 years. In many aspects, China has a freer economy than the U.S. today. I've been to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. I would rather live there than in desolate and crime-ridden Detroit. Finally, you claim to know what works because you are the governor of the state with the worse unemployment in the country. Michigan has the worst unemployment because the Democrat Party (of which you are a member) enacted labor laws that enabled the UAW to destroy the auto industry. America is the only country in the world where government is getting bigger. Why? Unlike China, Russia, Eastern Europe, etc. America's hidebound 20th century leftists are still in charge from the classrooms to the White House. The whole rotten system needs to be turned on its head, as it was in China. I grew up in the Detroit area. I was smart enough to get out when I could. It's time for the people of Michigan to wake up and clean house. I suspect that they will do so in November.
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