Schakowsky on Tea Party Warpath
Rep. Jan Schakowsky is fuming about Wednesday’s Tea Party rallies. In her rant, though, she reveals how ignorant she really is:
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) blasted “tea party” protests yesterday, labeling the activities “despicable” and shameful.”
“The ‘tea parties’ being held today by groups of right-wing activists, and fueled by FOX News Channel, are an effort to mislead the public about the Obama economic plan that cuts taxes for 95 percent of Americans and creates 3.5 million jobs,” Schakowsky said in a statement.
“It’s despicable that right-wing Republicans would attempt to cheapen a significant, honorable moment of American history with a shameful political stunt,” she added. “Not a single American household or business will be taxed at a higher rate this year. Made to look like a grassroots uprising, this is an Obama bashing party promoted by corporate interests, as well as Republican lobbyists and politicians.”
Speaking frankly, Rep. Schakowsky doesn’t know what she’s talking about. While the events were called Tax Day Tea Parties, the event I attended and the events I read about were more about protesting Washington’s out-of-control spending, especially with respect to the Stimulus bill.
As I said here, another driver for the event was the people feeling like Washington wasn’t listening to We The People.
Rep. Schakowsky’s rant indicates that she’s just spewing the Democrats’ talking points, which makes sense since she probably hasn’t had an original thought in decades. All the Democrats that have talked have mentioned the events “were driven by Fox News” and that they were driven by Dick Armey and Newt Gingrich.
Democratic strategists have reason to be worried about the tea parties. There’s a couple dozen political lifetimes between today and the 2010 midterms. Nonetheless, the enthusiasm gap from 2008 has been eliminated.
It’s time we told politicians like Rep. Schakowsky that we demand that they think things through. It’s time we rid the House and Senate of thoughtless puppets like Rep. Schakowsky and Sen. Reid because being a national leader requires wisdom, which Rep. Schakowsky sadly lacks.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
April 18th, 2009 at 12:46 am
Right on! If these politicians knew what was good for them they’d start paying attention. Otherwise they better polish up the old resume.
April 18th, 2009 at 8:16 am
Let’s ‘clean house’ at the next election.
April 18th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Schakowski is foaming because, this is not supposed to happen in liberal Utopia. We should all be standing around with bovine expressions of shock having been soundly defeated in November and in awe of the great and wonderful Obama, for pissing away our children and grandchildrens right to pursue happiness.