When tea party, 9/12 and townhall protests and rallies first erupted on the national scene, they were derided by national politicos as astroturf or a small fringe movement. Lefty journalists at MSNBC, CNN and elsewhere laughed away the movement with derogatory, pornographic references.
Then, Scott Brown won election to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts. No one is laughing anymore. In fact, Democrats are facing political annihilation this November. Not only do Democrats face the possibility of losing their congressional majorities, massive losses in state house races could jeopardize redistricting next year and set back the progressive agenda for at least a decade.
So, the Clinton Empire is planning to strike back.
Big Government has learned that Clintonistas are plotting a “push/pull” strategy. They plan to identify 7-8 national figures active in the tea party movement and engage in deep opposition research on them. If possible, they will identify one or two they can perhaps ‘turn’, either with money or threats, to create a mole in the movement. The others will be subjected to a full-on smear campaign. (Has MSNBC already been notified?)
Big Government has also learned that James Carville will head up the effort. (Emphasis added)
Obviously, there is no love lost between Obama and the Clinton machine. It may at first seem odd that Clinton would rush to Obama’s defense, but the tea party movement poses a threat far beyond the immediate goals of the Obama Administration.
The tea party movement could evolve into a new political realignment, one founded on a belief in limited government and less government interference in the economy. The Progressive agenda, which has been painstakingly built up over the last three decades, could be left in tatters.
As the Clinton’s know, “politics ain’t beanbag.” Expect the counterattack soon. Don’t say you haven’t been warned.
Clinton isn't thinking about the tea party she is thinking about doing her job. Why would the Clintons act like thugs for Obama when he can do that for himself. No this is nonsense Hillary hating from a knuckle head conservatives who are stuck in the 90s
This article rates a *****star BS rating. Clintons are too smart to get involved in this. They will let Obama fall all on his own while Hillary keeps us safe on the foreign front.
Now, sending in Carville to do the job on the tea-party members...yea, that part I can believe.
DNC will woo him in to be their "pitbull" on this one.
Welcome to the world of Hillary blogging lol you spend all day fighting both the left and the right in defense of Hillary I still think the left is meaner which makes me angry since she is a Democrat
If the Clintons really are doing this, they're doing it for Hillary's 2012 campaign. First of all, like HMG said, Obama can spy on the Tea Party movement himself. I'm sure there are plenty of bored, out-of-work obots who would be happy to volunteer for the job. And Carville??? This is the guy who wore PUMA sneakers with a suit at the Denver convention.
Yea, this is real DEEP! NOT, we know how Obama camp works..........get everybody heated up on Hating Hillary, when all else fails use her. BS.
What is gone missing? MOVE ON. The fact remains, is that people of both parties are absolutely tired of this kind of policting, and what they will do is play the race card, as tho the Tea Party is the KKK Party, I've been hearing bits of this for weeks now. Carville's day is over, that's my opinion.
It's a no brainer - the Clinton's understand the economic conditions of this country, and they have their plates full, you know what, they aren't going to cut off their feet to save Obama.
-- Edited by Building 4112 on Thursday 18th of February 2010 08:07:39 AM
If the Clintons really are doing this, they're doing it for Hillary's 2012 campaign. First of all, like HMG said, Obama can spy on the Tea Party movement himself. I'm sure there are plenty of bored, out-of-work obots who would be happy to volunteer for the job. And Carville??? This is the guy who wore PUMA sneakers with a suit at the Denver convention.
yes Carville said healthcare infighting in Dem party required a leader a president (said 2 weeks ago on John King show) and i agree that Bill Clinton and his war room are fighting to protect dem party because teabaggers if gain more mometum will be a huge pain in the rear for HRC in 2012.
Obama is too weak and the Clinton machine will save the day so kool aid drinkers will see that words are not action. WE NEED THE CLINTONS
Wow! It's all about the stradegy boys and girls and we ALL know the Clintons.....are all about stradegy. Bigger and better are yet to come! IMO......Optomistic.....YES!.....Unrealalistic....NO!