Pence To Join Bachmann's Tea Party Caucus

[babylonsister]

If you ever suspected Pence was dumb, suspect no more. :D

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/pence-to-join-bachmanns-tea-party-caucus.php?ref=fpb

Pence To Join Bachmann's Tea Party Caucus
Brian Beutler | July 19, 2010, 4:05PM


Michele Bachmann's freshly minted Tea Party Caucus has its first member of GOP leadership: Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence.

At a press availability this afternoon, Pence was enthusiastic. "You betcha," Pence said when asked if he'd join.

"I come out of a background -- I was chairman of the Republican Study Committee, I was chairman of...the House Conservative Caucus," he added. My hope is that this Tea Party caucus...will be an avenue for bringing some of the energy and the enthusiasm and the focus that I've seen, from the National March on Washington where I spoke on 9/12, to traveling around Indiana and all around the country, deeper into the well of Congress.

Pence has been solicitous of the Tea Party movement in the past -- the 9/12 Tea Party in DC was promoted heavily by conservative groups like FreedomWorks and right wing radio and TV host Glenn Beck. But his enthusiasm for joining the new caucus is a reminder that GOP leaders continue to flirt with the far right flank of their base.

[MineralMan]

1. That's two...count 'em...two.

A real powerhouse caucus, to be sure. :rofl:

[tanyev]

2. Mad Hatter, check. March Hare, check.

Of all the silly nonsense, this is the stupidest tea party I've ever been to in all my life.

[gratuitous]

4. Just need the doormouse now

Any takers?

Lordy, if brains were money and the Pacific Ocean cost a penny, these nitwits couldn't afford a cup of water.

[Bitwit1234]

3. You know people from Indiana are now nuts

look at Bayh and he's a Democrat. We can't expect the republicans to act any rationally. Indiana used to be a Democratic state where did all the mentals come from.

[jae1227]

5. Doesn't surprise me, here some crazy shit he's said over the years

‘Israeli officials should tell us what they want us to do, and we'll support it’

"It is like an Indiana market in the summertime!"

“I truly believe that this nation owes a debt of gratitude to George W. Bush.”

He also said something along the lines that Alberto Gonzales was one the country's best AG but I can't find that quote.

[Atticus]

6. Mike Pence: the intelligence of George W. Bush combined with the integrity of Dick Cheney. nt