Lunatic Fringe

During his weakly, err weekly telephone press conference CommieTommie Harkin admitted he could support some of the views of the tea party movement.

“They’re not all wrong”.

It was just last month the CommieTommie characterized them as loud and representing the political fringe.

“Unless the tea party starts to moderate its views a little bit and becomes more mainstream, they are going to continue to become a fringe, radical group.”

Harkin continued to speak out of both sides of his ass (and the scientific community is united in that fact) when he stated --

The movement’s goal of a more limited role of government in day-to-day life isn’t a bad idea.

So said Mr. Junk Food Tax.