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Published: 09/19/10

Bill Clinton 'Gets' Why Tea Party is Popular, but Worries About Its Goals

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Bill Clinton 'Gets' Why Tea Party is Popular, but Worries About Its Goals

Former President Bill Clinton said Sunday that the Tea Party movement reflected a feeling among Americans that "they're getting the shaft" and he gets why they're popular, but expressed concern about the difficulty in identifying their stands on specific issues and where they are getting the money for their events and campaigns. "I think that, first of all, the tea party insurrection ... that you see in these Republican primaries, reflects the feeling of a lot of Americans that they're getting the shaft," Clinton said on CBS' Face the Nation. "That the people who caused these problems ...the ...

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