Sen. Kaufman (D-Del.) : Palin backers 'don't follow what's really happening' in U.S.

[babylonsister]

Sen. Kaufman: Palin backers 'don't follow what's really happening' in U.S.
By Michael O'Brien - 02/08/10 10:09 AM ET


Voters expressing outrage at the federal government might not be the most politically aware, Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) suggested Monday .

Kaufman, in an apparent shot at the so-called Tea Party movement, asserted that the group of angry conservatives may not understand the complexity of many problems facing the U.S.

"There are folks that are out there that are very, very upset at what's going on," Kaufman said during an appearance on Fox 29 in Philadelphia. "I think most of them don't follow what's really happening, but they're upset, they're mad as hell and not going to take it anymore, and Sarah Palin's one that appeals to them."

Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate and a former Republican governor of Alaska, spoke on Saturday night at the first Tea Party convention in Nashville. In that speech, Palin took shots at President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress, stressing the need to elect a "conservative majority" in Congress this fall.

"Frankly, most Americans I talk to are really concerned with real problems and real issues and understand them and realize they're a lot more complex than sometimes Sarah makes them out to be," Kaufman said when asked about Palin's speech.

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[Jennicut]

1. I always liked that Kaufman.

He is right...they haven't got a clue, they just like her folksy little soundbites and think everything could be hunky dory with Sarah.

[Bobbieo]

2. And Jennicut, that is what makes them so GD dangerous!!!

[lonestarnot]

3. Jennicut? Is that a hairdo or jus what is dat?

[Jennicut]

10. LOL. It is part of my name, Jennifer, combined with part of Connecticut.

Jennicut, see?

[Harry Monroe]

4. Duh, ya think?

"Voters expressing outrage at the federal government might not be the most politically aware, Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) suggested Monday"

[babylonsister]

5. Especially those collecting SS or benefitting from Medicare.

There's a huge swatch of people who are either just plain or willfully ignorant.

[left coaster]

6. Complex and Sarah..

Just like oil and water.. they don't mix!

[demosincebirth]

7. They remind me of a pack of rabid dogs

[spanone]

8. they are not only uninformed, they are ill-informed

[babylonsister]

9. No, WILLFULLY ignorant. There are easy ways to get info,

like a simple google. I have siblings who refuse to do that, or believe what they find, and they're not normally stupid.