Dick Armey's Armed Tea Party Coup

"The day after Labor Day, just as campaign season was entering its final frenzy, FreedomWorks, the Washington-based tea party organization, went into free fall.
Richard K. Armey, the group's chairman and a former House majority leader, walked into the group's Capitol Hill offices with his wife, Susan, and an aide holstering a handgun at his waist. The aim was to seize control of the group and expel Armey's enemies: The gun-wielding assistant escorted FreedomWorks' top two employees off the premises, while Armey suspended several others who broke down in sobs at the news."*

Dick Armey lead an armed coup of Freedomworks, a Tea Party organization. The only thing is, he had never run the group before, and was poised to run it into the ground. Cenk Uygur breaks down this very strange story of Tea Party infighting, and how it finally got resolved. (Hint: it involves a lot of money)

*Read more from Amy Gardner/ Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/p...

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[Mata Björnar]

If you turn on english captions, when Cenk says "Sarah Palin", the caption reads "cerebellum." Sweet irony.

[lifesgoodpeep]

His idiotic redneck parents that put this stupid shit into his brain.

[xinlaw27]

So all of the Obama policies that are exactly like Republican policies in the past means Republicans were the definition of Modern Liberalism before Obama took office. Thanks for the update, I appreciate this all inspiring news. Thanks for playing.

[LacyB71]

omg OMG NOT A GUN OMG ????? DOES HE HAVE ONE OF THOSE NEW AGE STAR TREK GUNS THAT CAN BREAK OUT OF SAFES IN A SINGLE BOUND THEN LOAD THEMSELF AND AIM THEMSELF AND WELL U KNOW THE REST!!!!!!!!!!!!! DANG WHERE R THESE GUNS MINE DON'T DO THAT???

[Glenn Crear]

nah bro

[OmarThePug]

the reason why the captions aren't working is because Cenk is an illegal alien.

[coventryboy68]

how much debt is the US in? Because of wars declared by him? Tax cuts for the wealthy declared by him? Hmmmmmm.... Logic hurts

[daemonowner]

Oh wow those captions are terrible.

[Emanresu56]

I'm not a libertarian myself, but to be fair, there are libertarians who are not crony capitalists in disguise.

[Joey Go]

Sounds like either the best or worst movie title ever...Dick Army 2: Dick's Rebellion.

[Coln Ski]

A dick army...just imagine it XD

[freedomwv]

Well, Cenk you pointed it out again. You know the old saying `You cannot reform Capitalism.`