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The Top 20 Craziest Quotes by Tea Party Candidates

Posted: 10/25/10 06:15 PM ET

Regardless of the outcome of the 2010 elections, the Tea Party has already made history by spawning the craziest crop of political candidates America has ever seen. Judge for yourself by reading this assemblage of Tea Party wisdom on everything from Nazi reenactments and violent revolutions to masturbation, witchcraft, and mice with human brains. Help pick the nuttiest Tea Party candidate by rating their most ridiculous quotes so far.

Sharron Angle's 2nd Amendment Remedies
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"I hope that's not where we're going, but you know if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies and saying my goodness what can we do to turn this country around? I'll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out." —Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle, floating the possibility of armed insurrection by conservatives, interview with right-wing radio host Lars Larson, Jan. 14, 2010 (Source)
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MrsNutt
11:32 AM on 11/07/2010
"American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains." —Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, discussing cloning with Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly, 2007 (Source)

Maybe Christine can get in on that. I think she could use a fully functioning brain.
10:23 PM on 11/06/2010
Trying to choose which of these remarks is the most absurd is like trying to decide which of the Three Stooges was the most handsome
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Butterfly M
10:22 AM on 11/04/2010
Where is the democrat version of this?
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moethebartender
06:46 PM on 11/03/2010
Reminds me of when Newt Gingrich fantasized about putting welfare kids in orphanages.
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Paperless Tiger
03:36 PM on 11/02/2010
These people are serious. Anyone who has an anti-masturbation campaign is not just jerking around.
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Nevada Scribbler
Angry middle-aged man with a heart of gold.
07:57 PM on 11/03/2010
Funny. Faned and faved just for the giggle factor.
05:35 PM on 10/31/2010
quotes from " wal mart - the face of 21st century capitalism in america "
05:35 PM on 10/31/2010
chaina may be out to take over america , true. BUT WHO, MS O-DONNELL , IS ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN ? hint : what country was wal mart founded in? A: USA ! in what state ? A: Arkansas - a highly right wing dominated bible belt state that was only somewhat progressive during the years that bill Clinton was governor and Hillary fought for desegregation ! in what town? why Bentonville- a place where old Sam Walton himself felt that women truly needed wal mart's part time jobs in order to better , ummm, " help their husbands make ends meet in order to support the children." !
05:28 PM on 10/31/2010
rape and lemonade ? a woman is saying this? really ?
01:26 PM on 10/26/2010
Top 1 craziest Tea Party video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Zv9nein_Q
06:36 PM on 10/25/2010
Like Nigel Tufnel's amps, some of these go to 11!