Tea Party is “Last Gasp of the 55 Year Old Generation Says Howard Dean

Howard Dean on Tea Party: ‘Last Gasp of the 55-Year-Old Generation’

Speaking to reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast this morning, former Vermont governor and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate Dr. Howard Dean shared his thoughts on the Tea Party.

“I think it’s the last gasp of the 55-year-old generation,” said Dean, who was also chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2005-2009. “Older folks have seen their life change dramatically. The country’s not the same.”

Lets look at some of the photos which I snapped at the Ventura County, California 2009 Tax Day Tea Party rally.

Ventura County Tax Day Tea Party April 15, 2009

But, Howard Dean is wrong.

Dean’s characterization of the Tea Party, however, doesn’t square with the facts. In July, USA Today reported that 23 percent of the Tea Party are non-white Anglos, while non-white Anglos make up roughly 25 percent of the total American population. Additionally, only 47 percent of the Tea Party is 55 years old and older, while 23 percent are under 35 years old. It may be a tough pill for Dr. Dean to swallow, but it seems the Tea Party is actually a fair representation, demographically speaking, of the American voting public.

I suppose at the daytime Tea Party rallys I have seen, there are a goodly number of “white hairs.”

Why?

The younger members are WORKING.

Howard Dean is simply pandering to the regional Democratic Party base = African  Americans and Latinos. The Tea Pary folks who oppose the Big Government policies of President Barack Obama = RACISTS

Now, who is playing racial politics?