You have to wonder what Tom Perriello was hoping to accomplish.
“I have a lot more respect for those that passionately disagree with me than those that just don’t care,” the Fifth District congressman said after his meeting with members of the Jefferson Area Tea Party on Thursday, where, no surprise, it was made clear that the people in the room who identify themselves as being Tea Partiers passionately disagree with him.
“To me, you are a phony,” one person blurted. Another asked snarkily when the Democrat would begin to uphold his oath to defend the Constitution.