In a fundraising email, Patrick Murphy, Congressman Allen West’s diminutive Democrat challenger, blasts the tea party for causing the debit/credit mess. This lame bit o’ AstroTurf was cooked up by Debbie Wasserman Schultz(D-Out of Touch). Murphy writes:

“I realize there are more lawyers in Congress than people with my background as a CPA – but let’s face it, you don’t need an accounting degree to figure out that to rein in a 14 trillion dollar debt, we need to cut waste AND raise revenues. The utter failure of last week’s supposed deal is that it did little of the former and none of the latter. We can thank extreme partisanship and right wing kowtowing to Tea Party orthodoxy for giving us this unacceptable result. I hope this action by S&P will serve as the final wake up call to Congress to stop the games and pandering to their political bases and start putting the nation’s fiscal house in order.”

But Murphy isn’t done with the Tea party. He wants you to buy a mug from him; the mug says “keep your tea bags out of this cup”.

Ha, such biting wit. Mr. Murphy is no doubt a fan of Jonathan Swift. Love how he works sexual innuendo into his marketing blitz. Way to make an impact, Pat.

h/t to Matthew Hendley at The Pulp blog