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Video: Democrat Moe Tucker at a protest in Clifton, Georgia

First Cenk Uygur, now the Velvet Undergound. Turns out that lifelong Democrat Maureen Tucker, aka Moe Tucker, the Underground's former drummer, is something of a tea partier. Check out these comments from an interview with the Riverfront Times (St. Louis).

• "I'm furious about the way we're being led toward socialism. I'm furious about the incredible waste of money, when things that we really need and are important get dropped, because there's no money left."

• "No country can provide all things for all citizens. There comes a point where it just isn't possible, and it's proven to be a failure everywhere it's been tried."

• "My family was damn poor when I was growing up on Long Island. There were no food stamps, no Medicaid, no welfare. If you were poor, you were poor. You didn't have a TV, you didn't have five pairs of shoes, you didn't have Levi's, you didn't have a phone; you ate Spam, hot dogs and spaghetti."

• "I am against the government now thinking about bailing out unions. The unions made the contracts which include insane pensions; the U.S. government didn't."

• "Today it was announced that there would be no cost of living increase for Social Security recipients because "there's no inflation." ... But why is it that suddenly food prices don't go up two or three or five cents, but instead they're going up 40, 50, 60 cents at a clip? No inflation my ass!"

• "My anger stems from the unbelievable (criminal!) waste of money....Billions spent every friggin' year on totally unnecessary crap so that these Congressbums can tell their constituents that they 'brought home the bacon' and get re-elected."

• "I disagree with spending / borrowing / printing -- damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! I disagree with the 'we won' attitude, which is the cowardly way of saying fuck you! I disagree with an administration that for twenty months blames Bush."

• "Anyone who thinks I'm crazy about Sarah Palin, Bush, etc. has made quite the presumption. I have voted Democrat all my life, until I started listening to what Obama was promising and started wondering how the hell will this utopian dream land be paid for? For those who actually believe that their taxes won't go up in order to pay for all this insanity: good luck!"

• "To be honest, I never paid attention to what the hell was going on. My always voting Democrat was the result of that. My philosophy was and is all politicians are liars, bums and cheats."

• [asked if she's still involved in music] "No time for it anymore. I take care of my eight-year-old grandson and it's a full-time job. He wears me out, keeps me laughing, and I love him to pieces!"

Sounds pretty good, Moe.

If you're the voice of the Tea Party, I'm Sticking With You.

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