Dick Armey to Protesters: ‘I’ve Never Seen So Many Attractive Domestic Terrorists’
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer

Former Congressman Dick Armey told the protesters at Tuesday's rally on Capitol Hill that he doesn't think the Democrats have the 60 votes needed to pass the Senate health care bill. (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr)
(CNSNews.com) – Hundreds of people dressed in red and carrying American flags gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to protest the Senate health care bill, chanting “kill the bill” and calling for the impeachment of President Barack Obama.
The protesters also called for the impeachment of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and the crowd cheered as members of Congress, tea party activists, and conservative talk-radio host Laura Ingraham harpooned the Senate’s health care legislation as costly and dangerous. The bill could be voted on as early as this week.
Speakers at the “Code Red Rally” said the Senate health care bill trampled on the Constitution, would take away personal liberty, ration care for the elderly and use taxpayers’ money to pay for abortion. They also hailed the crowd as grassroots activists who were responsible for the delay in passing a bill that Obama said he wanted to sign in August.
“I’ve never seen so many attractive domestic terrorists in all my life,” former Republican Congressman Dick Armey of Texas, tongue-in-cheek, told the crowd. Armey was referencing the Department of Homeland Security’s report released before the first “tea party” tax protest on April 15, which warned about “domestic right-wing terrorists” operating in the United States.