I've seen Papa Doc Sununu in action for I first became active in politics in the mid-1980s. I saw him sneer and insult an elderly woman at a senior citizen cookout because she wore a sticker with the name of the Democratic candidate for governor in that year's election, so the fact that he acts like a jerk isn't exactly breaking news.
Still, I had hoped that he would have known better than to defend the actions of the crackpots in the mad tea party, especially those who spit on congressmen and use such charming epithets as "nigger", "faggot", and "wetback".
Oh, but this is John Sununu we're talking about.
If you missed the episode of "The Exchange" that just wrapped, you missed a fascinating monologue by New Hampshire GOP Chairman John Sununu. As soon as he dialed in, Sununu challenged the premise of the entire show on the tea party movement: What was "this obsession," he asked, with analyzing the movement instead of covering its issues? You'd be a lousy GOP chairman if you suggested any less. But Sununu went further and demanded some kind of contrition from the media for reporting that African American members of Congress were pelted with racial slurs and, in the case of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, spit upon.http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-now/2010/04/john_sununu_asks_the_media_to.htmlDem response here:
http://nhdp.org/release_details.asp?id=153