All Posts Tagged With: "Tea Baggers"
Readin’, Ritin’, and Running Amok
Newsflash: a Sussex County elected official doesn’t like to follow the rules and takes matters into their own hands. No, I’m not talking about Wyatt Earp Sheriff Jeff Christopher, I’m referring to Cape Henlopen School Board member Sandi Minard, (pictured 5th from the top).
Minard is a teabagger. She won her seat in [...]
The Sheriff Stands for ‘Merica
In his never ending quest to show that he has the biggest penis in Southern Delaware, Sussex County Teabag Sheriff Jeff Christopher believes he’s sovereign over everything and everyone one in the county. So much so that he sent the following email out to numerous county employees, news people, and anyone else he decided [...]
22Dec2011 | MJ | 28 comments | Continued
GOP Civil War Explodes In Florida
The Florida Senate race has been a leading indicator of the trends of the national GOP this year. When Senator Mel Martinez decided to retire, the very popular, moderate Republican Governor Charlie Crist decided to seek the seat. However, Club for Growth favorite Marco Rubio also jumped into the race. No one [...]
5Jan2010 | Unstable Isotope | 2 comments | Continued
Some Tea Partiers Are Just Bad Spellers (and Racists)
Remember this past summer, when we were all debating whether or not the tea-party movement was racist or not? One of the interesting parts of the movement was creative sign spelling.
Today brings us news that the two issues are related (as if we didn’t have some supicions all along).
4Jan2010 | liberalgeek | 4 comments | Continued
Teabaggers Target Corporate America
Yep, you heard that right — the teabaggers are trying to organize a “National Day of Strike” for January 20, the first anniversary of Obama’s inauguration:
The goal of the strike, according to the website where it’s being planned, is to “financially cripple” the companies across America the group says are “backing the leftist agenda” and [...]
Bearly Political
Nothing much the Teabaggers say or do these days really surprises me anymore. Their actions and words open up glimpses into their thought processes which is always intriguing albeit a touch scary sometimes. The latest teabagging episode was they got in an uproar over Build-a-Bear’s webisodes about globally warming. The LA Times writes:
Conservative bloggers reposted [...]
The Teapocalypse
Documented by Jon Stewart — and when will the traditional media cover this new scandal from the teabaggers???? There are likely teabagging parties all over the US who are appalled at the plastic Jesus on a spring!
12Dec2009 | cassandra_m | 2 comments | Continued
“Tea Party” Beats GOP On Generic Ballot
An interesting poll from Rasmussen (so take it with a grain of salt) shows that a National “Tea Party” would beat the GOP on a generic Congressional ballot:
A new Rasmussen poll suggests that the Tea Party movement is far and away more popular than the Republican Party it seeks to influence — so much so [...]
Weekend Video Roundup
Commenter anon points us to this video that Charlie Copeland highlighted at Resolute Determination apparently approvingly:
Copeland adds:
There is nothing that I could add.
Indeed.
Sarah Palin speaks for God:
ABC actually does a decent job explaining the stimulus:
Harry Reid shows a bit of backbone and lets loose on Aetna.
6Dec2009 | Unstable Isotope | 15 comments | Continued
Conservatives: Reclaim Teabagger!
NRO wrote an article that may be unsnarkable. Jay Nordlinger documents the use of the word “teabagger” to describe the rightwing activists.
To “teabag” or not to “teabag”: That is not the most pressing question of these times, but it is a question to consider. Routinely, conservative protesters in the “tea party” movement are called [...]
Tea Party: The Movie
There is a new documentary coming out – it’s called Tea Party: The Documentary Film. Apparently it’s serious and not a parody (though it’s difficult to tell). Here’s the trailer:
Seriously guys – the second American revolution? Two protests in Washington, D.C. does not a revolution make, even if you’ve got your own [...]
22Nov2009 | Unstable Isotope | 6 comments | Continued
Sometimes I Despair For Humanity
Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel issued a statement condemning the use of Dauchau in a protest sign at the Thursday Bachmann tea party protest:
Not much room for discussing who saw which sign in this statement from the Elie Wiesel Foundation:
Elie Wiesel on the GOP Tea Party’s anti-Semitism and Holocaust comparisons: “This kind [...]
The Castle Purging Begins on Saturday
Apparently there is a Tea Party this Saturday in Dover. I guess that it is being advertised on Stormfront or wherever those people get together online. Last time they did this, there was a minor bruhaha about Tea Party barfly, Mike Protack and his demand for top billing. This time, an actual candidate for an actual office is speaking.
5Nov2009 | liberalgeek | 41 comments | Continued
Voter Intimidation In NY-23
Haven’t we seen the rhetoric from the right wing fringe getting more and more violent. I hope violence isn’t inevitable but I’ll bet you’re not surprised to hear that Hoffman supporters have been intimidating voters in NY-23:
I just got off the phone with former state Democratic Chairwoman June O’Neill, who informed me the police [...]
Tea For One
Things are getting crazier out there. And Paul Baumbach asks a great question.
What effect will conservative tea-party activists have on the GOP?
Well… given the increase in criticism from some big names in the party, I’d say the GOP is concerned. Check out the latest blow-up.
Via Think Progress:
Ziegler attended the Western Conservative Political Action Conference in [...]
Where Cries of Socialism Meet Racism
Christopher J. Lee, assistant professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has an interesting op-ed piece in the Christian Science Monitor looking at the racist undertones of the rightwing shouts of socialism.
Yet, as seen at various town hall meetings and the Tea Party rally in Washington Sept. 12, a deeper sign of [...]
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