Tag Archives: teabaggers

“Tea partier” Mark Williams writes ‘letter to Abe Lincoln’ … from the ‘coloreds’ **UPDATED**

Posted on July 14, 2010 by jreid

If you’re feeling pissy that the NAACP condemned your witch doctor signage and you’re out to prove that your movement isn’t racist, wouldn’t it help not to actually say anything that might be construed as racist?

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Bill Maher kills on Leno: thanks teabaggers, Sarah Palin for healthcare

Posted on April 3, 2010 by jreid

In case you missed it this past Wednesday. (Or in case, like me, you don’t watch “The Tonight Show.”) Best line: “Sarah Palin screaming about death panels…you know Sarah? If we were killing off useless people, you’d be the first … Continue reading →

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Floribama latest: doc won’t treat Obama voters

Posted on April 2, 2010 by jreid

Looks like this right wing urologist from Bay County is in exactly the right position, because he’s a d–k… From the Orlando Sentinel: MOUNT DORA — A doctor who considers the national health-care overhaul to be bad medicine for the … Continue reading →

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The right wing threat gets serious

Posted on March 24, 2010 by jreid

The election of Barack Obama, followed by the passage of historic healthcare reform, has unleashed the scariest underbelly of the right: angry, racist, homophobic, violent extremists, many of whom are armed, and some of whom are dangerous. The FBI is … Continue reading →

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Attack of the phony populists

Posted on February 8, 2010 by jreid

In TDB, Peter Beinart explains how the teabag set differ from actual populists (or as I put it, how they’ve reversed the Bastille, to rally the mob on behalf of Marie Antoinette.) Also in the Beast, how the PUMAs birthed … Continue reading →

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Panic in the streets: left and right start party scrubbing

Posted on January 21, 2010 by jreid

Three quick headlines from TPMDC. First, in the wake of the Scott Brown World Ending, Democratic Party Canceling Greatest Election of All Time (ahem) teabaggers are feeling infused with power, and their next goal is to topple the more electable … Continue reading →

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Remainders: who’s that teabagger? Plus, taxing the banks, and ‘arting up’ hip-hop

Posted on January 14, 2010 by jreid

The question of who is, and who is not a member of the “tea party movement” gets more serious the closer you get to an election. As even the most cynical politician knows, a radical movement can both energize voters … Continue reading →

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Who took the n-word out of Dale Robertson’s tea party?

Posted on January 12, 2010 by jreid

On the left: a Photoshopped picture in which TeaParty.org founder and president Dale Robertson holds a sign outside a Tea Party event. On the right: the original photo. Oh Dale … Dale, Dale, Dale Dale Dale … when you get … Continue reading →

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Spelling-challenged, race-baiting teabagger guy to GOP: Florida is just the beginning

Posted on January 7, 2010 by jreid

Dale “N Word” Robertson, who I should remind you is the guy on just to the left of this paragraph with the misspelled, offensive sign … has a warning for the Republican Party that the teabaggers claim they’re not actually … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year! … Now please, go away (5 people I’d like to see less of in 2010)

Posted on January 1, 2010 by jreid

They rocked the headlines in 2009, and were in our faces via the teevee every bloody time we turned around. Here’s to the ten I’d like to see less of this year: 5. Taylor Swift — Yes, yes, cute and … Continue reading →

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