Tag Archives: Teabaggers

Worst Persons in the World

Several tea party debate audience members actually cheered at the idea of someone dying from a lack of health insurance. How do you reason with people like this? Obviously, you can’t. If the “pro life” people don’t object to someone … Continue reading

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The (Tea) Party is Over

The fringe just became fringier. Americans are totally over their love affair with the tea party nonsense. Polls have been showing a drop in its approval, and a new AP/GfK poll shows that its unfavorable rating has seen a sharp … Continue reading

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Are You Fricking Kidding Me?

Republicans are turning American into a third world nation. Proof: Rather than spend money on cutting grass, the Carlisle School District has brought in 7 Romney sheep to tend the fields. “They’ve done a good job so far,” says Superintendent … Continue reading

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Republicans Tank in New CNN Poll

Via Steve Benen, CNN’s latest poll shows decent news for Democrats — but only because the Republicans and tea party performed so poorly in the numbers. A lot of that anger seems directed toward the GOP. According to the survey, … Continue reading

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Tea Party Crowd Cheers Credit Downgrade

At a Tea Party Express lawn concert, the credit downgrade was announced and the concert-goers cheered the news. Yes, she said “objectivizing.” And, yes, if there’s another recession the people cheering will be just as screwed as the rest of … Continue reading

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Shocker: Tea Party Outfought Democrats

Why doesn’t this surprise me? A telephone poll by the Pew Research Center for People and Press found that Republicans and Tea Party-affiliated respondents both paid more attention to the debt negotiations and were more likely to take action to … Continue reading

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Whatever Reid Passes Will Be Irrelevant

A conservative Republican named John Boehner — the Speaker of the House — could barely blitz a deal through the tea party blockade and their Republican hostages in the House. What kind of bill from Harry Reid, the mealy swishy … Continue reading

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Nobody Needs This Crap Anyway, Right?

What will happen if the debt ceiling deadline passes without any action? Aside from a global economic collapse, here are the programs that will be zeroed out. You know, the things that Republicans and tea party people are saying is … Continue reading

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Disconnected with Reality

Every expert from economists to the White House to Moody’s say that allowing the government to default on the debt would be nightmarish. Except Republicans and Tea Party Republicans. By a 53% to 30% margin, most Republicans say that it … Continue reading

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Tea Party Summer Camp Sounds Wicked Fun!

Dammit. What I would give to be a kid again. Just so I could attend the Tea Party summer camp. The organization, which falls under the tea party umbrella, hopes to introduce kids ages 8 to 12 to principles that … Continue reading

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