Comments on: The Teabagger Doth Protest Too Much http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:44:44 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: TheManWho http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878812 TheManWho Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:24:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878812 <p>because $12,000,000,000,000 in new debt is something to crow about?</p> because $12,000,000,000,000 in new debt is something to crow about?

]]> By: Rayne http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878743 Rayne Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:58:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878743 <p>Need to look at Meetup.com for the organizing tool. It’s not just Faux news organizing this, but CNN’s idiot emotive Beck with his 9-12 project.</p> <p>There are lot of new Meetup groups arranged using this cover, and they are talking about their teabagging event when they even allow anybody to see what they are doing (quite a number of them are highly monitored; only approved members can join and the message boards and events calendar are can only be accessed by the same).</p> Need to look at Meetup.com for the organizing tool. It’s not just Faux news organizing this, but CNN’s idiot emotive Beck with his 9-12 project.

There are lot of new Meetup groups arranged using this cover, and they are talking about their teabagging event when they even allow anybody to see what they are doing (quite a number of them are highly monitored; only approved members can join and the message boards and events calendar are can only be accessed by the same).

]]> By: igo2go http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878671 igo2go Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:58:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878671 <p>Does anyone ever ask what would happen if Murdoch had come bopping into America and set up a network newspaper with a left wing agenda? Christ, they go on and on about Soros being a foreigner behind the scenes pulling strings all the while Murdoch and his agenda is blasting in their faces.<br /> How screwed do people have to be b4 they realize they’ve been screwed and just where the money has gone.</p> Does anyone ever ask what would happen if Murdoch had come bopping into America and set up a network newspaper with a left wing agenda? Christ, they go on and on about Soros being a foreigner behind the scenes pulling strings all the while Murdoch and his agenda is blasting in their faces.
How screwed do people have to be b4 they realize they’ve been screwed and just where the money has gone.

]]> By: Russron http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878655 Russron Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:29:33 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878655 <p>I went over to the Faux site to find one of these Tea Bagging events. Wanted to see what kind of idiots attend this, for myself. Couldn’t find a zip code search, so it’s not that organized. Read a few posts, including some knuckle dragging smoker who was bitching how much the additional 68 cents per pack was going to cost him. Being an Ex Smoker, I’ve made those calculations in a spread sheet before. Naturally, he couldn’t get the math right. I went to correct this Maroon’s numbers and naturally it’s moderated…so only approved comments will appear.</p> I went over to the Faux site to find one of these Tea Bagging events. Wanted to see what kind of idiots attend this, for myself. Couldn’t find a zip code search, so it’s not that organized. Read a few posts, including some knuckle dragging smoker who was bitching how much the additional 68 cents per pack was going to cost him. Being an Ex Smoker, I’ve made those calculations in a spread sheet before. Naturally, he couldn’t get the math right. I went to correct this Maroon’s numbers and naturally it’s moderated…so only approved comments will appear.

]]> By: zhak http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878619 zhak Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:38:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878619 <p><em>“disgust with the debt this country is taking on”</em></p> <p>I’d be the first to admit I’m not happy with the idea of a huge deficit. Apart from those for whom deficits don’t matter, like Dick Cheney and Ronald Reagan, I doubt there are many folks who are dancing in the streets over the idea. But there is a huge difference between a president who took a sizable surplus, turned it into a record deficit, and <em>did so without actually benefiting the USA in any material way</em>. I mean, sure, spending a trillion dollars on an unnecessary war and making sure your best donors and cronies are “taken care of” is a viable spending plan if you’re a Republican, but a lot of rational people have trouble wrapping their minds around the concept. So — my question here is — where were all these teabaggers during the Bush years? </p> <p>There is a long-standing “truism” that Democratic spending is bad and Republican spending is good. It is a fallacy.</p> “disgust with the debt this country is taking on”

I’d be the first to admit I’m not happy with the idea of a huge deficit. Apart from those for whom deficits don’t matter, like Dick Cheney and Ronald Reagan, I doubt there are many folks who are dancing in the streets over the idea. But there is a huge difference between a president who took a sizable surplus, turned it into a record deficit, and did so without actually benefiting the USA in any material way. I mean, sure, spending a trillion dollars on an unnecessary war and making sure your best donors and cronies are “taken care of” is a viable spending plan if you’re a Republican, but a lot of rational people have trouble wrapping their minds around the concept. So — my question here is — where were all these teabaggers during the Bush years?

There is a long-standing “truism” that Democratic spending is bad and Republican spending is good. It is a fallacy.

]]> By: dirac http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878546 dirac Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:46:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878546 <p>I too am wondering why no one talks about the actual events surrounding the tea party. As Perris pointed out, this was a protest over a tax cut (for the mega-corporation of its time) and not a tax hike. The analogy is really lame and yes, maybe we should just watch and laugh. But it’s sad that there’s a lot of morans being manipulated by these corporate-pushed protests.</p> I too am wondering why no one talks about the actual events surrounding the tea party. As Perris pointed out, this was a protest over a tax cut (for the mega-corporation of its time) and not a tax hike. The analogy is really lame and yes, maybe we should just watch and laugh. But it’s sad that there’s a lot of morans being manipulated by these corporate-pushed protests.

]]> By: texasaggie http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878539 texasaggie Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:35:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878539 <p>Considering that the organization of this series of “events” is “poorly organized” is NOT by any means a sign that it is grassroots. The whole Bush administration from Iraq to Katrina was poorly organized and they certainly were not grassroots.</p> Considering that the organization of this series of “events” is “poorly organized” is NOT by any means a sign that it is grassroots. The whole Bush administration from Iraq to Katrina was poorly organized and they certainly were not grassroots.

]]> By: AirportCat http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878528 AirportCat Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:37:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878528 <p>you left out the governor from Idaho, <strong>Butch Otter</strong></p> you left out the governor from Idaho, Butch Otter

]]> By: ItchyBrother http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878525 ItchyBrother Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:05:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878525 <blockquote><p>How does this new faux protest work? What does the tea represent? It’s like a symbol by proxy for an alias of the representation of the thing someone doesn’t like.</p></blockquote> <p>True and too funny. But I think the bigger point should be who cares? I’ve seen many a two year old throw a tantrum. I say let the teabaggers have their little whine fest, then remind them that the adults are in charge now and we’re going to get on with the business of fixing the country.</p>

How does this new faux protest work? What does the tea represent? It’s like a symbol by proxy for an alias of the representation of the thing someone doesn’t like.

True and too funny. But I think the bigger point should be who cares? I’ve seen many a two year old throw a tantrum. I say let the teabaggers have their little whine fest, then remind them that the adults are in charge now and we’re going to get on with the business of fixing the country.

]]> By: perris http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878520 perris Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:40:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/12/the-teabagger-doth-protest-too-much/#comment-1878520 <p>there are too few people educated enough to realize how we’ve been played</p> <p>most people think this is some kind of “cycle” and those who remain republican can remain loyal only because they are easily convinced it would have happened worse under a democrat</p> there are too few people educated enough to realize how we’ve been played

most people think this is some kind of “cycle” and those who remain republican can remain loyal only because they are easily convinced it would have happened worse under a democrat

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