I think it's a good thing. (0.00 / 0)

Most Americans support Obama.  His popularity is high, even higher with the pirate stuff this weekend.

These "tea parties" look silly.  Most people are worried about jobs and houses.  They wish they had incomes that could be taxed.

So, once again, the Rs and Fox are just talking to a dwindling base.

One question though.  What is it about Philly that so many people are democratic leaning bloggers?  Bad baseball until recently?  (says the Cardinals fan)  :-)

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by: Tom Wells @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 17:37:37 PM UTC

Phanatics (4.00 / 1)

Not sure what it is about Philly, but it occurred to me as I was posting that there are some big Phillies fans blogging on here, myself included.  While I mention it though, I should say Harry Kalas will be truly missed, and that I was pleased to see his wife ask for contributions be sent to our nation's veterans and IAVA in lieu of flowers.  

And I agree, the tea parties look completely silly, but Krugman makes a good point (linked above) that the GOP has pulled off ridiculous in the past.

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by: ZP Heller @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 17:47:01 PM UTC

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Gimmee a "T"! Gimmee a "Bag"! What's That Spell?! (0.00 / 0)

Wow that Fox Talking Head lays it on extra thick at the end, pushing the Tea Bagger's meme doesn't he?  

They forgot to cue the background music though! Y' know,  fifes and drums playing "Yankee Doodle".

Hi-effin-larious.

Great job by Faiz Shakir though. He made direct, salient points, backed up by facts and naming names, despite having to fend off repeated whiny ass interruptions by Fox employee and tea bag cheer leader  Jonathan Hoenig (sp?).

 

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by: lewisclark @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 17:59:13 PM UTC

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Yeah, i absolutely love how the video ended. I mean, this guy is seriously going to sit and say there is a difference between "promoting and covering," and then actively promote the tea party in the next segment.

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by: NeonBlack @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 18:09:14 PM UTC

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If The British East India Company Had Organized The Boston Tea Party (4.00 / 2)

Maybe this is what it would have looked like.

Ya think?

Me, I think it would be interesting to raise the spirit of Sam Adams, and let him tear these folks a new one.

"You know what they say -- those of us who fail history... doomed to repeat it in summer school." -- Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 6, Episode 3

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by: Paul Rosenberg @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 18:09:38 PM UTC

Again, It Show How Ruthless, Power-Hungry These People Are (0.00 / 0)

    And I would like to remind everyone on this page that they are still a strong opposing force to moving this country in a progressive and democratic direction.  

    So, I say, we fight this Fuckers on their own turf!  Maybe, we should stop using space to argue over is our grassroots movements are 100% pure, and start creating more movements to force change.  Hey, on principle, I am appalled by this manufacturing of dissent; on the other hand, sometimes, I say:  Fuck It! [Our liberal and progressive infrastructure is strengthening--is we keep focused on the bigger picture (I agree with a lot Mike's recent diaries on why need to support Obama--not blindly or like sheep) and not have another Leftist, Progressive break-up/back-lash (E.J. Dionne's book, Why American's Hate Politics is a must read; so are some the writing's of Todd Gitlin, Made Love Got War by Norman Solomon, Eric Alterman's recent book, Why We Are Liberals (Please can we use the term with more frequency, too. Not using the term liberal, substituting it for progressive has some damaging affects.), and a host of other books and writers on the matter.]  If we have to push and create--God forbid, Manufacture dissent (sorry Noam) and causes for worthwhile ends, let's do it.    

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by: Jason Cataldi @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 18:55:22 PM UTC

If you think FOX is a joke, try spending two minutes with Contessa Brewer (0.00 / 0)

While waiting to see the dog show, I inadvertently left MSNBC on, while Brewer was hosting.
And I would compare those moments listening to her fake concern and rehearsed dramatic yapping with that of being locked in a closet with Enya's dog.
She's paid to spew words she's intellectually incapable of understanding,and clearly knows nothing of the context around which those are directed.  
Harping on how the Obama Administration's fiscal policies are hurting her Oklahoma grannies bank account, because the CD rollover rates have dropped so low, this stupid twit suggests the Obama Administration should pay for the lost interest.

It's easy to understand how her Oklahoma Grannie blames Obama  -knowing how big FOX is in Oklahoma.  But to then have a family member with a TV gig spew the GOP talking points so repeatedly, as Contessa often does, makes her no better than any of the illiterate twits and twats over at FOX.  

Nationalism is not the same thing as terrorism, and an adversary is not the same thing as an enemy.

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by: worldlymother @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 18:56:56 PM UTC

When being played turns to being punked. (0.00 / 0)

Is there really no one at Fox or at Freedomworks  that has access to urbandictionary.com?  (uh. did he just say 'dic'?) My hip days are decades old and maybe I was never that hip to begin with. But when you see Rachel and Ana Marie Cox barely able to keep a straight face even the wingiest of unhip wingnuts should have known something was up.

In my experience right wingnuts find homophobia hilarious, unless it is turned on them. When some of them wake up and understand that Fox has turned them into a Dick Arm(e)y (h/t Schuster and MSNBC) of proud Tea Baggers, I don't think they will be amused.

I suspect that a substantial fraction of Limbaugh's audience understand that their role is to cheerfully pass on the Talking Points of the Day whether they believe them or not, and that they don't mind being called Liars. But any hint of the 'Q' word seems likely to set them off. It is one thing to be a willing Dittohead, it is another to be Rush's Punk.

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by: Bruce Webb @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 20:37:51 PM UTC