Ignoring Fox News polling, Fox News’ Neil Cavuto claims ‘tea party’ protests are ‘a popular wave.’
By on Apr 8th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Ignoring Fox News polling, Fox News’ Neil Cavuto claims ‘tea party’ protests are ‘a popular wave.’
On his Fox News show today, Neil Cavuto joined the rest of Fox News in promoting the radical anti-Obama “tea party” protests, one of which he will be attending and broadcasting from next week. Arguing with radio show host Leslie Marshall, Cavuto claimed that the protests were “a popular wave” sweeping across the country. Watch it:
But Cavuto’s claim ignores a Fox News poll released last week, which found that only 36 percent of Americans said they would “be willing to join” a “tea party” protest.
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Eating monkey brains is a popular wave amongst certain small circles.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:03 pmI have a poll right here that says most people think Neil Cavuto is dumber than a bag of hammers.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:03 pmAnd I’m willing to bet that the vast majority of people who want to do these “tea parties” have no idea why our own “home-grown terrorists” were dumping tea into Boston Harbor. I’ll bet they would be surprised to learn it was because the King had lowered the tax on tea. But then, context is something the right was never good at.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:04 pmSince it’s just an astroturfy political stunt, public support would be thin at best.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:06 pmTea Baggers = Useful idiots for their riech wing masters.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:06 pmOh so I suppose Starbuck’s is about to tap into the tea craze…
April 8th, 2009 at 7:07 pmCavuto is a total buffoon. He has never given any information that was correct, factual, forward-reaching, or researched. He has no idea what he is talking about. Everything he says is apparently invented. He’s absurd.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:16 pmFaux news is a fraud! Unbalanced and unfair; a lying, fraudulent, criminal organization.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:19 pmThe sore losers are having fits over being irrelevant.
Good, Fcuk the Republicans.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:24 pmTypical wingnut tactic of just stating your wishful thinking as if it were fact in the vain hope that through repitition alone you will make it true.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:25 pmLooks like a littering party to me. They should be fined.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:28 pmI’ve got a couple of suggestions for Cavuto regarding his personal use of tea bags but they are not for use in rationale company. Just suffice it to say he may not need corks for a while….
Cavuto has been so disgraced after being fired by the now disgraced, NeoNut bastion of CNBC. Even he can’t stand up to the pressure..the man is useless…
April 8th, 2009 at 7:29 pmI am pleased and it is appropriate that the “tea party” is happening. The right wing of this country has been quiet for so long, it is nice to know they still can speak. All I would like to know is “were have these patriots been for the last 8 years”? Obama has only been President for 2 months.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:30 pmBut Cavuto’s claim ignores a Fox News poll released last week, which found that only 36 percent of Americans said they would “be willing to join” a “tea party” protest.
28% are the “28%er dead enders” that still think Dubya was the Second Coming. The other 8% thought there’s be free food there…..
Cheers,
April 8th, 2009 at 7:30 pmCavuto’s such a lockstepping idiot.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:41 pmWith only a potential 28% listening and agreeing with these frauds, this is certain to fall flat on it’s face – just like everything wingnuttia does these days.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:42 pmyea ,no “pinkies up”, paper napkins and stale croissants..take that Dems
April 8th, 2009 at 7:48 pmBillO taught Neal about it backstage.
Now they get together Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, for some “teabag” action. They do it wearing red, white & blue ties, though, so nobody gets the wrong idea….
April 8th, 2009 at 7:49 pmFive morons and a bag of tea. doesn’t sound like much of a party. and what body of water are they planning to throw their tea into in landlocked atlanta?
April 8th, 2009 at 7:55 pmProving the irrelevance of Fox News once again!
April 8th, 2009 at 7:55 pmFox confuses people standing in the unemployment line as Tea Party attendees.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:55 pmI say let them think they are doing something. At least we know where all the FOX news followers are congregating.
I hate to say it, but I have to give Neil Ca-fool-to the rare benefit of the doubt. I read the polling piece linked on the story, and it was 36% support for attending a “tea party”. If 36% of the country bought a particular make and model of car, one could make the argument that it is a popular trend as well.
HOWEVER…
The polling piece didn’t say whether the democrats polled (377 of the 900) were conservative/moderate/liberal. They could have all been “blue dogs” for all Fox News cares. Also, a lot of the questions were loaded (#40 asked about taxes on the wealthy so they don’t get too rich), so I trust the document and polling practices less than the yammering anchors on the station.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:56 pmIf NASCAR is on at the same time I can GUARANTEE you most of these protests will be SOL on any significant numbers!
April 8th, 2009 at 7:58 pmIt’s taxes even when it’s not taxes. that’s why it’s boring.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:01 pmIt’s stuff that isn’t. Plus it’s as transparent as my little nephew.
So, the Republican’s don’t like Britain?
April 8th, 2009 at 8:03 pmThey are still fighting the civil war!
April 8th, 2009 at 8:04 pmzuch says: 28% are the “28%er dead enders” that still think Dubya was the Second Coming. The other 8% thought there’s be free food there…..
LOL! Or the 8% thought it was going to be a wild sex party!
April 8th, 2009 at 8:06 pmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_bagging#Teabagging_in_Pop_Culture
out of control spending resulting in the need for higher taxes to pay off that debt are good…as long as there’s a (r) next to your name. why are repukies such deadbeats and never want to pay their bills?
April 8th, 2009 at 8:07 pmMost conservatives and all conservative talking heads are dumb as common road gravel and do not have the good sense to get out of the rain. Someday soon, they will realize that they are insignificant and irrelevant and should take a seat and watch the grown ups run this country that they have screwed up for the past eight years.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:09 pmDidn’t the German Nazis hold rallies to get their members worked up? The Republican Party is displaying all the features of fascism and these “tea parties” are just another example of it.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:10 pmI think that should read, “36% of FAUX viewers”. And if FAUX viewers are representative of “Americans” as a whole? We’re in deeper trouble than I thought.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:13 pmWe devious Liberals should give Tea Parties, too, at the same time. Only We will have tea to drink, chai tea, jasmine, Earl Grey…even herbal tea! And cake! And scones with clotted cream! Marmalade! Cucumber sandwitches with no crusts. Fruit tarts.
Guess which Tea Party will have the highest attendance?
April 8th, 2009 at 8:13 pmNote to Reichwhiners:
Piss-warm Bud-Light is not tea.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:18 pmFolks at Fake News just aren’t very bright!
April 8th, 2009 at 8:27 pmright wingers are so silly
you would think they would get tired of being laughed at, if nothing else
April 8th, 2009 at 8:27 pm…
rap’s going to be there.
(if he can get the day off.)
:<)
April 8th, 2009 at 8:28 pmWillowOrchard,
Yours is an excellent idea. If they are going to hold hate rallies, we should mock them with a more dignified rally, and I can think of no better means than an actual tea party.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:29 pmPiss-warm Bud-Light is not tea.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:29 pm—
And Applebee’s is not cuisine…
The right-wingers have completely gone psycho.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:30 pmI agree with “YoungSloshee” above. 36%, with the presumption that the polling was balanced among philosophies, is a pretty large number for a protest. Progressives certainly would have been heralding news that 36% of a poll were protesting the Iraq War in 2005.
Now, take your jabs about my assumption that Fox runs fair polls. Still, this sniping at their use of the word ‘popular’ is not justified by the info in the rest of the article. The last thing I want to do is sound like I’m trolling on this, but TP.org is making a Fox-esque stance on Cavuto’s reporting by targeting a word and justifying it without facts.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:30 pmI wonder if the KKK is going to show up in full garb.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:33 pmIt’s just obscene to refer to hate meetings as popular. if they are not hate meeting we will know soon enough. The right wing has no benefit of doubt left to them.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:33 pmWe’re having a tea wave, a republiscum tea wave..
April 8th, 2009 at 8:36 pmPlease provide a link to a TP contributor who called “36%” a “popular wave”. They may have but, I don’t recall it.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:36 pmThat was supposed to be snark Pete:)
April 8th, 2009 at 8:39 pmI notice that FAUX didn’t include a number for those who, as I would, said a very bad word and hung up when they identified themselves as FAUX pollsters.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:47 pmAt least fox is reporting on an event that 36% of the population says they will support -
April 8th, 2009 at 8:49 pmI thought this site was for media justice – where’s the justice folks?
Let’s just see what solutions these meeting produce. If they are good solutions we will all be pleased and impressed. Good luck tea baggers. the ball is in your court.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:51 pmFox couldn’t run an unbias poll if they had to. Everything that comes out of Fox is propaganda, and must be assumed to be inaccurate. Fox has fudged every poll they have ever run, and its obvious if you take a look at Fox’s polling numbers compared to every other source in the presidential race. Fox has zero credibility, just like the Republican Party.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:52 pmAccording to FAUX polls Bible Spice is the President.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:55 pmSo the “tea parties” are such a grassroots uprising that they ahd a dozen people in Pennsylvania last time and 50 people in NY!
So popular that the only way they can get people to go is have Fox News, AM hate radio and Rush Limbaugh push it!
So this means that Fox News is NOT broadcasting news … They are trying to BECOME THE NEWS.
This is NOT a news corporation. This is a right wing propaganda machine.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:30 pmkmac813 Says:
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At least fox is reporting on an event that 36% of the population says they will support -
I thought this site was for media justice – where’s the justice folks?
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That would be 36% of FAUX viewers, Sparky.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:31 pmThis is too funny. First of all you pull a poll you have already used for another story and its a week old (by todays standards: worthless) and then you say they are ignoring their own data?
This data?
18. Are you more concerned the government will spend too little or will spend
too much to help the economy?
Too little Too much (Neither) (Don’t know)
31 Mar-1 Apr
Democrats 46% (too much)
Republicans 89% (too much)
I don’t need someone to translate that to know it a helluva lot of people.
What was this story about again?
April 8th, 2009 at 9:41 pmOn a related note, Rick Sanchez has had eough of the sedition and treason.
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/cnns-rick-sanchez-slams-fox-news-fearm-0
April 8th, 2009 at 9:42 pmBy today’s standards, 900 is not a Hell of a lot of people.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:43 pmF = 6th letter of the alphabet
O = 15th letter of the alphabet (1 + 5 = 6)
X = 24th letter of the alphabet (2 + 4 = 6)
F-O-X = 666
BEWARE THE BEAST
April 8th, 2009 at 9:44 pm@57 Keith Says:
Obvious to any republican that thinks about it.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:46 pmpete Says:
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By today’s standards, 900 is not a Hell of a lot of people.
Huh, seemed like 900 was good enough when TP used it twice in stories. Oh oh its pete…I’m sorry pete, that was meant for everyone except you. I know you don’t get pecentages and trends … you know, that number stuff.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:48 pmkasinca
http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/040209_FNCPoll.pdf
are you suggesting that fox news has at least 377 Democratic viewers?
April 8th, 2009 at 9:50 pmRepublican solutions = the stubborn reaction of an ill-mannered adolescent loser.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:51 pmWhat hypocrisy.
If progressives had done something similar at some point during the Bush administration, Faux Noise would have been the first in line to point and laugh at how stupid–and not to mention how treasonous!–something like this is.
Silly Faux Noise.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:51 pmMust be nice, crymeariver, to have succeeded in this Rip Van Winkle stunt of yours, waking up in 2009, and passing judgment on today’s state of affairs in a virtual vacuum.
The rest of us, who’ve been conscious during the last 2-3 decades, have the “unfair handicap” of having paid attention all that time. You’re right if you conclude that has skewed our persepctive on all the issues discussed here.
When did Turnip-truck passengers and Rip Van Winkles become the new “conservative base”?
selective amnesia = a con’s best friend.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:52 pmCavuto’s response = the stubborn reaction of an ill-mannered adolescent loser.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:52 pmHC – The ice is beginning to diminish your reading comprehension.
Sleep it off, if you can, and try again tomorrow.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:54 pmtombaker Says:
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Must be nice, crymeariver, to have succeeded in this Rip Van Winkle stunt of yours, waking up in 2009, and passing judgment on today’s state of affairs in a virtual vacuum.
The rest of us, who’ve been conscious during the last 2-3 decades, have the “unfair handicap” of having paid attention all that time. You’re right if you conclude that has skewed our persepctive on all the issues discussed here.
When did Turnip-truck passengers and Rip Van Winkles become the new “conservative base”?
selective amnesia = a con’s best friend.
WOAH WOAH WOAH…Hold up there Tex. My god that was a lot of anger and frustration unleashed there for simply pointing out that TP saw fit to use this data for stories twice and when I point out some simple hypocracy, I get 3 decades whoop ass laid down.
If you wanna back up there since you have already played out this entire debate in your head and decide to post your conclusion, I would be happy to respond LOL
April 8th, 2009 at 9:57 pmscared?
of what?
you?
tee hee little man – you keep tellin’ yourself that.
you’re definitely gonna need all the confidence you can muster
April 8th, 2009 at 10:01 pmCryme and Hippe,
If not for the twenty years of Reagan-Bush-Bush, then there would be no raising of taxes. It is because Obama inherited a debt of $11 Trillion and a yearly deficit of $1.3 Trillion that he will raise taxes (NOT on 95% of people) two years from now when the recession is over. What else is he supposed to do?
April 8th, 2009 at 10:02 pmTex yourself, Cryme.
sideways.
maybe idiot there will let you use his commie-bat
you 2 seem well-suited to one another
maybe you could move to Iowa and settle down, open up a B&B or something.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:03 pmtombaker Says:
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Tex yourself, Cryme.
Good one.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:04 pmKeith – don’t bother,
Cryme is Rip Van Winkle, Jr.,
and the other one
was actually born yesterday.
They’re just here to wave boogers, and try (failingly) to get some girls to shriek.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:06 pmIf Obama had followed Clinton, he would have inherited a yearly surplus of about $200 billion, 4.0% unemployment, and no wars. That is why tombaker is calling you Rip Van Winkle. If you need more explaining, tell me and I will try to help.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:08 pmI’ll leave you here to your bridge, troll.
Have fun finding a goat to startle.
Or whatever it is you think you’re doing.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:09 pmHehehe. He said “commie bat”. [that's mean TTL.]
April 8th, 2009 at 10:09 pmtom, maybe you are right. Maybe it is like trying to explain calculus to your dog.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:10 pmBippie Rrusher, that bat you’re bringing, is that the one in your belfry?
Do you like dragonflies?
April 8th, 2009 at 10:12 pmtombaker Says:
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Keith – don’t bother,
ITS A MIRICLE!! Your post appeared before Keith even responded! Its its like…you are sitting in the same room!!
April 8th, 2009 at 10:13 pmKeith Says:
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If Obama had followed Clinton, he would have inherited a yearly surplus of about $200 billion, 4.0% unemployment, and no wars. That is why tombaker is calling you Rip Van Winkle. If you need more explaining, tell me and I will try to help.
Very good, strategy one…when you have no response, COMPLETELY change the subject. You have learned well young one.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:14 pm@77 Keith Says:
Yes, except the dog doesn’t want to run your country.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:14 pmHippyCrusher,
I will man up and be there to meet you. You will find me wearing a uniform and carrying a badge. Please carry your “commie be good” bat, because I will be happy to charge you with assault with a deadly weapon when you attack me or anyone else.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:15 pmCorrection, the dog does want to run the country but you don’t let it.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:15 pmI LOVE Dragonflies :)
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
April 8th, 2009 at 10:16 pmPhylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)
Family Libellulidae (Skimmers)
Genus Pachydiplax
And we will be there with our double tied used, useless teabags. Decaf of course.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:18 pmPachydiplax de St. Augustine, I just wanted to thank you for leaving me with Babs last night…that was a wonderful way to end my evening…very classy.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:18 pmCryme, are you really that stupid or are you trying to be funny by pretending you are that stupid? I don’t know you very well, so I’ll ask.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:19 pmGiven the results of the last two elections, numbers and trends are squarely against the GOP, stupid troll. Now if we can find a way to stop FAUX from lying to their loyal listeners and trying to foment rebellion? We can get about the job of fixing the major problems we face.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:21 pmDragonflies are attracted to stagnant water.
Dragonflies do not have noses thus the stench does not bother them.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:23 pmKeith Says:
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Cryme, are you really that stupid or are you trying to be funny by pretending you are that stupid? I don’t know you very well, so I’ll ask.
Perhaps you can enlighten me as to what you are refering to. You see, I have made a few posts and some weren’t directed to you. I know this may come as a shock, but yes…the world doesn’t revolve around you. I know you are gonna type “yes it does” or try to be clever with some explanation about how the earth’s rotation blah blah, so lets just say you already said that and move on.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:23 pmquite right pete. There are many challanges ahead and they are consuming energy.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:23 pmWhile I hope the wingnuts do not become violent during their tea party, it would not bother me to see the police arrest anyone brandishing any sort of weapon, such as a “commie be good” bat. Is it legal to brandish a weapon while walking down the street chanting hate slogans? Every wingnut that they arrest is one less maniac loose in America.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:23 pmFAUX and the GOP are such a drag on the economy.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:25 pmpete Says:
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Given the results of the last two elections, numbers and trends are squarely against the GOP, stupid troll. Now if we can find a way to stop FAUX from lying to their loyal listeners and trying to foment rebellion? We can get about the job of fixing the major problems we face.
My my my…paranoid aren’t we ;)
April 8th, 2009 at 10:26 pmYou see, children, at the time of the Boston Tea Party, we did not have a vote. All the taxes were imposed on us by the British thousands of miles away. We did not like this and started a revolution against the occupying imperial army. This is the only time such an act was justified. All the other revolutions were caused by crazy commies!
April 8th, 2009 at 10:26 pmKeith Says:
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You see, children, at the time of the Boston Tea Party, we did not have a vote. All the taxes were imposed on us by the British thousands of miles away. We did not like this and started a revolution against the occupying imperial army. This is the only time such an act was justified.
Word for word off the talking points for today. Nicely done. I have heard that, hmmmm, now five times today.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:27 pmCryme, It ain’t worth the trouble. If you don’t understand the last 96 posts, I don’t think one or two more are going to make a difference.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:31 pmNext the teabagger will stage kkk rallies and cross burnings and call it marshmallow roasts.
repugs get with the 21st century.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:31 pmHistory and context are good talking points.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:32 pmKeith Says:
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Cryme, It ain’t worth the trouble. If you don’t understand the last 96 posts, I don’t think one or two more are going to make a difference.
Much better, rather than changing the subject completely, you just give up. I respect that.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:33 pmTalking points started out good, then the Republicans figured out how to make them bad.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:34 pmParanoid? Nope. Not even frightened. Just an astute observer.
BTW. What are we up too in the last month? 8 mass shootings? 9? They are happening so rapidly I don’t want to commit to a number that may change between the time I start typing and hit submit.
And, to be fair, they can’t all be laid at the feet of the far-right radicals of FAUX and Reichradio. However, there’s definitely reason for concern. I just hope we get through this “tea party” crap without rivers of blood in the streets.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:35 pmApe-Man Says:
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History and context are good talking points.
Especially when the “history” is being sent to you via email ;)
April 8th, 2009 at 10:35 pmKeith Says:
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If Obama had followed Clinton, he would have inherited a yearly surplus of about $200 billion, 4.0% unemployment, and no wars. That is why tombaker is calling you Rip Van Winkle. If you need more explaining, tell me and I will try to help.
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I guess the twin towers would still be standing?
April 8th, 2009 at 10:36 pmCryme, unless you earn more than $250,000 per year profit after expenses, Obama ain’t going to raise your taxes.
He would not be raising anyone’s taxes at all (NOONE___NOT A SINGLE PENNY) if he were not inheriting an $11 Trillion Debt, a yearly deficit of $1.3 Trillion, and two wars. Which part of this do you disagree with or not understand?
April 8th, 2009 at 10:36 pmpete Says:
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Paranoid? Nope. Not even frightened.
I just hope we get through this “tea party” crap without rivers of blood in the streets.
Yes ladies and gentlemen, those two sentences were in the SAME post. HAHA
April 8th, 2009 at 10:37 pmpete Says:
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Paranoid? Nope. Not even frightened. Just an astute observer.
BTW. What are we up too in the last month? 8 mass shootings? 9? They are happening so rapidly I don’t want to commit to a number that may change between the time I start typing and hit submit.
And, to be fair, they can’t all be laid at the feet of the far-right radicals of FAUX and Reichradio. However, there’s definitely reason for concern. I just hope we get through this “tea party” crap without rivers of blood in the streets.
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April 8th, 2009 at 10:37 pmNot unless ACORN busses in some ringers…..
Game of Life Says:
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Next the teabagger will stage kkk rallies and cross burnings and call it marshmallow roasts.
repugs get with the 21st century.
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Why are you pulling out the race card – we’re talking about excessive taxes and government overspending – what does that have to do with race dude?
April 8th, 2009 at 10:39 pm@95 Crymeariver Says:
FAUX is trying to foment rebellion though, right Crymearive? just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean you’re wrong.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:39 pmkmac813 Says:
I guess the twin towers would still be standing?
I’m not omnipotent. But W did nothing at all. Clinton did send missile strikes on al Qaeda bases in Afghanistan and every Republican squealed “Wag the dog. You’re trying to distract us from Monica”. And Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, had no WMD, and was a barrier against the radical Islamists. And why the tax cuts for the rich?
April 8th, 2009 at 10:42 pmkmac813, if you are afraid of ACORN, then you are the paranoid nut.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:43 pmLevi the Dungbeetle Says:
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While I hope the wingnuts do not become violent during their tea party, it would not bother me to see the police arrest anyone brandishing any sort of weapon, such as a “commie be good” bat. Is it legal to brandish a weapon while walking down the street chanting hate slogans? Every wingnut that they arrest is one less maniac loose in America.
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April 8th, 2009 at 10:45 pmApparently it’s not illegal to brandish a billy club and stand outside a United States Voting Precinct on election day – oops sorry, forgot – that’s allowed for progressives only.
http://digg.com/d1dHsZ
Levi the Dungbeetle Says:
While I hope the wingnuts do not become violent during their tea party, it would not bother me to see the police arrest anyone brandishing any sort of weapon, such as a “commie be good” bat. Is it legal to brandish a weapon while walking down the street chanting hate slogans? Every wingnut that they arrest is one less maniac loose in America.
The sticks they use to carry their racist dumbass “slogans” are used as weapons as previously noted. I hope they aren’t allowed to carry signs while the ten of them march.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:45 pmKeith Says:
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kmac813 Says:
I guess the twin towers would still be standing?
I’m not omnipotent. But W did nothing at all. Clinton did send missile strikes on al Qaeda bases in Afghanistan and every Republican squealed “Wag the dog. You’re trying to distract us from Monica”. And Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, had no WMD, and was a barrier against the radical Islamists. And why the tax cuts for the rich?
Keith you were doing so well but now you are back to completely changing the subject *sighs*
April 8th, 2009 at 10:45 pm36% is a big number when nearly half the population don’t pay income taxes and thus don’t care what the tax rates are.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:45 pmkmac813, if you are afraid of ACORN, you are pulling out the race card. Obama’s extremely irrational critics must be pulling out the race card.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:46 pmHeheh. He said “acorn” He must be republican. Isn’t “acorn” not the stupidest red herring, distraction, straw man, scape goat ever. Sounds catchy though. “acorn”.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:49 pmCryme, when kmac813 asked me the question about the twin towers—that was the change of subject—not when I answered his question. Do you have any reasoning at all?
April 8th, 2009 at 10:49 pmkmac813 Says:
Game of Life Says:
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Next the teabagger will stage kkk rallies and cross burnings and call it marshmallow roasts.
repugs get with the 21st century.
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Why are you pulling out the race card – we’re talking about excessive taxes and government overspending – what does that have to do with race dude?
read the playlist, dude.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:50 pmKeith Says:
Cryme, unless you earn more than $250,000 per year profit after expenses, Obama ain’t going to raise your taxes.
He would not be raising anyone’s taxes at all (NOONE___NOT A SINGLE PENNY) if he were not inheriting an $11 Trillion Debt, a yearly deficit of $1.3 Trillion, and two wars. Which part of this do you disagree with or not understand?
April 8th, 2009 at 10:51 pmApril 8th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
kmac813, don’t try to justify wrong doing by sighting wrong doing. It’s a start.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:53 pmKeith Says:
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Keith Says:
Cryme, unless you earn more than $250,000 per year profit after expenses, Obama ain’t going to raise your taxes.
He would not be raising anyone’s taxes at all (NOONE___NOT A SINGLE PENNY) if he were not inheriting an $11 Trillion Debt, a yearly deficit of $1.3 Trillion, and two wars. Which part of this do you disagree with or not understand?
You have got to update your talking points…please! This garbage is word for word off the campaign trail. Even Obama started backing off this stuff at his primetime press conference…or did you miss that?
April 8th, 2009 at 10:55 pm@123 Crymeariver Says:
OK, i’ll check it out.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:57 pmmarwick Says:
36% is a big number when nearly half the population don’t pay income taxes and thus don’t care what the tax rates are.
What is the post of reference, and where are the statistics?
It makes sense for the wealthy to be hit with the bulk share of the tax burden because their standard of living wouldn’t be affected.
Second, I know right-wingers are good at ignoring this little fact, but the tax burden for the rich had declined significantly over the last nearly 50 years. The upper-margin tax rate used to be 90%.
Third, why should what is supposed to be a representative government be in it to protect the unrealistic high-stakes game of hitting it big? Shouldn’t realistic agenda including investment in education, infrastructure & health care be the real focus so that a healthy populace and educated, expanded middle class can be created?
April 8th, 2009 at 10:58 pmAt the end of Carter, the first 200 years of the country had only given us a $0.9 Trillion debt. After 12 years of Reagan and GHWBush, it was $4.1 Trillion. Clinton improved it every single year until he reached a $250 billion yearly surplus. GWB doubled the debt of all the previous presidents in US history and left us with the worst economy since the Great Depression (caused by 12 years of Republican economics).
That is the reason we need a tax hike and a stimulus. A stimulus means spending. Sorry, but that is the way it is.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:59 pmZooey: “I have a poll right here that says most people think Neil Cavuto is dumber than a bag of hammers.”
(to the tune of “I’ve got the Horse Right Here” from Guys and Dolls)
I have a poll right here
the stats are very clear
But I’ll still do my best to stoke
teabaggers’ fears
F U, F U.
This guy says to facts F U
Cavuto is the name
By now you know my game
I pitch the SOS but with a different name
F U, F U.
This guy says to facts F U
Teabagging’s all the rage
I use my special guage
To judge how many like it never mind their age
Can do, can do
Teabagging is the thing to do
(Harmony)
Teabagging!
Ignoring Facts!
All the Rage!
I’ve got your tea…baaggs…heeeerre!
April 8th, 2009 at 11:01 pm(flourish and exeunt).
Stupidity stack on stupidity. The whole stinking pile of lies that is the GOP has tumbled down and there is no way that phony “tea parties” or Neil Cavuto can get the lies to stack very high any more. They can drown in their own shit pool for all I care.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:01 pm@124 Megaloptera McWars Says:
Exactly. I hope this isn’t over their heads, or they willfully ignore the reality.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:02 pmYou know, Jon Stewart nailed when he said conservatives confuse tyranny with losing. You’re a loser, Cry.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:06 pmteabagging:
April 8th, 2009 at 11:06 pmTo have a man insert his scrotum into another person’s mouth in the fashion of a teabag into a mug with an up/down (in/out) motion.
ah ha – it’s the investment in education, infrastructure and health care that concerns you?
Education – well, so far the government is doing a fantastic job with that – let’s throw some more money at it
Infrastructure – great job as well on the rail system in this country – as well as public transit locally – let’s DEFINATELY throw some more money at that
and my favorite –
Health Care -
Well gee, looks like folks are lined up to get Medicaid and Medicare – and we have lots of cash to back that system up – so YES INDEED – let’s throw some more money at that -
Look – alls I’m saying is, these guys, NONE of these guys are looking to the true interest of the Average American -
Why is it that you will defend to death a bad idea just because it is your idea?
We actually agree on quite a few things, however, we are buying what they are selling – I know we have a middle ground and part of that includes holding our elected officials accountable – you believed that last year – and most of the players haven’t changed – the game looks a little different – but the players are the same -
the teams changed colors and names
but the game remains
they are breaking us
they are not fixing the problems
they need to be replaced
they need term limits
and they need to be reminded that they work for us
with that, I’ll say goodnight
April 8th, 2009 at 11:12 pmThanks, Ape-man. Speaking of willfully ignoring the reality, I’m soaking up the right-wing’s application of the talking-points template to the defense budget transformation proposal.
Ah, when all a major political party has is desperation to pidgeon-hole the opposition party, you know that party needs to shafted to the third-tier.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:12 pmA bit more taxes is no problem. Specially for richer people. that’s it.
The republicans will have something legitimate to be concerned about soon enough though, be it natual or mad made crisis. They better lay off so the economy can settle before we find out what that is. The republicans are rocking the boat in unforgiving waters to get their way, and the boat is taking on water. what do you do with that?
April 8th, 2009 at 11:12 pmIt isn’t the guvmit that is breaking you, its your own stupidity.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:14 pmkmac813 Says: “This encourages me to “be alert” for who God might call me to share His love and salvation with. Just as I might share information on heirloom seeds, I need to be willing to share information on heirloom salvation.”
If that quote makes no sense to my TP frineds here, it has to do with kmac’s fervent hope that a ginormous solar flare will smite the earth so mightily that the librul fiction of global wrming will be disproved and we’ll all lokk pretty stupid then!
Really! I kid you not! I think the infamous Daryll just got pwned!
April 8th, 2009 at 11:14 pmkmac, your replacements would be worse than what we got now, not better. You just gave Newt’s talking points from 1994.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:15 pmIs it too late to tax the living crap out of the war profiteers? I would think that nearly any domestic program would be better than what we got for our mony in Iraq.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:17 pmThe Iraq war will cost us $3 Trillion and it was totally counter-productive. It strengthened our enemies and gave us new enemies.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:18 pmWhy is it that you will defend to death a bad idea just because it is your idea?
Are you talking about Bush? Cheney? Republicans?
April 8th, 2009 at 11:19 pmKeith Says: “Teabagging–To have a man insert his…”
When does the milk come in? During or after?
April 8th, 2009 at 11:20 pmIsn’t Covuto the word for regurgitated scrotum.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:22 pm?
April 8th, 2009 at 11:23 pmLevi the Dungbeetle Says:
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WillowOrchard,
Yours is an excellent idea. If they are going to hold hate rallies, we should mock them with a more dignified rally, and I can think of no better means than an actual tea party.
I agree. The Progressives and “real Americans” should gather and counter their hate and fear mongering with positive activities. Recently I participated in a peace march; when I was protesting the lead-up to the Iraq war and subsequent occupation, I attended an anti-war march. We know the difference and we should act on it. Let’s be the positive and let “them” be the negative.
Now I will return to the comments….
April 8th, 2009 at 11:25 pm5th Estate Says:
(to the tune of “I’ve got the Horse Right Here” from Guys and Dolls)
…
I’ve got your tea…baaggs…heeeerre!
(flourish and exeunt).
April 8th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
I love it! :-D
April 8th, 2009 at 11:26 pm5thEstate,
YOU sounded like the expert. I was just responding to you at #127. :)
However, I would bet that it’s a “non-dairy creamer”. :)
April 8th, 2009 at 11:27 pmSorry Zooey, didn’t know there were “ladies” present. :)
April 8th, 2009 at 11:28 pmkmac813 Says:
Education – well, so far the government is doing a fantastic job with that – let’s throw some more money at it.
We’re just now throwing more money at it. The ability to fund schools regularly rests on localities who are cash-strapped, its tax base uncertain & unstable, & their constituents more sensitive to tax increases. I can see why –many states & localities have flatter tax rates that disproportionately hurt lower income & middle class people.
It may seem like I’m going off-tangents, but it raises a point. We are trending downward on education & public works functioning compared to other countries, and I blame that squarely on leaving educational prioritizing to the states, which fragments progress.
Infrastructure – great job as well on the rail system in this country – as well as public transit locally – let’s DEFINATELY throw some more money at that
Where are you taking this? We just took office. Your example of what doesn’t work, doesn’t work because republicans have been running & obstructing things for so long.
Social spending pays for itself — your party’s brand of spending does not.
and my favorite –
Wonderful sarcasm in the face of people losing their livelihoods and filing for bankruptcy. That says a lot.
Health Care -
Well gee, looks like folks are lined up to get Medicaid and Medicare – and we have lots of cash to back that system up – so YES INDEED – let’s throw some more money at that -
Well, I suppose this means that the republican endorsement of leaving it all in the private sector hasn’t been working so well, huh? Why, under eight years of republican hands-off policies that champion deregulated free-markets are people flocking to government programs.
If you haven’t noticed this about democrats, they are in favor of preventative spending, republicans are for reactionary spending, which tends to be far more expensive. And if they don’t like the cost (on domestic issues, expecially), they don’t propose to streamline or modernize the program, they propose eliminating it all together.
We actually agree on quite a few things, however, we are buying what they are selling – I know we have a middle ground and part of that includes holding our elected officials accountable – you believed that last year – and most of the players haven’t changed – the game looks a little different – but the players are the same -
the teams changed colors and names
Agreed on a current event — the Obama administration’s defense of state secrets and contesting the ability of the government to be sued for wireless wiretapping.
but the game remains
they are breaking us
they are not fixing the problems
they need to be replaced
they need term limits
and they need to be reminded that they work for us
It takes at least just as much time to fix the problems as it does to cause them. I trust this administration enough, with its overrall pragmatic leadership style, and won’t simply stand in the way for the sake of standing in the way. Right now, we the people don’t have time to go on two-faced screeds. We have to get to work. Progress is a marathon.
with that, I’ll say goodnight
Goodnight to you.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:35 pmKeith: YOU sounded like the expert. I was just responding to you at #127. :)
I’m originally British so of course the theatrical arts and teabagging is my heritage. :D
April 8th, 2009 at 11:36 pmBoy, read that poll. The Republicant’s have got to hate it. It sure doesn’t look good for them. And considering the fact that Fox worded the poll questions in an attempt to get the answers they wanted, it really must have frosted them to end up with the results in that poll.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:36 pm5th Estate, I remember that. I lived 12 years around London myself. Saw many plays and had many gallons of tea. Don’t know the slightest about Guys and Dolls or that song, so could not appreciate that.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:41 pmNat Says:
The right-wingers have completely gone psycho.
The five stages of grief are:
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
The Republican’t party seems to be permanently stuck in either stage 1 or 2. I don’t think they are ever going to get to stage 5.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:43 pmWe try to have good nights, kmac813, but there always seems to be another stupid troll willing to abandon self-respect for the purpose of annoying us. But thanks for the well wishes!
April 8th, 2009 at 11:44 pmWhat? Noone liked my “non-dairy creamer” joke?
April 8th, 2009 at 11:46 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says: Boy, read that poll—Fox worded the poll questions in an attempt to get the answers they wanted,.
Hi Bilbo! Umm, I’m afraid to read it then:
q1. If everyone you knew and trusted said they were going to have a teabagging party, would you automatically join in?
q2.Which president was more effective in protecting our freedom to teabag?
April 8th, 2009 at 11:47 pma) Clinton
b)George W. Bush?
kmac813 Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
This ‘comment’ is so wrong on so many levels, it’s no wonder krelmac cut and run after posting it.
“When does the milk come in? During or after?”
5th, one lump or two?
“Sorry Zooey, didn’t know there were “ladies” present. :)”
Keith, I gave you one of those recommends. ;)
April 8th, 2009 at 11:49 pm132. kmac813 Says:
I would like to address all the ridiculous things in your post but since you are from the “it’s all about me” or “I got mine now FU” party, I won’t waste my time.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:50 pmKeith Says:
That is the reason we need a tax hike and a stimulus. A stimulus means spending. Sorry, but that is the way it is.
This is where I get confused. If the stimulus means more money in our paychecks, then why raise taxes? States have raised every tax they can think of e.g fees, services and cig/cigar. So how is this putting money in our pockets.
Do you mean raise taxes for the rich? If you mean that, I agree 100%.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:51 pmMegaloptera McWars, really excellent comments tonight – bravo!
April 8th, 2009 at 11:53 pmThanks Jane (Blush).
April 8th, 2009 at 11:53 pmKeith Says: “5th Estate, I remember that. I lived 12 years around London myself…had many gallons of tea.”
I was watching some British movies, documentaries and TV-shows recently dating from the 1930’s to the present and it suddenly occurred to me that not one of them failed to reference “a nice cup of tea” less than six times!
If Hitler had invaded India instead of attacking Britain directly… things would have turned out quite differently!
April 8th, 2009 at 11:56 pm:D
BTW, Keith, I like the way you put the quotation marks around “ladies”. I’m surprised Zooey didn’t box your ears for that! :D
April 8th, 2009 at 11:57 pmok, I watched this interview… and let me just say, cavuto absolutely LOST it. he was doing the typical ‘blame the bailouts on Obama’ schtick, but as soon as Marshall pointed out that shrubby’s spending was absolutely out of control, cavuto started backpedaling and claiming that he was against bush’s obscene spending too, she basically started laughing at him and saying where were the teabaggers when bush was in charge, the neil started doing the typical fox ‘hostile interview’ telling her to be quiet and overtalking etc etc. it was glorious to another RW tool lose his shit when confronted with their own hypocrisy.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:58 pmGame of Life, I mean only raise taxes on the rich and large companies. Just do away with so many loopholes that allow 65% of companies to pay nothing and people like Ross Perot to pay 7% federal tax.
Nader said that a 0.1% tax on financial transactions would bring in $500 billion per year. I may have the numbers wrong. Should recheck.
Yes, social spending has a multiplier effect. Every dollar of food stamps means $1.75 to the economy.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:59 pmJane, I was using the term VERY loosely. :)
April 9th, 2009 at 12:00 amI was trying to get a rise out of Zooey.
Hi Jane! Did you see my Guys and Dolls effort? at #127? D’you think Wayne would be impressed?
April 9th, 2009 at 12:01 amMaybe we could put on a show! Wouldn;t that be swell!?
:D
Jane E. Schneider Says “one lump or two?”
Oh sure! It’s saucy and amusing when YOU say it like that, but it gets me slapped every time! :(
April 9th, 2009 at 12:04 am“…not one of them failed to reference “a nice cup of tea” less than six times!”
5th, I know what you mean – try reading Agatha Christie, “a nice cup of tea” (or “cuppa) seemed to be the antidote to any nastiness.
“I was trying to get a rise out of Zooey.”
Ah, so that’s your game, eh, Keith? ;)
April 9th, 2009 at 12:05 am5th Estate, I saw “Billy Liar” with Tom Courtnay and Julie Christie (1963) the other night on telly. Always enjoy those.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:05 am5th Estate Says:
Hi Jane! Did you see my Guys and Dolls effort? at #127? D’you think Wayne would be impressed?
Maybe we could put on a show! Wouldn;t that be swell!?
:D
April 9th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Yes, yes, and, golly, sure!
Wow, I’ve never been called “saucy and amusing” before – sounds like a wine description.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:09 amThat is great 5th Estate, what can be done with Nicely Nicely’s Boat to Heaven number? The lyrics “sit Down, sit down, sit down your rocking the boat” just beg to be sung to today’s republiscums.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:09 amJane, I know. Their entire neighborhood could be destroyed in The Blitz and they’ll say “how about a nice cuppa”.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:09 am#125 Second, I know right-wingers are good at ignoring this little fact, but the tax burden for the rich had declined significantly over the last nearly 50 years. The upper-margin tax rate used to be 90%.
Many write-offs were eliminated with the tax cuts. Social Security taxes have gone up. Medicare taxes have gone up and are uncapped.
#125 Shouldn’t realistic agenda including investment in education, infrastructure & health care be the real focus so that a healthy populace and educated, expanded middle class can be created?
California has increased education spending by 300% after adjusting for inflation the last 30 years. California has gone from a state ranked in the top 10 for education 30 years ago to being ranked 47 last year.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:13 am5th Estate
When is the casting call? I still have script, score and dice with no spots from 1982 appearance as Big Jule.
Dragonflies are talented that way:)
April 9th, 2009 at 12:14 ammarwick writes:
“…a recession brought on and exacerbated by the heavy hand of government, and a second consecutive severe winter. Indeed, we may look back and see that our current financial crisis and Mother Nature were the saviors of free-market capitalism.”
April 9th, 2009 at 12:17 amHane E ,Schneider: “5th, I know what you mean – try reading Agatha Christie, “a nice cup of tea” (or “cuppa) seemed to be the antidote to any nastiness.”
And it WORKS!
Lost yer job? Never mind pet, ‘ave a nice cuppa tea!
Credit default swaps gone all wobbly? I’ll put the kettle on and you can tell me all abaht it”
Collapsed yer lung ‘ave you? Well park your bum and and I’ll make us a nice Darjeeling.
Ooh! Space aliens bent on enslaving the world? Well then, no harm in having another cuppa tea then is there?
SEE?!!!
April 9th, 2009 at 12:19 amKeith and 5th, maybe there’s some special property of tea that makes the Brits so stoic?
5th, thanks for the giggles, great way to end the evening. :)
Goodnight, all.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:24 ammarwick,
California schools are ranked 47th in spending per capita
Here is the link:
http://www.edweek.org/ew/qc/2009/17src.h28.html
You are implying they are 47th in quality of education which is wrong. Give me a link to that. Also a link that says their spending has increased 300% when adjusted for inflation over the past 30 years. Because it was Prop 13 in 1978 that severly restricted their spending.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:27 amPachydiplax de St. Augustine Says: Nicely Nicely’s Boat to Heaven number?
Damn! Spot on! Why didn’t I think of that?
Say! I’ve just had the swellest idea! Instead of “Guys and Dolls” we could write “GOPs and Dems!”
I can see it now! Our names in 6-point Verdana! Wait till Wayne Schneider hears about this! Why, it will knock him dead! They’ll never be able to close the orphanage/upstate ski-lodge now!
April 9th, 2009 at 12:29 am“Wait till Wayne Schneider hears about this!”
I’ll tell him in the morning (I’ll just tell him to check this thread, so it’ll be a surprise!) ;)
See y’all tomorrow.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:33 amPachydiplax de St. Augustine…
You played Big Jule? How cool!
I scored ‘Hap’ in ‘Death of a Salesman’ and managed to belt my way through the role of the Pharoah in “Joseph and the Amazing et cetera’.
But the drink, drugs and the hookers did me in! It’s a familiar story. And tragically I never contracted a disease I could exploit. )sigh(
April 9th, 2009 at 12:36 am‘night Jane. SLeep well!
April 9th, 2009 at 12:37 amMany write-offs were eliminated with the tax cuts. Social Security taxes have gone up. Medicare taxes have gone up and are uncapped.
Taxation among the wealthiest these days, with deductions, averages 17%. That means the are the wealthiest are still able to deduct their way out of the top marginal tax brackets. Medicare taxes are 1.5% of income. That means the wealthiest pay the same 1.5% as lower income people do, so why should they be capped?
California has increased education spending by 300% after adjusting for inflation the last 30 years. California has gone from a state ranked in the top 10 for education 30 years ago to being ranked 47 last year.
Your argument is to merely pinpoint spending, but that is dishonest. California has the largest economy in the country and one of the largest in the world. When an economy of that size and scope delines, it packs an especially hard punch. A decline in government revenues is not the problem, it is a symptom.
So, please explain, if a healthy economy depends on spending, why should the government not spend to jolt the economy when citizens and business are increasingly unable to do the trick?
April 9th, 2009 at 12:41 amThanks so much, Jane. There’s a high bar set if you want to impress at TP — having your finest hour is not enough!
Good night to you!
April 9th, 2009 at 12:45 amMegaloptera McWars , I don’t believe marwick’s numbers at all. CA is not 47th in education. They are 47th in education spending per capita.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/qc/2009/17src.h28.html
April 9th, 2009 at 12:53 amBecoming what you eat makes smaller circles
April 9th, 2009 at 12:59 amKeith Says:
Megaloptera McWars , I don’t believe marwick’s numbers at all. CA is not 47th in education. They are 47th in education spending per capita.
And they are 47th in spending per capita because of the horrendous Proposition 13 that was passed many years ago. Ever since then the educational system in California has been starved for money. Even after they started the lottery, saying that all the lottery money would go to education, nothing happened. They did give all the lottery money to education, and then the legislature deducted an equal amount from the state’s revenues going into education and used that money elsewhere.
April 9th, 2009 at 1:14 amIn Florida, their Tea Party had approx. 4,000 people.
April 9th, 2009 at 1:30 amIt was estimated by news reporters that over 3,000 were people over 65 years old.
Who would of thought a bunch of angry old folks wouldn’t protest sending their children & grandchildren to Iraq but, now…out of false FEAR…they’re throwing Tea Bags into the river and pretending they’re channeling the Founding Fathers.
But, hey…it’s like the old right wingers and young buck lunatics are trying to have their own little Woodstock generational moment.
I’m not sure how they reconcile the fact that NEO NAZI organizations are participating in their protests.
Winston,
Link please.
April 9th, 2009 at 1:51 amre: “Fox News poll … found 36 percent of Americans said they would “be willing to join” a “tea party” protest.”
A Gallup poll found 18 percent of Americans think the sun revolves around the earth. That accounts for half of ‘em.
April 9th, 2009 at 2:01 am“Cavuto claimed that the protests were “a popular wave” sweeping across the country.”
Yeah… a wave good-bye to the last shred of respectibility the GOP has.
April 9th, 2009 at 2:11 amYou’ve got yourself a pianist!
I thought it was great – it scanned with the syllables of the tune perfectly!
And …
I dreamed last night I was inthe halls of Congress
And in my hand was a bill to try and pass
And there I stood, as I tried to legislate is
But was stymied by a Republican ass…
So I said the the ass, sit down, sit down you’re rocking the boat
I said, Cantor, please sit down, sit down you’re rocking the boat
And the devil will drag you under by the teabag there in your lying throat
Sit down, sit down sit down sit down sit down you’re rocking the boat!
Non dairy creamer! LOL!!!
April 9th, 2009 at 3:28 amAnd yes, I like dragonflies…
April 9th, 2009 at 3:29 amFirst, read the short stories by Damon Runyon…
April 9th, 2009 at 3:31 amthen see the movie version of the musical with Frank Sinatra and of all people, Marlon Brando (singing!). It’s hella cool.
Tea has the magical property of being a stimulant and a tranquilizer at the same time.
Said the girl who drinks a couple of big pots of strong black tea (with milk) every day.
It’s my biggest vice!
April 9th, 2009 at 3:36 amI’m talking to myself now, nighty night y’all!
April 9th, 2009 at 3:37 amYou’re welcome!
April 9th, 2009 at 3:40 amIt’s a common, an dexasperating, delusion of the Right that they represent the majority. Since they are in fact a creepy minority, they have to use their money, and the incredibly overdeveloped herd instinct of the Right, to fake their populism…then pretend it’s the real deal.
Hate radio is fake populism. In truth, less than half of hate radio listeners identify themselves as conservatives.
The books written by right-wingers like Ann Coiulter are more fake populism. Right-wing groups purchase whole pallets of these books, to create the illusion Americans really want this sort of sewage.
George W. Bush’s theft of the 2004 election was explained in terms of fake populism, as mysterious fundamentalists came down from the hills to put The Worst President Ever™ over the top.
That’s quite a whopper. Yet the media sold it to us. Fake populism abounds in a decaying democracy.
The creepier they are, and the farther from the mainstream they are, the more right-wingers think they are the beating heart of the nation. Gun owners think everyone loves guns, despite evidence to the contrary.
The Moral Majority honest-to-God believed they were the moral majority.
Even the 9/11 conspiracy guys–who are basically right-wing–like to pretend that everyone agrees with them. I guess they can’t hear the laughter. Their “movement” is another example of fake right-wing populism.
I’ll bet if we went over to StormFront, we’d learn to our shock that they’re the real majority. Right-wingers seem to all share the same delusions–probably some genetic defect of white guys.
The newly-renamed planet Xe:
April 9th, 2009 at 6:28 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KaKyNDOopY
Cavuto is missing the story. There is nothing spontaneous about the tea baggers. They are a carefully orchestrated series of media events financed and organized by the money bags of wingnuttery. Dick Armey is the hired gun for these “usual suspect” unpatriotic elitists. The raw film shows these “events” are so lightly attended that only the desperate or those with an axe to grind would even note them. Capiche Neil?
April 9th, 2009 at 7:55 amthese idiots ignore the fact that the boston tea party was a reaction to the king LOWERING taxes, not a reaction to the king raising them
the king’s homeys couldn’t compete in the states with tariffs, the king, (EXACTLY like bush) removed tariffs for his homeys making it impossible for the demestic economy to survive
the colonies went balistic and a new nation was formed
as usual, the repukelicans revised events to suit their own agenda, an agenda that goes against everything this country was founded
April 9th, 2009 at 8:31 amWhy is anyone surprised? At Fox truth is based on how they imagine it rather than how they understand it.
April 9th, 2009 at 9:23 amSilly fascists and thier silly rally’s.
We the people need to recognize an internal threat when one exists.
April 9th, 2009 at 9:48 amIt’s official: the GOP is now the teabagger party!
April 9th, 2009 at 10:51 amJust in case someone decides to get slap happy with the libs:I will man up and be there to meet you. You will find me wearing a uniform and carrying a badge. Please carry your “commie be good” bat, because I will be happy to charge you with assault with a deadly weapon when you attack me or anyone else.
Thank you sir…we’ll have your back as well.
Cheers.
April 9th, 2009 at 11:58 amGiven that Fox news speaks for the alternate reality of their followers, the tea party protest are just spectacular…
Thank god that in the real world it isn’t.
April 9th, 2009 at 2:24 pmWOW, I had no idea so many people were clueless. Thousand of people are out there protesting in this tea party. Wake up bozos!!!!
April 9th, 2009 at 11:54 pmVivaLaUSA Says:
Thats ok I am sure the things you had no idea of and never WILL understand would fill great libraries. Thats fine we all knew how stupid you winguts are how oblivious to reality. I would tell YOU to wake up but higher brain function simply is NOT in your future MORON. So go about your bussiness being a brainwashed fool you will never be capable of anything else any way
April 10th, 2009 at 7:53 amHippyLicker the cowardly moron is back.. One of the stupidest mammals in existance it is a wonder how he remembers to breathe or even finds his mouth to feed himself he is so retarded. HipplyLicker is a coward and a punk. His forays into waystupidville are always good for a laugh though I love laughing at morons as stupid as HippyLicker. I always enjoy a free clown show.
April 10th, 2009 at 12:07 pmBy the way HippyLicker you stupid piece of garbage if you dont realize how stupid you are and what is wrong with that argument lets see how SHORT of one hundred million those protests get. My GOD you are stupid
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