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Fox’s Megyn Kelly Falsely Claims That Only Two Members Of Congress Have Embraced Anti-Obama Tea Parties

On Friday, Fox News.com — which has been aggressively advocating on behalf of radical anti-Obama “tea party” protests — reported that they could find “only two members of Congress — both Republicans — who have committed to attending the demonstrations on the day income taxes are due.” On Fox’s America’s Newsroom this morning, host Megyn Kelly pushed the report in an interview with one of the lawmakers, saying that “only two members of Congress have agreed to join in, in these events, one of them is South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint.”

During her interview with DeMint, Kelly repeated that he was “one of only two lawmakers, we could find, who was openly participating in these tea party events, which are happening coast to coast.” As she said this, a chyron on the screen read: “1 senator, 1 congressman set to attend tax day tea parties.” Watch it:

Fox News appears to have not tried too hard to find lawmakers attending the events. As ThinkProgress reported last week, at least 11 Republican lawmakers and governors have signed on to speak at local events:

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) will be speaking at the Salt Lake City protest.

Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) and a representative from Rep. Sam Graves’ (R-MO) office will be speaking at the Overland Park protest.

Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) will be speaking at the Shreveport protest.

Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) will be speaking at the Jacksonville protest.

Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) will be speaking at the Wauseon protest.

Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ) and former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) will be speaking at the Phoenix protest.

Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) will be speaking at the Charlotte protest.

Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL) will be speaking at the Brevard protest.

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) will be speaking at the Longview protest.

Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC) will be speaking at the protest in Columbia.

Additionally, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported yesterday that Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) will be appearing at tea party protests as well. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT), Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), and Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL) have also been urging their constituents to attend tea party protests while Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) is sponsoring a bill in Congress to honor the protests.

In his New York Times column today, Paul Krugman writes that “it turns out that the tea parties don’t represent a spontaneous outpouring of public sentiment.” Instead, Krugman notes that a key role in organizing the “AstroTurf (fake grass roots) events” is being played “by FreedomWorks, an organization run by Richard Armey, the former House majority leader, and supported by the usual group of right-wing billionaires.”



80 Responses to “Fox’s Megyn Kelly Falsely Claims That Only Two Members Of Congress Have Embraced Anti-Obama Tea Parties”

  1. Another Joe says:

    Could it be that the rest of congress learned from the larry “wide stance” craig’s bathroom incident and does not want to publically proclaim that they are going to put testicles in their mouths to show disapproval over Obama?

    After all, closet homosexual republicans will no longer really be in the closet if they perform oral sex acts with male genitalia.


  2. konchster says:

    Teabagging a Republican sporting event. Play nice and don’t bite down.


  3. Brian Crooks says:

    My question is this: what does Fox “News” gain from downplaying Republican support for these riots? Either A) they’re trying ti distance some Republicans from their support in case things go awry (perhaps at the behest of said Republicans) or B) they just don’t do any actual research. I don’t really know which it is, but either way is pretty troubling.


  4. BearCountry says:

    Faux couldn’t quite bring themselves to say that no members of Congress would participate or sponsor, so they stopped looking after they found two names and said that they couldn’t find more than two.


  5. pbeeg says:

    So are all these protestors going to refuse to take the Obama tax cut they’re probably already getting and pay the government at the old rate?
    That’d show the socialists!


  6. Bozo The Neocootiebug says:

    hey, don’t be too hard on megyn,
    it’s hard to clearly read the telepromter with murdoch’s testicles covering your eyes


  7. thomas mc says:

    The GOP has become a national embarrassment.


  8. dasm says:

    tea parties “…supported by the usual group of right-wing billionaires”

    And reported by the usual group of liars at Fox.


  9. mk3872 says:

    These were the same people telling us just a few short years ago that criticizing our president during the time of war was UNAMERICAN and UNPATRIOTIC.

    Last time I looked, we are still at war.

    Which means this is another double standard by the Right and only applies to REPUBLICAN presidents, I see.


  10. deebaser says:

    umm… so a “news” organization is promoting protests… I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this happening in my lifetime.


  11. nellre says:

    Mad Hatter parties.

    In the chapter “A Mad Tea Party”, the Mad Hatter asks a famous riddle: “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” When Alice gives up, the Hatter admits he does not have an answer himself.

    wiki


  12. Keith H. says:

    Pour boiling water over the tea
    How simple and clear can the instructions be ?
    They bring you a cup with a lemon slice
    And an unopened tea bag beside it (How nice)
    And a pot of water and it may be hot
    But boiling it isn’t, so tea you have not

    It’s boiling water that brings out tea’s flavor
    With a dash of milk you’ve a real brew to savor
    They drink luke brown water that looks like gnat pee
    And it’s got nothing to do with a good cup of tea


  13. christopher wiwi says:

    Well Megyn is after all an employee of Faux News and she is just another corporate shill and a “SHEEPLE” of the Reich.How these people can stand there and protest for and defend the wealthy and their Tax cuts that won`t expire until 2010 is beyond me, don`t they know what is really happening…….I keep forgetting that they are all Sheeple that are being led to the slaughter.


  14. Bozo The Neocootiebug says:

    i was on youtube earlier and the teabagging event in washington d.c. featuring tokyo rose malkin as the host only had about 20 people at it.


  15. cavjam says:

    The original tea party was a protest against taxation without representation, a familiar position for colonies in a monarchy. The current farce is financed in large part by the Koch family, the capitalist equivalent of a monarchy. Ironic, ain’t it?


  16. makete says:

    Bozo @#7, good one. That was too funny…..LOL.


  17. RantingTommy says:

    Right wing ignorance is hilarious until that ignorance is coupled with their cowardly fear and panic and superstitious beliefs in gods and tax cuts. That usually results in violence.


  18. Brian Crooks says:

    deebaser Says:

    umm… so a “news” organization is promoting protests… I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this happening in my lifetime.
    ========================
    Exactly. Imagine the fury (rightfully so) if CNN or MSNBC had not only encouraged their viewers to join Code Pink or MoveOn.org, but gave them information about how to do so, and had their most popular personalities attending fundraisers for Code Pink and MoveOn.org. This is absolutely reprehensible and it is astonishing to me that somehow they can criticize the “liberal media” but go WAY further than any of their contemporaries have gone as far as advocating a political movement.


  19. deebaser says:

    The fact that this is scheduled for a Wednesday afternoon shows that this scheme was dreamed up by the out of touch leisure class. Most of us have jobs and can’t bail on work midweek.


  20. Bozo The Neocootiebug says:

    deebaser,
    it’s real easy, these “events” appeal to unemployed white trash who need to blame their sheeyitty lives on someone else


  21. misscoleopteramolly says:

    The organizers have been going out of their way to promote this as a “not Republican” event. Yet everybody involved appears to be Republican. Why is my intelligence being insulted in this manner?


  22. A Patriotic Anopheles Acting says:

    This is a blatant act of sedition. An illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government. Cut and dry. For an elected official to aid in the organization and promotion of such acts is truly disgusting and punishable by law. ARE YOU LISTENING AG HOLDER??!!

    I have NOTHING against citizens exercising their right to free speech, but for a “news” organization and elected officials to incite such action with the fiancial backing of corporate America is utterly heinous. The enemy within, indeed…


  23. tombaker says:

    It also appears to be a 99% red state phenomenon. The map that lays out where all the bagging will go down (all pun intended) very closely resembles an electoral map (of the neo-confederacy).


  24. christopher wiwi says:

    cavjam Says:

    The original tea party was a protest against taxation without representation, a familiar position for colonies in a monarchy. The current farce is financed in large part by the Koch family, the capitalist equivalent of a monarchy. Ironic, ain’t it?
    ______________________________________________________________

    cavjam, What a lot of “Sheeple” don`t know is that The East India Tea Co wanted the the King to tax the colonists` goods and not tax the East India Tea Co goods.It is now called Free Trade and the East India tea Co wanted the whole of the colonies as it`s market which meant a monopoly, imagine that.These Reich wing Blue collar Americans are so very ignorant about their corporate shilling and even our own country`s history.They think that higher taxes results in no jobs and they are so wrong in that thinking.We had a tax hike under Clinton and he created an enormous amount of jobs.They seem to forget about the SHRUBS tax cuts and we still kept losing jobs,over 4 million jobs lost since his takeover of Washington.They just can`t seem to bring themselves into reality because of people like Billo, Beck,The savage Wiener and Flush Limpballs.


  25. ahistoricality says:

    Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) is scheduled to be at the Pittburg, KS rally.


  26. ralph the wonder locust says:

    Can someone explain what these people are protesting, besides having to pay their taxes?

    That’s all it looks like to me.


  27. Bozo The Neocootiebug says:

    “Can someone explain what these people are protesting, besides having to pay their taxes?”

    they’re protesting the fact their asses got handed to them in the last two election cycles and are sore losers.


  28. lvchengci says:

    mk3872 Says:
    Which means this is another double standard by the Right and only applies to REPUBLICAN presidents, I see.

    Actually, I think the faux has only one standard: supporting REPUBLICAN president whatever he has done, even stupid things


  29. buzzbomb says:

    Hummm, Ron Paul eh. I knew he was a tool bag.


  30. Hoodathunktick says:

    From what I can see they are protesting that the economy appears to be slowly recovering.

    And that the Republicans lost. Both the election and their minds.


  31. old_hack says:

    Here’s Charles Bukowski’s on the current economic crisis


  32. katydid says:

    deebaser and bozo,
    my local teabaggers are meeting at 6pm…

    that works out ok, since most shift work industries have left town anyway…



  33. angels81 says:

    Wow! twenty people showed up to hear Malkin. More people show up in our local park to listen to the end of the world nut on his soap box.


  34. Scraby Crab says:

    Megan Kelly is a propagandist.


  35. regroce says:

    Jim DeMint (R-SC) is scheduled to appear in Charleston SC


  36. fletc3her says:

    I suppose if you’re Republican the good news is that your party is still functioning. The bad news is that their “brand” is so tainted that they have to pretend that their party events are put on by someone else.


  37. fire _ant_chavis says:

    What a shame! Billionaire Repugnicants pimping and brainwashing their constituents. These tools don’t realize that they’re being used – do they even realize that allowing the tax breaks to expire for the wealthy will not affect them?? Wow – just plain S-T-U-P-I-D!


  38. sscncturn64 says:

    O/T Pres. Obama is talking about how his stimulas package is working out so far, its positive. MSNBC,CNN, are covering it live, where is Fox lies?


  39. Purple State says:

    Mind you, the Malkin D.C. Tea Party was in February, back before FNC started promoting the topic like it was a monster truck rally. There weren’t too many people there, but it was more than 20. Maybe 35 or so.

    I expect the GOP/FNC (they’re practically the same) to pull a McCain stunt and cart people in to make it appear the attendance is actually massive. But I wonder just what the overall goal is for these parties. Is it to criticize Obama’s policies? It it to attack overall taxation? Is it to attack Obama’s legitimacy as a president/U.S. citizen?

    And that’s the trouble with these “tea parties”. No matter how livid and insistent the attendees are about them, this is to give Republicans a feather in their cap, a venue to throw their hat into the ring and challenge the Democrats up for reelection, including President Obama. This is to give people a chance to gripe about liberals, progressives, and Democrats.


  40. Bilbo Hussein Baggins says:

    It became obvious this wasn’t a “grass roots” organization when they started holding fundraising parties. Why do they need fundraising if it is a grass roots movement? I’m thinking they are gathering money to have professional signs printed and to bring people from out of state in to certain areas to make the protest look like it’s bigger than it really is.

    My fear is that the protests are going to turn ugly. Since this “movement” is attracting skinheads and anti-government types, all of whom have plenty of guns, it could end up in being a real problem.


  41. Bilbo Hussein Baggins says:

    fire _ant_chavis Says:
    What a shame! Billionaire Repugnicants pimping and brainwashing their constituents. These tools don’t realize that they’re being used – do they even realize that allowing the tax breaks to expire for the wealthy will not affect them?? Wow – just plain S-T-U-P-I-D!

    The problem here is that somehow they all think that some day they are going to be rich too. And when they are rich, they don’t want to pay their fair share of taxes.

    Personally, I would be happy to leave the tax rate for the wealthy where it is right now if we could do something to make sure that the wealthy actually pay the taxes they owe. Last count they were paying an average of 17% in taxes due to all their loopholes and sending their money off-shore into tax shelter accounts.

    Same thing with corporations. Leave their tax rates where they are and make sure they actually pay taxes. When we have 65% of the corporations in this country not paying any taxes, you know you have a problem.


  42. Bilbo Hussein Baggins says:

    Actually, the legislators being involved wouldn’t bother me if this was a protest against an issue. I remember certain Democratic legislators joined in protests over invading Iraq and didn’t see anything wrong with that.

    What I see wrong with this current situation is that there doesn’t seem to be a single issue driving these protests. They are simply protests against our President for being a Democrat and against our government for doing things they disagree with. To me this is not simply a protest, it is edging towards sedition.


  43. CageyCretin says:

    Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
    Since this “movement” is attracting skinheads and anti-government types, all of whom have plenty of guns, it could end up in being a real problem.

    And don’t forget the rhetoric since Nov 4: the blatant racism, the hate of everyhting not-republican, the American Talibon, the incessant “insurrection” comments, etc..

    On the propoganda side, this has been worked up with the expectant result of these gatherings to be violence. I don’t fear it (and I suppose that some using that word may agree) — it concerns me because I don’t like to hear about innocent people getting hurt by hateful and ignorant people.

    But if the FBI and NSA is not on TOP of their game on this, then they will have to take quite a share of responsibility: there are so many warning signs in big bold neon that this is a dangerous thing that only an idiot could not realize it, if looking at the data and patterns leading up to it.

    Quite simply, I am convinced that the talking heads and ‘leaders’ (Limbaugh, Rove, Kristol, etc.) WANT these to get violent. Exactly what they expect to use that for I am not sure of, but I am sure that there is some plan that involves these ‘parties’ to go violent.


  44. Xisithrus says:

    If it werent such a scam it would be funny seeing these folks cheerlead for generational theft which they proclaim to be against.


  45. SickupandFed says:

    I am still amazed by the fact that anyone would elect J.D. Hayworth to anything.

    I used to work with him in Cincinnati. He was a sports anchor. And insincere is an understatement.


  46. shoeless Chilopoda says:

    Brian Crooks Says:
    ——————————————————————————–

    My question is this: what does Fox “News” gain from downplaying Republican support for these riots?

    I think even Murdoch realizes how bad this looks. This lie is for PR. He is doing it for two reasons:

    1. Fox is losing billions of dollars per year. He has finally started to worry about public relations.

    2. They are trying to protect the Republicans from themselves. If they can make it seem as if there are only a couple of traitors in the GOP, the public is much more likely to blow it off.


  47. RealityCheck says:

    Fox is #1…and Megyn is hot!

    as far as the Tea Parties go…if you are worried about them…then STAY AWAY from them.


  48. KateWords says:

    Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says: What I see wrong with this current situation is that there doesn’t seem to be a single issue driving these protests. They are simply protests against our President…

    That’s exactly it. Ultimately, everything else they say is just an excuse to get together and proclaim that they don’t recognize the authority of the new administration. They aren’t objecting to issues; they’re objecting to (and revolting against) the president himself.

    I’m not too worried about violence at the demonstrations themselves. They’re most likely not going to attack themselves, or march on their local democrats.

    BUT, the participants are going to go home, emboldened by all the hate speech and back-slapping encouragement to “do something about it.” I fear the events are going to be breeding grounds for some very dispicable acts to follow.


  49. Buckie Boy says:

    Fixed News – Far from Balanced.

    Amazing that the morons who believe anything that comes out of the Propaganda Pie Holes on that channel have enough brain cells to breath.

    Fcuk the Republicans


  50. ralph the wonder locust says:

    RealityCheck Says:
    Fox is #1…and Megyn is hot!

    as far as the Tea Parties go…if you are worried about them…then STAY AWAY from them.

    Faux is the #1 anti-American network, I’ll agree with that. And as for your assessment of Megyn’s hotness, I find intelligence more of a turn-on than you do, apparently.

    And as for your “stay away ” advice, why don’t you guys like to hear that about gay marriage? If you’re worried about gay marriage… don’t enter into one.


  51. Zooey Lepidoptera says:

    Sorry I’m late to the tea party, but I thought you might enjoy this cartoon:

    Would you care for some tea…?


  52. independent989 says:

    It would seem that many of you have already made up your mind on these protests without having witnessed any as of yet. As far as the Tea Party that I will be associated with, we will be protesting and advocating policies not people.


  53. Xisithrus says:

    RealityCheck, the more I look into this Olin, Koch, Scaife, AEI, AdTI, McKenna, Birch thing the more I see its a libertarian movement making use of conservatism..


  54. Xisithrus says:

    In other words, RealityCheck needs a reality check.


  55. Zooey Lepidoptera says:

    independent989 Says:

    It would seem that many of you have already made up your mind on these protests without having witnessed any as of yet. As far as the Tea Party that I will be associated with, we will be protesting and advocating policies not people.
    April 13th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    What policies — EXACTLY?


  56. ralph the wonder locust says:

    independent989 Says:

    As far as the Tea Party that I will be associated with, we will be protesting and advocating policies not people.

    So you say. But which policies you claim you’ll be protesting is sort of ill-defined.

    Comes off as a simple anti-Obama astroturf movement.

    Or maybe you guys just don’t want to pay your taxes, that’s what it really looks like.


  57. CageyCretin says:

    independent989 Says:
    we will be protesting and advocating policies not people.

    Well, that is your constitutional right, then, as long as it remains peaceful and is not focused on sedition or treason. I hope that you are correct. I will not be attending these nebulous affairs and will hear about the results after. Perhaps some details about the issues and not people would be very helpful in understanding, and you COULD help clear that up for most of us here, who do NOT know what these things are claiming to be about, as the information come to us (non-FOX viewers) is rather skimpy, at best, and leaves us to make assumptions based on the people and groups involved in organizing and speaking at these rallies.

    And any explanation why it is all Republican speakers and no Democratic spearkers? Or Independents? Or Libertarians?


  58. CageyCretin says:

    independent989 Says:

    Furthermore, I see that Ralph and Zooey asked the same basic question. Now, these are two of the better informed posters here, and so if they don’t have details about the “policies” you claim will be protested AND advocated (ooohhh… new ideas?…. really?…..), then I am left to wonder what information you are basing your claim on…. or is YOUR information based on no more knowledge that WE have, and thus YOU are assuming as well?


  59. KateWords says:

    independent989 Says: As far as the Tea Party that I will be associated with, we will be protesting and advocating policies not people.

    May I ask which policies you’ll be protesting?

    I understand that many people are against the stimulus and other fiscal policies. All valid concerns worthy of debate.

    But it seems to me most other concerns, such as the raising of (middle-class) taxes, one world government, global currency, taking everyone’s guns, etc., are all stories fabricated to incite anger and rebellion against the administration from a rather uneducated, armed and resentful base.


  60. weareright says:

    Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
    Since this “movement” is attracting skinheads and anti-government types, all of whom have plenty of guns, it could end up in being a real problem

    KateWords Says: That’s exactly it. Ultimately, everything else they say is just an excuse to get together and proclaim that they don’t recognize the authority of the new administration. They aren’t objecting to issues; they’re objecting to (and revolting against) the president himself.
    I’m not too worried about violence at the demonstrations themselves. They’re most likely not going to attack themselves, or march on their local democrats.
    BUT, the participants are going to go home, emboldened by all the hate speech and back-slapping encouragement to “do something about it.” I fear the events are going to be breeding grounds for some very dispicable acts to follow.

    Buckie Boy Says: Fcuk the Republicans

    First of all, let me state that this is a one time deal for me. i will not be reviewing this post further, but cannot allow myself to refrain from commenting. Unfortunately, i will therefore miss any of your namecalling that will likely follow my own post. That being said, what i see is typical Liberal, or Progressive, (or whatever many of you call yourselves now-days) NAMECALLING. it happens all the time. and typically it is perfectly warranted because individuals who have no understanding of a situation they disagree with, or whom have no real (meaning valid,) argument against an issue will resort to uncontrollable acts such as uncomfortable laughter, childish namecalling, or gay marriage. oops, sorry, i didn’t mean to throw that out there, but since i did, i have a proposal for you, because, i, like many of my friends on the right, do not care if gay men and women get married. Please, i will leave you and your homosexuality to God’s judgement (I know many of you Progressive/Liberal individuals don’t like the word God, but i still believe in him/her) if you let me keep my guns without worrying that we LAW-ABIDING citizens are going to suddenly open fire on the general public.(After all, those that typically do open fire are the people Progressives and Liberals are trying to save – that is what you people do, isn’t it? try to save the world because no one but Liberals have the answers?)As for revolution, we right-wingers would hate a violent outbreak because we know what that would mean – our deaths by the hands of United Nations soldiers because most of our own soldiers would not open fire on the general american population as was determined back in the Clinton Era of gun-banning when the then-President asked UN troops if they would be willing to fire on American citizens if necessary. Revolution would be swift and would reslt in the deaths of our families, whom we on the right hold dear – our children that the left wingers would have rather seen aborted, our heterosexual wives and husbands you left wingers hate because society and our right wing Bibles generally see us as “normal”. i know what a violent revolution would be. my death, my children’s or wife’s deaths or displacement, and nothing would be accomplished. but i am preparing for it, because what happens if someone else doesn’t see it that way. See, we Americans are diverse. I am right winged, but you lump me in with everyone. Imagine what would happen if i did that with our Black President, lumped him in with all the other black people. or what if i said all Muslims are terrorists. But you people commenting here, you ARE Liberals. You ARE namecalling and mudslinging rabble rousers. Yet you chide us right-wingers for wanting to protect our children’s futures? we are protesting, not higher taxes, but the fact that OUR TAX MONEY for the next THREE GENERATIONS will be paying for programs in a stimulus package WE DISAGREE WITH. That’s what these tea parties are about. do your homework, and stop wasting time trying to think up newer and crueler names for those of us who are overly patriotic. And for the record, i dislike our president very much and intend to continue to watchdog him, despite some of the good things he is doing. it is the Democratic Republic of this great nation to which i owe allegiance, not President Obama. He is not a king in a Monarchy, but a representative of the people of America, and quite frankly, i do not feel represented by his policies and his agenda, which i have researched on the White House website, nor do i feel represented by a more Liberal or Progressive, Democratic Majority legislative branch. Therefore, i do take offense to paying taxes – for i am truly feeling TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.


  61. wags camponotus saundersi says:


  62. KateWords says:

    weareright says: As for revolution, we right-wingers would hate a violent outbreak because we know what that would mean – our deaths by the hands of United Nations soldiers because most of our own soldiers would not open fire on the general american population as was determined back in the Clinton Era of gun-banning when the then-President asked UN troops if they would be willing to fire on American citizens if necessary.

    What the… ?

    I apparently missed a critical memo somewhere.


  63. Xisithrus says:

    Thats fine we are right, but I dont think you have done your homework when it comes to the Birchers, Kochs, Olins and Scaifes, AEI, Freedom Works etc is that they are fueling your anger over ‘taxation without representation’ when the fact is they are profiting off your taxation without representation by being for ‘free trade’ which, like Nafta, send some 20 billion tax dollars as foreign aid to Mexico.

    Your empowering what you claim to be against weareright. Note I am not name calling..besides why let a name bother you? Its just a word, an opinion, not a fact.


  64. gully foyle says:

    # 32 Old Hack

    Bukowski worked for a living all of his life (”Factotum”, “Post Office”, etc.). His take on economics is one of the working man. Bukowski didn’t take s**t from anyone.


  65. ralph the wonder locust says:

    weareright Says:

    quite frankly, i do not feel represented by his policies and his agenda, which i have researched on the White House website, nor do i feel represented by a more Liberal or Progressive, Democratic Majority legislative branch. Therefore, i do take offense to paying taxes – for i am truly feeling TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.

    Not quite clear on the concept, I fear.

    Like Jon Stewart said, they are confusing TYRANNY with LOSING.


  66. kpaul says:

    Hey there weareright,

    Just a couple of tips:

    If you decide to publish another manifesto here, go with double-spacing. Not only is it easier to read, it doesn’t come across so “Ted Kaczinski.”

    Also, try some editing. That was just too much crazy to digest all at once.

    You may want to try decaf teabags before you stroke out…


  67. MarcyJ says:

    #43 Bilbo:

    Glenn Beck said this morning on his radio show that more than likely any nutty behavior at the tea bagging will be caused by undercover Liberals. So if there is any ugliness or violence it’s (once again) our fault. Love the way that jackass thinks.


  68. Game of Life says:

    repugs have once again turned a people’s event into a political event.

    Tax date will look like some sort of a becky show from now on.

    Dirty rotten no nothing teabaggers.


  69. Game of Life says:

    kpaul Says:

    Hey there weareright,

    Just a couple of tips:

    If you decide to publish another manifesto here, go with double-spacing. Not only is it easier to read, it doesn’t come across so “Ted Kaczinski.”

    Also, try some editing. That was just too much crazy to digest all at once.

    You may want to try decaf teabags before you stroke out…

    That shit is fun-nee.


  70. Game of Life says:

    Brian Crooks Says:

    My question is this: what does Fox “News” gain from downplaying Republican support for these riots? Either A) they’re trying ti distance some Republicans from their support in case things go awry (perhaps at the behest of said Republicans) or B) they just don’t do any actual research. I don’t really know which it is, but either way is pretty troubling.

    These racist bastoid are doing exactly the opposite of what the original\true\real Boston Tea Party did. They are claiming that non-violent dems will act like the racist teabaggers and cause havoc on the repugs’ stolen may day rich man day.

    It’s like the real Boston Tea Party participants dressing up like brit soldiers and throwing tea overboard. For what?

    Also with becky’s brilliant reverse riot cause and effect “reasoning” won’t work. First off their ilk made it known they will use violence, play dirty and use weapons.

    In fact repugs and faux news will benefit directly from their violence.

    OLT– It doesn’t look like tea they are thowing into the water. These phonies are throwing plastic bags and their garabage overboard. It’s probably some trash they found along the way. Faux “news” 10 people doesn’t mean you have a backing no matter the camera shot.

    dumbasses


  71. Eugene atrax robustus Debs says:

    Huzzah Kpaul That was the only response weareright’s longwinded WWWWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH deserved


  72. Progressive Republican says:

    These protestors don’t know what socialism is.


  73. dbadass says:

  74. Zooey Lepidoptera says:

    I see “independent” couldn’t manage to come up with the reasons he’ll be teabagging on Wednesday.

    I am forced to conclude that he simply enjoys it.

    Ta!


  75. RealityCheck says:

    Ralph the tinkerbell wrote: Faux is the #1 anti-American network, I’ll agree with that. And as for your assessment of Megyn’s hotness, I find intelligence more of a turn-on than you do, apparently.

    And as for your “stay away ” advice, why don’t you guys like to hear that about gay marriage? If you’re worried about gay marriage… don’t enter into one.

    So what you mean is you’re gay and Megyn is not a guy so she is not hot. OK for you Tink…I could care less…leaves more women for real men.
    I don’t give a rats behind if you gobble the turkey neck in you’re own house…just don’t do it in public.


  76. Eugene atrax robustus Debs says:

    RealityCheck Says:

    What he means is what he said. What I mean is you are ignorant you are a punk and you are a troll. A stupid piece of garbage who makes the whole world STINK just a little more just for you being in it.


  77. texasman5002 says:

    fAUX AND mEGAN ,THE CHICK OF bRIT ,HE HIORED HER TO BE HIS WOMAN 2ND WQOMAN .sHE IS WEIRD LIKE ALL OF fAUX NEWS ,AND THE LLIST OF SENATORS AND CONGRESMNE ISA ALL no gop SPEAKER,SHOULD BE A NOMBOUT BEFORE IT STARTS ,gop DONT HAVE A PLAN FOR GOING TO THE BATH ROOM OR EATING LUNCH ,HOW CAN THEY RUN A COUNTRY HAHA


  78. guzide says:

    OK Pat obviously senile dementia has set in. Time to see the nice young men that will need to take care of you soon.burun estetigi rent a car arac kiralama
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