I wanted to note that I’ve seen some liberals accused of sullying the purity of our political discourse by deriding the “tea party” movement with jokes about “tea bagging.” I, personally, have tended to eschew such rhetoric. But I did want to cite this late February Dave Weigel post that provides clear photographic evidence that the other side started it:

Reminiscent of Thomas Jefferson himself.
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