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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 29 days ago
Bachmann Celebrates Capitol Hill Tea Party In Fundraising E-Mail
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) sent out this fundraising e-mail, celebrating the Capitol Hill Tea Party that she had taken a key role in organizing and promoting: Dear Patriot, As I write this note, thousands of everyday Americans have come to Washington to speak their mind about the ...
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 29 days ago
Patriot Games: GOP Reps Pick Tea Party Rally Over National-Security Votes
— tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — When it's a choice between strengthening the Patriot Act, or showing up for the Tea Party Patriots,... what's a GOP lawmaker to do? We'll give you one guess... Several Republican members of Congress yesterday blew off votes on the signature ... (more) Patriot Games: GOP Reps Pick Tea Party Rally Over ...

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politicsdaily.com - 29 days ago
Is the Tea Party Gang Turning GOP into a Party of Hate?
— politicsdaily.com — When John Boehner, the Republican leader of the House, appeared at the Tea Party rally at the... Capitol on Thursday afternoon, it was a dramatic signal: the wing-nuts have taken over the GOP. Think I'm being harsh? The angry folks at the protest -- ... (more) Is the Tea Party Gang Turning GOP into a Party of Hate?

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WaPo's Milbank Decries 'Hateful and Gruesome' Hill Protest, Thrown by 'Party of No Taste'
newsbusters.org - 28 days ago
WaPo's Milbank Decries 'Hateful and Gruesome' Hill Protest, Thrown by 'Party of No Taste'
— newsbusters.org — At the Capitol Hill rally against nationalized health care on Thursday, talk-radio host and author Mark Levin... talked to the press: "These are citizen patriots out here, and I’m tired of them being smeared." Some didn’t get the message. In ... (more) WaPo's Milbank Decries 'Hateful and Gruesome' Hill ...

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Daily Kos — ... etc.: It really makes all those predominantly old, white, angry people look even more like sheep. They pledge allegiance to FOX News and scream about keeping the government's hands off their Medicare, and Rupert Murdoch and the Koch's laugh all the way to the bank. Meanwhile, their queen Michele Bachmann, who trots out the fiction that yesterday's melee was organic and "unplanned,"is using yesterday's freak-show to fundraise. Update: You can watch it ...

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