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Re: Re: Teabagger -- By: Jay Nordlinger
This is the way I put it in a post on Monday: “I myself am afraid that ‘teabagger’ is here to stay. And perhaps conservatives will ‘own’ the insult, as they say? Or maybe they have owned it already? Alternatively, is ‘teabagger’ to be a conservative N-word, acceptable -- even joyously ...
Four More -- By: Jay Nordlinger
corner.nationalreview.com — Not years: points following on from my post below (“ O’s (Latest) Insult ”). 1) People such... as Obama say that Democrats and liberals are independent-minded, thinking and acting for themselves; Republicans and conservatives, on the other hand, are all ... (more) Four More -- By: Jay Nordlinger
O's (Latest) Insult -- By: Jay Nordlinger
corner.nationalreview.com — Barack Obama is pretty interesting when he gets in front of his money-givers -- his biggest fans,... I guess. In New York, he said, “Democrats are an opinionated bunch. You know, the other side, they just kinda sometimes do what they’re told. Democrats, ... (more) O's (Latest) Insult -- By: Jay Nordlinger
re: Teabagger -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
corner.nationalreview.com — I suspect many of the people who will happily describe their movement as such will not really... know of or not particularly care about the definition 360 and the rest are into. I may be delusional, but I think the American Revolution still trumps the ... (more) re: Teabagger -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
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Whiskey Fire — ... The general consensus in those precincts is that the tea-baggers should attempt to claim the tea-bagger term in exactly the same way as black people get to use bad words that white people can't. Nordlinger: ...

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