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Conservatives Tea-Bagging Capitol Hill
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Republicans, Barack Obama, Economy I'm not sure if you've heard of the Tea Party Movement, but as near as I can tell, it involves conservatives sitting down at tiny tables with their Paddington Bears, Strawberry Shortcake dolls, and the ambitious ones load their Teddy Ruxpins with Rick Santelli's anti-homeowner rant, and they sip a bitter concoction from tiny cups. Or it could be some kind of protest against "out-of-control government spending" that just took 8 years for them to notice. ...
Further Attempts to Discredit Tea Party Protests
GayPatriot —
... Yeah, I’d rather the AFA not be involved any of the protests. But, they are one of many sponsoring these rallies against bigger government and higher taxes and for a less intrusive state and more personal freedom. There’s nothing on the sites for the tea parties which even remotely suggests an anti-gay agenda. I mean, what is anti-gay about protesting “against out of control government spending“? ...
Tina Dupuy: Hey, Tax Day Tea Parties -- your 'grassroots movement' can't have corporate media sponsorship
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... So, Tax Day Tea Parties are planned for April 15 - tax day. Thousands of protesters (not all in the same place) are going to protest. Something. Obama probably. Government maybe; with ...
Nothing says revolution like well-behaved politicians in sport coats
Fired Up! Missouri —
... I was really curious to see how the event would be set up to look like a "grassroots" movement, but was pleasantly surprised to see that ...
Unicorn Nuts…On Your Face
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... Tea Party movement. It’s a group of fucknuts joining other groups of marginally related fucknuts to protest something or other, in a hugely fucknutty way. The point of the Tea Party movement, besides the largest thrusting of testicles to America’s collective face since the Soviets launched Sputnik, is to protest...well, basically the entire functioning of the government with no alternative plan or goal whatsoever. The stated purpose of the protests is “protest against out of control government spending”, which, while something, ...
Nuts to You
Comments from Left Field —
... It’s a group of fucknuts joining other groups of marginally related fucknuts to protest something or other, in a hugely fucknutty way. The point of the Tea Party movement, besides the largest thrusting of testicles to America’s collective face since the Soviets launched Sputnik, is to protest…well, basically the entire functioning of the government with no alternative plan or goal whatsoever. The stated purpose of the protests is “protest against out of control government spending”, which, while something, is also terribly and uselessly vague. It’s easy to lump ...
What a Real Grass Roots Spontaneous Protest Movement Looks Like
Open Left - Front Page —
... marriage and protest the recent California vote that made it illegal in that state.
Despite intermittent rain, about 4,000 people from Boston and beyond attended, organizers estimated.[...]
I don't know whether Bailliett's claim of 1 million people worldwide participating in the protest is accurate, but at the current moment Pajamas TV is estimating the total turnout of the tea parties at 208,000.
A bit more context from the Tea Party people themselves:
The Tea Party protests, in their current form, began in early ...
