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'Teabagger,' They Say -- By: Jay Nordlinger
In recent days, I have been writing about “teabagger,” and how this disgusting epithet -- used against conservative protesters -- has gone mainstream. Anderson Cooper, the CNN anchorman, got the ball rolling, in a big way, when he ridiculed the protesters in this manner back in April. David ...
Fox and CNN -- By: Jay Nordlinger
corner.nationalreview.com — The White House communications director, Anita Dunn, contrasted Fox News with CNN: Fox News is just a... Republican opinion outlet, she said, while CNN is a real news network. Of Fox, she said, “Let’s not pretend that they’re a news network, the way CNN ... (more) Fox and CNN -- By: Jay Nordlinger
A Dirty Mainstream -- By: Jay Nordlinger
corner.nationalreview.com — Yesterday, I had a note on Anita Dunn, Fox News, CNN, and all that jazz. I said... that a CNN anchorman, Anderson Cooper, had coined this “teabagger” epithet against anti-Obama protesters. “Teabagging” is a sexual practice defined in that earlier note ... (more) A Dirty Mainstream -- By: Jay Nordlinger
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
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Kathryn Jean Lopez Keeps Stiff Upper Lip in the Face of Dangling Testicle References
Whiskey Fire — ... Over at The Corner, the inmates are still all open-mouthed at the mention of dangling testicles. Jay Nordlinger, for one, has long been fascinated with the concept of testicles between the lips. The mere notion of teabagging suffices to make Kathryn Jean Lopez gasp: ...

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