To Conservatives, The Tea Party Has Become The Terrifying ‘Mind Power’ Boy From The Twilight Zone

Photoshopped Tri-corner hat with a photoshopped tea bag?

Seriously? 

The Teavangelicals are indeed powerful though I prefer this as explanation…
Fear leads to anger.
Anger leads to hate.
Hatred leads to power.
Power leads to victory.
Let your anger flow through you.
Your hate will make you strong.
True power is only achieved through testing the limits of one’s anger, passing through unscathed.
Rage channeled through anger is unstoppable.
The dark side of the Force offers unimaginable power.
The dark side is stronger than the light.
The weak deserve their fate.
–tenets of Sith philosophy

Think you could have used a more obscure (or weaker) reference, Jon?

LOL.

“It’s not that he’s evil per se. He just has this incredible power and doesn’t really know the implications of what he’s doing.”

I always thought of that kid as a brat, throwing a hissy fit when he doesn’t get his way.

Liberals expect their representatives to be Zombies.  What ever the Leaders say all the Democrats go along with.  Just look at the Democrat bills of recent.  None of the Democrats read the bill or cared much for what was in the bill, if their leader told them to vote a certain way they did.  Well except for those that wanted to pimp the systems and get special favors for their votes.
Now that we have representatives caring about what is in the bill we get this type of lame-brain article.  How dare those representatives actually represent their constituents.  What an old school way of doing things, actually listening to their constituents!!!
Now if this article was written about the Democrats with such bills as Obamacare, that would be spot on.  The democrats were in fear of Reid, Pelosi, Rahm, Obama. Now there was the story of control based on fear.

Someday more will realize the truth, Paid Media and politicians can’t push it one party or the other. You can be elected to either party as a tea member. The Tea Party is more than Republicans. You can be a Democrat Libertarian and Independent and still embrace the tea party. The “TEA PARTY” did not start as Republican or Democrat! The idea was to end to much Government, unfair taxation and to many entitlements for corporations as well as people. It’s time for change.
 
You wouldn’t keep allowing your child to eat candy would you?, you would say enough is enough, thats all the Tea Party is doing. Acting like Grownups at the political childrens table we have come to know as Washington as usual..
 
Guys, the Tea Party are also Democrats, Independents, Libertarians, you still have a chance to save face. grab hold. Join in the song by Edgar Winters.. Come on grab on and take a free ride..set yourself free…
Forget that Old Guard spending and Old Guard warmongering..it’s time for change..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWpND8GhBuU

Obama is like The Howling Man in the TZ episode of the same name . He is a seemingly normal guy locked up by shepherds who is released  when he cajoles and convinces a traveler that he is being held unjustly . Little did the traveler ( liberals) know that they unleashed the devil upon the Earth .

Perhaps you should read this article and see what other parts of the world think of Obama.

http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/07/27/terence-corcoran-obama-set-to-lose-his-‘armageddon’/

Why capitalize zombie?  Why is Democrat sometimes capitalized and sometimes not?  Harry Reid is scary to Democrats?  I don’t understand this at all!

Teabaggers have always been like that.
No matter what the offense they will always stick up for the likes of Palin, Bachmann, Beck or Limbaugh.
Even when Beck apologizes, like he did to Obama’s daughters, they will still insist he was right along.
They can do absolutely no wrong and that’s what makes them dangerous.
They take this shit very personally.

“Gosh you’re stoopid.” 

An old conservative Canadian from Quebec = “parts (plural) of the world”?  
Natural act of alchemy for the illiterate.  

Awesome.  We have a new “dumbest analogy in Mediate history” contender.

If we’re all going to call each other names straight out of geek culture, could someone please say that I’m Batman?

The Tea Party is more like the movie Fatal Attraction.

The economy is the rabbit boiling in the pot and the teabaggers are crazy Glenn Close screaming “I WON’T BE IGNORED!!!”.

Don’t you love the liberal media?  Constant attacking the tea party, but no mention of what the tea party stands for, or why it is so influential.  Do you notice that the word “spending” never shows up in this article?   Just like it doesn’t show up in the other smear pieces on the tea party in the mainstream media. 

Exactly what corporate entitlements have Tea Party members marked for destruction?  And I’m pretty sure Edgar Winters would not be happy.

Actually, it’s not a weak reference or that obscure. In fact, a couple days ago I was going to tweet the very same reference. I went looking for a clip on Youtube of the episode but couldn’t find a good one quickly and then dropped the idea. GMTA!

In case any grown-ups – whether Dems, GOP, or independents – want to help send the Teapartiers to the next country over, start making valid arguments against their extremist ideology. To the extent that the TPers have any ideas at all, those ideas are simply warmed-over libertarianism. It’s extremely easy to show how libertarians are wrong, but all the best minds of the left can’t or won’t do it.

For actual arguments against the TPers, see:

24ahead.com/s/tea-parties

Obviously, many TPers are borderline mentally ill. However, repeating those arguments (in the summary at the top and in the posts) to them might cause the saner ones to realize they aren’t on the right side.

Between this and Tommy’s hit piece on Peggy Noonan from earlier today, I’m starting to think that the Mediaite editorialists are feeling that they need to pull out all of the stops to protect the Democrat Media Complex from the evil insurgent Tea Party. Must suck to see 60 years of unquestioned liberal media authority crumbling all around you. I feel your pain. If only you had any influence, these editorials might mean something. (Though don’t think that we don’t appreciate the constant MSNBC promo pop-ups, the changes made to the comment system to hide the fact that liberal posters have their comments voted down by a 3 to 1 margin, etc. Your efforts don’t go unnoticed here.)

Now go back to showing clips of people falling down in the snow. You do that much better.

The Tea Party can simply change their name. You know like democrat, progressive, communist, liberal, marxist or lefty scumbag. All interchangable you know. War to contigency plan.  Additional revenues replaces raising taxes. Investment replaces stealing tax money. Most adults see through this simplistic trick.just not libs.(or children) ……The new name for the Tea Party is——— The majority of the American people.

Oh. I see. Wanting smaller government, lower taxes, and to maintain the concept of a free republic is mentally ill.

Got it. Thanks.

And I’m glad that a fifty year old televison show isn’t considered an obscure reference. I was just considering quoting a scene from Peter Gunn.

Again, thanks.

Tea Party is for a smaller government that can balance a budget and quit taxes period.. there ya go wanting to chose one class over the other. It’s about country.. I wish I could break out the crayons for so many thinking their side is better than another. Both sides are wrong.. Enter the Tea Party, which is for change and Country, not a side.

Get back to no more taxes.. no more debt.. that’s the tea party..

Pretty sure Edgar would approve..

Homicidal little boy episode relevant. Howling man episode not. Got it.

Who stole my Social Security money again?, the Tea Party or the Republicans/Democrats?

A very bad guy named George Wallace once cheerfully noted that there’s about a nickels worth of difference between a Republican and a Democrat.

NATURE FREAK LOVES THE TEA PARTY….
NATURE FREAK LOVES THE TEA PARTY….
NATURE FREAK LOVES THE TEA PARTY….
NATURE FREAK LOVES THE TEA PARTY….
NATURE FREAK LOVES THE TEA PARTY….
NATURE FREAK LOVES THE TEA PARTY….
NATURE FREAK LOVES THE TEA PARTY….
NATURE FREAK LOVES THE TEA PARTY….
NATURE FREAK LOVES THE TEA PARTY….

See here Big F’n Douchebag,  Your specialty seems to be mind reading large groups of people and lumping them all together. Wait a minute I’ve heard something about this, Hmmmm…

See here Big F’n Douchebag,  Your specialty seems to be mind reading large groups of people and lumping them all together. Wait a minute I’ve heard something about this, Hmmmm…

The Tea party is full of Sith Lords
How else can one explain Sarah Palin, Paul Ryan, or Rick Scott?

“Obviously, many TPers are borderline mentally ill.”
Many Tea Party people suffer from narcissistic personality disorder,
It is obvious.
I am beginning to also think many Americans are suffering from
Stockholm syndrome.

Come to the dark side…we have cupcakes with sprinkles.

The Tea Party is like the Clint Eastwood character in Every which Way But Loose , down to Earth Americans who want to have a good life and be able  to buy their orangutan a beer ( a stable economy ) . The liberals are the evil , bumbling motorcycle gang who yammer and look to give the good guys trouble and mess with their monkey .

BFD makes a guest appearance as a crossdressing hairdresser from Austin , Texas . ProObamaAgenda is the loudmouthed , crazy motel maid and skyfet is the clueless , comical gypsy . Valerie is the hideous diseased hooker that cuts her price down to free and still gets no business .

Since Mediaite is in the mood to give dated pop culture references today, I’ll follow suit.
 
BFD, you ignorant slut! You couldnt be more wrong about the tea party.
 
What makes the tea party so dangerous is that they have been cannibalizing the republicans, who were always their initial target- not that I’d expect a Belgala-esque sleazeball like you to know that.
 
The tea party wouldn’t exist if republicans could “do no wrong” with them as you put it. The tea party came to be from the dissatisfaction with republicans.
 
So take your double entendre ’tea bag’ insults and stick them where the sun dont shine. Or is there enough room in there since your head currently occupies that space?

1. I’m not a big fan of TV or the TZ, but one might notice that TZ marathons are a key TV staple and it’s not difficult to find references to their episodes all over. The same isn’t true of Peter Gunn.

2. The rest of your post is standard TP twaddle which I’ve heard dozens of times before. They don’t just want to have smaller gov’t etc., if they did they wouldn’t be so objectionable. What they want and their arguments (when they make them) are LibertarianLite, and libertarian is an extremist, unworkable ideology.

But, more importantly, the TPers are unlike other groups with the same ideas due to their tactics. They play dress-up games, they’re delusional (thinking things that never happened actually happened and thinking that they’re the majority of the U.S.), they lie, they smear, they don’t just have short fuses they have no fuses at all, and on and on and on. I’ve tried to engage dozens on Twitter and in comments, and they give all the signs of being borderline mentally ill.

P.S. Here’s a recent example of them believing things happened a certain way when they didn’t:

24ahead.com/n/10786

P.P.S. That won a prize, but I’m not entirely sure the filmmaker wasn’t pulling a fast one; it could be a satire of TP “ideas”.

How about Strawberry cupcakes with multi colored sprinkles?
Yummm……..
Let me think it over.
Do you have any Ben and Jerry ice Cream?
Chunky Monkey?

Actually the tea party people are pretty stupid but funny. See the irony of it all is that in order to keep their promises that got them elected they have to destroy the GOP establishment which never had any intention of listening to them.

The tea party are willing to burn down their own house hoping the rest of neighborhood catches fire and they are the principled ones in the argument.

Now big eddie guy is more like “tiny ed putz” a prime example of a another stoopid jackass waiting for two for one night at the crackhouse and looking for credit. 

Count it.

So this Sith philosophy must also explain liberals hatred of GW Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Palin, because there is unadulterated hatred that comes from the left is just as strong if not stronger than anything coming from the right. 

Also you should realize that the dark side draws its power from political collectivism. The death star was nothing more than a shoddy big government project that the rebels did everything they could to pull the plug on. The Emperor represents the bloated evil and corruption that centralized power provides.So yeah, your Sith analogy was cute. Unfortunately you have been breathing the fumes of the dark side for so long you don’t know what side really is representative of yours.

You’re a bad man! You’re a REALLY bad man!

You’re a bad man! You’re a REALLY bad man!

No, we don’t do Ben and Jerry. You will have to stay to the left side to get Ben and Jerry. As far as the strawberry cupcakes with multi-colored sprinkles, absolutely! Those are non-partisan.

Kid from the twilight zone? I think he’s from the old show Lassie!

LOL at this whole conversation.

Politico Op-Ed: TEA Partiers Are Terrorists

Interesting – that’s similar to terms used by the British against the American patriots in the Revolutionary War – and that’s NOT a coincidence.

haha, isn’t that how the tesbaggers dress?

There is no real tea party “movement”  its not a movement by the people, it is a political machine paid for by lobbyists, just like the rest of congress.  Any scrutiny by the media is well deserved, its just a shame that they don’t pass it around more often.

Chunky Monkey?! We have vanilla, lots and lots of vanilla….

oh there are so many Twilight Zone analogies within politics these days, i.e. To Serve Man (it’s a cookbook!) , Monster’s Due On Maple St (Obama & Co are the spaceguys on the hill) and many others that I don’t remember the name of. But the TeaParty is a good Anthony– oppressed ppl under dictatorship are inspired by it.  

He was in “Lost In Space” actually, which, ironically, also fits the Tea Party!

It’s smart to pay us in the TP some respect!
We made 2010 happen and the vote today and the changes up to the end.
My TP group has been working 24/7 the last two days to ensure America and our kids are protected!
http://www.armedforcesteaparty.com

Funny, I made the exact same comparison, but the media was the Twilight Zone kid. 

that was so lame but I gave you a thumbs up anyway:) just needs a rim shot

The Tea Parties just seem like the lobbyists for the average Joe to counter the damage done by the other lobbyists and the media.

He just has this incredible power and doesn’t really know the implications of what he’s doing.

Ha!

Except they know exactly what they’re doing.  Saving the country from debt ridden and spending addicted Washington culture, as the American people want when they’re not being demagogued to distraction.

Only in the culture to  establishment Washington can the Balanced Budget Amendment, a widely popular initiative with the electorate, be deemed “symbolic” and dismissed out of hand – by a Democratic majority leader without a counter-proposal – and for those who put it forward to be depicted as the irresponsible party.

That was my immediate impression too. Really reaching to discredit groups that reflect a good deal of what the polls say the people want seems a bit odd.

“I’ve tried to engage dozens [of Tea Partiers] on Twitter and in comments, and they give all the signs of being borderline mentally ill.”
That’s because they are.  When you act on delusional (and ultimately self-destructive) ideations, it’s bona fide. 

When facts and reason mean nothing to a person, it’s over.  Engaging with such people is pointless.  You might as well try playing an accordian to a herd of water buffalo.

Because without the Tea Baggeds the gNOpigs are done and gone.

The tea baggeds threw their tantrum and said they were not going to vote gNOpig anymore, unless… oh, wait. They are STILL voting gNOpig and driving them faster towards the cliff.

Nice.

You are correct! The hate and lack of knowledge, lead to a powerful monster, that doesn’t know what to do other than be angry. They were used by their cousin “rinos” to get back into office. Now half the republican party dread dealing with them. The “tea party” may last for a little while, but their lack of knowledge may really delay our recovery.

This has been my favorite editorial in some time.  Thank you.

Lobbyists are paying for the tea party?  Which lobbyist do I contact to get my payment?  

Senator Jim DeMint and Rep. Paul Broun just offered me a life time supply of Moon Pies.

LOL!

1. You take yourself entirely too seriously no one cares what you like or don’t like.

2. I think you need to whine a little more people really respond well to that

P.S. No one is going to go to your website…. ever.  so give it up

P.P.S You have yet to make a solid coherent counterpoint to smaller goverment and less taxes. “Twaddle” indeed

Thanks, and I’ll be here all week! Try the Veal! And remember to tip your waitress.

You gotta fool the ignorant rubes into voting for you first.

Right now, you aren’t worth the astroturf money. Chump, you’re just another sucker, err… victim of the left wing media bias.

Fact: You need a lib spelling police on your post! Censure? You think you know how?

Insanity to the Right, Insanity to the Left.

Thank God for the Tea Party!

William E. Bankert Phd (Bill)

and just like the Sith, they must destroy each other…

GOD! We are NERDS!!!

I cannot believe we are using Star Wars to debate politics.

poor guys, you the victims in all this?  Boy I feel sorry for you.

I was going to say Monsters, but for very different reasons.

There is no left. That’s the problem with US politics. We have a moderate right wing party, the Democrats, and a mouth-foaming lunatic extreme right wing party, the Republicans AKA the Tea Party.

Dr. Nature Freak, I presume.

Weren’t you the one who little more than a month back was “alarmed” about the tone on this site?

You must have gotten over it.

The “tea party” owns the rights to “Darth Vader”!

I agree, especially since I imagine “When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth” would be the more appropriate movie to reference when it comes to the politics of the Tea Party.

I prefer to be called a Geek.
We do push the nerd envelope.
It’s all good!

George Lucas was making a political statement with the Sith, so why not? The reason I love this site is because it is a strange mixture of serious politics and popular culture. This site is also very free speech oriented. Greg has a point.

Yes, I am a geek.
Embrace it! Do not run from it!

Absolute power corrupts ABSOLUTELY!!  Just like Murdoch…. 

that was truly a very sick.  What cave did  you crawl out of???

I swing back and forth. We all have a “dark side of the force”.
BTW, I am making cupcake jokes!
I am not taking this thread to seriously.
Yes, sometimes I get upset, but free speech is good.

Who in the Tea Party is Dr. Zachary Smith?

You are really showing your lack of intelligence here.

Wow…. another dumb ass remark from you Eddie  lol

The “tea party” thinks they own the word “patriot” and “moral values”, yet we see little evidence of either, at times. The “tea party” IS clearly a side, really a small group that wants to go their own way. (backwords) There are mostly far right, few middle and very few dems. When the ‘tea party” wants the” press” of being more dems the number gets bigger. It is true spending needs to be cut,(greatly) but to drive over the cliff, to prove your point and destroy some programs is not what is needed! The budget has to be cut over time, years. The effort to blow up programs, will create more problems than good.Smaller gov., less tax, love of country great! Rage to do it, wrong.

The Tealiban is ignorance as a politicial movement. Tealiban Tricorner hat.  The Tealiban is ignorance as a politicial movement. Tealiban Tricorner hats are made of tinfoil. Such construction causes them to have no coherent or fact based thoughts.  It’s good to see Americans finally expressing buyer’s remorse for having brought to power the Tealiban, the passengers in the clown car.

Man your so on it.. how dare that radical tea party want the Government to live within a budget and stop all the taxing and debt.. shame on such a radical group..Im surprised how many seats they gained in that last election.. it must have been voter no fraud for a change! Don”t they know the Old Guard wants more spending and warmongoring..who does this tea party think they are wanting the right values reinstated in Government..shame on them!

Man your so on it.. how dare that radical tea party want the Government to live within a budget and stop all the taxing and debt.. shame on such a radical group..Im surprised how many seats they gained in that last election.. it must have been voter no fraud for a change! Don”t they know the Old Guard wants more spending and warmongoring..who does this tea party think they are wanting the right values reinstated in Government..shame on them!

The “tea party” is just the extreme GOP base.  Socially conservative, white, older, and Christian. 

Point out a single TPer in congress that is a Democrat.  ((crickets chirp))

What they “say” they want – smaller government – runs afoul when you think of their voices regarding women’s rights (abortion) or marriage (no gays, please).  If they truly were for smaller government, they would want it out of their bedrooms, out of their personal medical decisions, etc.

They don’t.  And like timcajun said above, they don’t exactly walk their walk when it comes to their supposed values. 

Like I said, their true identity is as a member of the extreme base of the GOP.

I think Barack Obama is angrier than anyone in the Tea Party. They’re taking away his bag of magic fairy dust stash and he does not like it, no he doesn’t.

I think Barack Obama is angrier than anyone in the Tea Party. They’re taking away his bag of magic fairy dust stash and he does not like it, no he doesn’t.

like defaulting/not paying bills that the US government owes?

like holding SS hostage or having some seniors freaked out that they won’t get their check because they live on a fixed income?

TPers weren’t around when we were blowing money right and left regarding our war on terrorism.  They were screaming for fiscal responsiblity and paying for these wars.

Nope.  They were calling others unpatriotic for not supporting the war (because in their feeble minds that equals not supporting our troops)

Funny that now that an “other” is in the Office of the President, they are screaming like banshees about “responsiblity”.

Do we need serious reform?  Absolutely.  But their “plan” is off the rails, not based in reality and would do more to hurt America than any other plans out there right now.

Dude has been pimping the hell out of that pathetic site (and annoying the proprietors of actual good websites) for years now.

My favorite was when he was running around DEMANDING!!! that people ask Obama the list of questions (which you’d have to go to his site to read, natch) that would completely and utterly expose him.

I tried explaining that Obama doesn’t take questions from actual Americans, and on the odd occasion that he does they’re preselected softballs. Either way, I never bothered to look at them because he’s just so frigging annoying, even when he’s playing the part of a Conservative. With all the spamming he does, it’s clear that it’s a big fat sack of fail. Dude should have stuck with lonewacko.com. It’s more descriptive.

Thing is, he never got elected. He just had mad fictional skillz. Back here in reality, those freshmen reps represent a whole lot of people who are sick and tired of Washington’s bullshit and are even more sick and tired of paying for it while watching their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren being stuck with the bill for these idiots to indulge their friends and fantasies.

If fiscal responsibility is insane, then I’m a frigging lunatic, and I’ve got an awful lot of company.

The Tea Party is pretty solidly behind the Fair Tax. No more loopholes. No more tax breaks. No more games. Just boring, fair, predictable revenue.

That really small group must carry a pretty big stick. They just changed the conversation in DC, and the establishment is crapping itself.

It’s amazing what a hundred or so legislators who have a mission and don’t care if they get reelected can do.

I like it.

Gosh, you’re vapid.

Who are his international friends? Who can you find of any importance around the word who is openly friendly with this guy? Who out there really likes him?

What an interesting reply!

See, I’ve left thousands of comments on various sites since 2002, and I’ve picked up a small group of stalkers. “Vahalis” sounds just like one of those, the one that keeps telling me (evidence to the contrary) that no one’s going to visit my site and that tried to dissuade people from my highly effective October 2008 plan to block Obama:

24ahead.com/n/8071

So, “Valhalis”, is that you? If not, be a man and give us some clue who you are.

P.S. The teaparty page linked above and my several posts about libertarians & Reason Magazine contain dozens of examples of why libertarian ideas don’t work. One of my latest TP posts challenges TPers to justify cutting childhood literacy programs; none so far have been able to do it. Come on by and compare what I tell you about TPers to what you’ll hear from anyone else.

Glenn Close didn’t get elected to stalk Michael Douglas.

So we should follow the money? Show us the trail. Go ahead, scream “Koch Brothers!!!” But then show us the money.

Shorter: “I’ve got nothing. Just the empty talking point.”

Um, let’s just be friends for now, OK? It’s not you, it’s me. Really.

Hey @JonBershad, remember when Obama was running for president and the media treated him like a Messiah? They told us that when Obama got elected, he would bring ‘Hope’ and ‘Change’ to all the disenfranchised Americans struggling to make ends meet. The media guarded his image despite Obama’s lack of experience just because he was a candidate that they could turn into a ‘rockstar.’ It was cool to like Obama, because he had the fancy posters with his face in Red White and Blue and “HOPE” written underneath it. Remember those days when the media sucked on the teet of Obama and sold us a false candidate that basically doubled the national debt in just a few months and did not improve the economy despite the promises? Yeah, and the Tea Party are the bad people because they want us to pay our bills on time and quit the reckless spending and insure we don’t become immersed in debt in the future. Right on, Jon.

Actually the tea party people are pretty stupid but funny. See the irony
of it all is that in order to keep their promises that got them elected
they have to destroy the GOP establishment which never had any
intention of listening to them.

No, that’s not irony, sweetie, that’s the point. Another election, another set of primaries. Have you noticed that Orrin Hatch and Lindsey Graham have suddenly remembered what it is to be fiscally conservative? Bwaaahahahahaha!

The tea party wasn’t against ‘war on terrorism’ spending because the argument can be made that that spending was justified in the wake of events that happened during W’s Presidency. Was a trillion dollar stimulus package necessary? It didn’t work. Should Obamacare (a trillion $$$ bill) have passed even though most members of congress DIDN’T EVEN READ IT? It’s not because there’s an ‘other’ in the oval office, it’s because the Tea Party doesn’t agree with how the money is being spent. You’re the only one looking at race and it makes you look juvenile for playing the race card just because you have a different viewpoint. I happen to be a Tea Party member and would appreciate it if you wouldn’t call me a racist just because I have beliefs… 

Ron Paul, duh.

Then how did we wind up $14 trillion in debt?

What’s the difference between the GOP and the Taliban?

Barack Obama will negotiate with the Taliban in good faith.

Oh, the old folks have nothing to worry about! The SS Trust Fund is totally flush and chock full of the money they paid into it, right?

Right?

Lockbox! Right?

Hope is just the flip side of fear. They’re both emotions, not policies.

I still can’t believe we elected this unvetted nitwit on that. Which is OK, because we didn’t. We elected him based on hatred.

BOOOOOOOSH did it!!!!

Come on by and compare what I tell you about TPers to what you’ll hear from anyone else

No. If you had anything worth saying, you wouldn’t be trolling comment sections for hits after all these years. Basically, you suck at this, and no one cares…for a reason.

Good answer!
LOL.
Nice

It’s nice to present one side with “no” facts weaved in. As I already said, budget, taxes, already covered! Radial,for other reasons which there is no” need to rehash, because we’ll be be trading lists for a while. Voter fraud, right, is that from “Blaze” or “Heritage”. Warmongering”, to be kind, lets look at both sides.(not really) Right values,….. enough scandals to go around,  affairs, payoffs, child support, fraud,… again lets avoid the list. The only real difference is, one side doesn’t make” values”, their mantra, and do fall short, another side does make “Values” their chant, yet seems to be a stretch for above the above reasons! Since it’s bed time,…. the “tea party is wonderful and righteous!

It’s nice to present one side with “no” facts weaved in. As I already said, budget, taxes, already covered! Radial,for other reasons which there is no” need to rehash, because we’ll be be trading lists for a while. Voter fraud, right, is that from “Blaze” or “Heritage”. Warmongering”, to be kind, lets look at both sides.(not really) Right values,….. enough scandals to go around,  affairs, payoffs, child support, fraud,… again lets avoid the list. The only real difference is, one side doesn’t make” values”, their mantra, and do fall short, another side does make “Values” their chant, yet seems to be a stretch for above the above reasons! Since it’s bed time,…. the “tea party is wonderful and righteous!

If everyone here at Mediaite agreed with me, I would be bored.
It ain’t personal.
We all have beliefs and opinions.
I prefer people with passionate views over those who have none.

George Washington didn’t want to be called ‘King George’ because he knew he wasn’t above any other common man and that the country he helped establish wasn’t going to work that way. The mainstream media should be ashamed of themselves because they initially elevated Obama to ‘King’ status and continue to defend his failed policies. You’re right, Obama WAS elected primarily on emotion – he developed a rather cult following where if you didn’t support him you weren’t hip, trendy, hopeful, progressive, or compassionate. Such a shame.

One more thing, it’s like when the media says that Republican’s are trying to ‘hurt the (economic) recovery.’ Hey media, Obama’s policies are failing and just because he promised us a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow doesn’t mean there actually is one. The media keeps defending this guy like one day all of a sudden the economy will be perfect and everyone will be happy – no matter how much money he spends, how much vitriol he spews about Republicans, and what policies he enacts. 

Yes, Washington could have been the King of America had he wanted to do that.

Would Obama turn that down, as Washington did? Hell, no.

They ought to change the name of that city. George Washington does not deserve that vile slander upon his name.

Yes, Washington could have been the King of America had he wanted to do that.

Would Obama turn that down, as Washington did? Hell, no.

They ought to change the name of that city. George Washington does not deserve that vile slander upon his name.

Yeah, what recovery? The one we would have had if Obama wasn’t black?

I guess the name George Bush Junior doesn’t ring a bell for you?

None of my comments on this thread were meant to insult any specific Mediaite commenter. They were meant for the Tea Party community at large.

“Obama WAS elected primarily on emotion”

So has every President in American history.
This is how America rolls.
History did not start on 4 November 2008.
You repeat a song as old as the Republic.
President Obama is not Sui generis.
Perspective helps.

“Obama WAS elected primarily on emotion”

So has every President in American history.
This is how America rolls.
History did not start on 4 November 2008.
You repeat a song as old as the Republic.
President Obama is not Sui generis.
Perspective helps.

Yeah just like all you liberals wear hemp pajamas, have a pony tail and don’t shower. 

Aren’t stereotypes fun?

it’d have been more accurate with an adult diaper to go along with the teabagger hat. 

who cares what the analogy is, the teabaggers are braindead retards who think running government based on two books of fantasy (atlas shrugged and the bible) is going to succeed.  whats next, replacing the army field manual with lord of the rings in case we have to invade mordor to protect jesus and the magical supply side unicorns?

teabaggers are idiots without a clue in the world to the reality of how things work.  its easier for them to hate the first black president than admit: supply side is wrong.  christian conservatism is wrong. and they are merely puppets for people who are laughing all the way to the bank while enjoying a chuckle at “the little people” willing to destroy their own country and future for the benefit of the top 1%.

who cares what the analogy is, the teabaggers are braindead retards who think running government based on two books of fantasy (atlas shrugged and the bible) is going to succeed.  whats next, replacing the army field manual with lord of the rings in case we have to invade mordor to protect jesus and the magical supply side unicorns?

teabaggers are idiots without a clue in the world to the reality of how things work.  its easier for them to hate the first black president than admit: supply side is wrong.  christian conservatism is wrong. and they are merely puppets for people who are laughing all the way to the bank while enjoying a chuckle at “the little people” willing to destroy their own country and future for the benefit of the top 1%.

george washington also raised a militia to put down nutcase anti tax protestors.

maybe president obama should take a lesson from him.

Of course it does. It doesn’t answer the question, though.

Says the guy who wants government run based on the Communist Manifesto and Mao’s Little Red Book.

I took the time to go out among the Tea Party people and discover who they are and what they represent. It doesn’t sound like Mr. Bershad made that effort before writing this piece.
I’m not a joiner and therefore not a member, but I really admire their principled resolve. They stand with the majority of people I know and the majority in the polls. How is it that they are painted as “fringe” and “extremists”? I count everyone who characterizes them in such a manner as dishonest and lacking in credibility.

the “tea party is wonderful and righteous! 

See, it just takes time and eventually the left and right know that those Tea Partiers are there to restore values in washington. Biggest Value, to stand accountable for your spending to the American People. The same values “most” Americans try to live their own lives by.

In order to make things easier on the confused media, the Tea Party should change its name.

How about the “Taxes Are Too Damn High” Party?

Why don’t you handle this one, padawan? You may want to be careful. It could be a trap to lure the ignorant. Considering the use of parenthesis it is likely a quote, and as such deliberately misspelled. You already knew that though, didn’t you?

McCain campaigned as a conservative to win re-election last year, and he courted the votes of the Tea Party conservatives. How should they react when he now denigrates them in such a snide way?

The Tea Party will get stronger next year, not weaker. The kind of compromise that McCain and Ingraham and the rest of the establishment right has advocated is what got us where we are now, and where we will be next year, again, only with a larger debt and, probably, an even weaker economy. Plus there will be an extra $10 tn in unfunded liabilities for entitlement programs that are not being structurally changed now, and won’t be until the people get another crack at them next year.

There will be big changes next year. Boehner could possibly have a Tea Party challenger. And Obama has spent the first 2 1/2 years of his presidency digging his own political grave. It’s already deep enough, and if he’s so smart, he would have stopped digging by now, but he just can’t seem to help himself..

Thats funny…it sounds exactly how Obama got elected and how he’s using poverty, racial tensions and class warfare to further his agenda.

I think they’d rather be called “The Government Is Too Damn Big And Corrupt Party”, but we’re on the same wave length.

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I think Boehner wishes he had some magic fairy dust to spinkle on the “teas”, right about now!

I never said small group, I just pointed out who is in that group. In fact, I agree with the first part of the comment.
Changed the conversation, sure. Crapping themself,…. for reasons of new hatched pending doom.
Don’t care if they get reelected,…. we had better let Boehner know that!

But hey all you right-wing intellectual thugs!  It’s Saturday.  Relax.  Take a break.  Slip into yer gangsta shorts, yer Shaq-tees, yer flip-flops.  Wear yer ball-cap.  Gitcher keys to the PU/SUV from yer stringy-haired woman, then climb aboard.  Spin you some gravel n head on down ta yer SportsBar.  Sniff a bar-rag, watch sum sports, nuzzle with similar life-forms, talk tough, hate Obama.  Shucks, hit don’t git no better’n this!!  Head on home to the woman & kids.  Be…heroic.

I woke this morning and thought about what the tea party was doing to this country and immediatly I thought of this episode of the Twilight Zone TOO… it just validates that they are terrorizing the Country…..and we are being subjected to their child like comprehension of the world and inability to act as adults.  They see their version of society through sociopathic eyes and are conducting themselves in sociopathic behavior, which is:
 Manipulative and Conning They never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors as permissible. They appear to be charming, yet are covertly hostile and domineering, seeing their victim as merely an instrument to be used. They may dominate and humiliate their victims.
Also Grandiose Sense of Self Feels entitled to certain things as “their right.”
Pathological Lying Has no problem lying coolly and easily and it is almost impossible for them to be truthful on a consistent basis. Can create, and get caught up in, a complex belief about their own powers and abilities. Extremely convincing and even able to pass lie detector tests.
Lack of Remorse, Shame or Guilt A deep seated rage, which is split off and repressed, is at their core. Does not see others around them as people, but only as targets and opportunities. Instead of friends, they have victims and accomplices who end up as victims. The end always justifies the means and they let nothing stand in their way.
Irresponsibility/Unreliability Not concerned about wrecking others’ lives and dreams. Oblivious or indifferent to the devastation they cause. Does not accept blame themselves, but blames others, even for acts they obviously committed.
Sociopaths ..!!!!!!!!!

bet you wont have jokes next week when your whole wingnut world comes crashing down on ya dumb ass….Unless of course Obama lets you off the hook and saves you from jumping off the cliff

nawwwww hed perfer a little antrax

yeap….im poor black and classless….i cant stand a stupid assed nitwit hobbit like you

accually no…tea party members in congress only represent people in their home districts and theyve reduced that by only representing those that voted for them in their districts for a total of less than 1/2 of 1% of the total population…the basically only represent themselves and your dumb ass

My TP group has been working 24/7 the last two days to ensure America and our kids are protected!   http://www.armedforcesteaparty.com

Youz guys must have been very upset when the chairman of the US House Tea Party Caucus proposed cutting the benefits for disabled veterans in order to reduce the deficit by a few dollars, instead of ending taxpayer giveaways to profitable corporations.

Or not.

The fear of the Tea-Party is easy to explain. We see through the political BS, and we’re coming after the clowns who think they can snow us with the same old tired crap! Many of the entrenched political-beggars have been there so long they actually think they know more then we do and we should never challenge them and always be aware their lofty position and the insight that comes with it.
It’s time for term limits.  

If you are THAT frightened of people who tell you to quit spending other people’s money, quit trying to micro-manage our lives, and quit expanding government or we’ll vote you out of office and vote against your spending plans when we get to congress–good.

I’ll wish you into the cornfield too.

And it won’t be a subsidized ethanol producing cornfield either–you’ll end up as pig fodder.

So YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL DEMLIBS–we are all kinds of scary, eh? In your head all night long…

its amazing to me that you broke po azz trailer park republicans who spend your nites at state fairs and revivals would be tea party supporters….didnt know yall had all this love for the rich bankers and hedge fund managers….i must read you freaks all wrong….youre all rich and famous, country club members, suburban mansion living, benz driving, private jet flying, whole foods shopping, tiffany jewlery wearing, front row seat sitting aristocrates

felix_w notices:Do you notice that the word “spending” never shows up in this article?

Did you notice the word “spending” was never mentioned until a Democratic president took office, even when the Repubicans ran up massive deficits and debt during the Bush Administration?

I decided I’m going to check out one of their rallies or meetings and see what they are up to for myself.  I suggest you do the same before you bad mouth them again. 

Lockbox! Right?

Neocons mocked Vice President Al Gore for campaigning on a promise to put put Social Security revenues in a “lockbox” (to not spend Social Security revenues on anything but Social Security).

Our nation had a balanced budget and even a surplus and we started paying down the national debt.

Then George W. Bush sued his way into the Whitehouse, spent the Social Security, blew all the surplus and then went on a credit card spending spree with the GOP and ran up a mountain of debt.

So let’s all laugh about that “lockbox.” That was funny.

It is one of the ironies of the tea party that they were SILENT during the years when we were putting tax cuts, prescription drug benefits and two wars on the nation’s credit card. Only when a guy with a Muslimy-sounding name walked into the Oval Office did they suddenly find their “principled” stand against deficit spending. That’s why they have ZERO credibility in the debate over the debt.

Photoshopped Tri-corner hat with a photoshopped tea bag?
Seriously?

I thought it was kinda funny.

Who knew Mediate had Photoshop skillz?

The fear of the Tea-Party is easy to explain. We see through the political BS, …

Honey, you ARE the political BS.

What’s the difference between the GOP and the Taliban?

Tricorner hats vs. turbans?

Then how did we wind up $14 trillion in debt?

Reagan + Bush1 + Bush2 = most of it.

fellow californian-

the only thing to fear about the Tea Party is the alternate reality they view the real world from.  you think you’re the only one who is tired of the same old crap?  take a number.  you think you’re the only one who thinks the government is fiscally irresponsible?  you think you’re the only one who wants waste gone in government? increased government efficiency?

problem is, TP screeching wasn’t around when the last administration was doing this to our country.  they weren’t primarying the RINOS or the “establishment”.  you weren’t organizing protests regarding Taxes when Bush was president. 

but now that some of the TP off-the-rails views have been validated by the likes of Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Joe the Plumber, TPers are taking their alternate worldview to new heights.

then, you think smaller government equals government in your uterus and in your bedroom. TPers were also protesting taxes in April 2009 with ignorance to the fact that you were protesting Bush’s tax code, not Obama’s (that would have been valid in April 2010).  to show their smarts, TPers make it seem like Obama is “other” becaue he vacations in “exotic” spots like Hawaii (his birth state). 

TP representation will decrease in 2012, not increase.  Their entire lifespan has been to show how very not serious they are about most legislation.  To top it off, some of them in Congress haven’t been personally responsible in their own finances.  The irony is just always there with the TP.   
 
 
what you call “fear” i call mindnumbing incredulity at the Tea Party’s lack of knowledge about history, american politics and how congress really works. 

scary?  um, no. 

might want to be careful regarding that cornfield threat.  you forgot the variable where you come out as the pig fodder.  us lofty/elitist types like the plan for all variables.

“Billy, where have you sent the people with common sense?”  “I sent them away, I sent them all away, now everybody, eat cake and candy and watch the cartoons.”  Billy(Founder of and model for the tea-party)

Good analogy.  I enjoyed the read.

The next time you go shopping in WalMart without a shirt on  , pick up a dictionary .

Or did they ban you for good ?

i never used the word racist.

that would be you, Waz.

you can *argue* about post 9/11 all you want — we couldn’t afford it and literally lost pallets of billions of dollars of cold hard cash.  and since that reckless spending stared about 1/4 into GWB’s 1st term (AGAIN, don’t recall any semblence of a TP wondering who’d be paying for it.  those arguments were made en masse by progressives.)

I see you people also, do not get it!!!!  The “Tea Party” is a collection of over hundreds of Tea Party groups spread out across the country…they are not one group as in MoveOn or the DNC or Media Matters.  They do not “flash mob” as do the progressives and their supporters. Why even Obama flitted to Twitter to try and get his demagogued message out to the masses, and lost 37,000 followers in the process.  Call us whatever you will.  Try and taint us with your worst and ugly words.  But, we have changed the discussion…..finally!  We will try to move this Titanic called America away from the progressive “social justice” agenda.  This agenda is preferred because it allows more “welfare” that conditions the hominid to seek the teat necessary for its survival.  This agenda is successfully used by the progressives to demagogue their way into achieving their goals.  They truly do not care about facts or truth.  If you listened and believed Reid, Pelosi and the rest of the rat pack called Dems,  you are one of them, incapable of honest discernment!

Where in the world do you get your information?  Please, unlike the uberprogressive hatemongers, show us facts and proof we can all see!  Otherwise, slime yourself back under your rock.

Uh, just a point of intrest, MoveOn, the DNC and Media Matters are “three” groups not “one.”  And by definition wouldn’t someone who “Twitters” be a “Twit?”  Therefore, why would the President want a bunch of “Twits” following him anyway?

You will be welcomed. Most of us are just “normal, ordinary, hard working” Americans worried about our children, grandchildren and our country. In the past  the our only involvement in politics was to vote….then we saw the direction our country was taking and realized, in our opinion, it was the wrong path. We do not agree on all issues but fiscal responsibility from our politicians and personal  responsibility for ourselves binds us together. Please come anytime, the welcome mat is always out.

Why even Obama flitted to Twitter to try and get his demagogued message out to the masses, and lost 37,000 followers in the process.

So what’s he down to, ten million?

Vic Lubeker sez:My T[ea] P[arty] group has been working 24/7 the last two days to ensure America and our kids are protected! http://www.armedforcesteaparty.com

What did your Tea Panty group do when the chairman of the US House Tea Party Caucus proposed cutting the benefits for disabled veterans in order to reduce the deficit, instead of ending taxpayer giveaways to profitable corporations?

Nothing. Right?

You know Congress controls the purse, right? Or maybe you don’t.

Do trillion + deficits and a government that’s been operating without a budget for 2 years mean anything to you? The ratings agencies are awfully concerned about it. It’s probably just because of Obama’s black half though.

It’s already that, but admittedly without the Jimmy McMillan flair. The Taxed Enough Already Party. 

Last I heard we’re all terrorists. Y’all better have a talking points meeting.

Bitch, the deed to my house is in my house. Shut yo Section 8 ass up, and go eat some free cheese, fool.

Bachmann’s idea of cutting costs by reducing veterans’ disability
compensation by the amount received in Social Security Disability Income
is not new. The proposal, which would affect more than 150,000
veterans, has long been on a list of possible budget options prepared by
the Congressional Budget Office, which describes the option as a way to
“eliminate duplicate payment of public compensation for a single
disability.”

http://tinyurl.com/4usfqav

I don’t have a problem with that, and I’m a vet. It’s waste. And it doesn’t cut into Vet benefits, it cuts SSDI. You know that’s going broke(er), right?

avoidswork wrote:… we couldn’t afford it and literally lost pallets of billions of dollars of cold hard cash.  and since that reckless spending stared about 1/4 into GWB’s 1st term (AGAIN, don’t recall any semblence of a TP wondering who’d be paying for it …

A funny side story on that … stop me if you’ve heard this one …   When President Bush told Congress that Iraq needed billions and billions of American taxdollars to repaint their schools and rebuild their infrastructure, John Kerry was for it.

Then when President Bush insisted that American taxpayers must give the money to Iraq as a gift, and not a loan to be repaid, John Kerry was against it.

True story.

You’re a disabled vet?

You’re a disabled vet?

 What sort of vet?  An REMF?  How many times did you put your @ss on the line?  Some of the DAV’s out there started putting it out there right after 911, and kept doing it until somebody cut it off.  Our esteemed ex-President Bush did two wars and two occupations with a military manned more appropriately for occupying NYC, and his military personnel keep doing multiple tours until they can”t do it any more.  President Obama has continued the practice.  The American people did not stop their elected government from doing it.  The vets are owed.

Actually, the three groups, MoveOn, MediaMatters, and DNC, are all wholly owned subsidiaries of Soros, Inc.

This is why the Tea Party isn’t going away.  People are angry and are going to stay that way
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-10-29-raasch29_ST_N.htm

TROY, Ohio — Months before CNBC market reporter
Rick Santelli urged a Tea Party uprising in a February 2009 rant
against federal bailouts of bad mortgages, a group of local
professionals and business people gathered at K’s Hamburger Shop to talk
about the direction of the country.

This was before Barack Obama
was elected, long before his $787 billion stimulus spending and the
health care reform law that have become fat targets for Tea Party
activists and independent voters. Conservatives were already seething about government growth under George W. Bush. Congress seemed incapable of fixing illegal immigration and other problems.

Then one thing set the tinder ablaze: The September 2008 Wall Street bailouts, and Bush’s speech to the nation explaining why they were necessary.

For conservatives in the K’s crowd, it was all the more egregious that a Republican president was pushing billions in taxpayer loans and bailouts to banks, insurance companies and automakers.

Bush said the bailouts were necessary to prevent a
depression. Here, in the heartland, it was viewed exactly the opposite
way. Many at K’s, and in the meetings that followed, openly wondered
whether they were living in the United States they grew up in, the one
where people took risks but also accepted the consequences.

To K’s crowd, the government was rescuing the
rich and the powerful from their greed and their bad decisions, leaving
rule-abiding Americans holding the bill.

“The government was picking winners and losers,” recalls Ron Musilli, a former health care company administrator.

“If I make bad decisions in my horse business, I
go out of business,” adds Mike Loughman, a high-tech welding engineer
and part-time horse trainer. “That’s the free market.”

This was the beginning of the Tea Party, in places like K’s, all over the country.

Last November the Tea Party won enough seats in the house to make a difference and they are sticking to their promises unlike most politicians. A politician that does what he says he will do is very rare today, most of them are corrupted within weeks by their own party. It’s too bad they didn’t win more seats in the senate but, there is always another election and in time the Tea Party will gain control of the senate also and put this country on the right course. 

you are obviously deranged and unreadable.

“Freak” is a apt description of your mental acuity youdolt.

The so-called “Tea Party ” folks are not angry as much as they are determined; and I say God Bless each and every one of em’

Nope. I’m not collecting a penny. I work for a living. But that said, duplicative payments are waste. Just because we like people doesn’t mean we should have overlapping benefits for them. If the payments aren’t sufficient, then let’s fix that.

I served under Reagan, if that helps you figure this out.

and tomorrow will be a real good day.

I can hear the old clock warming up again with all these folks lauding the tea-dummies pending destruction of our economy and country…Cuck-koo….Cuck-koo….Cuck-koo….Cuck-koo….

I can hear the old clock warming up again with all these folks lauding the tea-dummies pending destruction of our economy and country…Cuck-koo….Cuck-koo….Cuck-koo….Cuck-koo….

’63 to ’65 as a combat engineer in Germany ADM tech – 12B2N.  ’66 to ’67 RVN combat engineer.  ’69-70 RVN combat engineer.  Volunteered both tours.  

The D.C. insiders in both politics and the media are afraid of the tea party because they don’t understand it. It is unheard of for a group of people to come to Washington and stand firm on principles.

it would help if they had more neural activity than termites.

. . .a real, REAL good day. . .

Bershad wrote, “I was kind of amazed by how harsh they were.”

Are you shitting us Jon?!?! You’re “amazed” that the author of Arguing with Idiots was harsh?
You’re “amazed” that the reactionary propagandist that associated Lucifer with Obama was harsh?
You’re “amazed” that the hate-monger who falsely claimed that G. Soros helped send Jews to death camps was harsh?

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!

Mr. Bershad, where did you go to college, The Ostrich School of Journalism?

Pablo’s research revealz:Michele Bachmann’s idea of cutting costs by reducing veterans’ disability compensation by the amount received in Social Security Disability Income is not new. The proposal, which would affect more than  150,000 veterans, …and Pablo sez:I don’t have a problem with that, and I’m a vet. It’s waste. And it doesn’t cut into Vet benefits, it cuts [their] SSDI. …

So Mia asks:You’re a disabled vet, ese?

and Pablo sez:Nope. I’m not collecting a penny. I work for a living. …

Of course you do, Pablo. Lucky you.

So cutting those meager benefits our disabled veterans receive is “no problem” for Pablo since Pablo has never lost a hand or lost an arm nor had his legs blown off in combat, fighting for our country.

Pablo is “not collecting a penny” in veteran disability because Pablo is not a disabled veteran and Pablo can “work for a living” and it’s a “waste.”

And while Pablo favors Michele Bachman’s proposal to cut the benefits for over 150,000 disabled US veterans, Pablo implies he doesn’t mind if our disabled vets get every penny they’re currently getting, but we must cut their benefits anyhow because Uncle Sam is paying them out of two different pockets.

That’s how you teatards support the troops, vato?

Ai caramba.

What part of “duplicate payments” do you not understand? What part of “If the payments aren’t sufficient, let’s fix that” do you not understand? Are you trying to be dense or does it come naturally to you?

I don’t know why Jon, in this column, doesn’t just come out and express the truth: Anthony Fremont is evil.

The fact is that Michelle –”I will not vote to raise the debt limit”– Bachmann and the rest of the Tea Party reactionary extremists are trying to destroy the national, if not the world, economy. Just because they’re too ignorant to realize the consequences of not raising the debt limit does not give them any excuses, not when Democrats keep playing the recordings of President Reagan arguing about the importance of raising the debt limit during his reign of error.

Whether the Tea Party is 10% of the American people or about half of the Republican Party (20%), they are a minority leading the country over the cliff.

Stephen Colbert is predicting debt default and the end of America as we know it. I’m predicting that Obama will risk a Constitutional crisis and cite the 14th Amendment to unilaterally extend the debt limit. I hope that Colbert and I are both wrong although a clean extension of the debt limit would not add additional pressure on the unemployment rate like short-term cuts in federal spending will if that’s what Congress irresponsible passes along for the President’s signature.

Right Pablo, but your TeaBagger Queen, Michele Bachman didn’t propose to “fix that.”

The chairman of the House TeaBagger Caucus proposed cutting the disability benefits for 150,000 disabled veterans, instead of closing loopholes or cutting corporate welfare.

And you just said you have “no problem” with cutting veteran disability benefits, Pablo.

I bet you even have 3 or 4 “Support The Troops” magnets on your Hummer, too.

Because you teabaggers “support the troops” with your lips and nothing else, homes.

You know President Reagan could VETO a budget that Congress sent to his desk, like President Clinton did, right? No, you probably don’t know about such things.

Love it!  BTW, not that it matters, my Mom went to the same High School as Serling, a few years later.

@ Greg

Congratulations you win the Far Out Man of the week award, now go back to Comic Con and take another hit of your bong while the rest of us read and enjoy the comic and don’t grow up thinking we actually are “Captain Planet”

Oh to add, the Empire …. Socialist.

Good God you Libby’s love that word ‘Teabagger’
Of course as Dems, you did coin and perfect that act.

Liberals are simply Trash, so don’t be surprised that they stink!

God Bless the Tea Party and all real Americans.
ya God Damn liberal shit-head!

He doesn’t sound like a liberal to me?

Is the top of your head sown or stapled on?

OK Frankenstein time to check back into rehab.

You mean just like Obama and the democruds.They should all be put into the jailhouse for many years for high treason.

Liberal neanderthals all lived in caves, until the far more intelligent Conservative minded Cro-magnon’s invented houses, cooking food and some basic hygiene. 
ps…they also discovered that you place the toilet outside of the cave, unlike the liberal neanderthals who didn’t care about stuff like that.

Vanilla’s always been the most popular flavor, I think it outsells the rest put together.

Obama is Twit numero Uno!  All of the three are funded by Soros, and the progressive organizations created by ex-Clinton like Begala..so technically one.

Thanks….person with brain and manners, WOW!

Gee Greg, perfect, detailed description of uber progressives around our country…and the planet.  Do guys do know this is a world wide movement don’t you?  Think SEIU, George Soros and Petersen….the first wishes to “control” the people, the second will fund as will the third.

Lord I hope so, I am tired of fighting the demons running the Pelosi/Reid organization laughinly called “democrats”…better the dark side than the side of Hades!

Oops… see my post above

You couldn’t be more wrong. Trust me, lobbyists fear the tea party because the tea party threatens business as usual in Washington.

Your precious democrats ARE Washington. They are the party of government, of the status quo.

It is YOU who work for those interests, which is the shame interests shared by the lobbyists. 

The soviets had a term for you: it was called “useful idiot.” 

Talk to me when you can put a coherent sentence together, ok? Thanks.

Just so future readers know, It took three days for this tripe to be phased off the front page.

For consideration in gauging how valued are other articles that get posted here that are something other than hit pieces on character.

Oh, you mean the same deficits that Obama was able to outspend in less than half the time?

If you were upset about Bush, then you REALLY must be upset about Obama right?

Because we all know that Democrats really, really, really care about debts, deficits and balanced budgets.

LOL so please spare us all your crocodile tears. Leaving democrats to take care of budget problems is like leaving a cat to babysit a canary. 

You can tell BFD speaks with authority on the subject of teabagging.

If we should listen to anyone on what a teabagger is, its BFD.

You can tell BFD speaks with authority on the subject of teabagging.

If we should listen to anyone on what a teabagger is, its BFD.

In Binghamton?

fiscal responsibility is very sane. The tea parties methods for achieving it i.e forcing a default on our debt and destroying our  AAA credit rating are not. They are irresponsible and completely ignorant of the consequences of their actions. Speaking as someone currently in debt over 100k in graduate school education if the interest rates on my loans go up….I bleed and not in the figurative sense. Oddly enough to you people us liberals sometimes induldge in rational self interest too.  

Wow, you sure as hell don’t know anything about Evangelicals…
But you are amusing.

Yes.

Oops! Downgraded anyway… Wow didn’t see that coming?  Are you blind?  It wouldn’t have mattered anyway, now we got the downgrade and the Dems have a new pretty much blank check to keep putting the Country into more debt!
Happy now? 

The Tea Party is not against Abortion, they are against TAX PAYERS flipping the bill for it, and Panned Parenthood getting government funding!
There is nothing wrong with that!
“they would want it out of their bedrooms, out of their personal medical decisions, etc”
You are pathetic and must be proud to be a Liberal Fear Monger.
Your mentality is as irresponsible as your work ethic, and yeah, I would be one of those tax payers that would like you and your social assistant pals to be defended too.

Right, those idiots on the Left rioting in the UK, right now… much less mentally ill…  
Tpers aren’t the ones going out and busting into peoples livelihoods for the sake of calling it a protest.

You are out of line Friend.  Calling referencing someone as mentally ill because they disagree or want to change a system.  If you stand by such an outlandish synopsis then I would guess You would’ve been one of those Parents who sent their own children to a mental institute in the early 1900′s just because they were outspoken or too quiet.

More recently you on the Far Left have adapted the tactic of passing ‘Hate Crimes” legislation’s going after people who disagree with your personal lifestyle, or rhetoric.
The terms ‘Hate or Racism” are thrown around like a beach volley ball to anyone who
1) Has a difference of opinion
2) Has a problem with your attitude
3) Has a different conviction then your own personal ethics
4) Doesn’t agree with your personal theories, or thinking.

You and your Socialist Cronies have the mental problem, Pal.

I call TPers “borderline mentally ill” not because of their policy ideas (such as they are), but because of the way they act.

For instance, they’re pathological liars. For instance, falsely accusing anyone who disagrees with them as “Far Left” or “Socialist”. Hey, like you just did!

TPers have a mental condition that causes them to lie, to smear, and (among many other things) to be delusional. They think they represent mainstream U.S. opinion when only about 30% of the U.S. has a favorable opinion of them and over 50% of the U.S. does not.