And Breitbart still has his 10K because there is NO proof any racial slurs were ever thrown at congressmen. Just more trashing of the right by the left. Pathetic.

Well, according to the congressman there were racial slurs being thrown, and the possibility of that would be reinforced by several racist signs that showed up at the tea parties. The tea party is a mixed bag. Lot’s of excellent, sincere people, and quite a few bad apples. By defending the bad apples you do your movement a disservice, because then it seems that these people represent the tea party, when in reality they don’t. Sounds like the guest on Letterman did a good job. It is important for the tea party to get some good leadership to guide the movement in the right direction. Cutting the wacko element out would be a good idea.

Here you go TfT, go watch a Congressman being spit on.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/28/congressman-spit-on-by-te_n_516300.html

I thought we already…. sigh…

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-releases-new-video-of-moist-yeller-confronting-rep-emanuel-cleaver/

@ SWWT

So Fox News (the one that supports the Teabaggers) is the gospel truth huh?

There are so many things backwards with this I will not even begin to start.

valkyrie101 says:

Tell that to the DNC and their wacko elements.

Fidoohki says:

How about all those Repub wackos spending that money at a strip joint and staying in luxurious spa hotels. They really know the meaning of conservative don’t they.

Hey Drew. Before you start throwing around words such as “grassroots,” you might want to spend 30 seconds looking at the “about us” section of the “Tea Party Express” webpage.

There you will see that the page is hosted by and paid for by the “Our County Deserves Better” PAC.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Our_Country_Deserves_Better

Great Job Pam! Letterman was just waiting for a slip up!

I am glad he had her on maybe people who have been calling all the tea party racist will think different after seeing this interview.

I don’t think so. We were already pretty sure that there were a small minority of (White) Tea Partiers who weren’t racist.

Letterman is an incredible interviewer.

Love the fact that this old woman didn’t believe Obama was born in the United States. Then “I’d rather fight them overseas than at home” – echoing Bush’s retarded argument that the Iraqis would invade the United States. She’s fringe. A complete nut.

m:

She didn’t say she doesn’t believe that Obama was born in the US. She said some people believe that (true); it’s irrelevant (true); he’s covering up some of his “documentation” like “school records” (true); and, when Letterman says “I think he was born in this country” she says “I don’t have a problem with that.”

Rather than trying to marginalize her by creating a strawman, why don’t you actually take on the arguments that she actually made?

Also, I must have missed it when Bush said Iraq was going to invade the United States, but I’m sure you can enlighten me on that one.

This couldn’t help but be a tad bit condescending on Letterman’s part. Though perhaps, being a midwesterner himself, felt a bit uneasy about the media’s synchronized mischaracterization of a segment of our society in whom he probably sees a lot of himself, his family, and the people whom he grew up around. He can rightfully assess that Sarah Palin is a self-promoting phony, but there doesn’t seem to be anything phony in this woman and Letterman knows it.

She isn’t the new face in the Tea Party crowd….she represents the face of the Tea Party. WASP and over 50.

I don’t have any problems with WASP +50 in general, but there is a generational gap, in general, between older voters and younger voters. I have no problem with grammie, but i think her and my differences are much more a product of generational differences than it is ideological; the same is true for this tea partite (BTW–she said she moved when she was 9, she really had no choice in coming to the USA). I, personally, found that the government worked for me and allowed me to get out of the inner-city and helped me escape the streets. That’s most likely why I am a democrat, republicans on the other hand most likely would believe that we could have picked ourselves up from the bootstraps and made it out of there without help from the government. I have first hand recall that says it wouldn’t of happened, but they think differently.

This is from Fox “News” pre-Iraq invasion so who can say for sure but…

“We’ve also discovered through intelligence that Iraq has a growing fleet of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to disperse chemical and biological weapons across broad areas,” Bush said in preparation for a congressional vote authorizing the use of force against Iraq. “We’re concerned that Iraq is exploring ways of using these UAVs for missions targeting the United States.”

Sounds like the Admin back then thought they were planning an invasion of the US. And of course, who can ever forget the “smoking gun in the shape of a mushroom cloud” business.

AnonymousFinch writes:

“She didn’t say she doesn’t believe that Obama was born in the US. She said some people believe that (true); it’s irrelevant (true); he’s covering up some of his “documentation” like “school records” (true); and, when Letterman says “I think he was born in this country” she says “I don’t have a problem with that.”

Riiiight…because these types of questions are ALWAYS asked about White Presidents, especially Republicans.

–Cobra

Yes, Cobra, but do you have a video showing Republicans not asking these questions about White presidents? If not, we can’t accept what you say.

You left out the part where Letterman calls her a racist, sexist, homophobe, etc.

Cobra, all white presidents WERE born true Americans .

The real john t: if he had spit on him, why didn’t the policewoman arrest him? Oh I forgot. In your world she was also a racist.

The video showed no spit, you must acquit.

Dave brought up the birther question. Sounds like he doesn’t believe BHO was born in the USA.

marcus.lewis says:
April 1, 2010 at 8:54 am

Why thank you, Marcus. I consider you an honorable opponent too.

You are somewhat mistaken though on the average Repub’s background and motivations for their politics.

I grew up middle middle class but my dear departed husband of forty years grew up literally hungry (by the method used to ascertain hunger in the US now) and barefoot (by anyone’s standards) poor and he and I were political soul mates.

Repubs and Dems, conservatives and liberals don’t have different goals at all. We differ on the best ways to ahieve those goals.

You are, IMO, a rare Lib b/c you obviously don’t consider yourself morally and intellectually superior to those who don’t agree with you.

Cobra:

Letterman is the one who asked those questions. She didn’t bring it up. She was just responding to him.

And, yes, the media certainly looked into George W. Bush’s background throughly. And when they couldn’t find what they were looking for, they just forged documents to make their point. When they got caught doing it, they fell back on the “fake but true” defense.

Ted:

There’s a difference between a terrorist attack and an invasion. The claim was that Bush said Iraq was going to invade the US. He said no such thing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/politics/28mccain.html

Actually, questions about birth and citizenship were asked about John McCain.

The only/BIGGEST problem: They ALL want to be CHIEFS/CHEFS – NOT indians! That “other” ‘bunch’ has them “splintered” and lacking “direction”! I would donate (again), but to WHOM?

Tyler Durdin writes:

“Cobra, all white presidents WERE born true Americans .”

Produce all the birth certificates. Start with George Washington from 1732.

–Cobra

AnonymousFinch writes:

“And, yes, the media certainly looked into George W. Bush’s background throughly. And when they couldn’t find what they were looking for, they just forged documents to make their point. When they got caught doing it, they fell back on the “fake but true” defense.”

Authentic, diligent Journalists SHOULD look thoroughly into the background of ANYBODY who seriously has a chance of being President of the United States. Birthers are NOT “authentic, diligent journalists.” Neither are crackpot conspiracy theorists and hate radio personalities.

–Cobra

If the “Tea” Party/ies can’t get their ACT TOGETHER – it’ll make NO difference!