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Rachel Maddow: Tea Partiers Are The New ‘GOP Baggers’

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Picture 2On last night’s show Rachel Maddow, looking back at 2009, called the attempted reinvention of the Republican party after the last year’s election the “the greatest show in American politics over the past year.” So what will that reinvention produce? Maddow taps the Tea Partiers as a the strongest sign of what’s to come.

Maddow points to Michael Steele’s joint phone press conference with Dick Armey — who with his Freedom Works group has made great steps to appropriate the splintering Partiers – as (temporary) evidence of what direction the coming GOP leadership is attempting to steer itself. Says Maddow:

So much for the Tea Party contingent running insufficiently right wing Republicans out of the party, right? Now, at least according to Dick Armey and Michael Steele, the Republican party are the Tea Partiers and the Tea Partiers are the Republican Party. They are the GOP-baggers. They are the Tea-publicans. They are one! At least they were on Monday…It already appears to be over.

But not so fast! Maddow goes on to note that Rep. Parker Griffith whose defection to the GOP yesterday was greeted with unanimous cheer on the (elected) right, was not greeted quite so warmly by the Tea Partiers who are now threatening to “tea bag” him. And so the GOP “show” returns and goes on. Full video below:


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  • LNSmithee

    Can’t get enough of those scrotum jokes, huh, Glynnis?

  • the visionary

    well she has to cheer lead for her girl maddow… duh

    but on a serious note, enough with the use of derogatory terms

  • http://www.nukethefridge.com MartiniShark

    And yet if similar linguistic invective were used towards Rachael and her peers there would be outrage over the hate-speech, not to mention accusations that they incited violence. As such it only gives reason not to listen to her.

  • marquis

    For being a bull dyke, this guy Rachel Maddow sure knows alot about putting ballsacks in mouths. I would venture to say that shim’s probably teabagged ‘ol Glynnis a time or two. By the way WTF kind of name is Glynnis? I can only imagine that the childhood torment from a name like that turned her into the whiny liberal she is today.

  • ImNotBlue

    marquis says:
    December 23, 2009 at 10:26 pm

    $10 says that “marquis” is (yet another) “pretend” right-winger. Either way, your comment is not welcomed… it’s needlessly offensive and stupid. To be overtly blunt: Go Away.

    ___

    As for the article… if it hadn’t already been done before, I’d ask for one of the other editors to explain to me why this is a story… and why Glynnis’ seemingly endless promotions for all things Liberal, Rachel Maddow, and anti-Beck are allowed to position themselves as “unbiased reports”… but I have no doubt that they’d come up with a rational. Glynnis herself won’t respond, because she never does… I suspect she’s cowardly, and can’t defend herself… but it could also be that she doesn’t know what to write when it’s not first given to her by a blue-blog.

    Ah well… another day, another meaningless post from Glynnis… and Mediaite’s already questionable relationship with objectivity takes another hit.

  • lanquihue

    Hey Glynnis, I know that you guys are totally obsessed with conservative’s nut sacks bouncing off your faces, but the really funny part is, you guys are the ones that pulled it out of your ass so neatly, and that says it all, really. How does it feel to know that you’re so comfy with weird shit, only to find out that it was mostly your lefty pals that got the joke originally. It must suck to be you.

  • Ted

    I see that marquis, which is kind of a candy ass name and languihue have chromosomal abnormalities giving them the rare ability to talk out of their teabagging assholes. The first step toward recovery is to admit that you are indeed teabagging assholes. Of course, that won’t change much, you will still be teabagging assholes but its worth a try. I’m trying to help, don’t hate me for it.

  • Sunnyr

    It must totally suck to be Mr. Maddow! YUK!!

  • Fidoohki

    Ah the far left liberal lunacy that is Ted. One just cannot start ones day without reading
    one of his attempts at wit… no matter how hard we try to avoid it. As far as hating you for
    this bit of ‘wisdom’? Don’t worry about it, there is so much out there to hate you for this
    little bit is nothing.

  • tjl

    Fidooki — it must be hard to read Ted’s comment when you have to refer to the dictionary so often. We’ll wait while you look up the words “so” and “often”

  • http://trickletown.vox.com/ Trickletown

    Filed under:
    Dick Armey, GOP, Michael Steele, msnbc, Rachel Maddow, Tea Partiers

    Begs the question; No file titled ‘teabaggers” ??? Puh-leeeze.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    GOP-baggers, Tea – publicans — and Republoteabaggerists.

  • ImNotBlue

    Ted says:
    December 24, 2009 at 1:36 am

    Ted and marquis… anyone want to bet that they’re the same person? Come on… taking all bets!

    One day, Ted will say something that isn’t a personal insult… one day. We’ll all be waiting.

  • Jim R

    It’s very interesting watching the lightening speed with which Republicans run away from the mess they created and pretend it was all those mean, nasty liberals fault that conservatism repeatedly fails and ruins the country.

    Too bad many of those screamers on the right are oblivious to this fact, literally being led around by Dick Armey – a true man of the people.

  • Ted

    ImNotBlue –
    As you know, I am a Libertarian and therefore always tell the truth. It’s a well know fact that Libertarians do not lie. Just ask one. Now, could marquis and whatever his/her name is interpret what I wrote as a personal attack? Well sure, and that’s because they are in fact assholes. But the truth is it was not a personal attack but only an attempt to be helpful by stating the facts which they wouldn’t recognize anyway, so I’ve wasted my time. Dammit!!!

  • ImNotBlue

    Jim R says:
    December 24, 2009 at 10:03 am

    What are you talking about? You’re not making sense… again.

    Ted says:
    December 24, 2009 at 12:25 pm

    As you know, I am a Libertarian and therefore always tell the truth.

    I’m still not convinced you know what a “Libertarian” is… let alone “truth.” You know, Libertarians aren’t those people who work in the public libraries… right? Okay, just checking.

    It’s a well know fact that Libertarians do not lie. Just ask one.

    I did ask one… he said you’re right. But he might be lying. Who’s to know?

    But the truth is it was not a personal attack but only an attempt to be helpful by stating the facts…

    Now, previously you’ve stated that you have a goal of “being annoying.” So I’m fairly certainly you know what you’re doing… and yours is not an attempt to discuss, rather just to disrupt. I’m not sure if it’s because you crave attention, or because being annoying is a great way to get people to stop talking about things you don’t want them to talk about. Truth be told… I don’t really care. Your personal “issues” don’t overly concern me.

    So I’ll go back to thinking that you and marquis are the same… just trying to be disruptive. Too bad… it doesn’t seem to work, does it?

  • Ted

    ImNotBlue – Your behavior betrays you, You are concerned and you do care otherwise you wouldn’t respond with a novel to every post. You’re a bored teabagging boob with absolutely nothing to say. Pathetic really.

  • ImNotBlue

    Ted says:
    December 24, 2009 at 5:49 pm

    Nope… not concerned. Just amused.

  • Fidoohki

    Tjl says,

    I have an idea. Why don’t you hold your breath while you wait, I’ll let you know in a few weeks
    when I do ‘look them up’. ;)

    However, you do make a point. I’ll try to stick to the issues. Starting with this one.

    The problem with Dick Armey speaking for the Tea party Movement is that he isn’t the LEADER
    of the Tea party Movement. The only one that could command all of them effectively is
    Glenn Beck. Whether you like him or hate him, Glenn Beck did create them… or at least
    gave them some focus.

  • Fidoohki

    Oh! One last thing. Whether you like or hate Rachel MAddow, lets at least show some
    respect for her as a human being. Let’s leave the name calling to the haters.

  • pyrope

    It seems that Rachael Madcow is a “shock jock” wanna be. Judging from her ratings, it appears her approach to pseudo journalism isn’t working out too well for her; she is only slightly more popular than bubonic plague…slightly, that is.

  • Fidoohki

    pyrope says,

    Sorry pyrope but the ratings she IS more popular than bubonic plague! :P

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