Is ‘Teabagger’ An Epithet? Rachel Maddow Teaches A Tea Party History Lesson

Last night on her show, Rachel Maddow dedicated an entire segment to tracing the etymological history of the right-wing campaign. In addition to the “often entertaining in-fighting among all of the warring tea party factions,” Maddow noted, a new question has come to the forefront: “Should the Tea Party folks really be calling themselves ‘teabaggers?’” The National Review worries, while Maddow and MSNBC keep chuckling.