On the eve of Thanksgiving, Tonight Show host Jay Leno appeared to be goading his guest and interview subject Cher into sharing her thoughts on Sarah Palin and the Tea Party movement. Cher seemed to not want to take the bait, recognizing her true thoughts would get her into trouble. Only until she realized that Leno was seeking a “water cooler moment” did she provide her honest opinion.

Earlier this week, self-described “Tea Party” protesters descended on Washington for what they called “Code Red” rally on health care. Participants were joined by numerous conservative and Republican personalities including Rep. Michele Bachmann, radio-host Laura Ingraham, Sen. Jim Demint and Sen. Tom Coburn. Participants dressed in an alarming red, chanted, “Kill the bill!,” and some even got into the spirit of Christmas in a most unusual way — by singing a Tea Party version of the “12 Days of Christmas.” Video after the jump.

While conservatives have taken offense at the use of the term “tea-baggers” to refer to members of the Tea Party Movement, they seem to have lost sight of the fact that it was Fox News reporter Griff Jenkins who first made the connection between the protests and that particular bit of sexual parlance. Now, it seems that the mainstream media’s sophomoric overkill has crept into the mind of Fox News analyst Charles Krauthammer, bringing the term full circle to its birthplace

Last night on The Daily Show Jon Stewart noted the different manner in which Fox News opted to cover the 9/12 tea bagger marches in September versus the similarly attended (numbers-wise) Gay Rights march this past Sunday. Short version: they didn’t.

Ironically, right as the march began, a very real and very vivid rainbow appeared in the sky. This was clearly a sign of support from God.

Yesterday, Newsmax posted a column by frequent contributor John L. Perry entitled “Obama Risks a Domestic Military ‘Intervention,’” justifying the possibility of using military force against President Obama. But by today, the article had disappeared from the site without comment. Luckily, Gawker’s political writer Alex Pareene was quick enough to snag a screenshot of the entire piece. And it’s a doozy!