Fox News’ Charles Krauthammer References ‘Tea Bag’ Protests

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.

While it is understandable that people wouldn’t want to be called “tea-baggers,” the right was curiously bereft of outrage when Jenkins positioned the protesters as the metaphorical aggressors, and the White house as the recipients of the euphemistic bags. Let’s see what kind of outrage Krauthammer’s slip generates.

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