It's interesting to me how the teabaggers would just move on and not challenge the government. They apparently didn't want to risk going to jail for their beliefs.
MaryRC
· 8 months ago
"Hundreds gather in Boston". Hundreds? This thing has been pimped by Fox News for weeks and the best they can do is hundreds?
Milli
· 8 months ago
I want to see overhead shots of these protests.....
Milli
· 8 months ago
Can you be fascist and a socialist at the same time?
mark
· 8 months ago
The danger is the FOX folks do book speels for folks who purposely mix facism with communism with liberal...and their audience is too STUPID to know any political science, or that words actually have definitions.
Styve
· 8 months ago
I love the humor of Fox Business having a longhair announcing for the station.
nothingasitseems
· 8 months ago
Ohhh... and by the way, dipshit Fix News Longhair hippie (not that I have a problem with long hair, but it's funny to see a Fix News reporter with long hair), you're defining CORPORATISM, not FASCISM. Fascism is the belief that the government should be controlled by a single authoritarian party. You're not even defining corporatism well. Corporatism is when government conspires to control business and set prices, not when government and business are in bed together. That's called lobbyism. Stupid shithead. This is what's wrong with alot of people in this country. Labelling things incorrectly with words that people are afraid of because they don't understand them (i.e. Obama is a socialist, China is communist nation).
bob55
· 8 months ago
Ending the Fed and IRS would be some real stimulus, end inflation plz
Lolis
· 8 months ago
I was going to cover the one in Austin, TX for Huffington Post but I couldn't force myself to be around these people. It really makes sad how loony some people are, even though I know it comes from a lack of education. Still, these people bring new meaning to "teh stupid."
grandma
· 8 months ago
I just read this at TheCornerOnline:
"Got back from the Tea Party across from the White House — soaked from the steady hard rain. But there were lots of people there, and not the mangy-lefty-protester types but regular folk......" ___________________________
lol...yeah but the mangy lefties are the ones with brains
grandma
· 8 months ago
I've had the TV on all day....haven't seen any pics of thousands upon thousands of protesters.
Pope Buck I
· 8 months ago
This is amazing - it's like the GOP has become the same stereotype the Dems owned in the '80s and '90s - when any protest, on any subject, could count on attracting at least a handful of "Free Mumia" activists, militant vegans, and adherents of a dozen other "fringe" causes.
Ha ha ha! Now they're the ones who can't control their own message, and have all their events overrun with weirdos!
T. Scheisskopf
· 8 months ago
This is the absolutely same fever swamp boilerplate and bilge that you could find by the most discredited and disrespected participants in the Usenet newsgroup "alt.conspiracy" back in the 90's and during the formation of the militias. Same-same.
It was nuts then and it is nuts now, except the rhetoric has now gotten its own cable channel: Fox News.
James K. Sayre
· 8 months ago
A teabag tempest in a teapot? Hmm... A million tea bags in DC, with no place to go? Maybe our teabag tantrumettes could ship 'em all over to Somali and have them ransomed for a couple of cups of good African coffee...
grandma
· 8 months ago
From a comment at MediaMatters:
"Just saw a clip on CNN. The wingnuts in chicago were on the verge of violence verbally attacking the CNN reporter. They had to cut the feed saying this is a family hour broadcast."
Typical Republican behavior. Too bad so many reporters are scared of these powerless Rush Limpball repukes.
nicho
· 8 months ago
UPDATE 2:15 P.M. The second tea party protest in Washington, D.C., outside the White House, was just shut down by police. A Secret Service agent told Huffington Post's Arthur Delaney that a demonstrator had thrown a package over the fence onto the White House lawn.
caphillprof
· 8 months ago
I think it interesting that these "tea party" folk in DC were so easily dissuaded by the police and the requirement for a permit. What kind of revolutionaries are these exactly?
this is just like 1993 when they tried to sabotage clinton as soon as he was in office. repubs do not accept the basic premise of electoral consequences. the fact that president obama is half black just makes it more fun. what a disgraceful band of ignorant pawns to be used like this by the old boys' club repubs
EarthquakeWeather
· 8 months ago
Very few Americans of any political persuasion protest anything in person. But more do it on the left, I'm guessing, while the right is more likely to lash out in anger at their families. Maybe Fox is trying to disparage legitimate, thoughtful left wing protests by giving credibility to these obviously loony pseudo-demonstrations, thereby tamping down any legitimate protesting in the future. Or maybe I'm reading too much into it and they're just desperate and fucked in the head.
And where the fark did they find that douche reporter?
Milli
· 8 months ago
I was listening to a Fox live feed (online) of the protest in Sacramento earlier. They were getting set up. I didn't catch the what context he said this in, but in a side conversation one of the Fox people said something to the effect of "It's still not a crime to be white".
anastasjoy
· 8 months ago
Well, it's just after 4 p.m. here in Cleveland and one of our reporters just left for the Tea Party a few blocks away. He asked if i wanted to go but it's cold and rainy and this office is cozy and I guess the lure of teabagging just escapes me. I'm sure he'll bring back a detailed report.
bob915
· 8 months ago
I'm logged on to be a Huff Post reporter in my city----I've been to the alleged site at 10am, 12pm, 2pm, and I'm on my way now that it is 4pm------I ve counted a total of 2 people with signs and flags-----something about 'real Americans'----this time I'm gonna park and ask these people what makes an American real and what makes them unreal----more later....
Gregory Lyons
· 8 months ago
All the sniggering in the world won't protect the Obama master shyster Geithner and his sleaze buddy Summers. The nation is furious over the endless pouring of the national treasure into the bottomless sewer on Wall Street.
This could cost Obama his presidency, without even a blow job to show for it.
An_American_Karol
· 8 months ago
Gregory, you're as contrary as ever, I see.
Older_Wiser
· 8 months ago
MSNBC just had a report (which I caught the tailend of) about the proliferation of rightwing groups, saying gun sales were up 7 million, with rightwing named groups up to 888, and Homeland Security citing ongoing threats by rightwing groups and war vets (believe me, they are some of the vilest when they believe their right to a personal weapon is more important than my right of free speech).
Rightwingers are very armed and very dangerous...in addition to be being very, very ignorant. What a combination.
CDS2
· 8 months ago
I don't see how the Tea Bag demonstrations can be deemed to be Republican or Conservative. I've been watching FOX, and it seems that most of the people interviewed are just unhappy with the thought that thier children are going to inherit OUR bills because of OUR bad decisions. Nothing about R's or D's so far....Just a concern about Taxes and Inflation. Seems to me that's a bipartisan concern.
Older_Wiser
· 8 months ago
Is the Koolaid grape or cherry today?
CDS2
· 8 months ago
If you were watching FOX for the lst 5 minutes you would have heard Glen Beck say that this started with George Bush and Congress and is being continued by Obama and Congress. He stated that this has NOTHING to do with Democrats or Republicans. They are all guilty of throwing our money away.
An_American_Karol
· 8 months ago
Where were these "patriots" when Bush was emptying the American coffers? Hypocrites, the bunch of them. Now they protest? No wonder they're the irrelevant party. oh, and how magnanimous of Beck to include the guilty party (Bush) in this economic mess.
CDS2
· 8 months ago
Good question ! The shit didn't hit the fan until Bush screwed up and did the first TARP program in September of 2008. The general public did not know that we had such severe problems until Obama took over. However, Obama is just feeding the fire by approving all that Pork, bailing out GM, and spending our money like it is growing on trees. Change? I think not ! Nothing has changed !
bob915
· 8 months ago
lemme get this striaght. Katrina, Blackwater, bad body armor, the few articles of bullsh*t I posted above were all the result of a TARP in wait for it 2008? Not to mention tax cuts to the richest 2.5 % of this country. Not to mention no spending on infrastructure Not to mention a war fought OFF THE BUDGET AS IF IT WAS STUFFED INTO A RED WHITE AND BLUE STOCKING All while giving every ally we ever were to ask for help the finger. Whatever, CD, you jest keep on keepin on.
CDS2
· 8 months ago
I'd suggest trying to bring yourself into the present. Obama is spending your tax money (providing you pay taxes) faster than anyone in the history of the USA. You children will pay for this.
FunMe
· 8 months ago
Are you for real? Are you tea bagging us?
Oh, and were you protesting during the bushie 8 years that brought us this mess?
And don't even attempt to do the typical ... oh we can't look back.
Of course you can and you'll find who created this mess.
The R's! Yup bush!
CDS2
· 8 months ago
It's obvious that you are not reading my posts! I have stated over and over again that I believe Bush started this mess. However, Obama is continuing it ! Change? NO!
bob915
· 8 months ago
Where were these people when we were watching Bush hand over millions to Blackwater with no questions, no bid, and no recourse? Where were these people when thousands of formaldehyde polluted trailers were purchased in the Government's name for Katrina? Where were these people when faulty body armor was purchased and given to our nation's finest? That lady, is effed up tax and spend. read my post above from coming back from one of these parties.........
CDS2
· 8 months ago
See my post below
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 8 months ago
This dork from Fox Business News, which nobody actually ever watches, claims to be best buds with Neil Patrick Harris (they went to school together in NM). NPH needs to let high school go . . .
Cheryl
· 8 months ago
Do the teabaggers understand that Tom Paine was an atheist and liked progressive taxation?
pat mallory
· 8 months ago
Our local right- wing rag, the Cincinnati Enquirer, can't agree on the numbers. One minute 3000 attended the Tea-Party' the next minute 4000. But of the 10 photos that were taken by the paper, they photographed the token black man twice. Diversity?
It would be nice if the GOP would finally set their feet back on earth and have some actual perspective.
bob915
· 8 months ago
Ive been home about 30 minutes from my attendance at one of these soirees in my city. About 175-250 people were in attendance, give or take, including children under the age of 16ish. One lady had a sign reading----"Keep your 13 dollars, and I'll keep my gun" WTF One man had a ball cap taped with about a dozen tea bags, and a sign that read "read my teabag" I made the big mistake of softly telling him that the term 'teabag' was slang for a specific sex act-----like I said, big mistake. I gotta thick skin, I can take the name calling I over heard one couple telling a man that they were there for shedding light on the 'Real America' (see my post earlier) I asked them what constituted 'Real America'. They stated Real America was based on the Christian founding fathers' ideals. Once again, I made the big mistake of softly responding with the statement that the Christian founding fathers were slave owners who advocated a separation from Church, namely the Church of England. Well, now I'm a Communist nit picker. A typical "read my lips' guy got into an argument with a younger woman when she stated that the current taxes being paid were Bush Administration policies, and that the majority of the people there were not the millionaires that would take the future hit. She's a Communist too now. You get it folks. There may be some bonafide frustration out there over the hole we are in. The only thing I ask is. Where the f*ck were you people when it was was actually happening?
brian
· 8 months ago
Hundreds in Boston? Where? I walked by at lunch time to see if anything was going on. There were maybe 50 people, which included a bunch of kids who should have been in school.
FunMe
· 8 months ago
What I want to know, just for "fun" ... were there any real tea baggers?
Or did any guy just wear see-through white pants?
I'm just saying ... they are crazy, you know.
mark
· 8 months ago
Fair, fascist, and unbalanced
mark
· 8 months ago
I thought of tea baggin with Michelle Malkin, but my balls went into hiding. They left a note saying they ain't comin' back.
mark
· 8 months ago
The Founding Fathers loved loved loved tea bagging, read the letters between General George Washington and his young handsome aide camp Alexander Hamilton.
All Comments
Fascism is business taking over the government.
Democracy is the people taking over the government.
I call on the right wing to form the new Reactionary Neanderthal Party (RNP) and accept Sarah Palin as your personal savior.
Just do it.
It's interesting to me how the teabaggers would just move on and not challenge the government. They apparently didn't want to risk going to jail for their beliefs.
"Got back from the Tea Party across from the White House — soaked from the steady hard rain. But there were lots of people there, and not the mangy-lefty-protester types but regular folk......"
___________________________
lol...yeah but the mangy lefties are the ones with brains
Ha ha ha! Now they're the ones who can't control their own message, and have all their events overrun with weirdos!
It was nuts then and it is nuts now, except the rhetoric has now gotten its own cable channel: Fox News.
"Just saw a clip on CNN. The wingnuts in chicago were on the verge of violence verbally attacking the CNN reporter. They had to cut the feed saying this is a family hour broadcast."
http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200904150031...
Too bad so many reporters are scared of these powerless Rush Limpball repukes.
http://chestertownteaparty.com/
And where the fark did they find that douche reporter?
This could cost Obama his presidency, without even a blow job to show for it.
Rightwingers are very armed and very dangerous...in addition to be being very, very ignorant. What a combination.
oh, and how magnanimous of Beck to include the guilty party (Bush) in this economic mess.
Katrina, Blackwater, bad body armor, the few articles of bullsh*t I posted above were all the result of a TARP in wait for it 2008?
Not to mention tax cuts to the richest 2.5 % of this country.
Not to mention no spending on infrastructure
Not to mention a war fought OFF THE BUDGET AS IF IT WAS STUFFED INTO A RED WHITE AND BLUE STOCKING
All while giving every ally we ever were to ask for help the finger.
Whatever, CD, you jest keep on keepin on.
Are you tea bagging us?
Oh, and were you protesting during the bushie 8 years that brought us this mess?
And don't even attempt to do the typical ... oh we can't look back.
Of course you can and you'll find who created this mess.
The R's! Yup bush!
on the numbers. One minute 3000 attended the Tea-Party'
the next minute 4000. But of the 10 photos that were taken by the paper, they photographed the token black man twice.
Diversity?
It would be nice if the GOP would finally set their feet back on earth and have some actual perspective.
One lady had a sign reading----"Keep your 13 dollars, and I'll keep my gun" WTF
One man had a ball cap taped with about a dozen tea bags, and a sign that read "read my teabag" I made the big mistake of softly telling him that the term 'teabag' was slang for a specific sex act-----like I said, big mistake. I gotta thick skin, I can take the name calling
I over heard one couple telling a man that they were there for shedding light on the 'Real America' (see my post earlier) I asked them what constituted 'Real America'. They stated Real America was based on the Christian founding fathers' ideals. Once again, I made the big mistake of softly responding with the statement that the Christian founding fathers were slave owners who advocated a separation from Church, namely the Church of England. Well, now I'm a Communist nit picker.
A typical "read my lips' guy got into an argument with a younger woman when she stated that the current taxes being paid were Bush Administration policies, and that the majority of the people there were not the millionaires that would take the future hit. She's a Communist too now.
You get it folks. There may be some bonafide frustration out there over the hole we are in. The only thing I ask is. Where the f*ck were you people when it was was actually happening?
Or did any guy just wear see-through white pants?
I'm just saying ... they are crazy, you know.
http://greginhollywood.com/neil-patrick-harris-...
There's your problem, Cody. Try not being a jerkoff and you might have something of a future.
I thought these things weren't staged by fox.