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The fact that he needed a police escort to carry an innocuous picket sign through the National Mall is a god-damned shame.
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How are we supposed to show that we are better then these Repubs if we keep stooping to childish name calling?
09/13/09
The teabaggers christened themselves "teabaggers", probably because it sounded more manly than "tea partiers". Sucks to be ignorant, I guess.
I'm starting a new movement against a tax on oyster farms. I'm thinking I'll call it the "Pearl Necklace Club". No problems there, right?
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They started an action to "tea bag" D.C. They used the terms "tea bagging" and "tea bag" quite a bit before it was brought to their attention that it had other, less savory, connotations.
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[www.reteaparty.com]
[www.oldhippie.com]
[teabagyourcongressman.com]
Those pervy, pervy pervs!
ETA: these are all conservative, pro-teabagging sites.
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That's how.
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As for some of political concerns in some areas like fiscal responsibility I am conservative but that is because I don't like the idea of spending money we don't have. That does NOT make me a republican.
So please show me where I say I am a republican?
Come on you have my entire commenting history so show me a quote that shows I am a Republican.
09/14/09
You figure it out. It's not my job to match up your beliefs and attitudes with your votes and affiliations. It's yours. What I'm pointing out to you is the fact that your comments fall on the far right side of the political spectrum.
Which ones? All of them.
09/14/09
"oh that was supposed to be funny"
"I don't get it"
"turns out this is not an isolated incident."
"not a fan of fart jokes with puppets"
Wow I can't beleive how right you are! I never realized how all of my comments show that I am really a closeted republican!
So in other words you have no evidence to backup your claim.
Sorry kid but when adults make wild claims you need to back them up with a little thing we call evidence.
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Now, go back to the video game site and play with the other kids. We'll call you if ACORN makes something for you and your X-Box.
09/15/09
Did I swear at you? No but apparently you can't have a civilized conversation with out calling me names like little shit and republican.
If you honestly didn't know that most Cubans are Republicans because of Castro then you have a lot to learn about my people.
Hell just type in Cubans and Democrats in google or just look up Cuban-Americans in Wikipedia.
Then realize how wrong you are.
I love how you try to attack me the whole time because you in no way can back up your claim.
So because I don't like Acorn which we have seen is a corrupt operation I must be a Republican.
You have a lot to learn about people and maybe one day when you grow up you will learn now to talk to people in a civilized manner.
Reply if you want I will not be back here to comment on this story any more. But I know you will be back to read this.
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"Cuban Americans tend to be slightly more politically conservative than other Hispanic groups in the United States and form a major voting block for the Republican Party (GOP) in the state of Florida. Many Cuban Americans fled the island to escape the political and economic oppression that they experienced under the Castro regime. As such, they tend to identify with the strong anti-communist stance of the Republican Party."
and from another article on Cuban Americans
"Research from the University of Miami suggests that nearly 70 percent of Cuban-Americans identify themselves as Republicans."
Fidel came into power under the guise of a democrat.
Next time try to be nicer to people especially when you don't know what you are talking about.
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Did it even break the 50,000 mark?
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Except globalization protesters are young and hot, and these people sluffed on their weekly Early Bird Specials to come."
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[zombietime.com]
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@michaelkpate: This is Obama speaking to a crowd estimated to have numbered 90,000 to 100,000 in St. Louis about a year ago. Do I really need to point out how many more people attended this local event than showed up for what was supposed to be a national protest?
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In fact, they're the exact opposite of all three. They're America, baby, and this protest should give all the politicians pause. This isn't really a Republican operation. This is the horror of the Democrats and Republicans: a spontaneous coagulation of people who are using the intarwebs just like moveon did, but better. They're organizing outside the party system.
The party system is a way to organize people to get votes and push agendas. You co-opt people into your party because you own the communication and financial structure. This shows that people are starting to self-organize. The media may claim it's a Republican-organized event, but it isn't really. It's more like a political flash mob.
Both parties are worried that this "movement" may grow legs. This never happened to moveon because the left tends to snipe, infight, and have "belonging" issues...but in the end, the left wants to be the establishment. The teabaggers don't really give a sh*t about the establishment.
In the end, the populist conservatives are using the intarwebs more effectively than the populist left could ever dream of...which is pretty amusing, if you step back and think about it for a bit.
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1. America is the opposite of young, fabulous, and hip.
2. This isn't about political parties.
3. Populist conservatives are using the internet more wisely than the populist left.
Well, (2.) is rather self-evident. (3.) is debatable, and I think you're neglecting the fact that the mainstream media has given air time and approval to these protests, something they never bestowed on left-wise protesters during the Bush years.
But (1.) disturbs me. I had suspected, ever since Sarah Palin's introduction of the real/fake divide in America that I might be a fake American. I guess I'll have to age a decade, start wearing burlap sacks, and listen to nothing but Kenny Chesney before I can be a true patriot. Hey, nobody said it would be easy.
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