It's the inverse of Godwin's law: As a Tea Party discussion grows longer, the probability of anti-semitism approaches one. It appears we just reached that moment in the discussion of Sandra Fluke, the "slut" who ignited a right-wing witch hunt by daring to discuss her health insurance plan in public.
There is a wonderfully gonzo profile of Saturday Night Live airhead turned shrieking harpy conservative Victoria Jackson in the Miami New Times. It's dated for tomorrow, so let's glimpse into the future and look at all the completely insane quotes that Victoria has to give.
As maybe the largest-ever gathering of Tea Partiers commences in Illinois this week, congratulations are due to Mr. Steve Stevlic, the activist without whom TeaCon 2011 would be impossible. Stevlic is the head of the Chicago Tea Party, one of the con's primary sponsors. In the words of radio host and National Review…
Sarah Palin has long planned to attend an Iowa rally organized by the Tea Party of America on September 3. The Tea Party folks invited popular author Christine O'Donnell to speak there, too! A fine catch, to be sure. But when you lump so many historically unreliable people and groups together, things tend to fall…
As she closes in on a possible presidential run, gleefully ignorant Tea Party queen Michele Bachmann says she isn't doing this for self-aggrandizement. She is doing this to save America, in one presidential term or less:
For liberals, tomorrow's midterm elections could be a bloodbath. Rand Paul, Christine O'Donnell, Carl Paladino: These are people who could soon rule America! If they do get elected, where can you go? What foreign cities will be your refuge?
Rachel Maddow aired footage of newly-elected Tea Party member Christine O'Donnell's MTV special about teenage masturbation. As she puts it, "If he already knows what pleases him and he can please himself—then why am I in the picture?"
The progressive webscape has been alight for the past couple days with the story of a truly amazing bit of racism—the Tea Party Comix.
Demonic tabloid sex columnist Andrea Peyser went out to investigate these "Tea Partiers," and guess what: "They're not your father's rednecks." Um, okay? Instead, they're "The majority." But rednecks were the majority in my father's day! What?
A pair of drunk Republican eye-doctors were seated near Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) on a flight from Los Angeles to Boston, and they harassed the poor man until his partner stood up to call them bitches, which they probably were.
Ever since Barack Obama took office, there has been a strong and vocal opposition to his presidency. The most popular movement among those loud voices is the Tea Party movement, a gang of roving idiots. Video inside.
