Embryonic Teabagger Flashbacks

Ah, memories. As near as I can tell, the tea party really began in those lines at Palin rallies. Back in October, 2008 Dave Neiwert posted this:

And just so we’re not talking about several people at one Palin rally, here’s more.


And…And…Your taxes have gone down. Enemies — “terrorists” — in Afghanistan and Pakistan are being killed and prosecuted in record numbers. The Democrats are focused on deficit reduction, almost above all else. The economy is rapidly improving. The recovery act created millions of jobs. The banks who received bailout money are being forced to pay it back with regulations and fees.But the president is a black liberal and must be stopped before he… before he… what?

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  • indyfurnace

    Taxes have to go up to compensate for the huge amounts of money that has been printed. On top of that, every dollar thats pumped into the economy (printed) reduces the value of the dollars you have in the bank. The 1000 bucks you have in the bank this year will be worth “less” next year. Thats an indirect tax due to the stimulus.I thought terrorists didn’t pose a threat, if the chances are what, 1 in 10 million to die by terrorism, why the heck are we over there.Focused on deficit by increasing it…nice.The economy as with the recovery act has created millions of temporary jobs, when the bridges are built, back to the unemployment checks.Banks who made bad decisions, are propped up, then further regulated to increase their costs of doing business. I wonder what they are going to do to offset these costs?But hey, how about that health care.

  • iLLogicaL

    So, that RNC fundraiser memo, and the Obama as Joker picture. I haven’t seen any news outlet making the obvious connection that what it really looks like is Obama in reverse Vaudeville black-face. Am I the only one who thinks they were going for more than the ‘Joker’ implication here?

  • christie

    @indyfurnace:Actually, thank God, Bush’s tax cuts for the top 2% are due to expire, so that should help with all that money printing. 1.8 trillion is a lot of dough.We’re the heck over there because Bush sent our troops there, against the protestations of all of us loony lefties, who were correct. Again.Since when did you asshats start to care about the deficit? “Deficits Don’t Matter” remember?Any statistics on how temporary those jobs are?Banks were propped up by TARP-another brilliant Bush idea.I got your health care right here.I guess you’re right however, we’d be better off with a bunch of un-hinged, shouty, white racists in charge.

  • NaturallyConservative

    (The economy is rapidly improving)Maybe for some jack monkey, liberal (failed) cartoonist who seems to have found his ‘living the american dream’ pot of gold by selling hate filled rants to supplement whatever dried up royalties his twisted cartoons have afforded him the luxury to sit on his ass and take pot shots at anyone who disagrees with his agenda, which is what? To piss as many people off as possible so someday someone will cross the line and kick your ass? And then what?? The martyrdom of bob the lib, who dared talk out of his ass one too many times?What you don’t appear to get, in your glee to pay homage to your zeus and hera (olbermann and maddow), is that minorities can be just as prejudice and stupid as whites. You can check this real easy in many large cities like milwaukee, east lansing mi or DC. In Feb. I spent a week in Washington DC on business. (non-political) My time was spent in the Rhode Island Ave area. This is one of the poorest cities in the country yet you and other libs would have us believe that these fellow americans have no choice but to live here with there hand out because they are being disenfranchised because of todays white man. That is a bunch of crap. Most of the jobs in DC are tied to the government, and who pays for these jobs? The taxpayers do! So I felt good knowing my tax dollars were helping everytime I saw 6 or 7 city workers standing around with garden shovels watching the snow melt while talking smack about how tough they have it and where they were going to lunch.The economy in middle america is not rapidly improving and it is not because there is a black man in the white house. It is because of his views and beliefs that everyone must stay equal, regardless of how hard they work or where they live.

  • Dr. Squid

    @christieDidn’t you know that history started on January 20, 2009? That it’s all Obama’s fault we sent troops to Iraq in 2003 (way to slag the troops, indyfurnace). TARP was all Obama’s idea? That time machine works wonders. And oh yes, Obama caused all the deflationary conditions that resulted from the bubble that was inflating before he became senator. You know, the conditions where banksters make money by sticking their thumbs up their asses. All caused by retroactive Obama policies.And didn’t you know that deficits only matter when the GOP isn’t in charge, silly goose?

  • Dr. Squid

    minorities can be just as prejudice and stupSLAP!Yes white conservatives can be stupid, mostly as a result of willful illiteracy that the Great God Palin demands.

  • http://zirgar.blogspot.com ZIRGAR

    One has only to read David Neiwart’s phenomenal book, The Eliminationists to get a good, proper historical context for the mindset that gave rise to this movement. It’s always been there in some form or another, Obama was just the stimulus (pun intended) to give it expression these days. When things are good, as they see it, there’s no reason to blame anyone, but just as soon as they see a threat, it’s blame blacky time. Don’t forget that while this country hasn’t had the rabid, virulent type of anti-Semitism otehr countries have had, make no mistake, there’s an underlying distrust of them thar Jews too, and when push comes to shove it will bloom in violence. Rushama Bin Limabugh’s recent rant about Obama declaring war on the bankers, therefore he’s really attacking the Jews (because people equate Jews with banking/finance) really says more about how Limbaugh thinks about Jews than it does about what the present administration is thinking. I mean, when in reality things are as disconnected as the subjects of Limbaugh’s assertion, it can only say something about him seeing that connection himself, between banking and the Jews, that is, not between Obama and anti-Semitism.

  • http://zirgar.blogspot.com ZIRGAR

    Odd, many world leaders throughout history feared that if the masses learned to read and write it would lead to revolt and the end of their rule. Leave it to the idiotic teabaggers to disprove that belief.

  • http://zirgar.blogspot.com ZIRGAR

    Not that the teabaggers can read or write, I meant that one doesn’t need to be educated to want a revolt. I need to stop commenting when I haven’t had any sleep. Shit.

  • http://zirgar.blogspot.com ZIRGAR

    teabaggers = domestic errorists

  • christie

    @NaturallyConservativeMy goodness we’re surly this a.m. Could it be you can’t handle the truth? Those people in those vids, they’re YOU. Hard to take I know. I’d be a little surly and threatening myself, if I were inclined to be a hater.Go kick a poor or something, you’ll feel better.

  • Nicole473

    @ Christie……..You GO, girl!These asshats who call themselves “Tea Party Patriots” [the name makes me gag, and I am certain that the Founding Fathers would not wish to be grouped with them] are nothing more than klanners without the white sheets.@ Bob……almost 4000 post son your huffpost article. Ya struck a nerve, Bob. :)

  • Nicole473

    @ Dr. Squid….”Yes white conservatives can be stupid, mostly as a result of willful illiteracy that the Great God Palin demands.”Ha ha ha…….And the universe help us, Harper Collins has just signed her for another ill-advised piece of trash book.

  • http://willpen.wordpress.com/ Willpen

    Ah….. the good old days of the McCain/Palin rallies. These people just needed a reason to show their bitter hatred and racist tendencies. god bless the usa…

  • christie

    @Nicole473Actually my least favorite words in the English language, currently are:”Patriot”, “Liberty”, “Bipartisan” and “Tranny”, (actually “Tyranny” but some jackhole actually spelled it like that on one of his stupid signs). Yes, when I think of giving health care to all of my fellow Americans Tyranny is the first word that comes to mind.