’)First Glenn Reynolds writes glowingly in the Murdoch-owned NY Post about the Fox News teabag parties, then today he writes again about the revolutionary impact of the lobbyist organized tea parties in the pages of… the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal.
When all those media companies in the late 1990s were talking about synergy, this is the kind of collaborative work amongst corporate siblings they were talking about. Now, sure, they were thinking more of cross-platform merchandising of cute and cuddly cartoon figures, but hey, whatever.
ALSO: I forgot to mention that they are robocalling support for the teabagging parties now.
ALSO: I think I’m going to check out the teabag party in DC… Got to remember to charge up my video camera.
Astroturf! LOL, I can’t think of a better word to describe it.
It’s always from the top down with the wrong wingers
Hannity, O’Reilly and Joe the fraud; the holy trinity of irrelevant idiocy.
Throw in Limbaugh and you have the makings of a Bridge foursome at the mental ward.
Tea Party Derangement Syndrome – it’s here!
Here, meaning here in the public conscious. Nowhere near as bad as it is here at OW.com, where it’s reached advanced stages where everyone is in bad need of a 12 Step program to deal with their paranoia.
“Oh, it’s just because we like to make fun of you.”
Classic Stage 1 denial.
Taibbi PWNS the teabaggers as only he can
http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/04/14/americas-peasant-mentality/
Watch out for the Libertarians crashing the Tea bagging parties
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#30218165
I wonder what the dude meant about how Alan Keyes treated his daughter….
Dennis: Tea Party Derangement Syndrome – its here!
This is setting up a strawman. The main criticisms I’ve seen are that the teabaggin movement is not what Fox et al claim it is. It is not a majority movement. It is not drawing equally from the left and right.
So when the criticism is made that Fox is a lying hypocrite or that teabaggers are foolish (not really understanding what they are supposedly protesting against. Obama isn’t coming to take your guns, indoctrinate your children or raise your taxes) rather than address those your reply is to wail that teabaggers are all being called racists and gun nuts.
Indeed. So let’s seriously discuss it by mailing teabags to the White House.
Sgwhite,
The only thing I can think is that when Keyes found out his daughter was a lesbian, he was, AFAIK, ‘less than fully supportive and accepting’.
Or, given the source, perhaps he was perceived as being MORE supportive and accepting than the situation warranted; e.g., he didnt’ ship her off to a ’scared straight’ re-education facility.
And Dennis, yes, you’re right – we’re all terrified by the Teabaggers. We laugh because otherwise we’d shriek with fear.
This is setting up a strawman. The main criticisms I’ve seen are that the teabaggin movement is not what Fox et al claim it is. It is not a majority movement. It is not drawing equally from the left and right.
That and the organizers are such prudes that they don’t actually know what “teabagging” actually means.
sgwhiteinfla beat me to the Taibbi, which is highly recommended.
Ulitmate graf:
You have to love how Team Limbaugh/Hannity/Coulter/Jonah consistently tries to deflect any criticism of their policies with the undefined “derangement syndrome” (much like “socialism” isn’t defined). If you think George Bush, Jr. was an incompetent boob who unwisely ignored 9-11 threats, foolishly cut taxes on the wealthy and regulation on corporations, and lied about the reasons for the wildly stupid Iraq Invasion (in addition to a raft of other stupid shit), well, it’s because you’re deranged. Same deal now. Matt Taibbi isn’t calling bullshit on the Teabag Protests, pulling away a crepe-paper thin curtain in the process. No no, he’s quite obviously deranged. Whom ya gonna believe anyway? Fox News and well-heeled corporate lobbyists or your lyin’ eyes?
If only Louis XVII had thought of this. Get the peasants to protest IN FAVOR of the aristocracy. It’s fucking brilliant!.
Dennis is a tea bagger? Go figure.
Dennis, when your mouth isn’t full of Dick Armey talking points, you really need to read up on just who funded the tea party movement.
A big part of the tea party movement was organized by the corporate lobbyist front group FreedomWorks.
Dennis, you seem like a true believer, but you really need to look and see who is tea bagging you. They are NOT your friends.
If only Louis XVII had thought of this. Get the peasants to protest IN FAVOR of the aristocracy. It’s fucking brilliant!.
Indeed. No one ever accused the Fox News demo of being smart (I bet they still believe Saddam Hussein was directly tied to 9-11–wonder where they got that idea?).
And speaking of Fox News, they are The Awesome:
That’s full-on, industrial grade, take no prisoners, never apologize Right Wing Awesomeness. It’s a wonder to behold. The deeply stupid wingnutzz who buy into it are too.
Duros62: “Get the peasants to protest IN FAVOR of the aristocracy.”
It’s what the Republicans have been doing for decades.
But it took a professional Hollywood entertainer and slick corporate marketing spokesman, Republican Ronald Reagan, to pull the really big con.
Republican President Reagan raised taxes on the working class (while reducing taxes for the rich), busted a union, doubled the US debt, and gave amnesty to undocumented immigrants.
And for that the right wing have made Ronald Reagan a false idol that they worship to this day.
More good stuff:
http://thepoorman.net/2009/04/15/who-was-trained-not-to-spit-in-the-fan/
Before referencing Taibbi:
Dennis, when your mouth isn’t full of Dick Armey.
talking pointsA big part of the tea party movement was organized by the corporate lobbyist front group FreedomWorks. News Reverence
News Reference, you’re kind of a dildo. Most of what you linked to is the standard left wing talking point crap that came out of the debunked and fallacious Playboy article you guys all thought was proof positive of a VRWC. The fact of the matter remains, you guys spend an inordinate amount of time on this for something you claim is purely only about something to laugh about. You’re either lying about that or it’s gone well past the point of it being an obsessive mental disorder. One of the two.
Dennis, when your mouth isn’t full of Dick Armey. talking points Duros62
Oh, Duros. So very clever. Haven’t seen that one anywhere on the internet; or on MSNBC. You’re the first.
Well done.
Most of what you linked to is the standard left wing talking point crap that came out of the debunked and fallacious Playboy article you guys all thought was proof positive of a VRWC.
Such as? Could you perhaps, maybe possibly be, you know, a wee bit specific here? You say, “most”. For starters, which wasn’t “debunked,” eh (i.e., the part other than “most”)?
you guys spend an inordinate amount of time on this
And yet, here you are. Again. That’s weird.
You’re either lying about that or it’s gone well past the point of it being an obsessive mental disorder.
Or it could be:
http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2009/04/like-fuzzy-dice.html
Like fuzzy dice. Indeed.
Oh, Duros. So very clever.
Hey, thanks, buddy. I can match anyone’s immaturity any day.
http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2009/04/15/how-very-grassrooty/
Oh Dennis? You were saying…
So Dennis the tea bagger, who insists he knows his dildos, complains that a factually researched article was called out as a lie by? Who? Liars? A delusional character in a fictional movie?
Dennis, the tea bagging tea parties were conceived of and organized by right wing corporate lobbyists.
That’s not to say that a lot of angry right wingers haven’t signed on. That’s not to say that a lot of those don’t have a clue as to who organized the tea bagging parties.
They heard the tea bagging parties advertised by Murdoch’s FOX corporation and just signed on like angry lemmings.
Dennis, I don’t think you’re a bad person, just an angry lemming, a true believer that hasn’t taken the time to figure out that you are getting tea bagged by corporate lobbyists.
Or worse, corporate lobbyists are getting you to tea bag them.
Stop tea bagging corporate lobbyists, Dennis.
Stop mouthing filthy corporate nonsense and use your passion for something good and decent.
Over 90% of American taxpayers are getting a TAX CUT.
Why do the tea baggers hate 90% of America?
You know what the funniest part is? Not only are WE laughing at you guys (Dennis and yo mama), your corporate overlords are laughing at you too.