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Tea Party at the Capitol! Bring your Friends, Stuffed Animals, and Threatening Signs
by ChickPea 
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There is honestly too much going on in the world of politics for any one person to follow (At least without getting a massive migraine).
So equipped with pain killers and a stack of cold compresses, we at USDemocrazy have set out to provide highlights from the wonderful world of partisan politics.
On Thursday, thousands of angry protesters descended on our nations Capitol. This rally was organized by the conservative activist group known as the Tea Party.
Inspired by Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, the rally was intended to show lawmakers (liberal or not) just what can happen when three thousand tea baggers wake up on the wrong side of the bed.
There were speeches, chants, signs, and songs (God Bless America seemed to be the most popular).
Republican representatives took the stage to offer their opinions on healthcare. Minority Whip Eric Cantor assured the crowed there would be no Republican votes for the Bill, while Bachmann preached revolution.
But What does this all mean?
Tea baggers insisted their voices be heard. Thousands gathered in front of the Capitol Building then made there way to visit members of Congress. It’s unlikely any one on the hill made it through the day without an ear lashing.
The question is: Did they make any difference?
The DNC has released a statement highlighting the apparent extremism demonstrated in the rally, including the arrest of ten protesters.
The Tea Partiers’ goals for yesterday were to pressure representatives into voting down healthcare.
With the vote scheduled soon, it won’t be long until we’ll get to see the impact of this “last ditch effort.”
But…
They told me that affordable health care was tyranny!
I thought tea parties were supposed to be fun….
This blog fails so hard. Being someone who doesn’t identify with either party, I find I can usually look at stories like these objectively. So I ask: why point out that the DNC mentioned some people got rowdy and people were arrested? How many people get violent and were arrested during liberal protests during 8 years of Bush?
Fact of the matter is, these protests, while stupid, have been much more civil than protests of the past from the opposing side of the aisle.
Also, nice job sinking to Anderson Cooper and Rachel Maddow’s level by using the term “teabagger”. We all know what connotation is trying to be made and it’s quite juvenile. How these “legitimate” news sources get away with it, I don’t know. I just figured you all would be above that. My experience on this site should have told me not to have given you that much credit.
Equating healthcare reform with the Holocaust is CIVIL? How about these comments? And I challenge you to find a single quote from an anti-Bush protestor as uncivil as this:
Don’t blame the liberal media for Teabagging double entendres, it was a self-appointed name. And if you have a problem with calling a Teabagger a Teabagger, you’ll have to avoid “This Week” on ABC as well, because George Stephanopoulos and all his guests threw the term around last Sunday without a blink of the eye.
“Also, nice job sinking to Anderson Cooper and Rachel Maddow’s level by using the term “teabagger”. We all know what connotation is trying to be made and it’s quite juvenile. How these “legitimate” news sources get away with it, I don’t know. I just figured you all would be above that. My experience on this site should have told me not to have given you that much credit.”
I’m reminded by how several Fox News commentators referred to Obama: B. Hussein Obama. It’s a sad fact, but guess what? All of the main news sources do this. At least with the teabagger business, Cooper (etc) aren’t trying to instill hatred and rile people like Fox New’s nicknames for people.
The thing that made the teabagger thing quite humorous was that protesters said it themselves without knowing what it meant.
Of course. It’s best not to actually learn what is going on.