I am nearing the end of my rope with the tea baggers...

[LaydeeBug]

the newest incarnation of them is the "I'm in the middle" tea bagger.

They try to placate the farther right by lambasting liberals "from the middle". They pretend they are more credible because they are "in the middle".

And they are gunning for me.

The ACA, and not getting their way, has really, truly affected these people. It's like there are masks being ripped off.

Also, the meme du jour seems to be welfare, and picking on poor people. Following closely behind that is the "why should I pay for your birth control pills?" and the "giveaway culture" (combo of free cell phones and food stamps). Bill Maher did an excellent job the other night, but the teabaggers like to fight regardless of facts.

I am getting weary. But an oft repeated lie becomes the truth if you let it get repeated enough, so I will fight. Maybe I'll have a few cold ones and get back at it a little later.

Fuckers.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I fell off the end of that rope a long time ago.

Now I just want to strangle the fuckers with it.

[LaydeeBug]

2. perzactly.

They really don't think it's them.

[leftynyc]

3. They have to pay maternity

for the same reason I have to pay for those who drank or ate themselves into a disease.

[LaydeeBug]

11. absolutely, I said 'for the same reason I have to pay for Viagra'

We need single payer.

We just *do*.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

4. A "lie" can never become truth. It can only be believed as truth by

dumbfucks and idiots. And agenda-driven con artists are very good at manipulating dumbfucks and idiots.

[LaydeeBug]

19. It can become the truth's substitute though...if you let them repeat it enough. nt

[Puzzledtraveller]

5. Why do you let them, or anyone rile you up?

You know you are opposed to their views as I am sure you are countless views expressed by countless people, entities, groups, nations, religions, you name it all over the world. Let it be, relax, stay away from that which upsets you.

[LaydeeBug]

9. Because an oft repeated lie becomes the truth if we don't stop them

Because Al Gore *never* said he invented the internet. It was a quote taken out of context. He was talking about taking the initiative to insure there'd be no corporate take over...

Because Bill Clinton's aides never *trashed* the White House on the way out the door, and had we had social media at the time, that shit would have been taken down *quickly*

Because Howard Dean's scream was taken out of context.

And because lies get all the way around the world while the truth is putting on its' shoes...

That is why I get riled up. It's why I come here sometimes. Speaking truth to those lies is our civic duty, or who the hell are we and what the hell do we stand for anyway?

[cynatnite]

6. I hate the ones who swear they're independent...

but still parrot the RW talking points they heard on Faux Noise.

[Wounded Bear]

14. Ding! Ding! Ding!

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

I've known quite a few of those on the internets.

It's a regular infestation.

[LaydeeBug]

20. Oh, and they're so *judgmental* and *superior*

And you could be too if only you'd come around a little.

The truth is incontrovertible. Come around to *that*.

[LaydeeBug]

17. I know, right? Feigned superiority is very frustrating to those who fight for EQUALITY. nt

[Initech]

22. Amen! "I'm independent but I watch Fox News and vote republican!"

To quote the movie Super Troopers - "I'll believe that when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbert."

[napkinz]

7. don't you get it ...

[reflection]

16. I just stole that.

Thanks.

[AndyA]

8. You started off with a longer rope than I did, Laydee Bug

I ran out of rope after the elections last year when it became clear that despite Americans overwhelmingly voting for Democrats, the Baggers still didn't get it. They've really gone too far. I view them as anti-American terrorists, placing them in the same category as the monsters who delivered 9/11 to our doorstep.

No buildings have collapsed, but everything else is. Fuckers is an understatement.

[LaydeeBug]

10. Jesus, that's apt.

Just spot fucking on.

Thank you.

[Ernesto]

12. nuf said!

[JHB]

13. It's very simple: if they identify as "tea party", they chose to abandon "the middle"

It's like someone neck-deep in a pile of bullshit saying he's more reasonable than the guy to his right who's nose-deep in the pile. Perhaps technically yes, but not about the parts that are important.

Anyone saying that is trying to have it both ways, and it just ain't possible.

[reflection]

15. That's like someone saying they are "moderately insane."

It just doesn't process.

I'm with you. Screw all these tea baggers, may they fall off the earth soon.

[Coyotl]

18. I don't take them seriously any more.

[Initech]

21. I haven't taken them seriously, ever.