Is there succinct proof about the origins of the term tea baggers?

[LaydeeBug]

I feel like I have this argument every other day, and I just want to bookmark the first reference evah!

We should really have this pinned somewhere. :hi:

[Cleita]

1. Go through Rachel Maddow's website archives.

I remember her doing just that.

[Ian David]

2. Yes. National Review Online admits conservatives coined ‘Teabagger’

National Review Online admits conservatives coined ‘Teabagger’
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8290409




See also:

"Tea Bagging" Rallies Ruthlessly Mocked On Maddow Show

Tonight, on the Rachel Maddow Show, Maddow and regular guest, Air America's Ana Marie Cox, discussed the fringetastic anti-tax Renaissance Faires known as "tea parties." There is only one thing in all the world worth noting about the people behind these things, and it is this: everyone involved is apparently unaware of what the term "teabagging" means. As you will see, this is not the case with Maddow and Cox.

"Now, no laughing off set or I will lose it!" begged Maddow, "I'm only barely making it through as it is." She said this BEFORE Cox joined the segment. From there, it just got better: "Who wouldn't want to tea bag John McCain?" Cox asked. "This is all part of the midterm strategy," she added. "You know it's going to be teabagging 24/7 when it comes to the midterms." And it shall be. Of this you can be certain.

More:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/09/rachel-maddow-ana-marie-c_n_185445.html

[LaydeeBug]

4. You are AWESOME. nt

[Ian David]

5. Yes, I am. n/t

[Another Bill C.]

3. Here's the original

http://teabagparty.org/