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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-11 03:13 AM
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Tea Party Activists Angry at G.O.P. Leaders
Tea Party Activists Angry at G.O.P. Leaders
By KATE ZERNIKE
Published: January 1, 20

As Tea Party politicians prepare to take their seats when the 112th Congress convenes this week, they are already taking issue with Republicans for failing to hold the line against the flurry of legislation enacted in the waning weeks of Democratic control of the House of Representatives and for not giving some candidates backed by Tea Party groups powerful leadership positions.

Just a month ago, Tea Party leaders were celebrating their movement’s victories in the midterm elections. But as Congress wrapped up an unusually productive lame-duck session last month, those same Tea Party leaders were lamenting that Washington behaved as if it barely noticed that American voters had repudiated the political establishment.

In their final days controlling the House, Democrats succeeded in passing legislation that Tea Party leaders opposed, including a bill to cover the cost of medical care for rescue workers at the site of the World Trade Center attacks, an arms-control treaty with Russia, a food safety bill and a repeal of the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military.

“Do I think that they’ve recognized what happened on Election Day? I would say decisively no,” said Mark Meckler, a co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, which sent its members an alert last month urging them to call their representatives to urge them to “stop now and go home!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/us/politics/02teaparty.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-11 03:18 AM
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1. LOL
"In their final days controlling the House, Democrats succeeded in passing legislation that Tea Party leaders opposed, including a bill to cover the cost of medical care for rescue workers at the site of the World Trade Center attacks, an arms-control treaty with Russia, a food safety bill and a repeal of the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military."

that about says it all - TEABAGGERS SUCK
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poverlay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-11 04:29 AM
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2. Methinks the teabaggers haven't the fog giest grasp of reality. All they repudiated was
their own well-being & self-interest. If THEY would recognize that they are ignorant & easily led they might have a snow-ball's chance of getting what they really need.
....
......haha~ Now I'm the one fantasizing!
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-11 06:57 AM
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3. Here's how I envision the conversation:
Edited on Sun Jan-02-11 06:59 AM by Warren DeMontague
GOP Leaders: "We want to give you guys exactly what you want"*

Tea Party Activists: "Narrrgle Fraggle Mush Mush Fush!!!"

GOP Leaders: "I'm sorry, we don't understand you"

Tea Party Activists: "GuuunnnNNNK! GuuunNNNNK! Fumunga Munga Palin OOG OOG!"

GOP Leaders: "No, really. We want to accomodate you, but you sound like fucking idiots, even for Republicans"

Tea Party Activists: "PLAAAGGGGGGG UGGG SMIBLIBIBIB UNG UNG FURUNNNGGGGUGGG!!!!!!!!! ARRGRGGRGRGRGGRGRGRGRGGRGGR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"






* As long as it doesn't interfere with the core agenda of the people actually running the show, i.e. super-rich corporate interests. Not available in all areas, sizes and colors may vary from presentation on the box. May cause headaches, fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, restless leg syndrome, restless bowel syndrome and irritable leg syndrome. Expect settling during shipment. Professional stunt driver. Do not attempt at home.
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