It is really amazing that with all of the heavy issues facing this country, some political activists on the right are worried about their nickname, especially a nickname they're responsible for.
But that is exactly what's happening with the Tea Party activists, political conservatives who took their name from the Boston Tea Party protesters.
The problem is that the public has come up with a number of variations of the Tea Partier's name -- most famously, tea baggers. And this is where the fun begins.
The Tea Party members forgot to check the more modern usage of the term "tea bag," which is more likely to be heard on the Howard Stern radio show than 'Meet the Nation.' I don't want to get any parents mad, but let's just say that the term deals with the male oral sex. Anyone who really wants to explore its various meanings should visit Urban Dictionary.
Tea Party controversy reached a new level when President Barack Obama was quoted by an Oregon congressman as using the term "tea bag, anti-government people" in talking about groups opposing his health care reform efforts.
Now some of the Tea Party folks are complaining that anyone who calls them tea baggers are insulting them. Amazing.
If you have legitimate concerns about health care or the Obama agenda, voice them as loudly as you can. That's the type of democracy that our founding fathers, the guys who threw the tea, had in mind.
But as for your name, get over it. You picked it.
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By: Lisa on 11/12/2009 4:29PM
Paul - get a real job
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By: siren on 11/12/2009 6:37PM
Tea bagger.
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By: Charles on 11/12/2009 8:14PM
I think calling them t-baggers is a compliment. I just call them self-righteous a-holes.
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By: Evern Williams on 11/12/2009 6:53PM
Hi!!!!! all you white tea-baggers, birthers
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By: Bill Schrier on 11/12/2009 8:25PM
Blacks like socialist obama, as they are net recipients of the welfare state. The poor white teabaggers have to pay for it. In gratitude, they get ridiculed. Ironically, as the welfare state has grown, the black family has disintegrated ... all according to the democratic party playbook, the guiding principle being that those dependent on the government (instead of their family) will never vote to cut the size of government.
But, whites have woken up to this, and that's why obama poll numbers are plummeting, along with congressional democrats.
Obama, the community-organizer-in-chief, is not even constitutionally eligible to be potus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR7EziYspXM
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By: LadyJNewYork on 11/13/2009 1:20PM
Ahhh...another disgruntled "crakker" upset that a black man is President...GET OVER IT, MOVE ON!!!
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By: siren on 11/13/2009 7:39PM
your post is bs. how is it possible that " they are net recipients of the welfare state" when blacks only make up 15% of the population? so even if ALL blacks in this country was on welfare we still would not make up the majority of people on welfare. Also, your comment "poor white teabaggers have to pay for it" is completely laughable at best. Tell me, how are these poor white teabaggers having to pay any different than we all have to pay for anyone on welfare, including the welfare recipients! And then we have the most ignorant of your comments, "Obama, the community-organizer-in-chief, is not even constitutionally eligible to be potus", you tea baggers & birthers hate the truth which is damn shame. If only you'd stop and actually use that brain that God gave you for rational thoughts instead of racist ones, then maybe you'd realize that being a community organizer isn't a bad thing, hell if there were no community organizing then we wouldn't have this U.S. of A.! Wow. I can't believe I responded to this. Trying to talk sense to you guys is like talking to an inanimate object.
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By: Dre on 11/16/2009 2:30PM
Well it looks like ur old @ss woke up too late he's in office teabagger so go watch nascar or marry ur sister lolol loser !
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By: Just saying... on 11/12/2009 8:45PM
Teabaggers!! They knew what they were doing when they picked this name. Direct from "Friday Night Sissy Fights", the tyrannical Teabaggers!!!
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By: Moped on 11/13/2009 9:00AM
Perfect name for a bunch of perverted miserable
a-holes. They live up to the true meaning of it. No wonder conservative Republicans are always getting busted for gay sex and pedophilia. TEABAGGER TEABAGGER.................
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