Jon Stewart Scolds Rachel Maddow and MSNBC for Saying 'Teabagger'
By Noel Sheppard | November 12, 2010 | 02:40
Comedian Jon Stewart on Thursday scolded Rachel Maddow for using the word "teabagger" to describe members of the Tea Party movement.
Appearing on "The Rachel Maddow Show" for an oftentimes quite interesting interview, Stewart also criticized others on MSNBC for taking this vulgar joke way too far (video follows with transcript and commentary):
RACHEL MADDOW, HOST: The caricature of the Left being as vociferous as the right is something that…
JON STEWART: I don't think that's the caricature of the Left. I really don't. I think the caricature of the Left is one that is slightly that -- that – they use as a cudgel. Didn't you hate when the Republicans used to use the phrase Democrat. Democrat.
MADDOW: The Democrat Party. Has the word rat in it.
STEWART: It seemed dickish. Democrat Party. Or when you spoke out against the war, there was a subtle undertone of you're un-American, you don't want to win the war on terror. Well, I think that what also comes out sometimes from the other side is teabagger. Now that’s I think derogatory. And I don't think anybody would mistake it for that, for anything other than that. And it's been used on this network quite frequently, by hosts, by guests…
MADDOW: You don't think it was funny that they were calling them, they were saying tea bag the White House before the White House tea bags you?
STEWART: I thought it was funny for a day. I thought it was funny for a day.
MADDOW: Funny enough to play the John Waters clip of the teabagging thing on a bar?
STEWART: For a day. Probably wouldn't have run with it with guests and things for months.
MADDOW: I didn't run it for months.
STEWART: No, but your part…
MADDOW: But I got criticized for it for months.
STEWART: Well, because you kind of made hay of it. You made more hay of it than maybe that, you know, that…
MADDOW: Took the joke too far.
Took the joke too far.
Actually, that's rather a propos as Maddow later made the point that she doesn't think what she does is all that much different than what Stewart does.
Although he pushed back on this idea, Maddow was exposing the really inconvenient truth about what she and Keith Olbermann do that separates them from serious journalists: they take the joke too far.
More than that, they're often going for the joke rather than the story thereby making it difficult to take them seriously.
Driving this point home further, Maddow tried to convince her guest that what he's doing is news. Stewart repeatedly disagreed saying that he identifies far more with Jerry Seinfeld than the folks on MSNBC.
Not seeing the irony, Maddow fought this notion and continued to press the idea that she and her guest are actually playing at the same game.
And therein likely lies the real problem for both Maddow and Olbermann: in trying to inject humor into their reporting, they've both become farcical caricatures of newscasters that can't possibly be taken seriously.
As much as they want to be considered as journalists, they also strive to be Jon Stewart. By contrast, he just sees himself as a satirist commenting on the day's events with as much humor as possible.
As a result, this interview revealed more about the host than the guest.
Someone cue Alanis Morissette.
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I could not agree more and
Submitted by bohratom on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 3:55am.
I could not agree more and to be honest, surprised, Jon Stewart took on Rachel Maddow the entire interview and won hands down. He stood by and defended moderate views which on Rachel Maddow is onheard of...
Kudos to Jon Stewart for this interview at least....
The "real" problem for both Maddow and Olbermann is that
Submitted by Rush Fan on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 3:16am.
they are dishonest, angry and vindictive people. They don't inject humor in their reporting, but hate, hostility and lies. The perfect composition for extreme leftist posing as journalists.
"I didn't run it for
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 3:22am.
"I didn't run it for months...but I got criticized for it for months."
I could be wrong but I don't recall her ever having completely stopped using the term "tea bagger." I know Olbermann hasn't.
You are correct sir............
Submitted by Tomorama on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 10:02am.
You are exactly right, I was half expecting an expose at the end of this piece where the actual dates and times she has used it recently would be posted.
But I sleep well KNOWING that SHE DID SAY IT for MONTHS and I also don't think she has stopped.
Let's get Jimmy Olsen on the case.
Lastly, kudos to Stewart for hammering "her", she expected a fluff interview with high fives and chest bumbp hammering Republicans and "teabaggers" and all "she" got was a taste of humility.
Maddow lies. No big
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 11:05am.
Maddow lies.
No big shock.
Stewart's a dope..........so
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 3:32am.
Stewart's a dope..........so how much credibility does he have for trying to lay down the law to his fellow libs have??? Not much, as far as I'm concerned...................I don't give any of these phonies any respect whatsoever..........and they've earned it!!!!
The difference, and it is
Submitted by Bruzilla on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 8:30am.
The difference, and it is significant, is that Stewart readilly and often admits that he's a phony. The others actually believe they are credible news people.
I agree, Killa
Submitted by ThisnThat on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 9:42am.
I went back and reviewed some of Stewart's videos on the Tea Party. Not a single instance of support. Every single one of them showed him constantly denigrating the concept, the supporters, and the speakers. He continually tore it apart, telling us all they were dopes, they were hypocritical, they were selfish, and they were stupid. Especially stupid. Jon Stewart is one of those people who think that only people like him are smart; and all Tea Partiers -- without exception -- are some of the dumbest people on earth.
I watched a number of videos, hoping to see one which gave fair treatment to the Tea Party over the past year. Not a single one. But as I was watching, I kept thinking -- in spite of Jon Stewart's best attempts -- including his so-called Halloween rally -- the Tea Party won. Big time. The laugh is now on him. The moron.
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“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
I notice
Submitted by StarAZ on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 12:30pm.
I notice the supposedly stupid Palin plunged in on the Fed's commodization of the debt. Did Stewart get into this--I don't watch him anymore since the strike and the lib claptrap attack still ongoing.
Miss this part?
Submitted by Cody_K on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 4:05am.
JON STEWART: Didn't you hate when the Republicans used to use the phrase Democrat. Democrat.
MADDOW: The Democrat Party. Has the word rat in it.
STEWART: It seemed dickish. Democrat Party. Or when you spoke out against the war, there was a subtle undertone of you're un-American.
Let me just add... "libtard".
Don't act like your hands are clean. We'll start being fair about teabaggers when you do.
Cody_K a member for 1 year
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 4:21am.
Cody_K a member for 1 year and 2 weeks and this is his first post?
Cut him some slack, stratman
Submitted by Newsbubba on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 8:41am.
Maybe he just got released.
And Cody, if you find yourself in a fair fight, you obviously need a new strategy.
Yeah, we get these parole
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 8:48pm.
Yeah, we get these parole trolls from time to time.
Richard Maddow needs to refer
Submitted by johnsonl on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 8:41am.
Richard Maddow needs to refer to one of her political heroes for advice on war.
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."-Mao Tse-tung. It's right there in your little Red Book, Rick!
Don't act like your hands are
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 9:18am.
Don't act like your hands are clean. We'll start being fair about teabaggers when you do.
Name all the people on Fox News that use that term, Cody.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I rest my case.
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
The sweet jail life of Bubba and Cody
Submitted by Tomorama on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 10:10am.
Agent Cody Blanks, NAME one Fox news employee that has used the term "libtard" or how about ANY GUEST?
Don't bother, back to Mommies basement for another 14 months or did you get permission in jail to use the computer and you decided to post on newsbusters as you have NO friends?
Have you ever been libtarded, and if so, did you enjoy it?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 10:32am.
.
LibTard? Really?
Submitted by ArcherB on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 11:41am.
"Let me just add... "libtard". "
Strange. I've never seen Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity or even Ann Coulter use that term. Sure, I see it a lot on the Internet, but that's not what we are talking about here. We are talking about talk show hosts on major networks using derogatory terms while posing as journalists.
But, if you insist on including Internet posts in the mix, you are going to get blown out of the water. Just go over to HuffingtonPost, DailyKos, DemocratUnderground or any of the many left wing sites that allow for public comments and take a look how Bush, or any other prominant conservative is described. I think you'll find that "libtard" is fairly light by comparison.
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary."
--Ernesto "Che" Guevara
You left out
Submitted by Roger the Shrubber on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 11:59am.
You left out "mentally-challenged, perpetually-unemployed boy-toucher".
But enough about you.
I never knew being called a "Democrat" was so offensive. Would you prefer Democratards?
The funny or rather ironic
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 1:05pm.
The funny or rather ironic thing about liberals is how quickly they will relabel things whenever the old label gets a negative connotation. The most obvious example is how liberals now refer to themselves as "progressive" when there is nothing progressive about them. Regressive would be a more apt label.
I'm with you.
Submitted by almostacowboy on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 1:08pm.
Are they not Democrats?
I remember Tingles Matthews irately correcting a conservative guest once for saying "the Democrat Party". "It's the Democrat-ic Party".
Know we all know who put the "ick" in Democrat.
Silly me
Submitted by StarAZ on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 12:33pm.
I thought Repulicans started that Democrat thing, instead of Democratic, because being democratic was Mom and apple pie and made Republican sound alien to that...not the "rat" thing, which seems pretty farfetched. But who knows--people go far to fetch stuff these days.
Which supposedly creditable
Submitted by Hero Squad on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 2:37pm.
Which supposedly creditable news/commentary provider is using the phrase "libtard" as a descriptor of Democrats? I have yet to hear anyone on the level of Maddow, Olbermann, Anderson Cooper, has been using that phrase. Unless you're equating them with blog post commentors... which actually wouldn't be an inaccurate characterization of the jobs the Maddow and Olbermann perform for their network.
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"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will
Calling Doctor Sam
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 4:13am.
"Didn't you hate when the Republicans used to use the phrase Democrat. Democrat."Is one a Democrat or a Democratic? How about a Democracian? Democratic means "refers to Democrat". Democrat is not an improper term. Madcow thinks she is being called a "rat". Does she and Leibowitz feel shame in what they are, needing to change labels and make pretend in order to feel better? Now "Liberal" is out of fancy as well. What happens when America realizes that "Progressive" equals Marxism/Communism as it originally meant in the early 20th century? What new name, or old one recycled, will the Left try to confuse people in that they are different this time around?
No equivalence, point missed
Submitted by Ten7s on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 10:24am.
Yes, "Democrat Party" became fashionable because it is correct. A political party is a group of people, a person is a Democrat NOT "a Democratic". Both Democrat and Democratic have the letter sequence "rat" in them, but when its spoken its "-crat" not "-rat". So unless its misprounounced there is no slur, much less one as vulgar as the one of topic. And the subtle point is that their party is run based on Identity Politics and stale '60s Leftistism rather than on democratic principles.
Real Libs of Genius
Submitted by Junk Science Skeptic on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 4:23am.
"MADDOW: The Democrat Party. Has the word rat in it."
. . . and Democratic doesn't?
End the stupid crap
Submitted by goldwaterfan on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 6:53am.
No more "Democrat" party crap. No more "Teabagger" crap. That would be ideal, but that's not going to happen.
Amanda Carrington
Hmmmmm, I'm not
Submitted by texasborngranny on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 12:02pm.
Hmmmmm, I'm not aware of the sexual conotation to the word "Democrat".
The Republican Party is made up of Republicans not republics.
The Democrat Party is made up Democrats not democratics.
Now I'm all OK
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 7:06am.
Having Jon Stewart throw some cold water on Rachel Maddow's self-serving slurs regarding Tea Party activists makes me now feel all warm and fuzzy.
Thanks Jon. Now that we've been called every vile name in the book by those you associate with you preach to one of your buds that "they" took the joke too far? What joke Jon? Oh you mean the joke about warning Americans that they are being led by communists who want to crush America and its spirit by spending every last dollar they can get their hands on? That joke?
GTH Stewart and take Rachel with you.
Am I mistaken?
Submitted by texasborngranny on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 12:06pm.
Wasn't it Jon that made the tacky attacks on Palin's daughter when she attended a baseball game? Perhaps he should clean up his own act prior to telling someone else to clean up their? Just another example of the hypocritical left.
I apologize if I have confused him with another non-funny, leftist 'comedian'.
Wasn't that Letterman....I
Submitted by DWoSD on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 12:20pm.
Wasn't that Letterman....I too apologies if I have confused him with another non-funny, leftist court jester.
Yeah that was Letterman who
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 1:07pm.
Yeah that was Letterman who cracked the unfunny jokes about Palin's child.
When we used Democrats, its
Submitted by 4rcane on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 7:31am.
When we used Democrats, its not intended to be derogatory. Its simply an appreviation. Its like calling Japanese, Jap. Democrat is a person in the Democratic Party. Its as natural as calling someone a Republican. Do we use Republic Party? No Do we use Grand Old Partier? No. People are simply moving towards a word that feel natural to the tongue
This is just a case of the left seeing something that isn't there.
p.s rat is in the word democratic. If you want derogatory, we would simply call Democrats, RATS or DEMON RATS (two words)
More to the point . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 10:22am.
. . . the label Democrat is not an abbreviation. It's what members of the Democratic Party call themselves.
Maddcow can spell demon
Submitted by kangaroo on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 7:50am.
Maddcow can spell demon rat......who knew
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on"--Thomas Jefferson
I don't recall calling
Submitted by Thoreau on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 8:42am.
I don't recall calling grandma and grandpa teabagger's funny. Maybe in the Gay Lesbian Communist NAZI community that's all the rage, but not for anyone I know.
Maybe in the Gay Lesbian Communist NAZI community.....
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 11:02am.
Isn't that the MSLSD demographic audience?
What a scene:
Submitted by HockeyKid on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 8:22am.
Maddow desperately seeking Stewart's approval, thinking she's just like him, only to be slapped down by her hero.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Sweet sweet ineptitude.
Submitted by Thoreau on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 8:42am.
Sweet sweet ineptitude.
Agreed, HockeyKid
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 10:32am.
She obviously wanted some blessing or token of approval from Stewart, and she got the opposite.
And now, she undermined her own case for being taken seriously by explaining that her show is mimicking Stewart's format.
Cleans Up Her Act?
Submitted by miss911ninja on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 12:58pm.
Now we'll just have to keep an eye on her to see if she cleans up her act. Scratch that. Let NB keep an eye on her. I know I won't!
Well said, Noel!!
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 8:35am.
Maddow was exposing the really inconvenient truth about what she and Keith Olbermann do that separates them from serious journalists: they take the joke too far.
More than that, they're often going for the joke rather than the story thereby making it difficult to take them seriously.
Example #3: David Shuster.
They expect us to consider this news?
Kudos to Jon, but I think
Submitted by johnsonl on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 8:36am.
Kudos to Jon, but I think Richard was fixin' to whip his insolent a$$.
Actually with Olbermann,
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 8:59am.
Actually with Olbermann, Maddow and the rest of the vermin at MSNBC there wasn't a joke to begin with outside of the fact that Olbermann, Maddow, Schultz, ad nauseum are directly responsible for turning MSNBC INTO a joke.
Smackdown
Submitted by Cactus Kurt on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 9:24am.
It was refreshing to see Jon Stewart bitchslap (can I say that?) Maddow. She and (MS)NBC had been touting his interview all week as if it were the second coming (much to the chagrin of her other scheduled guests). Stewart disagreed with her on nearly every topic: teabagging, liberal bias, his role as a comedian, FoxNews, George Bush,... what a smackdown!
I'm not a fan of either, but it's always fun to watch the libs eat their own. Kinda like what's going to happen to Nancy Pelosi. Stay tuned...
Bitch slap? Nah.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 12:57pm.
In Maddow's case, it's called Butch slap.
Don't think this
Submitted by Vonu on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 9:30am.
will stop the teabagging of the democrat party statists. Party on, people.
No Newsmen at MSNBC
Submitted by Okieflyover on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 9:37am.
Maddow and Olbermann were the lead "anchors" on MSNBC on Election Night. They complain about the lack of division between news and analysis at Fox but there are NO journalists at MSNBC. Their entire lineup on Election Night was pundits.
A Newsman wouldn't even have thought that the teabag joke was funny for even a day.
Davy Shyster
Submitted by ripper58 on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 9:45am.
is a despicable human being(?) and deserves everything he got!
Maddow obviously hasn't been
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 9:47am.
Maddow obviously hasn't been watching Schultz, Olberman, etc, if she feels the left doesn't vociferously attack the right. I can't say I blame her, I can't stand watching the left either.
Joke?
Submitted by bkeyser on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 10:11am.
At first maybe. I don't think they took the joke too far- I think they assigned the joke to the movement. Stewart's anti-war = anti-American comparison was more accurate; teabagger is a negative connotation used to demean a group of people. Sort of like certain racial words that are so vehemently decried by the left. Teabagger is the ch!nk, sp!c, n!gger-equal on the political realm. That's what makes it so egregious - and I think Stewart senses that, but can't quite put his finger on it, or is unwilling to expose his side to that extent.
And it's different from "demonrat" or "democrap" because those words are entirely fictitious and had no other disparaging meaning before someone came up with the play on words. Personally, I try not to use these silly caricatures when talking about any particular group; I don't feel the need to hide behind them. But those who constantly use the teabagger term are no better than a racist using a racial term- and hypocritical to the max if you're a leftist and constantly ushering forth the race card as a method of attack.
Look, we're stuck with Maddow
Submitted by Van Halen on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 10:18am.
Look, we're stuck with Maddow and the rest over at MSDNC for a while. Their ratings suck and their attitude is terrible. So let's help them along down the drain - make sure you visit Fox News' web site every day at least once and watch Fox News when you can. Support their advertisers if you can. That's all you have to do to really hammer the Left who have made Fox News part of a handful of 'Public Enemy Number One's'.
This is why it doesn't matter to me what
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 10:25am.
Stewart has done in the past. Having made the public statement that he did on 10-30, he either takes that message seriously, or it gives people concrete statements to hold him to. He either reverts to clown mode and invalidates the a good part of the 10-30 rally, or he has to make himself stand up to it.
I don't think it's wise to castigate someone for getting serious if they haven't been previously.
I've never understood the whole "teabag" slur thing
Submitted by JohnMcGrew on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 10:31am.
Like many "conservatives", I've had liberals retort that my opinion was worthless because I was just another "teabagger", as if this would somehow offend me or diffuse any arguments I have made.
I'm neither homosexual or homophobic, and still don't even know the exact meaning of the term beyond understanding that it's a reference to some sort of gay sex act. (And I really don't care) So why do they think that calling me a "teabagger" would somehow personally offend me or otherwise get under my skin, or would even somehow cause other people to regard my opinion as any less valid than theirs?
Beyond the obvious hypocrisy of why it is okay for liberals to use obviously demeaning and offensive slurs against people they obviously "hate", what purpose does repeatedly slinging this clearly misdirected slur serve? As far as I can tell, it only makes them look shallow, hateful, vacuous, ignorant, insensitive (to homosexuals, no less) and just plain dumb.
The left has no moral
Submitted by Smartypants on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 10:46am.
The left has no moral compass; they say and do what they want. Many liberals I've dealt with over the years exhibit a degree of childishness. One aspect of this is that they lash out at anyone who disagrees with them, probably because they cannot articulate their own feelings well enough to truly engage in a discourse. This is exactly why little children throw temper tantrums; it is the only way they have of getting a point across, because they haven't yet learned to communicate in other ways. So libs make empty accusations which have no merit, they name-call and they attempt to discredit those that disagree with them, because they cannot debate them directly. Look how they treat Sarah Palin, as if she's a foolish illiterate of some sort. Yet, how many of these media clowns have challenged her to a serious debate? None.
It also demonstrates...
Submitted by JohnMcGrew on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 11:22am.
...what lemmings they really are, since they all continue to do it a year after even semi-intelligent liberals such as Stewart concede that it was funny for only about a minute.
Teabagger definition.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 2:59pm.
Pwease refer to Barney Fwank's waitest book, "Gerbils in the Mist, My San Fwancisco Years" avaywble in any gay bar.
Teabagger is expwained in chapter 69, titled "What to do when the gerbils wevolt."
It's a weally, weally good wead!
I thought this was an
Submitted by kathy5319 on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 12:20pm.
I thought this was an interesting interview. I haven't yet seen the entire piece that is to be uploaded at Maddow's blog.
I thought it was constructive for Stewart to discuss "Conversation starters vs stoppers".
I also thought removing the focus from "left/right" to corruption/non is helpful.
I personally have never used the perjorative "teabagger" and never appreciated Maddow or Olbermann using it. I thought? that it's first use was probably naively by a tea partier, unknowing some urban slang (that most people would be unaware of, until it was brought to light)... for about a moment I thought that was childlishly funny and agree with Jon Stewart.
I also think it is silly for Rachel to think she does or should emulate Jon Stewart. There were however concepts such as "false equivalency" in the mix that I think are valid.
If provoked in thought by the topics of this exchange, I think there are many things that media, critics, pundits and individuals could apply to self-awareness and better conversation.
"Democrat" =
Submitted by Six String Spiff on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 12:39pm.
"Democrat" = Democrat
"Teabagger" = Immature socialist giggle fest.
Oh no! We called you DEMOCRAT! Ahhhhhhhhh!!
Just another case of liberals fabricating fear while they continue with their own childish behavior.
Don't forget....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 1:21pm.
Not only are we conservative heterosexuals "tea-baggers" in Rick Maddow's and Keef Overweight's world, they also call us "breeders"; another apparently derogatory term based in their lifestyle group's inability to reproduce.
The left has the mentality of children who do poorly in school making fun of those who do well.
Jon Stewart, regardless of the far-left extremists...
Submitted by Conservator on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 1:40pm.
...who joined his rally in DC, he is far more a liberal with commonsense. BTW, he just didn't take on Rachel Maddow or Keith Olbermann, he obliterated them as he did with Matthews on his show and reported by NewsBuster:
Chris Matthews 'Believes' Disastrous Book Interview Left Jon Stewart Crestfallen
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2007/10/05/chris-matthews-believes-disastrous-book-interview-left-jon-stewart-cre
Bevis & Buthead bubble effect
Submitted by TerryWest on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 2:06pm.
The crude word was used against them every time it was used, the majority of people just don't find it amusing or even funny. The humor of the left is often crude, like flatulence in every other movie and sitcom they produce is amusing to them, well it's just not after the age of 9 for the majority of Americans.Then they laugh you
Submitted by Injest on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 6:14pm.
MADDOW: You don't think it was funny that they were calling them, they were saying tea bag the White House before the White House tea bags you?
No one in the Tea Party said “before the White House tea bags you”.
No one in the Tea Party knew there was a homosexual, BDSM thing called “teabagging”.
The first reference to the Tea Party and “teabagging” started with you on April 9th 2009.
RayRay, the backlash of the Tea Party due to the vulgar, insulting, derogatory name calling started with you!
Obviously your not totally responsible for the electoral blowout, driving a stake through the heart of the Obama Presidency, but you are the start of it.
First they ignore you, Then they laugh you, Then they fight you, Then YOU WIN!
Mahatma Gandhi
Too bad your not smart enough to know history or Philosophy.
Until Today's Left decides to
Submitted by TCinAZ on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 4:02pm.
Until Today's Left decides to Stop plastering Accomplished Conservative Minority Men and Women like Condi Rice and Colonel (and Soon To-Be) Congressmen Allen West with Racial Epithets, and they Also decide to Stop talking about how Rush, Glenn Beck and a few others have "teabbagged" America, so their MSM and Democrat Machine Pals have Another opportunity to Trash Us while they use Rush and Glenn as Cover because they got their Asses Kicked in the Mid-Terms (and they're gonna be Pissed about That for a Long Time), then Nothing's Gonna Change.
i.e, I wouldn't recommend that Stewart hold his Breath Or hold out any Hope about our Meeting in the Middle, Anytime Soon.
So Democrat , or DemocratIC, or (My Personal Favorite) Dixiecrat, or "Progressive" Party it IS then, if That's what they'd Prefer to be called, I guess.
Is there actual Talk about Another "Official" Name Change for the Dem Party though? Again? lol.