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The Future Is Overwritten

Carol Hartsell | Posted 05.25.2011

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I just read an article about how Independent voters will decide this election. I just read an article about Independents don't really have a stake in this election. I just read a fortune cookie.

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The Most Outrageous March 16 Tea Party Protest Signs (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Tea Party members descended on Washington on Tuesday to protest Democratic-led health care proposals -- legislation that even some Tea Party leaders ...

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March 16 Tea Party Protests In Washington: The Final Anti-Health Care March

Posted 05.25.2011

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Tea Party activists "will storm Capitol Hill this morning, spending the day rallying and protesting against President Obama's health-care bill and dem...

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Taking Tea Partiers Seriously

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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There has been an interesting alignment which has slowly happened over the past year, between two groups not normally in agreement -- inside-the-Beltw...

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We Need More Parties

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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If both political parties split at, America would probably adopt a coalition government; the newly- formed Progressive and Conservative Parties might even ally on issues like taking on Wall Street.

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Other interesting news from Republicanland is a new poll showing that, given three choices, voters state who they'd likely vote for in the 2010 election in the following order: (1) Democrats, (2) Tea Partiers, (3) Republicans.

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Teabaggers Finally Google 'Teabag'

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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One week after their first national convention, the self-styled Teabaggers are facing an identity crisis after one of their members finally Googled the slang term "teabag."

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Right Wing Watch: Dick Armey Calls for Higher Middle Class Taxes; Palin Eloquent About Her Choice to Keep Pregnancy

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Republicans believe they can play photos of Obama shaking hands with Hugo Chavez and diminish the president's support. Some of the boomers may still fall for it; the millennials do not.

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WATCH: Tea Bags: Red Or Green? Scenes From A New Mexico Tea Party (Video)

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's a danger in mobs that allows people to act much worse than they ever would on their own.

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Where Were the Teabag Protests 8 Years Ago?

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Conservatives are protesting because they are out of power. They aren't protesting spending; if they were, they would have taken to the streets years ago.

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The "Teabag" Protests Smack of Neo-McCarthyism

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today's "teabag" protests would be funny, if they didn't make me think of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, and what he might have accomplished if Fox News existed during his time.

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Glenn Beck Is Thomas Paine, Except for Everything

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Do you like estate taxes? Paine was pitching them in 1791. How about progressive taxation? Paine wasn't just for it, he made charts and graphs. Welfare? Absolutely.

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A Short Citizen's Guide to Kooks, Demagogues, and Right-Wingers On Tax Day

Robert Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tax day typically attracts a range of right-wing kooks, all of whom tell us how awful we have it. Here's a citizen's guide responding to the predictable charges.

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Teabagging: Redux Anti-Intellectualism

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why the hell is this populist, boastful ignorance being actively encouraged and exploited by conservative corporate lobbyists, Fox News and, indeed, the Republican Party?

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Tea Bag Terror: Protests Causing Scares, Evacuations At Congressional Offices

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 05.25.2011

HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video. A recent email to hundreds of th...

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Glenn Beck Gets Ready To Tea Bag

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.25.2011

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As others have noted, Glenn is getting harder and harder to satirize. I mean really, is it that far off to imagine him dressing up in a tea bag?

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Tea And Sympathy

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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If the modern-day Tea Parties are smart, they would try to educate the public and hang their whole protest on the "anti-bailout" hook.

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The "Tea Bag" Revolution's Unfortunate Name Choice (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

I am so grateful to Andy Cobb for making this video, because I was giggling left and right every time a Fox News anchor used the term "tea bag" and ha...

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