Teabag

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

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics


Paul Abrams

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.

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

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics


Lee Stranahan

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

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

Robert Reich | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics


Robert Reich

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.

The "Teabag" Protests Smack of Neo-McCarthyism

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

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.

Glenn Beck Is Thomas Paine, Except for Everything

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics


Chris Kelly

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.

Where Were the Teabag Protests 8 Years Ago?

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business


Hale

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.

Teabagging: Redux Anti-Intellectualism

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics


Stuart Whatley

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

Nico Pitney

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics


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...

Glenn Beck Gets Ready To Tea Bag

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.14.2009 | Media


Matthew Filipowicz

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?

Tea And Sympathy

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

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.

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

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.10.2009 | Comedy


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...