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Paul Krugman: "Grassroots" Tea Bag protests actually run by corporate lobbies

Apr 12, 2009 00:23

Paul Krugman - New York Times Blog
April 11, 2009, 1:48 pm

Armey of darkness

Aha. So the “tea parties” are to a large extent being run by Freedom Works, which is basically Dick Armey with a lot of Koch-Scaife-Bradley-Olin support ( Read more... )

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mlfoley April 12 2009, 05:42:33 UTC

Teabagging is sponsored by a dick army! I knew it!

syndicalist April 12 2009, 05:49:40 UTC

hah, i missed that one...

homasse April 12 2009, 06:57:15 UTC

There is a Halo joke in this somewhere.

mercystars April 12 2009, 07:17:12 UTC

LMAO

cookie_nut April 12 2009, 06:01:36 UTC

Dick Armey is sponsoring the "tea bagging"?! XD

OMG, it's just...I can't even...just LOL.

ladypolitik April 12 2009, 06:09:55 UTC

...Hosted, of course, by the Vagina Coastguard.

haruhiko April 12 2009, 06:59:55 UTC

Is this where they work?

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shizumaslover April 12 2009, 07:25:30 UTC

*sporflechokes*

ladypolitik April 12 2009, 12:56:48 UTC

HAHAHAHAHA.

escherichiacola April 12 2009, 06:14:19 UTC

Let's see how this Whiskey Rebellion works out.

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escherichiacola April 12 2009, 17:28:47 UTC

I like how they liked to invoke the founding fathers, because George Washington would kick them so hard in the balls their entire tax bracket would feel it.

metropolis22786 April 12 2009, 19:09:23 UTC

I wish to metaquotes this.

May I? :D?

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screamingintune April 12 2009, 06:46:48 UTC

LOL. I had the displeasure of meeting Dick Armey in high school. Whenever I would bring up points in the roundtable discussion, he would reply with intense condescension that basically boiled down to, "there there, little girl, shush, the grownup is talking."