Three Studies in Teabaggery

I know we’re not supposed to be paying attention to the teabaggers/Town Howlers anymore, but I’ve always felt that it’s important to study wingnuts to fully understand what makes them tick. Here are three videos shot outside of town halls that are worth a peek.

This first one was taken outside of a Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) town hall meeting on 8/12. The video was taken by a “patriot” who wrote on the video’s YouTube page that the “liberals were very agressive [sic] at this event.” Translation: we were outnumbered. He also added video annotations (pop-ups) that explain, from his perspective, what happened. You can be the judge of who seems more “aggressive.”  It’s fairly obvious that the woman in the pale green shirt screeeaaaamming “America is not a welfare state!” who later tells a “hippy” to “get a job!” is the “aggressive” one.  Compare her demeanor to the smiling woman leading people in the “facts not fear” chant. Also, note what happens when the black woman in the white shirt (referred to as “it”—not “she”—in an earlier video annotation ... charming) approaches the screecher to ask her to calm down. The guy in the purple shirt runs in and barks, “Don’t touch her.”  Look at his right hand. It’s balled up in a fist, like he was ready to hit her. Very, very disturbing.

This one’s from a town hall in Maryland. Once again, compare and contrast. I love how when the African American gentleman asks the teabagger what county he lives in (obviously, not the one this town hall is held in), the interloper’s true, ahem, colors come out: “Are you with ACORN?” The end is heartbreaking.  Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin should both be very proud of themselves.

This final one from Dem Rep. Sam Farr’s town hall on 8/12 is kinda long but it’s just jam-packed with seemingly reasonable people (except for the little drummer girl and the woman at the end who, yeah, well, NO COMMENT) spouting an endless stream of health care reform myths.

Posted by Kevin K. on 08/14/09 at 11:34 AM • Permalink

More douchebaggage from Rep. Broun (R-Psycho):

“When mama falls and breaks her hip, she’ll just lie in her bed in pain until she dies with pneumonia because her needed surgery is not cost efficient.”

Lying piece of shit. I wonder how much money the insurance industry stuffed in his pockets.

Betty, here’s a list of how much everybody recieved 2005-2008.

Broun received $23,500. that seems like not very much—it’s toward the bottom of the scale, until you consider the size of his district.

Leading the list? The PUMA’s favorite, John McCain, by far:

McCain, John Total $ 2,287,345 S
Dodd, Chris Total $ 1,102,056 S
Baucus, Max Total $ 449,125 S
McConnell, Mitch Total $ 448,633 S
Lieberman, Joe Total $ 403,644 S
Nelson, Ben Total $ 363,636 S
Cornyn, John Total $ 324,194 S

Little Crumb Leiberman is up way there, too. What a couple of——horse’s necks.

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