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To: combjelly who wrote (527908)11/11/2009 12:39:34 PM
From: jlallen1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576003
 
Says the dumb fukk...

What did you say now, dumb fukk?



To: combjelly who wrote (527908)11/11/2009 12:49:42 PM
From: longnshort2 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1576003
 
Use as a political term
Main article: Tea Party protests

In 2009, groups known as Tea Parties were formed to protest United States government tax and spending policies. Several critics of the protestors, including Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, and Anderson Cooper, have called them "teabaggers". Cooper later apologized, calling the term "silly.

en.wikipedia.org



To: combjelly who wrote (527908)11/11/2009 12:54:12 PM
From: Tenchusatsu3 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1576003
 
CJ, > Beck said it. Google it.

I Googled and came up with nothing but this parody:

huffingtonpost.com

I also found this link to Glenn Beck's web site where he asks supporters to mail tea bags to the White House:

glennbeck.com

Now you can jump up and down claiming that Glenn Beck started this whole "teabagging" nonsense ...

Tenchusatsu

P.S. - Even Bill Clinton is using that term now, surprise surprise ...