OMG - Shut the F*ck up about the teaparty already!!

[jillan]

The teaparty wants this, the teaparty wants that. The teaparty wants to shut the government down.

Who CARES??

And I am listening to that "liberal" station Msnbc...

WHEN are they going to pay attention to the real grassroots movement that has 10 times more supporters than the kochbaggers - the Working Class???

Ugh - I am soooo frustrated and I had to vent.

To all the people that are going to respond "turn it off" - what good does that do unless everyone watching msnbc this morning turns it off? I already know the truth about the teabaggers, it's the rest of the people that are listening is what I worry about.

:rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:

[walldude]

1. Millions of American workers come out in solidarity

all over the country to help their brethren in Wisconsin Ohio and Mo, and there is not a lick of coverage. 200 Tea BAggers protest at the White House and they are all over the fucking news.

This country has become a JOKE.

[jillan]

8. Exactly. It was the same when bsh was president. All the people marching in the streets

against Iraq, all the candle light vigils. Nothing. Maybe an hour or two on C-Span once a year.

But the teabaggers? You would think they were royalty.

[AndyTiedye]

30. It is Our Media That is a Joke

The MSM doesn't cover our protests because their owners forbid them from doing so.

We get more coverage on Al Jazeera than on any US networks.

[Enthusiast]

52. Just wait till they're

done with the internet.

[AleksS]

2. You said exactly what I've been thinking.

You said exactly what I've been thinking.

[sharp_stick]

3. But they arrived by

the "dozens" to watch their hero congressassholes speak yesterday.

If dozens of hateful morons can "descend" on DC to listen to that gasbag Michelle Bachmann they must be a viable political force no?

I'm amazed at how often these pricks along with gatherings like CPAC garner almost 24/7 coverage while there is no mention of yearly kos or any left leaning gathering, like the thousands in Wisconsin over the last several weeks, no matter how many people show up.

[Armstead]

4. Because the GOP plays to its base while Democrats sweep their base under the carpet

Not all Democrats, but too many adopt the same talking points as the GOP, and fight the fights on GOP terms rather than truly Democratic ones.

As a result, the message that gets out to the media are GOP/Teabag talking points while Democrats merely "counter" with kinder and gentler versions of the same basic assumptions -- thus allowing the GOP to set the talking points.

[JVS]

7. +1

[bvar22]

41. Nailed IT!

As soon as "they" adopt the Republican framing, the battle is LOST.
Its almost like "they" WANT to lose.

....AND that includes OUR President and that "Shared Sacrifice" BULLSHIT!



Who will STAND and FIGHT for THIS American Majority?
Lofty Rhetoric, Empty Promises, and Excuses mean NOTHING now.
"By their WORKS you will know them,"
and by their WORKS they will be held accountable.

[Bluebear]

47. +++++

[Raine]

49. Exactly! nt

[Hugabear]

5. Because the teabaggers are putting their words into action, that's why

Unfortunately, we simply can't ignore the teabaggers, not when they're in the process of fucking us over. Look at what they're doing in Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, Michigan, Arizona, Texas, and other places. You want us to "shut the fuck up" about them and pretend not to see what they're doing? You want us to bury our heads in the sand and pretend that if we ignore them, they'll just go away?

[jillan]

13. No - but I feel like the media is getting their message out for them.

They report on everything the teabaggers do. The msm empowers them, makes them relevant.

All I am asking for is for the same amount of reporting on the grassroots movement that is happening in states all over the country.

Fair and balanced - haha - that's all I want.

[gateley]

6. The rest of the people watching MSNBC are fellow progressives who are probably

reacting just like you, so don't worry. :pals:

That being said, I just don't get WHY they would spend time covering it, except they (baggers) DO seem to have the Republicans over a barrel and that's news I like to hear! They may have screwed themselves by kowtowing to them in the first place. :evilgrin:

:hi:

[bluestate10]

40. I like the analogy that one opinion writer made.

The writer wrote a piece of the tone "Why would a man knowingly jump off cliff?". The answer that the writer gave is when a tiger is chasing the man. The man are traditional republicans, the tiger are teabaggers. Republicans have made their deal with the devil, now they must be made to pay. Democrats must take advantage of republicans at every chance and destroy them.

[RZM]

9. You have a point, but . . . .

In the last 30 or so minutes, there have been four separate threads here on DU with 'Tea Party' or 'Teabagger' in the title. At least on the progressive left, there seems to be a lot of interest in the Tea Party. It's not supportive interest, but it's still interest.

[w8liftinglady]

15. perhaps living in an area with a "Tea Party" majority tends to make one more aware.

In Joe Barton land,the Tea Party has a huge presence.
We can shut up and ignore them-being the benevolent Democrats(all 5 of us).
That'll show them.

[Lint Head]

10. Slight correction. It's Tea Baggers.

[Lasher]

11. Rich people own the networks and they own the teabaggers.

This propaganda campaign is part of the class warfare they have been waging for three decades. This is just the way it works.

[bbgrunt]

12. and Huff post has Palin's pic on front page almost

everyday. Even when she is quiet they make up something to feature her. ....as they say in the business "all publicity is good publicity".

[ljm2002]

14. They're scared sh*tless of the real grassroots movement...

...and the fact that it has 10 times or more realistically 10,000 times the people behind it is exactly why they won't report on it. Because, you know, it's a mob. Even though the "mob" in Wisconsin demonstrated day after day in the cold and never indulged in any violence, it's still a mob to them -- unruly, uncontrollable, not like the fine upstanding tea partiers who run around with guns at their hips and threatening signs and tea bags hanging from their hats (but don't you dare call them "tea baggers", why that's hate speech!).

The fix is in.

It is up to us, the great unwashed, to unfix it. We will have to do it without the support or even acknowledgment of the elites and the media.

They like the way things are now, in fact they think we should have more income and wealth inequality, fewer unions, fewer regulations, etc. Because it's serving them JUST FINE. And they like having peons to shine their shoes. Really, they're just fine with it. We really are at the "Let them eat cake" moment.

[Spyderama]

16. The Progressive Left Strikes Back

PARADIGM SHIFT: The Progressive Left Strikes Back!

<http://www.e-tabitha.com/2011/03/fingerprints.html>

[jillan]

17. Contessa Brewer is interviewing Mike Pence and I think she is as fed up as I am.

She is sticking it to him.

[underseasurveyor]

18. heh Email M$NBC with your rant/vent

I would edit,

"WHEN are they going to pay attention to the real grassroots movement that has 10 times more supporters than the kochbaggers - the Working Class???"

with,

"WHEN are they going to pay attention to the real grassroots movement that has 1000 times more supporters than the kochbaggers - the Working Class???"

Click, Send.
;-)

[MatthewStLouis]

19. I think it's a marketing thing. We need something catchy and evocative.

The teabaggers have usurped a major event from the narrative of our nations founding. The basic thing they stand for is simple: they are anti-taxes and anti-government. Seems pretty unpatriotic to me. I always figured paying my taxes was doing my part for our country: whether for good or for ill.

Anyway. The things we stand for are many and varied. Social justice. Equal rights. Science. Truth. Etc.
What catchy thing can we get the media to pick up on? The coffee party was (is) neat but sedate. We need something with fire. Something that democratic politicians seem to lack these days...

Sorry for rambling. I like to free-think as I write.

[Evolve_Already]

20. ^5

Rant away!

[liberal N proud]

21. Clues to who is running the media and the teabagges

[Evolve_Already]

22. Ask any teacher

who they remember in their classes, A and B students or the F students.

Most will say the F. The baggers are the F students. All commotion and no substance.

[Ganja Ninja]

23. If you're left wing and you want attention you have to smash and burn something.

:argh:

[SkyDaddy7]

24. We will see come 2012 which is bigger...

I would hope the working class would band together but the FACT IS many in the "working class" are TEA BAGGERS & voted these idiots into office! They are being told how to vote by FOX "News" Talk Radio & MOST OF ALL THEIR CHURCHES!!!!

There are tons of churches out there openly violating the law & telling their sheep who to vote for...They are literally daring the government to stop them...And since Democrats are too scared to say ANYTHING out of fear of giving the Republicans fuel to continue calling Democrats the godless party then this will continue until it is too big to stop!

[fascisthunter]

25. a pathetically ignorant minority of Billionaire Tools

idiots who kling to patriotism to hide their own selfish motives. "Guhilp!"

[Shagbark Hickory]

26. I stopped watching a few weeks ago and I don't miss it. It's liberating.

They rely on ratings to sell advertising space. One less viewer is a start.
Plus you dont get so pissed off all the time.

[Javaman]

27. And this post helps, how? nt

[jillan]

33. Sometimes you just need to vent, and when I am home alone doing paperwork on my computer

DU gets to be the one I vent to.... in other words, it helped me by blowing off some steam:hi:

[Taverner]

28. NPR reported on them lovingly last night

Do they know the baggers HATE them?

[bullwinkle428]

32. NPR did ANOTHER report on yesterday's rally THIS MORNING!

:banghead:

[Taverner]

34. Yep - complete with Sister Sarah's whiney, ignorant voice

Does NPR not know that the baggers HATE them and want to DESTROY them?

Do they really hate their jobs THAT MUCH?

[MrMickeysMom]

46. One of the reasons I want to put my finger down my throat...

fucking NPR and their "gleeful" bow to nut-bags on BOTH the religious and political fringe.

"Hello, I'm Michelle Norris, and I'm glad to blow you." :eyes:

[Proud Liberal Dem]

29. Big K & R to THAT!!!

n/t

[Initech]

31. The teabaggers don't represent us. They only represent the wealthy elite.

They can go eat shit for all I care.

[liberal life]

35. the media has lost all credibilty

Obviously their propaganda is not working, just look at the numbers showing up to the rallies they support, they even advertise for them before the rally and no one shows up. The media and their propaganda are a failure.

Wisconsin has proven they have lost control.

They can only ignore us for a short while.

we need to start ignoring them...forever!


http://fucorporatemedia.com/

[999998th word]

48. Shit.They even charter buses for transportation and feed them.We do this on our own dime.

[felix_numinous]

36. You would think with 2012 election coming up,

that Democrats would at least pretend to pander to the issues all the people are demonstrating about.

[I Drink Water]

37. The most f*cking insane part is that people considering them an actual party, outside of the GOP

Its pure insanity.

[Autumn]

38. THey are so fucking irrelevant

Why do they even merit a mention? Do you know the definition of fucking idiot? Teabagger.

[sendero]

39. The MSM has been hijacked.

... as yet there isn't much we can do about it.

[proud patriot]

42. We must be our own leaders

"Organize ! Organize ! Organize !" Abbie Hoffman

[Keith Bee]

43. "this morning?"

Don't take Joey & Crude seriously.

[unkachuck]

44. "Who CARES??"

....over-inflating the size, importance and scope of right-wing fascist groups is what the corporate media does best to garner support for their unsupportable fringe supporters....

"WHEN are they going to pay attention to the real grassroots movement..."

....never, but they have paid a price for their bogus news and corporate agenda, for many are no longer paying attention to them....eventually their credibility and viewership will approach zero....

....there was a time when most people read major newspapers and watched major networks, not anymore....

[Paradoxical]

45. It was good to ignore them at first. But now that they are "legitimized", we cannot.

That's the unfortunate consequence. I wish we could ignore the entire conservative movement. But, at some point, we have to recognize their negative impact. This is not a joke.

[Raine]

50. The teaparty is not the problem, the problem

is weak spined Democrats who continually compromise and give in to everything that the rethugs want without ever standing firm. :mad:

[upi402]

51. Almost like

they don't really want to get in the way of the big-balled Republican manly-mans!

Actually, there are some real troopers. Others are really Republicans. Most of us are disenfranchised but we're not supposed to say it.