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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 12:49 PM
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The Teabaggers are an elitist party.
Don't forget that. Yesterday on MSNBC I saw some stats that indicated that Teabaggers are better educated and have higher incomes than the general population....and they are mostly....white. Seems to me that this is an elitist party and should be defined as such. Never mind the convoluted ferreting out of who funded what when. People don't pay attention to that. It seems that these elites should be called out based on that study alone for what they are--the "I got mine and now way are you gonna get yours as long as I breathe" party.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 12:50 PM
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1. Yes indeedie. They hired out the signage to the pooper scoopers.
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 12:58 PM
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2. but aren't those polls self-answered?
In other words, I'm more inclined to believe there are quite a few liars and weasels out there claiming to be more educated. Then again, maybe they are educated but at places like Bob Jones "University"
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 01:04 PM
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3. And in sweat tents that boil brains.
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 01:10 PM
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4. I would say that I tend to believe the poll results, given that
the crowds are nearly all white and it is a fact that this demographic is better educated and earns more than other groups in this nation. Could be lies, could be an artifact. I don't care. I don't consider them to be average in any way.
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Juneboarder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 01:13 PM
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5. Teabagger Definition
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=teabagger
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 01:17 PM
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7. So?
This was the name they picked for themselves, parading around with teabags hanging off of their persons. I'll call them nothing else.
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Juneboarder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 01:46 PM
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13. Sorry
I didn't mean to offend you. I was adding to the irony of how lame this party is. The teabaggers (that is what I call them too) are unedumacated. I'm on your side, though :)
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 01:15 PM
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6. Teabaggers aren't elitist, they're lowest common denominator.
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 01:18 PM
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8. They're elitist, but not elite.
There's a big difference.
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 01:19 PM
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10. I do believe I said they were elitists.
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 01:34 PM
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12. Not disageeing with you at all!
:hi:
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raouldukelives Donating Member (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 01:19 PM
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9. Having a better education on paper
Does not make you smarter. Just look at our last president. My cat has more common sense than that boob.
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 01:21 PM
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11. Having a better education, even on paper, opens all sorts of
doors and opportunities for people and confers some privilege with it. For some, it confers a large sense of entitlement.
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 02:08 PM
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14. just remember this, a college education doesn't mean they are intelligent or have common sense. nt
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 02:56 PM
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16. True, but it also explains the entitlement they feel.
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 02:13 PM
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15. They are the party of bullshit, and is how they are best defined
...and Palin is their anointed minister of propaganda:
http://mason.gmu.edu/~amcdonal/Propaganda%20Techniques.html
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KonaKane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 03:01 PM
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17. No way in hell are they more educated. That is just absurd.
I do not believe that poll result for a minute. Anybody can say that have one or more college degrees to a pollster who doesn't check on that information. NOT everybody goes to rallies and misspells their signs in the ridiculously stupid way these people do.
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 07:04 PM
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18. Lawrence O'Donnell is nailing it on Countdown.
Teabaggers are elitist and out of touch with America. He's nailing it...hammering away. It's time to talk this way.
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