I wonder what the Teabag masterminds have in store for July 4.

[mwb970]

Talk about a holiday tailor made for silly, jingoistic clothing and shallow, flag-waving "patriotism"! The Tax Day teabagging parties were just a preview. I'm betting they'll go all out for the frackin' Fourth of July.

They'll need some organizing image besides tea, which is kind of played out by now. Maybe just the flag, but more likely something else, I'm thinking. I'm sure Glenn Beck & Co. will come up with something hyper-"American". Or have they already?

[poverlay]

1. Is apple pie going to be involved? n/t

[Renew Deal]

2. They will tie their teabags to fireworks.

And set them off. Now that's patriotic. :rofl:

[panader0]

3. Hot dogs, Mom, teabags, flags, all hanging from hats.

[meegbear]

6. I'm gonna make hotdogs, Mom and the flag out of teabags ...

take that hippie!

[monmouth]

4. I honestly don't think it will happen. Backlash was more than they

bargained for and they're delusional if they think they had a large success. Timing would be very bad, no one would care or pay attention. Just my opinion.

[YOY]

5. When is the final killing blow to their movement?

I mean, the moment where it is pointed out to them that they are not more American than others just because they wave the flag about? That they can't cite any amendments in the constitution past the 2nd and that nowhere is it written by the founding fathers that their free market wacky libertarian ideas are more American than anything else?

I want that moment...in public...when someone tells them that.

That's when we truly stick a fork in them and their dying astroturf movement (as in bowel movement) finally kicks the bucket.

[csziggy]

27. I pick November 19 as the day we call a finish to the stupid teabag secessionist movement

That will be the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address (Nov. 19, 1863)and we can use a Republican's words to remind them why this country has lasted:

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate…we cannot consecrate…we cannot hallow…this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us…that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

[YOY]

31. You're asking them to process more than 10 words. Not gonna happen.

"You are not more patriotic than liberals." and "You have no proof that you are." and "You've truly no idea what the fuck you're talking about." work better.

[tridim]

7. I bet they co-opt family picnics and public fireworks displays

Either that, or they'll just blow some shit up for 'merika.

[WeDidIt]

8. I can't wait to ask people this question.

"Why are Republicans protesting Independence Day?"

When Repukes start to sputter on that, come back quickly with this:

"At least you can be mad about paying taxes on Tax Day, but why get mad at America on the birthday of America?"

[Mr. Ected]

9. Maybe We Progressives Could Organize a "Waterboard Rush and Sean Day"

Ultra patriotic. And certainly not torture. At least according to them.

:patriot:

[11 Bravo]

10. I believe I heard something about "salad tossing" as a protest against migrant farm workers.

[beac]

13. And "chicken choking" to protest Obama's assault on family farms!

Can't WAIT to see what they mail to Congress this go round.

[YOY]

15. and demanding that Obama take off of his "Arabian Goggles"

He needs to see the world through 'Murkan eyes!

[LeftHander]

28. Basket Jobbers and Potato Sit In....nt

[beac]

32. And a whole orchestra of "rusty trombones" playing the Star Spangled Banner!

(Yes, Teabaggers HAVE caused me to revert to a sixth grade mindset, why do you ask? ;) )

[sufrommich]

11. I predict more of the same with lesser numbers than the

already small April 15 tea parties.

[pkdu]

12. I think Jon Stewart said it best......they'll make it "Franks n Beans day"

heh-heh-heh (shrug).

[LeftinOH]

14. They'll eat "strawberry shortcake" and perform "76 rusty trombones" while bemoaning the moral

decay (as they see it) in this country.

[NightWatcher]

16. the republican women's Pearl Necklace Protest

[one_true_leroy]

17. Fisting for freedom?

Marching lock-step with their fists held defiantly in the 'erre.

I'm gonna design and sell t-shirts for it.

[LeftHander]

29. And Pulling the Freedom Train....

[malaise]

18. Probably

Fireworks

[dembotoz]

19. in my very republican county, our local dem party unit marches in several of the 4th parades

In normal years it can be pretty ugly

You mean it is gonna get worse???

[Kingofalldems]

20. Tune in to Fox News

[lame54]

21. they can tape firecrackers to their teabags...

ouch

[lame54]

22. They can hold it in Ohio and show everyone how mad they are...

The can be The Cleveland Steamers

[HughBeaumont]

26. That's the name of one of the Burning River Rollergirl's interleague teams.

:rofl:

[maxrandb]

23. Hopefully

a bunch of them will follow the example of Glen Beck and douse themselves with gasoline and strike a match.

:evilgrin:

[Fireweed247]

24. They are protesting the control that wallstreet and the banking industry have over our government

Do you understand what the revolution was about in the first place?

It seems an appropriate time to protest the bailouts. WE should be joining them, not making fun of them but I see the corporate media is already working their divide and conquer tactics on this one.

[HughBeaumont]

25. "Abe Lincoln" . . . will take on a whole new meaning for them.

And yes, that IS a euphemism.

Along with "Davy Crockett", "Drilling for Oil", "The Barbara Bush", "British Pound", "Crossing the Delaware", "The Elephant", "Kennebunkport Surprise/Chowder", "The Missouri Compromise", "Pearl Harbor", "Red Badge of Courage", "Remember 9/11", and "Whistling Dixie".

Maybe the idiot freeps can incorporate these supposedly safe, American-as-apple-pie names to their next pointless and dope-addled venture.

[TexasObserver]

30. Their effort will backfire on July 4th.

They at least had a logic for Tax Day that was relatable to many Americans. But July 4th is a day when we celebrate being OFF for July 4th. We want to go to the lake, go to the park, BBQ outside, hang out with friends and family, and watch fireworks at dark.

No one will give a damn about the teabaggers on July 4th, except other teabaggers and Fox Noise.

[Fendius]

33. July 4th is 2 days away from my Bday, and that sucks if i get Teabagged,)