Tea Party

At least 10 individuals attending Rep. Michele Bachmann’s “House Call” event to protest health care reform have been arrested outside an office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The protesters were among the several thousand Tea Party activists that Bachmann invited to storm the Capitol on Thursday.
“They were inside an office and didn’t leave,” Sgt. Kimberly [...]

The absent congresswoman missed quite a commotion, including finger poking, shouted slogans and a fearful pup. But while Rep. Betty McCollum was traveling to her son’s wedding, she was left a clear message: People are angry about her support for health care reform.

Around the country, members of Congress are battling to maintain order at town hall meetings where “Tea Party” activists seek to disrupt community discussions in in hopes of inflating opposition to health care reform. A local conservative group with ties to the Tea Party movement sent conservatives to a health care forum hosted by Rep. [...]

“Tea Party” activists showed up at U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison’s Minneapolis officer on Thursday to voice opposition to the overhaul of the health care system currently being debated in Washington. MnIndy tagged along with a video camera.

A definitely-not-safe-for-work video from “Teabag Central” acknowledges that April 15 teabag parties — named after tax protesters who dumped tea into Boston harbor in 1773 — could’ve been better named. The term “teabagging” refers to “putting your testicles in someone’s mouth,” says the video’s narrator, who urges Tea Party attendees next Wednesday to refrain from [...]

Is it just me or are some of the slogans suggested for Tax Day Tea Party banners far from…. revolutionary? Attendees at next Wednesday’s Capitol rally are encouraged to download banners or make their own bearing mottos like:
“The sleeping giant is now awake”
“I’m sorry I didn’t do more to stop the madness”
“Sleep? I’ll Sleep When [...]