I prefer the term 'Republicans and rightward.' <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 7:08 PM, g. crabtree <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">jampot@roadrunner.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Concerned citizens would be just fine.<br>
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</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> Gary,<br>
><br>
> I'm willing to ask, what do the people that gathered want to be called in<br>
> light of the<br>
> "tea<br>
> parties"? As a diehard Democrat, I just lump them as Republicans and<br>
> I'll admit, I am a<br>
> bit<br>
> suspicious of the intent and the particular political leanings of so many<br>
> of the<br>
> participants, and<br>
> the support/encouragement of FOX, but I have to give them credit for<br>
> getting out and being<br>
><br>
> heard.<br>
><br>
> Wayne<br>
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>> Not that I expect that the folks who use the term care but, I and<br>
>> everyone I<br>
>> know that was involved with the 15 April gathering find the term<br>
>> "teabagger"<br>
>> offensive in the extreme. Of course, I'm fairly certain that was the<br>
>> intention, a deliberate attempt by the MSM to reduce millions of<br>
>> concerned<br>
>> tax payers to the subject of a sick, ribald joke. Please don't<br>
>> misunderstand, I'm not asking anyone to modify their speech (not that<br>
>> they<br>
>> would) I'm just putting it out there. Carry on.<br>
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>> g<br>
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