Video: MSNBC devotes 13 minutes to “teabagging” puns
posted at 8:47 pm on April 11, 2009 by Allahpundit
I couldn’t bear to watch all the way through both clips, but from what I saw, the only reference to “tea bags” rather than “tea parties” comes from Griff Jenkins on Fox News. Ah well, fodder enough for not one but two segments in primetime on the left’s cable news net of choice. This reminds me of the “fishsticks” joke on South Park last week: Amusing the first time you hear it, increasingly tedious every time thereafter — which was part of the satire on SP but seems lost on Maddow. I give her credit, though, for her choice of guests. There’s no one better equipped to deal with this topic than Cox, who pioneered the art of beating ribald humor to death with her constant mentions of anal on Wonkette. Well done, ladies.
I was going to post about ASU surrendering to the left’s death threats by announcing a new scholarship in Obama’s name, but that seemed too depressing for a Saturday night so I went with this instead. Feel free to comment on either below.
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You’d take him if he made $4 million.
Allahpundit on April 11, 2009 at 9:50 PM
If he has a girlfriend it definitely is because they like $$. I can’t fathom any other reason. I mean seriously, look at him. Or listen to him. The day will come when no one will do either.
scalleywag on April 11, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Seriously, four million dollars doesn’t mean a thing when you are looking at a person who is so hideous inside.
terryannonline on April 11, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Uh, yah, according to Ariana Huffington… OMG, like you didn’t know that.
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 9:53 PM
No, I wouldn’t. There are some things that aren’t worth even 1 million. Or 150 grand. Or even 35grand. He’s not the kind of guy I’d take home and introduce to poppa. I’d get “the look.”
scalleywag on April 11, 2009 at 9:53 PM
I’m in the wrong part of the country, sadly. Thanks though. But I will take Wednesday off (I’m maxed out on savable vacation time anyhow) and go to the one here in Toledo.
And you know, the kind of woman who’d whore herself with Keith Olberman, just to get a piece of his money, well I’m not sure I’d be able to stand her. Feigning interest in a woman just to get her in the sack does have its limits, no matter how hot she is.
rbj on April 11, 2009 at 9:53 PM
No he has pictures of someone involving goats or something. Alternative explanation, he made a pact with the devil. There aren’t enough dollars in an Obama bailout for me to want someone like Olbermann.
msmveritas on April 11, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Both Maddow and Cox have been “tea bagged”…………..
…………… by Barney Frank!
Seven Percent Solution on April 11, 2009 at 9:54 PM
I smell fear coming from my left…
Zorro on April 11, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Doesn’t the fact that Gallagher clumsily named her anti-SSM effort 2M4M demonstrate how tone-deaf the GOP is to culture?
Haven’t you guys ever heard of Craig’s List or the Urban Dictionary?
You morons named your major bigtime protest event after a sex act!
Of course you get laughed at!
Could you possibly be any more clueless?
Dude, if you don’t want everyone laughing at you, take off the clown shoes!
Tell you what AllahP, come to Denver instead of some dumb teabag party.
On the 15th, Falloutboy and Cobra Starship.
Much more fun.
Hey, i almost forgot to play AllahP’s song!
strangelet on April 11, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Well, the men might go for the super dyke-like Madcow… /s
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Rachel is very handsome.
V-rod on April 11, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I’m not even a teabagger and I’ve got to say that this thread smacks of ignorance… Perhaps we should rewrite the history books. *Tea tehehe…* Plus, are you sure your IQ is high enough to make these jokes? It might be 5 points too low… You know what (whom) I am referring to…
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 9:59 PM
I can’t bring myself to watch the link, but I have to say I’m amazed that a news organization would stoop to this level. And, honestly, how many people know what “tea bagging” is? I’m in my 40s, but I only heard about it a couple of years ago (on Bob & Tom). So who’s in on the joke? And if they are in on it, why is this sort of reference appropriate on basic cable?
Y-not on April 11, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Please, that’s an insult to the hideous. :) What would happen if you went on a date with Olby and then had this vision of him on television busting a gut about GW… you know, the one where his facial veins almost popped? ugh.
scalleywag on April 11, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Hmmm…Me thinks the tea bags have got the Dems worried. Good. The tea parties are making an impacts. 2010 here we come.
WC on April 11, 2009 at 10:00 PM
That she is. When she was on Jimmy Fallon’s show, I couldn’t distinguish the two… Of course Fallon is beta
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Yeah, they don’t like the idea of conservatives organizing or being too politically active. They were hoping we would all be demoralized after this latest blow.
Punchenko on April 11, 2009 at 10:02 PM
They are afraid Bawney is watching Madcow and will run to the nearest event in all of his splendid, intelligent glory…
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Disgusting! I think if I were to imagine myself on a date with Olby I would puke in my mouth.
terryannonline on April 11, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Yes, why don’t you listen to what the trolls say? YOU LOST… and yet daily they multiply (It’s just like the parable of Teh One multiplying the bread and fish…)
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:04 PM
If only I had $4 million.
Allahpundit on April 11, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Well possibly the Anne Heche type would go for her. Women who can be bought are not overly particular.
msmveritas on April 11, 2009 at 10:05 PM
You could go to Cornell… I heard all the libchicks dig Ivy League-ers
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Note well Maddow’s technique. She focuses on the handful of people who used the word “teabag” (as a verb), the people who question Obama’s place of birth, etc. She paints this as a purely anti-Obama movement, when in fact most of the anger is directed at Congress. She will do anything to avoid discussion of the outrage that Congress has chosen to saddle our grandchildren with crushing debt in order to “stimulate” the economy and bail out financial-sector fat-cats who made bad business decisions.
And that line about the largest middle-class tax cut in history is a bunch of crap. There is a huge difference between reducing marginal tax rates and increasing targeted tax credits. The former relieves the tax code’s disincentive to earn more money; the latter only encourages people to try to position themselves in one or more of the beneficiary categories.
The Monster on April 11, 2009 at 10:07 PM
She is intelligent enough to realize she can’t swallow on 4/16. What then?
seesalrun on April 11, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Wait, were you referring to the Anne Heche-like beta males? Hmmm… Yeah, maybe Geithner would go for her. It would be like being with, well, himself.
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:09 PM
What would you do with $4 million. BTW, In Obamaland, you’d need about 8 to get the 4. Or more.
scalleywag on April 11, 2009 at 10:09 PM
My husband just told me awhile ago what our 14 year old son says tea bagging is. Same thing I wonder?
Colorado Anne on April 11, 2009 at 10:10 PM
sink them and let them swim in their Green crapola. I for one am done with this BS.
seesalrun on April 11, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Unless you are in his cabinet.
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:11 PM
I’m soooo glad I don’t have any idea what you’re ranting about troll meat.
Is everything some sort of sexual perversion with you? What are you, 15 with a bad case of acne?
Damn, get out of your mothers basement, get rid of all those sticky porn mags laying around your floor, open the drapes and look outside once in awhile.
There really is a world out there besides yours.
Not Over.
1GooDDaDDy on April 11, 2009 at 10:11 PM
umm, anyone that has seen Sex in the City or is into gamer culture or is now or has recently been a college student would know…..oh……that would be YOUNG people!
lol
strangelet on April 11, 2009 at 10:11 PM
That’s what Bawney thinks…
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Did anyone see the South Park where the lebians were scissoring?
Colorado Anne on April 11, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Wow, you are supersmart. This has nothing to do with the Boston Tea Party. Or were the founding fathers just trying to send a perverted message to George III? Oh wait, it is low-life lefties who want to run our education system; yet have no clue of history; or economics; or science [no it's not a human baby; it's a choice???]. Anything and everything is natural, oh except liberty and free markets….
Branch Rickey on April 11, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Yes, the intelligent people that watch SITC… I sure hope Obama gave Gordon all of the seasons…
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:13 PM
In tomorrow’s Obama-adjusted dollars, that would barely buy you a cheap whore.
Aim big, dude.
hillbillyjim on April 11, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Wow, now you are going to have to explaing “scissoring…”
Hahaha
No, actually I didn’t.
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Well, I’m no youngster but I did watch SITC and still don’t know what it is.
However, joke as they may, the message is still the same. This administration is a joke all by itself and people are fed up and it’s not just one party that’s fed up, either. Trillion this.
scalleywag on April 11, 2009 at 10:15 PM
I’m sure Cox knows more about tea bags then Tetley, but Maddow?
madne0 on April 11, 2009 at 10:15 PM
This Kirsten Powers?
txag92 on April 11, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Now that’s funny!
scalleywag on April 11, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Oops… didn’t link.
http://oliverwillis.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/03/kirstenpowers_sneer.jpg
txag92 on April 11, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Maybe for $20 mil or so, you can get a night of pleasure with a guaranteed no-STD slut with abortionist tendencies…
hillbillyjim on April 11, 2009 at 10:18 PM
I’m sure only the “OLD” people can understand that one. I like how Strangelet’s definition of OLD is anyone that isn’t her. For all I know, Stranglet is an old maid spinning away at her computer…
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:18 PM
One of the few D’s I can listen to without throwing up in my mouth…
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:19 PM
And remember, Queen Nan will provide the condoms…
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:20 PM
About the dumbest thing about the Rachel Maddow bit was her map that showed 10 tea parties in the whole country. Quite a contrast to the Google Maps of the tea parties. You don’t think she was trying to downplay the whole thing at all, do you? Dumb broad.
Colorado Anne on April 11, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Too funny!!! Have fun at the Sacramento Tea Party ~ better half and I will be at the one in Atlanta….
Branch Rickey on April 11, 2009 at 10:20 PM
She just wanted to show the 10/57 ratio… You know 10 tea parties per 57 states…
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Strangelet is a perfect example of how the KOS wing of the Democrat party knows all sorts of crap from the Urban Dictionary yet has never cracked an American history book. We leave the teabagging to Barney Frank.
You can’t be expecting the left to be honest about the number of tea parties. They rely on lame sexual references and lying to make their points.
msmveritas on April 11, 2009 at 10:23 PM
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Sex in the City is about as useful as Sarah Jessica Parker’s horse face {the female version of John “why the long face” Kerry}. The four minutes I was forced to watch were the longest 96 hours of my life. Seriously, I would have rather been in Philadelphia. I wear it as a badge of honor that I have no idea what went on in that show…………
Branch Rickey on April 11, 2009 at 10:25 PM
So now that you have admitted that you take direction from popular culture, we can now safely relegate you to the “not worth thinking seriously about” pile.
Thanks for the heads-up.
hillbillyjim on April 11, 2009 at 10:27 PM
hee
Does that include West Dakota & North Virginia though?
Colorado Anne on April 11, 2009 at 10:29 PM
It includes New York City, Mexicanaland, our capital of Saudi Arabia and a few others. Unfortunately, Alaska was delegated as a province of Teh One’s empire…
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Strangelet’s hero thinks highly of her intelligence…
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:32 PM
You bet I would. That’s why God invented paper bags.
Anyone besides me going to the Chicago Tea Party?
Knucklehead on April 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM
I’m 28, I know what teabagging is and I am pretty sure that the people holding up the “tea bag Obama” signs know what it is too.
Even though younger generations like to think they made up certain words and phrases, I seriously doubt we coined the term “teabagging” since Teabags and Scrotums have been around for a long time. Someone had to have made the connection, at least in the 1960s…maybe at Woodstock?
Daemonocracy on April 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM
I’m pretty sure Bawney was the first to be teabagged at the bath house…
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Don’t bloggers get paid well?
disillusioned on April 11, 2009 at 10:40 PM
You might want to pick up some vomit bags while you are buying the paper bags. They are probably in the same section.
terryannonline on April 11, 2009 at 10:41 PM
How much time did Maddow devote to carpetmunching or strap-on-ing, topics she is an expert at?
guido911 on April 11, 2009 at 10:42 PM
I heard she’s having Joy Behar on next week for a straight-to-dyke in 1 hour show…
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Tea Party–Tea Bag blah blah blah.
This is not about what a sensitive bunch of nitwits says it is about.
It is about a LOT of people who are more than fed up.
Make your little jokes, morons; we are not going away. In fact, the more you try to scorn us, the stronger we become. We are the people and we will be heard in the long run.
Enough is enough, and we are fast approaching too much.
hillbillyjim on April 11, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Let me see one report that one dollar of Government funds was used for the 4/15 protests.
That WILL be the standard.
seesalrun on April 11, 2009 at 10:48 PM
I’ve never went to anything like a Tea Party (community protest?) before. I’m really not worried about the teabagging. It’s the douchebagging I’m concerned about. If I see too much of it, it will be the last time I go to anything similar.
kahall on April 11, 2009 at 10:53 PM
this reminds me of the “shut up” video.
the laughter seems totally fake and forced. both ladies look like they are batting for the other team…
a total deliberate attempt, not the first time, to undermine the conservative movement/message. they have no answer, no argument, nothing better to put forward or any way to remotely debate the issue, so they re-phrase to tea-bagging instead of tea-party and shame no one but themselves.
oh, and evil fox is promoting it! it must be horrible! … no?
sad, sad, sad
thedude on April 11, 2009 at 10:53 PM
I might actually watch if that was going on. Surely there would still be guests. heh!
kahall on April 11, 2009 at 10:55 PM
I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, (being all old and stuff, now where’s my cane), but just HOW does a once reputable conservative blog site (remember the days of the great Wii tennis match, and the MM weekly rant?), pander to all of these juicy sexual overtones instead of having an intelligential debate?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
Oh yea, just having a little light hearted fun is all. Heh…Geez.
Right, I get it …*click* somewhere else if you don’t like it.
Not Over.
1GooDDaDDy on April 11, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Allahpundit,
I am a homely snaggle-toothed girl with sagging boobs and 150 extra pounds. But I have $4 million. Will you hold my hand? Remember, I have $4 million spendable bucks.
———-luv—
MegMachomely girlhillbillyjim on April 11, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Cool! I nailed it! You are about 2 years old (mentally).
AUINSC on April 11, 2009 at 11:04 PM
MegMac isn’t homely looking. She’s just an air-head.
terryannonline on April 11, 2009 at 11:06 PM
These events are nothing more than a hearty, one-fingered salute to the “Tea Bag in Chief” or is it “D-bag in Chief”. I forget, but you get the idea.
jdflorida on April 11, 2009 at 11:07 PM
I bet Rachel Maddow (aka Meaty Fingers)has a bigger tea bad than me.
americaslaststand on April 11, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Don’t be a persnickitty poopyhead. I am right; you are wrong. Na na na na na.
hillbillyjim on April 11, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Anna Marie Cox the ?person? who put butt love on the blogger map LOL! yeah that’s impressive. Rachel that’s a pretty name.
Dr Evil on April 11, 2009 at 11:13 PM
Well sure Maddow covered it have you seen her ratings lately? Trying to help her out Allah, trying to get her some eyeballs, that’s sweet.
She says conservative like they are aliens 46% of the electorate didn’t vote for Obama but still MSNBC doesn’t want them watching their channel..no problem.
Dr Evil on April 11, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Er, ok. If Meghan McCain is homely looking than I’m a beast:)
terryannonline on April 11, 2009 at 11:21 PM
I have never seen either of those women before, what a couple of morons!
serenity on April 11, 2009 at 11:22 PM
How about homely airhead?
AUINSC on April 11, 2009 at 11:23 PM
I guess I deserve your ire, terryann. I was merely trying to point out the irony of AP suggesting that women will succumb to $4 million, regardless. (The MegMac was an afterthought.)
Get it?
hillbillyjim on April 11, 2009 at 11:26 PM
terryann, do you like this guy?
Entelechy on April 11, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Brilliantly funny!
Those two clowns spending 13 minutes discussing teabagging just proves they’re scared. It’s all part of the isolate and destroy technique that they tried to pull on Rush and Glenn Beck.
Obviously Maddow has only heard about teabagging…
Oink on April 11, 2009 at 11:49 PM
MSNBC is Channel 120 on my cable line up.
119? The Game Show Channel.
angryed on April 11, 2009 at 11:53 PM
What’s her name still has a show on tv, or is a netcast now?
Kjeil on April 11, 2009 at 11:58 PM
When are they going to merge into the same channel? Let me guess… 121 is CSPAN-White House Coverage aka The Gong Show.
Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 11:59 PM
So I can blame you for Denver becoming one giant sucking sound. You “cultured” twits drove out everything that was cool about Denver so you could emulate Dupont Circle.
Before you comment on anyone being out of touch you should learn how to read and do a little research yourself.
And falloutboy SUCKS. If they had any talent they wouldn’t need mtv shilling for them. Watching no talent derivative bubblegum clowns is just so much fun.
jdkchem on April 11, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Hey, we shouldn’t make fun… She could become the left’s next Smiley or Moyers…
Upstater85 on April 12, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Let me guess. . . 121 “reality” channel?
jdkchem on April 12, 2009 at 12:02 AM
msnbc is a news organization?
jdkchem on April 12, 2009 at 12:07 AM
The Gong Show had talent, relatively speaking of course.
jdkchem on April 12, 2009 at 12:08 AM
And that from the bags themselves.
Speakup on April 12, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Is that really Maddow or issss it….Keanu Reeves! Woah!
TampaBayBull on April 12, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Ed M. has referred to the O-admn. as The Gong Show… But, yes, I’m sure the real Gong Show had more talent – not hard to achieve.
Upstater85 on April 12, 2009 at 12:12 AM
One angry girl we know it isn’t:
Meghan McCain… Madcow’s a little on the slight side compared to MegMac.
Upstater85 on April 12, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Any day I anticipate them merging with Entertainment Tonight and Cosmo…
But then again, HuffPo and Salon are “newsworthy”… so we shouldn’t mock them…
Upstater85 on April 12, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Maddow and Cox are a place in Holland that holds back water.
Kini on April 12, 2009 at 12:20 AM
I just figured they were Rosie’s breakfast…
Upstater85 on April 12, 2009 at 12:22 AM
It’s hard to watch mostly because it’s so tedious and boring. The initial joke (tea bagging) is funny if you’re twelve, and admittedly Maddow does kinda look the part of a teenage boy, but even she’s forcing the chuckles.
In the hands of actual comedic talent, this could have been funny. But delivered as news(?), commentary(?), or whatever it is, it just falls flat.
This is an excellent case study for why the Libs cannot attract an audience. Their humor is self-absorbed and monotonous, and when you pare away the fluff, there’s no substance.
Are the Lefties suggesting that taxes are just fine and that anyone concerned about gargantuan budget deficits is a silly “teabagger”? Frankly, it’s on the substance that the whole bit falls apart. While not funny, you could see where they were going with the teabagging skit. But I dare any of the Lefties on this blog to extract from Maddow’s performance just what the hell her substantive point was, assuming there was one.
Lib radio and Lib TV, pretty bad.
EMD on April 12, 2009 at 12:24 AM
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