President Obama: GOP Opposition to Stimulus 'Helped to Create the Tea-Baggers'

ABC ^ | 5/4/10 | Jake Tapper

[pissant]

Three days after he decried the lack of civility in American politics, President Obama is quoted in a new book about his presidency referring to the Tea Party movement using a derogatory term with sexual connotations.

In Jonathan Alter’s “The Promise: President Obama, Year One,” President Obama is quoted in an November 30, 2009, interview saying that the unanimous vote of House Republicans vote against the stimulus bills “set the tenor for the whole year ... That helped to create the tea-baggers and empowered that whole wing of the Republican Party to where it now controls the agenda for the Republicans.”

[pissant]

Obama just has fond memories of teabagging with Larry and Reggie and Donald and Jeremiah

[God luvs America]

he’s a racist SOB....

[Secret Agent Man]

Opposition to unfettered socialism helped finally rouse enough people to say no to it. After they realize it’s going to bankrupt the country and their children and grandchildren.

[School of Rational Thought]

What is with the foul-mouthed lefties?

This profanity at the heels of the correspondents dinner fXXX

[GSWarrior]

Like this is a bad thing?

[Billthedrill]

Good catch by Tapper. BTT.

[Uncle Miltie]

So in addition to being Ageist, Racist and Sexist (see tagline) 0bummer is now a Homophobe (see “Tea-bagger” above.)

[A CA Guy]

Probably did the interviews with Obama for the book during many midnight basketball sessions.

[Responsibility2nd]

Kristinn pre-FReeped ya.

President Obama: GOP Opposition to Stimulus 'Helped to Create the Teabaggers'

Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:26:16 AM · by kristinn · 99 replies · 1,804+ views

ABC News ^ | Tuesday, May 4, 2010 | Jake Tapper

Three days after he decried the lack of civility in American politics, President Obama is quoted in a new book about his presidency referring to the Tea Party movement using a derogatory term with sexual connotations. In Jonathan Alter’s “The Promise: President Obama, Year One,” President Obama is quoted in an interview saying that the unanimous vote of House Republicans vote against the stimulus bills “set the tenor for the whole year ... That helped to create the tea-baggers and empowered that whole wing of the Republican Party to where it now controls the agenda for the Republicans.” Tea Party...

[Huskrrrr]

Swinging in the dark..hoping something connects. Pitiful.

[God luvs America]

agreed...the more of this crap the better....

[camerongood210]

And the mask starts to come off a little more...

[Brad from Tennessee]

[What is with the foul-mouthed lefties?]

Obama’s natural constituency encompasses the amoral, the criminal, and the socially dysfunctional.

[Maelstorm]

No we made sure they opposed the “stimulus”. The Tea Parties are not a product of Washington we are the allergic reaction to it.

[Buckeye McFrog]

if you’re a tea bagger at least you’ve proven you have the b@lls.....

[GeronL]

He is less Presidential than Clinton or Carter were. Maybe even Andrew Jackson.

[Drango]

People who use the term “teabagger” are mostly FISTERS. Fister as in the communist clenched fist or the 0bama fist bump. No sexual innuendo intended.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

“set the tenor for the whole year ... That helped to create the tea-baggers and empowered that whole wing of the Republican Party to where it now controls the agenda for the Republicans.”

Is that a direct quote from the President of the United States? Did he just call me a "tea-bagger" ... if so, maybe its time to dust off the "N" word ... I find them equally offensive ... if he can do it, why can't I? Gettin' a little close to the edge aren't we?

[FrankR]

Well the headline insinuates the GOP influenced the TEA partys, and the text insinuates that the TEA partys are setting the agenda for the GOP....ho hum...here we go.

To be perfectly frank, obama, it is all YOU. The "stimulus", "healthcare", "Cap and Trade", etc...it's all you and your agenda.

Unlike the chia pets you "water" with our tax money, Americans on the right don't need a "group" to tell them when something is wrong, but something is mighty wrong if all those individual TEA party people saw it at the same time. It must be rampant.

And it is, obama. You are hellbent to destroy this nation, and that is what the TEA party is all about...opposing YOU.

The GOP can do whatever it wants...but WE - the PEOPLE - will follow our ideals, principles and the Constitution.

[KC Burke]

Some of it is a smug assumption that the masses are too un-hip to get the porn world reference of the word-twist “teabagger”.

This is one of the left-acceptable fringe worlds they feel they are in-the-know about that we in the fly-over country don't really get.

Its like 12 year olds making toilet jokes to each other and snickering to themselves that their almost-out-of-earshot parents aren't cool enough to get their reference.

We are dealing with the immature. Leftists are diseased with Elongated Adolescence.