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Disruption is in the eye of the beholder, even if it is the same guy.
The K. Ryan James Blog ^ | 3 Aug 2009 | Kenneth Ryan James

Posted on 08/03/2009 5:33:34 PM PDT by KRyanJames

I want to alert you of Max Brantley's "Teabagger Alert" on his Arkansas Blog.

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As you can see from the screenshot, the language used by Mr. Brantley paints the efforts of conservative (Republican and Democratic) and libertarian activists to apprise their elected representatives of their various issues with the various incarnations of the Obamacare program in the Senate and House in a somewhat negative light. By using the junior-high-school-and-MSNBC-inspired sobriquet "Teabagger," linking to posts which use the negative descriptors "harassment strategy" and "anti-government," and wondering if activists would attempt to "shout down" Democrat Rep. Vic Snyder, it is clear the type of regard Mr. Brantley holds these people.

It makes you wonder how Mr. Brantley would react if the roles were reversed?

Thankfully, wondering is not needed.


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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: arkansas; healthcare; teaparty
After endorsing disruption and dissent at the 2004 Republican National Convention, I expect Mr. Brantley to first applaud the Tea Partiers exercise of their 1st Amendment rights before moving on to his legitimate policy disagreements.
1 posted on 08/03/2009 5:33:35 PM PDT by KRyanJames
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To: KRyanJames
Perhaps the 'baggers will try to shout down U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder at his town hall meeting Wednesday night to talk about the Employee Free Choice Act and health reform. It's being hosted by the Central Arkansas Labor Council at a union hall on Enmar Drive.

Anyone we know going?

2 posted on 08/03/2009 5:36:42 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: KRyanJames

Pardon my public school education but sobriquet? Not a part of my usual repertoire but I have seen the term used in context so I had to look it up:

Noun: sobriquet. A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person’s given name)

Sobriquet is contextually correct relating “teabaggers are to conservatives only if Shiite-head is correct for our Community Organizer In Chief...


3 posted on 08/03/2009 5:43:37 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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