I always thought she was cute, then.
Posted on 08/22/2009 4:17:30 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Garofalo: Tea Party Protesters 'Functionally Retarded Adults'; Says 'I Want My Country Back' Code for 'I Want My White Guy Back' By Jeff Poor Created 2009-08-22 16:53
You probably already knew Jeanane Garofalo was no fan of conservatives, Republicans or just about anything that could be described as right of center. But the former Air America host and MSNBC regular really has a low regard for conservative activists.
In an appearance at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 21 [1], Garofalo ripped into tea party protesters, or what some of the wizards of smart on the left have deemed "tea baggers" [2] calling them "functionally retarded adults" and "racists."
"Do you remember tea baggers?" Garofalo said. "It was just so much easier when we could just call them racists. I just don't know why we can't call them racists, or functionally retarded adults."
Garofalo has made prior overtures alleging any public display of discontent with the current president is nothing more than racial hatred. Back in April she called tea party protesters "a bunch of tea bagging rednecks" on MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann." [2] However, she contended the public's frustration expressed over the direction of the country was code for racism.
"The functionally retarded adults, the racists - with their cries of, ‘I want my country back,'" she said. "You know what they're really saying is, ‘I want my white guy back.' They apparently had no problem at all for the last eight years of habeas corpus being suspended, the Constitution being [expletive] on, illegal surveillance, lied to on a war or two, two stolen elections - yes, the John Kerry one was stolen too. That's not tin-foil hat time. That's just..."
According to Garofalo, the media were the reason George W. Bush defeated both former Vice President Al Gore in 2000 and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., in 2004 to hold on to the White House for eight years.
"Our media is quite happy to report on any stolen election around the world, any stolen election around the world except ours," Garofalo said. "And it's just unexamined narcissism. It's just, if you were to say this to the average American, ‘You know they steal elections in Uganda.' ‘Yeah.' ‘You know they steal elections in America.' ‘Why do you hate America?' ‘Why didn't you ask me why do you hate Uganda?'"
And throughout Garofalo's stand-up routine, she reiterated her belief that the outrage over President Barack Obama's and the Democratic-controlled Congress' branded of domestic policy is veiled racism.
"This is neuroscience," Garofalo continued. "This is not politics, this is neuroscience. It is purely limbic brain activity - this emotion over being angry that there's a black guy in office, with the people showing up armed to the health care meetings - to whatever, the town halls. But it's just, and these tea baggers. It makes me soul sick."
agreed... Amazing how delusional she is.
I think we should call the sponsors of this program and request they remove their advertising, ALA Glenn Beck
You can always go on wikipedia, edit her write and state what a lying a$$, she dog she is... amoung other things.
Give her the ‘ZO SMACKDOWN’!!!!! Love this vid!
bump
Her production company is named, I Hate Myself Productions
Go figger.
So it the left saying that after six months America has finally realized that Obama is Black? YOU mean that the press kept that from us? Hey did you know America elected a Black Man?
Only the gay perverts would know what a tea bagger is. So why do they keep calling protesting Americans this. Another insult by people educated beyond their intelligence.
How politically incorrect of her using the “retarded” word.
She should be ashamed.
All season long, I was hoping for her character to either get exposed as a traitor or die horribly.
Ya know... your post got me to thinking. Maybe we should organize a ‘GlenBecker’ on 24.
That was hilarious. Best swipe at Garafalo that I’ve ever seen....
Sorry butthead but my first choice for the WH is not a guy at all.
If I am reading the article correctly, these remarks were part of Garofalo’s stand-up routine at a club in DC. Earlier this summer she literally ran off the stage during a comedy festival in the UK because she was bombing so badly; this piece sheds light on why. How is it that the audience in DC apparently were dumb enough to sit through her entire rant and didn’t demand their money back — that’s the pathetic comedy in this story.
One thing you can be sure of with hard core lefty nutcases like Garafolo is that they are completely convinced they are the smartest people, and anyone that doesn’t nod their heads in agreement with everything they say is somehow less than human.
In other words, they are the most virulent bigots and racists, willing to broad stroke their political enemies, generalize, stereotype, and project onto their enemies any negative psychological dynamic that serves their purposes.
To Garafolo, Obama, Pelosi, et al, and others of that mindset, the great unwashed masses, the bitter clingers, the southern gun culture, the right, conservatives, Christians, are all one mass of limbic brained sub-humans needing to be regulated, controlled, and taxed ... it’s why they think it’s OK to take our money and time for their own political purposes, to regulate, and to influence, and to try to force behaviours into their narrow framework ...
It’s because they have no regard or respect for anyone not exactly like them.
Bravo. I spread the audio around this morning just so everyone I know will know what these people are like.
But did have one liberal relative who replied that since this was in a comedy club, it was “only jokes and that Republicans need to learn what humor is”.
Direct quote.
I always thought she was cute, then.
!8 photo retouchers worked 6 months to produce that image
LOL!
Nah, it's a "pre-burning-hatred" photo. Not sure what it was that got her into her current angermobile. She used to just rant about how much she hated models.
It seems her problems might stem from deep-rooted, unchecked jealousy.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.