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That was the subject line of an email from Arshad Hasan, Executive Director
Democracy for America. His email continues:
Democracy for America. His email continues:
Remember all the hullabaloo going on this time last year?
Teabaggers were taking over town hall meetings with Senators and Congresspersons across the country. They were angry, they were loud and the media loved them. They were protesting healthcare reform -- and the public option in particular. They said it was a "government takeover."
You know how it all turned out -- some Corporate Democrats caved and the public option was killed.
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Obama's Campaign Manager: "Oh no! Teabaggers!"
The question about who used the term Teabagger first has already been asked... so much so Google automatically goes to it.
"The current Tea Party movement initially came up with the 'clever' idea of sending Tea bags to members of Congress. It was in their initial rallys that they started referring to this act of sending their representatives boxes of tea bags as 'TEABAGGING":"
http://realworldpolitics.blogspot.com/2010/01/who-first-use d-term-teabagger.html
"And how is that any different if people were going around unkowingly calling each other f-rs,...