On AlterNet: tea baggers

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The 10 Most Horrifying Things in the GOP State Platforms

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. July 16, 2010.

This year, Republicans at the state level have taken a brave stand against your sex life, the New World Order and paper currency.

Glenn Beck to Hold Tea Party Rally on Anniversary of MLK Speech: How Conservatives Are Trying to Hijack Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream

Devona Walker, AlterNet. June 27, 2010.

Glenn Beck is exploiting MLK's 'I have a Dream' speech. This isn't the first time conservatives have abused King's memory to push an ideology opposed to everything he stood for.

When You Throw a Tea Party and No One Comes: Why It's Hard to be a Right-Wing Activist

Denver Nicks, AlterNet. January 18, 2010.

They are the Yippies of the square community -- but the Tea people and their kind are activism adolescents, and like movements before them they are experiencing growing pains.

Shocker: Sarah Palin to Join Fox News

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. January 11, 2010.

Why did this take so long?

Can Democrats Be Saved By Their Opposition?

Steve Singiser, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. January 4, 2010.

2010 could be a deeply perilous year for the Democratic Party. But let's not forget that the GOP is being torn apart by the teabaggers.

New Right-Wing Craze Prays That Obama's 'Days Be Few'

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. November 20, 2009.

It's making its way onto t-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, and even teddy bears.

Tea Bagger Bus Company Sued Over Fire That Killed 23

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. September 8, 2009.

The BusBank, a "Tea Party Express" sponsor, will pay millions for its inexcusable disregard for safety.

Daily Show: Barney Frank's Town Hall Meeting - Astro Turfers Beware!

Beta Tester, AlterNet AlterNet: Health and Wellness. August 20, 2009.

Now this is how you run a town hall meeting.

Tavis Smiley: Lining Up for Free Health Care

Beta Tester, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. August 20, 2009.

Don't get distracted from what health care reform is really about: People.

The Hilarious Hypocrisy of the GOP's So-Called 'Tea Bag Revolution'

Bob Cesca, Huffington Post. March 20, 2009.

Their gimmick to protest the bailout is hilarious because GOP tax policies are more in line with King George than colonial patriots.