Oh…My…God…
(via Think Progress)
This is hall of fame TV. If you don’t “get it”, you don’t “get it”. I’m actually surprised this hasn’t happened sooner with all the teabag talk.
(via Think Progress)
This is hall of fame TV. If you don’t “get it”, you don’t “get it”. I’m actually surprised this hasn’t happened sooner with all the teabag talk.
April 14, 2009 at 11:15 am
HA! I love it. This has been the FUNNIEST few weeks.
Republicans, we’re not laughing with you, but at you. Just wanted to make that clear. LOL!
April 14, 2009 at 11:16 am
Transcript:
The people who came up with it are a familiar circle of Republicans, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, both of whom have firm support from right wing financiers and lobbyists…Then there is the media, specifically the Fox News Channel…But most amusing of all is Neil Cavuto…Cavuto, defending his network’s promotion of tea bagging said, “We are going to be right in the middle of these teabaggers because at Fox we do not pick and choose these rallies and protests. We were there for the Million Man March.” […] Of course the Million Man march occurred, as newshounds.org points out, almost a year before Fox News was on the air. We can only speculate why widespread tea bagging made Cavuto think of the Million Man march, unless he got them confused with Dick Armey. And in Cavuto’s defense, if you are planning simultaneous tea bagging all around the country, you’re going to need a Dick Armey.
April 14, 2009 at 11:19 am
I’m not really a fan of Schuster, but that was one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while.
April 14, 2009 at 11:20 am
That is pretty funny. But Shuster misses the point that with all the spending going on, taxes will have to be increased to levels way higher than under Clinton. Sure, the current tax plan doesn’t raise taxes on most Americans, but we all know Presidents have a way of changing their plans.
But about Shuster, too bad he got kicked off 6 pm for Ed Schultz.
April 14, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Wow… No one is referring to tax day tea parties as tea bagging except him and Maddow. For Schuster to read a pun filled script thinking he is being clever, isn’t funny… it frankly stupid and pathetic. How desperate is this channel? Can MSNBC go any lower?
April 14, 2009 at 12:54 pm
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No one in YOUR world may be referring to it that way flynt. That doesn’t mean there aren’t a whole lotta people referring to it that way. Do a web search genius.
April 14, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Im sure that he would have the same attitude if it were done by the democrats when Bush was in.
April 14, 2009 at 1:07 pm
lol, you can refer to it that way all you want. More power to you. I just don’t see how that phrase is relevant to tax day or the Boston tea party, which these supposed “teabaggers” are trying to emulate.
But, your right maybe I just don’t get it… you seem to be more familiar with term than me.
April 14, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Accidentally stuck my comment in Free For All. To summarize: Funny, but way too low class for cable news.
April 14, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Joe…definitely agree. Perhaps it’s time for RM & Schuster to grow up.
April 14, 2009 at 2:47 pm
This shows MSNBC and David have no class at all.
April 14, 2009 at 2:51 pm
We are not at all surprised at the low-rent sewage spewing forth from BSNBC.
Nobody is calling it “teabagging” except the lowlife losers on the left. Way to keep it classy, leftist loons!
April 14, 2009 at 2:53 pm
If FOX NEWS would have brought up the “tea bagging” MSNBC and other leftwingers would have accused FOX NEWS of using gay slurs.
April 14, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Mr. Flyntreport, I think you missed the portion of the transcript where Shuster quotes Neil Cavuto (FOX) saying “We are going to be right in the middle of these teabaggers because at Fox we do not pick and choose these rallies and protests.” So to set the record straight, Shuster and Maddow were not the first to refer to “teabagging.”
April 14, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Geez…grow up Shuster. He’s an anchor, right?
April 14, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Maybe Neil Cavuto can have on a body language, or should I say “tea baggin” expert!
April 14, 2009 at 3:53 pm
wow…just….wow. Words fail me right now…..
wow
April 14, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Yes, it’s certainly adolescent, low-class behaviour for a cable news programme… but you have to admit it’s funny.
April 14, 2009 at 4:11 pm
^If you’re in the 7th grade.
April 14, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Both networks look ridiculous. Fox for their incessant promotion of “Tea Parties”, in spite of polls showing that fear of higher taxes is low on the public radar right now, and MSNBC for running another round of double entendres on Countdown tonight.
April 14, 2009 at 5:33 pm
OK, I did not get the joke, so was forced to go to the “urban dictionary” to look up the term “teabagging”. Yikes. Or “gross”, as we used to say.
So for those of us who were clueless to the term, the report was not offensive. But now that I know what it means (as does most of the world, apparently), that was extremely tacky of MSNBC. But what else do we expect from them?
And BTW, for all of you libs laughing at conservatives, just wait until your taxes are raised. How do you think Pres. Urkel is going to pay for all of his new spending?
April 14, 2009 at 5:37 pm
@ucfphillys
Schuster grossly distorts Neil Cavuto by replacing the word protests with (teabagging). It’s perhaps the most dishonest thing about the whole report..err skit. The actual quote is “we going to be right in the middle of these protests because at FOX we do not pick and choose these rallies and protests.” But if you’re skipping middle school music class, bored of you’re dad’s hustler mag, and have nothing better to do than to watch MSNBC on a Tuesday afternoon, I could see this being funny to you. You can only hope David Schuster leaves cable news to become a full time comedian, so you can see him in person at you’re local stand-up theater.
April 14, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Missy, “Pres. Urkel” sounds racist to me.
April 14, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Sounds pretty funny to me. And it’s not racist.
April 14, 2009 at 6:44 pm
“President Urkel” HA! Hilarious! Put some glasses on him and he does resemble Steve Urkel.
No, not racist at all. Even though it’s funny I still won’t repeat it again… out of respect for fellow citizens our elected leaders deserve to be addressed properly.
April 14, 2009 at 7:22 pm
In my opinion it borders on racist. The least you two could do is express your opinion. Flatly stating “not racist” just because you don’t think so, doesn’t make it so.
April 14, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Why is it racist?
April 14, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Fair enough, joe, although I would say that the burden is on the one who claims something is racist to demonstrate why that would be. I can’t imagine how comparing the president to Steve Urkel could possibly be construed as racist.
Hmmm… Steve Urkel was a much-loved television character.. or maybe I should call him a caricature of a goofy friend or cousin or little brother we all knew in real life. If I called President Clinton “Junior Sample” would that be racist? Slightly demeaning and disrespectful, sure, but certainly not racist.
If I said, “Our president is walking around in black face”, that would be racist… unless I was Whoopie Goldberg doing a comedy gig, of course. Calling anything and everything that has the slightest connection to race “racism” serves only to mask the true and insidious racism that still exists in our society.
April 14, 2009 at 7:50 pm
I typed “submit” too fast. Yes, I have more to say.
Racism. Isn’t that the tactic on the left; whenever they don’t like something, it’s racist?
Why is it racist, Joe, just because you say it is?
As far as I know, comedians are still not able to use him as a subject in their monologues, because, they probably fear that people such as yourself will bring out the “r” word. And if we criticize his policies, we’re unpatriotic. Unbelievable.
And this, after we’ve had to put up with eight years of “shrub”, and worse, from your comrades.
April 14, 2009 at 7:52 pm
And another thing, Joe. You’re offended that I compared him to a clumsy little egghead, yet the “teabagging” terminology (now that I know what it means) didn’t bother you? MSNBC puts out highly offensive rhetoric such as that, and that’s OK?
April 14, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Al, I typed my last two responses without seeing yours. Thanks – you did an excellent job, I believe, of TRYING to speak to Joe on this topic.
Black people were in fact treated poorly and discriminated against years ago; they were truly victims of racism. But now days, the word is thrown out indiscriminately, just to be petty and accusatory.
April 14, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Missy, I apparently doth protest too much (ask my wife!). I didn’t actually watch the Urkel show back in the day, I’m just aware of the character which I perceived as “dumb black guy” in the Amos ‘n Andy vein. If he was a “beloved character” and “a clumsy little egghead” (which I read as “smart”), then the derogatory reference I read into it is incorrect. I apologize.
I did make statements about the stupid “teabag” references. Check my comment in Free For All. I placed it in the wrong thread, but also reiterated my position in the correct one. I don’t like Shuster, usually like KO, and always like Rachel. On this one, they all look like giggling juveniles.
April 15, 2009 at 7:31 am
Joe, thanks for the apology, and I’m sorry if I overreacted. No; I hope I would never call him anything deemed racist; it’s his policies, that are at issue.
Again, just way too much spending and too many policy changes, too soon.
April 15, 2009 at 7:38 am
You didn’t overreact, Missy. Being called racist isn’t pretty and I should know what the hell I’m talking about before leveling the accusation. There’s a whole slew of stupid 70s/80s sitcoms I thankfully avoided in my lifetime, which means if you reference them, I probably won’t get it. “Whatchu talkin’ ’bout, Willis?” Different Strokes, right? Never seen it.
April 15, 2009 at 2:12 pm
I enjoyed reading missy’s excitement. I’m also not at all surprised that joe apologised.
April 15, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Mr. Flyntreport – The hosts at MSNBC refereed to “Teabagging” originally after protesters (a few days ago) announced they would “Tea Bag members of congress,” by doing the following: mailing tea bags to their offices. The hosts made innuendo type jokes when referring to it. Thats nothing immoral. These shows are not geared towards middle schoolers, but to adults who mainly watch in prime time or before bed. In terms of journalistic ethics , is it wrong? Not in this case because people who watch KO (or Shuster) or RM, know what they are getting when they tune in. There was nothing that violated FCC regulations, even if MSNBC were able to be regulated.
However, Im not a fan of Shuster, and was not aware of this misquote. But I did not see the Cavuto segement, so I will just have to take your word. If he did misquote, then there should certainly be an apology. But something tells me that wont happen.