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Bag’s Take-Away:
I just want you to know that a trunk without an elephant is not a pretty thing. This elephant is a bit pissed, too, as she and her mom are being moved because they can’t get along with other elephants at their zoo. I’d say it symbolizes the dilemma the GOP finds itself in as right wing Tea Party candidates keep picking off elections. But the photo was taken in the Netherlands.
via USA Today
(credit:Marcoi De Swart/AFP/Getty Images caption: An elephant named Tonya sticks her trunk out of her shipping container as she leaves the Blijdorp Zoo in the Netherlands. The elephant, along with her mother, is being shipped to a zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, because she couldn’t get along with the other elephants.)
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Bag’s Take-Away:
More telling than you’d think at first glance, Capitol Dems playing like “business as usual” where the challenge to health care law is political gorilla on their backs.
(credit: Luke Sharrett/The New York Times caption: A man in a gorilla costume stood behind Senators Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, left, John Kerry of Massachusetts, center, and Jeff Merkley of Oregon. The three Democrats held a news conference to discuss the health care law hearings.)
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Bag’s Take-Away:
Andrew Breitbart rises….just in time for Easter.
(credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo caption: Protesters who identified themselves as being with the Tea Party Patriots, including Linda Dorr, of Laguna Beach, Calif., center, demonstrate against the health care law outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, March 26, 2012, as the court began hearing arguments on President Obama’s health care legislation.)
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In this New York Times collage, Ron Paul and the Baptists are paired with nihilism at a Santorum rally. GOP contest defies meaning.
(photo credit: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times caption: A variety of allegiances were on display as Mr. Santorum spoke at the “Rally for Rick” at Herrin High School.)
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Bag’s Take-Away:
McNaughton telegraphs the Tea Party’s own burning hatred, projecting that vitriol in the ugly racial stereotype of “Obama the Angry Negro.”
For McNaughton’s last “masterpiece,” see Drudge, Tea Party Impressionism and the “Fine Art” of Obama Bashing.
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Bag’s Take-Away:
The irreverence. The girth. Old Glory. At least for a day this week, it was like the Tea folks never left.
And then, is there something hyper-patriotic about hands-over-privates?
From NYT slideshow: The Florida Primary
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Bag’s Take-Away:
Well, Gingrich might as well have the South tattooed on his face.The what: At last night debate, Newt received a standing ovation as he reiterated his belief that poor kids should work as janitors in response to Juan Williams’ question asking him if he understood that black people felt such employment would be aimed at them. He’s not going much further, everyone knows that, and to make sure, he’s branded himself with racism. The emblem is the Tea Party of South Carolina logo. Newt addressed the group Monday night.
(photo: XXXXXX caption: Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich walks past the projected Tea Party of South Carolina logo as he arrives to speak at the South Carolina Tea Party Convention on Monday afternoon, Jan. 16, 2012, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
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Incongruous with his surroundings, no candidate to camp with, out of step and overdressed, a little pissed and already passé? Hightailing out of Des Moines, does he make himself relevant come November or just take his fife and his bedroll and slink on home.
via: The New York Times Lens Blog
(photo credit: Evan Vucci/Associated Press caption: A Tea Party supporter, William Temple, of Brunswick, Ga., waited for his flight home at the airport in Des Moines.)
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Bag’s Take-Away:
George Washington on his iPhone? If mostly a site gag, Getty Images shot also takes poke at bona fides of the Tea Party.
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Bag’s Take-Away:
“Oh, come on! Everybody who knows me knows that I am not a racist. It was a joke. I have friends who are black. Besides, I only sent it to a few people—mostly people I didn’t think would be upset by it.” — Marilyn Davenport
Well, Orange County Tea Party leader shows her true colors. The fact the local GOP stood by her also speaks volumes. Regarding the pic, if it wasn’t so blazingly offensive to read into it at all, you’d almost think those chimps had gotten hammered by the recession.
(photo: Marilyn Davenport (via OC Weekly) caption: The image attached to an email distributed among Orange County Republicans and Tea Baggers.)
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