# You see, it's stuff like this that makes people think Teabaggers are a bunch of right-wing cranks. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 18, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558 "2010-02-18T23:30:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/101 "2010-02-20T19:53:33Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > The first thing Stalin did when he came to power was to raise the highest marginal income tax rate from 33% to 36%. You hear about all the evil he inflicted and all the tens of millions of people he killed, but somehow history glosses over the marginal rate increase, which was the real evil. I am stealing this and reproducing it everywhere I possibly can. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/102 "2010-02-20T20:16:58Z")
Reminds me of this cartoon: [http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=31671](http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=31671) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/103 "2010-02-20T20:24:47Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I am stealing this and reproducing it everywhere I possibly can. Too late. Mine! Back off! ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/104 "2010-02-20T20:46:38Z")
> [@Heavy](#): > > If there are any liberals in here that like to debate neo-con dimwits as I do please go to [www.700WLW.com](http://www.700WLW.com) message board it is made up of 99.9% neo-cons most of them dumber than ann coulter.I however am greatly outnumbered and could use some backup.And if you are a mean,hateful,racisit,overly sensitive,neo-con go there as well you will be welcomed with open arms. Reminder: > [@](#): > > Do not post contact information (email, phone, mailing address, etc.) to facilitate a campaign for/against a person, group, or issue > > We don’t want the board used to hassle people or groups of people. You can urge people to write their Congressperson or other political leaders, but let people find the contact information themselves. Don’t post it here. [Revised Forum Rules for the BBQ Pit: read this before posting - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=507985) Please avoid this sort of direct call to action. Thanks. No warning issued. **Gfactor** Pit Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/105 "2010-02-20T21:32:45Z")
Ugh, every time I hear about Obama being communist I want to punch people in the fucking face. I have seriously lost all rationality on this issue. I used to live in a post-Communist Eastern European country so I think I have a pretty good handle on what it was actually like. Don’t like Obama? I don’t give a shit. Just don’t make things up, fuckheads. Is it too much to base your complaints on actual policy, or are you just too stupid to understand it? Quasi-Stalinist, my ass, you moron. Talk to people who actually lived under a Stalinist regime before you go around saying such stupid fucking things. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/106 "2010-02-20T21:47:55Z")
It’s 1955. So, this Red Army guard is standing duty in the Kremlin, when a roughly dressed _kulak_ walks up to him and says “I would like to see Comrade Stalin, Father to the Country and Supreme Leader, as I have some suggestions for improved agricultural production which he might…” The guard cuts him short, rudely, amazed that even such an ignorant country bumpkin had not heard…“Comrade Stalin, glorious leader, is dead. His tomb is in Red Square.” The _kulak_ reels away, stunned, muttering to himself in consternation and disbelief. Next day, at about the same time, he returns to same spot, same guard. “I would like to talk to Comrade Stalin, Glorious Leader…” “I told you yesterday, you dumb _kulak_, Comrade Stalin is dead! Now, get away from me!” Next day, same thing, the peasant walks up to the guard and before he can even open his mouth, the guard begins to berate him. “You empty-headed shit for brains, don’t even start with me! I’ve already told you, twice, on two seperate days, Comrade Stalin is dead, dead, dead! I have lost all patience with you, you ignorant peasant! Why do you keep coming here and asking the same question, when I’ve already told you: Stalin is dead!” The _kulak_ looks a bit sheepish, and apologetic. “I’m sorry”, he said, “its just that I do so love hearing you say it.” ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/107 "2010-02-20T21:51:51Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Ugh, every time I hear about Obama being communist I want to punch people in the fucking face. See, this is the trouble with LIBERALS. They’re just to darn _polite_! The proper choice of words for the quoted sentence are “kick” and “nads”, followed by “over and over and over again.” ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/108 "2010-02-20T22:24:32Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > See, this is the trouble with LIBERALS. > They’re just to darn _polite_! > The proper choice of words for the quoted sentence are “kick” and “nads”, followed by “over and over and over again.” Note to self: use blunter language next time. ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/109 "2010-02-20T22:37:29Z")
Robert Crumb, prophet: [http://www.heretical.com/miscella/rcnoa.html](http://www.heretical.com/miscella/rcnoa.html) [http://www.heretical.com/miscella/rcjoa.html](http://www.heretical.com/miscella/rcjoa.html) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/110 "2010-02-21T19:39:52Z")
The Teagaggers are upset that the ,used to be safe ,suburban types have become expendable by corporations. They were kinda safe for a generation or two. Now they are not. They recognize the damage that has been done to our economy is severe enough that they may never recover. It is a terrifying prospect. There was always hope in America ,new opportunities and a future. That has been killed for a lot of people. The difference is they are the voters. They will not go quietly. The idiots don’t even know that they got a tax cut from Obama. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/111 "2010-02-22T02:06:01Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > The Teagaggers are upset that the ,used to be safe ,suburban types have become expendable by corporations. They were kinda safe for a generation or two. Now they are not. They recognize the damage that has been done to our economy is severe enough that they may never recover. It is a terrifying prospect. There was always hope in America ,new opportunities and a future. That has been killed for a lot of people. The difference is they are the voters. They will not go quietly. > The idiots don’t even know that they got a tax cut from Obama. Sorry, all I heard was blah, blah, Obama raised taxes. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/112 "2010-02-22T02:48:34Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I am stealing this and reproducing it everywhere I possibly can. Except Obama cut taxes. Polecat must know that . ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/113 "2010-02-22T02:58:47Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > Sorry, all I heard was blah, blah, Obama raised taxes. Osama did WHAT? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/114 "2010-02-23T14:35:44Z")
> [@Belowjob2.0](#): > > Robert Crumb, prophet: > > [http://www.heretical.com/miscella/rcnoa.html](http://www.heretical.com/miscella/rcnoa.html) > > [http://www.heretical.com/miscella/rcjoa.html](http://www.heretical.com/miscella/rcjoa.html) He’s still got it! Let that be a lesson to you all about the spiritual/artistic value of massive doses of LSD. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/115 "2010-02-23T16:31:34Z")
I’m sure this guy is also not representative of Republicans, but Republican Representative Steve King of Iowa has expressed his sympathetic attitude towards the guy who attacked the IRS building with his plane and murdered a guy working there (a guy who was a father and military veteran to boot). > [@](#): > > ThinkProgress caught up with Rep. Steve King (R-IA) at CPAC to talk about the attack in Texas. Asked if the right-wing anti-tax rhetoric might have motivated the attack, King implicitly agreed, noting that he had been a leading opponent of the IRS for some time. He noted that although the attack was “sad,” “by the same token,” it was justified because once the right succeeds at abolishing the IRS, “it’s going to be a happy day for America.” […] > > Asked specifically if Stack had legitimate grievances that led him to murder, King said he didn’t know. > > Another report indicated that King told conservative activists he could “empathize” with the suicide bomber, and encouraged his audience to “implode” other IRS offices. > **[Home](https://washingtonmonthly.com/)** > > Sign up for the Washington Monthly newsletter and receive our best policy analysis in your inbox every weekday. When oh when will we find someone who does represent the majority of Republicans? This mob of crazy non-representative types keeps getting in the way, even when they are non-representative elected Representatives. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/116 "2010-02-23T17:44:30Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > I’m sure this guy is also not representative of Republicans, but Republican Representative Steve King of Iowa has expressed his sympathetic attitude towards the guy who attacked the IRS building with his plane and murdered a guy working there (a guy who was a father and military veteran to boot). > > [http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/](http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/) > > When oh when will we find someone who does represent the majority of Republicans? This mob of crazy non-representative types keeps getting in the way, even when they are non-representative elected Representatives. Well, the reason Republicans feel they can get away with saying crazy shit like this, is because they know the Dems don’t like to play dirty and thus won’t call them out on it. If his Democratic opponent had any brains he’d hang this guy with his own words, running commercials with that clip and talking about how he’s pallin’ with terrorists. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/117 "2010-02-23T19:29:16Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Well, the reason Republicans feel they can get away with saying crazy shit like this, is because they know the Dems don’t like to play dirty and thus won’t call them out on it. > If his Democratic opponent had any brains he’d hang this guy [Rep. Steve King] with his own words, running commercials with that clip and talking about how he’s pallin’ with terrorists. I could be wrong but I get the impression that Rep. King is in such a safely and solidly Republican district that even if any Democratic opponent did run ads like that against him, it would have no impact. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/118 "2010-02-23T19:43:28Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Well, the reason Republicans feel they can get away with saying crazy shit like this, is because they know the Dems don’t like to play dirty and thus won’t call them out on it. [Indeed.](http://www.salon.com/ent/comics/this_modern_world/2010/02/22/this_modern_world) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/119 "2010-02-23T19:47:42Z")
Looks like King has apparently backed away from his alleged comments: [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33361.html](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33361.html) > [@](#): > > When asked about it during a House vote last night, King didn’t exactly deny making the comments, but he implied it by challenging the Media Matters to find the video. > > “Get the video and put it on YouTube,” King told POLITICO. “No one should be going out and conjecturing when they can go out and get the whole story.” Note that King is the same guy who said Washington, D.C. was more dangerous than Baghdad, and inflated the number of illegal immigrants in federal custody by 20% in order to magnify the number of crimes they committed. > [@](#): > > I could be wrong but I get the impression that Rep. King is in such a safely and solidly Republican district that even if any Democratic opponent did run ads like that against him, it would have no impact. The 5th is the most conservative congressional district in Iowa (which itself is surprisingly liberal). No Democrat has won there since 1982, when it was redrawn. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558/120 "2010-02-23T19:54:35Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > I could be wrong but I get the impression that Rep. King is in such a safely and solidly Republican district that even if any Democratic opponent did run ads like that against him, it would have no impact. Northwest Iowa is solidly Republican because Lincoln won the war. Ol’ Steve (sometimes known as Little Hitler) initially came to prominence by bashing immigrant packing house workers in the vacuum following the retirement of an old line GOP congressman. His seat is safe until some young Republican with real charisma, a baptism certificate from the Dutch Reform Church and pig manure on his boots shows up. There is hope, however. The next census will probably disappear one of Iowa’s five congressional districts. Ol’ Steve is dead meat if he has to run outside the parochial confines of the western slope. Of the state’s other congressmen, three are Democrats and the remaining one is a pretty reasonable Republican. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-its-stuff-like-this-that-makes-people-think-teabaggers-are-a-bunch-of-right-wing-cranks/529558.md?page=7)