"In Scott Brown we have an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, teabagging supporter of violence against woman and against politicians with whom he disagrees," MSNBC host Keith Olbermann said.

Wow! What happened to the "liberal" mantra of "Peace, Love and Understanding"? :confused:

Olbermann isn't a serious newsman (not that he ever claimed to be), but simply a talking head pushing his own agenda. That doesn't make him any worse than a Bill O'Reilly figure, but it also means that we don't have to give much serious thought to his commentary.

Jon Stewart's take on this cracked me up. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_427917.html

Oh John Stewart.

This is interesting http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Stocks...n&asset=&ccode=

I can't wait until the Teaparty goes away just so I don't have to hear this anymore. I know I work with mostly men and all, but does anybody else think nasty thoughts when they read this?

I agree that Olberman is not a newsperson but he is a commentator/pundit with his own show. I see no reason why he should not have been called to the carpet for these comments.

^^^The term teabaggers/teabagging is offensive to me. Maybe others think it is funny but really. :( I would never stir up stink about people using the term but it is crass and uncalled for.

Except that originally, a lot of tea party participants identified THEMSELVES using that term. They tied tea bags to themselves while carrying signs and wearing clothing saying "teabagger." Gross.

So you fault the Tea Party for the inappropriate nickname that their opponents use?

(No doubt you may have ideological issues with the Tea Party as well, but as far as the immature name calling, it kind of seems like you're blaming the victims.)

I know they used tea bags in a Boston Tea Party way, but I've never seen them use the term. Do you have a link?

Sure. Here's one of a man showing one of the ever-lovely "Proud to be a Teabagger" buttons. It took .24 seconds to find this example on google and there are plenty more.

You really think that old dude has a sense of the urban dictionary level of the term?

I think the wikipedia article does a nice job with an overview of the terminology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Par...22_controversy.

I don't think one sees "teabagger" in the media because the Tea Party members are typically using it. I think you see it because people use it to disparage the Tea Party folks.

LOL. No I totally don't think that old dude has a sense of the urban dictionary level of the term. To be clear, I'm not condoning the use of the term. I also think it's gross. I'm just also pointing out that there are plenty of people who used the term to describe themselves (most likely without understanding the double entendre).

Yeah, I still wouldn't blame the folks who use tea bagging to mean sending tea bags to politicians responsible for the grossness.

On some level it's sad that all these folks are going to have to learn the other meaning of tea bagging.

So Coakley has conceded and Brown is the new Senator. I'm kind of surprised it wasn't closer, although Coakley's lack of campaigning was a part of that.

The funniest part about all of this: back in 2004, when John Kerry was running for President, there was a lot of discussion of who would fill his seat. At the time, the law on the books was that the Governor would have the power to appoint a replacement. The MA legislature was not happy with this, as the Governor was a Republican (Romney). So, it changed the law allowing for the special election. Of course Kerry lost, so it ended up being a moot point.

The funny part is, if the legislature hadn't changed the vote, Democrats would still hold the seat (Gov. Patrick would have appointed a Democrat). So, in a way, the MA Democrats have no one to blame but themselves.