You know you're a teabagger if:

You are at a rally having your little hissy fit over all the rights Barack Obama has taken from you but cannot name a single right that has actually been taken from you by Barack Obama.

You think Congressman Joe Wilson is a hero because he yelled "You lie!" when Barack Obama said there were no provisions in proposed healthcare legislation that provided free healthcare to illegal immigrants, even though Congressman Wilson himself voted for the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, which provided taxpayer-funded reimbursements to hospitals that treated illegal immigrants who didn't have insurance.

Your only sources of information are tea party websites and Fox News.

You swoon with admiration as Sarah Palin proclaims President Obama "Barack the Wealth Spreader", while you remain blissfullly ignorant to the fact she brags about the number of annual checks she doled out as governor of Alaska to nearly every resident, representing their share of the revenues from the state's oil riches. She boosted those checks by raising taxes on oil.

You claim Barack Obama's czars are unconstitutional and are turning the country towards Socialism yet had no problem with the 30+ czars President Bush employed during his administration.

You ridicule supporters of Barack Obama as "brainwashed" and "Kool-Aid drinking Obama worshippers" yet turn all glassy-eyed and weak-kneed while you break down in tears of rapture at the mere mention of Sarah Palin's name.

You stomp your feet and shake your fist at all the taxes Barack Obama has imposed on you but cannot name a single tax that Barack Obama has actually imposed on you.

You are unaware of the fact that VA Healthcare, Medicare and Medicaid are socialized healthcare programs while you are demanding an end to socialized healthcare programs.

You whine about the bad people calling you bad names while wearing a "Chairman ObaMAO" t-shirt and holding a sign that reads "Barack Obama is a Fascist" on one side, on the other is a picture of Barack Obama with a Hitler moustache or Joker paint on his face.

You applaud the speaker at your rally after he declares only true Americans can claim a right to be in this country and that all non-true Americans should be sent back where they came from "with a bullet in their head".

You idolize Marsha Blackburn as the new savior of the constitution yet ignore the fact her voting record clearly shows she has consistantly voted in favor of federal legislation (i.e. Patriot Act) that guts the constitution.

You cannot understand why or how your hypocritical, ignorant and uninformed criticisms of Barack Obama expose you as a racist.

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Comment by SmackontheWeb on March 10, 2010 at 12:13pm: RE Cooper:

I'll type as slow as I can in order to make this as clear as possible for you...

Cooper: "Representation without taxation is the main idea."

I'm still waiting for you to explain just what that is supposed to mean.

Cooper: "I disagree with what Obama is doing, I really don't care that he's black"

Goodie for you. I don't suppose you can provide a single shred of evidence that shows me making any assertion that you are a racist?

Cooper: "Did you miss my entire point about knowing African-Americans that don't like Obama?"

Hehehe That sure sounds an awful lot like: "I'm not a racist - I have plenty of black friends". How about you go through as many teabagger protest videos you can get your hands on and count the number of non-whites in those crowds. Other than the single token at the teabagger convention in Nashville, I challenge you to find a single non-white who attended that convention. I await your results with baited breath.

Cooper: "Oooooooof course, because NO ONE can disagree with Barry without being racist"

I disagree with with the President's policies and the policies of the party he represents. Thing is, you won't see me holding a protest sign that portrays the President as an African witchdoctor or claiming he is not an American citizen or doing the chicken little dance hoping to stave off his enslaving the country.

Cooper: "You Left Wing nut jobs are the ones focusing on race"

Hehehe. Wrong answer there skippy. Until last year when I voted for all Independents, non-incumbents and anyone NOT Republican or Democrat, I had voted Republican in every election I have participated in since I registered to vote in 1979. Dazzle us with some more of your superior powers of perception - please...

Cooper: "We really don't care"

That's clearly obvious to anyone with at least the IQ of a two-holed bowling ball.

Cooper: "Yeah, there are gonna be people that don't like him because he's black, those are the uninformed racist douche bags you should be directing your comments towards"

Which is exactly what I did and why I am still at a loss as to why it upset you so much if it does not apply to you.

Comment by SmackontheWeb on March 10, 2010 at 12:08pm: RE: Action Jeans

Action Jeans: "You do realize the beef for the original tea-partiers was "No taxation without representation", right? "

Close but not entirely true. The beef was over tax breaks given to the British East India Company (then the largest multi-national corporation in the world) and the unfair advantage it would gleen through these cuts over domestic colonial business interests.

Comment by Action Jeans on March 4, 2010 at 8:51pm: @cooper:

"Representation without taxation is the main idea."

What? You wish to be represented but don't think you should have to pay taxes? Am I reading that correctly? You do realize the beef for the original tea-partiers was "No taxation without representation", right? Which means something completely different and which we as Americans have not had to worry about for over 230 years now...

Chill the hell out man. Not one single god-damned person I've talked to that disagrees with Prez Barry does so because he's black. Hell, I know African-Americans PERSONALLY that don't like him. How do you go about explaining that one bud?

Look, I don't actually believe that all tea-partiers are racist. But be honest, a lot of them are motivated by more than what they might readily admit. The signs that you see popping up at the rallies are more than enough evidence of that much. The very fact that a major talking point of the tea party movement has been questioning Obama's religion, as if it's even relevant, is pretty bigoted right there.

Also, keep in mind, there's more than one kind of racism. There's the overt, cross-burning variety, sure. That's not necessarily what's being talked about here. There's another kind of racism that is born from ignorance, among people who might not even be aware that their attitudes are influenced by some innate tendencies that are more subversive and harder to identify. These more subtle forms of racism manifest in ways that are not always easy to spot if you don't know the earmarks.

A conspicuous preoccupation with things like illegal immigration, affirmative action, groups like ACORN (which are known to provide assistance to a large number of minorities) and welfare programs. Issues that, when viewed in the big picture, actually affect the lives of the loudest objectors very little in comparison to other issues which they might otherwise concern themselves.

Can you see how things of that nature might be interpreted as racially motivated? Once again, I'm not saying that's the only possible motivator, but it goes a long way towards explaining the virulence and over-zealousness of certain members of the movement to those of us who do not share their enthusiasm.

Maybe just try to see it from someone else's perspective and we might all begin to understand each other a little better.

Comment by Fang1944 on March 4, 2010 at 5:43pm: As you can see here, race is always near the surface at the Tea Parties.

Comment by cooper on March 4, 2010 at 4:44pm: If you cannot understand, I'll try in the most basic form I can.
I disagree with what Obama is doing, I really don't care that he's black.
Did you miss my entire point about knowing African-Americans that don't like Obama?
What IS your answer to that one? Do they also hate themselves?
Oooooooof course, because NO ONE can disagree with Barry without being racist.
You Left Wing nut jobs are the ones focusing on race. We really don't care.
Yeah, there are gonna be people that don't like him because he's black, those are the uninformed racist
douche bags you should be directing your comments towards, not just everyone that doesn't agree with you politically.

I also have had enough education to know that each and every news station is going to be slanted, duh.
The opinions I have formed are also based on my own personal inquiries, not the opinions of any specific news anchors or channels.

Interested to see your response...

Comment by SmackontheWeb on February 27, 2010 at 8:23am: Rush on Obama: "He's taking away freedom incrementally each and every day"
Conservative Ally: "Obama Wants to Take Away The 2nd Amendment!"
American Family Association: "Obama seeks to take away religious rights of doctors"
Chuck Norris: "Obama Healthcare Bill to Take Away Parental Rights"
Elliot Goldberg: "Don't let Obama take our freedom"

I could go on forever .... I've got enough education to know that the President of the United States is not a king and can't do any of the things you baggers seem to think he can. WTF is representation without taxation?? Find yourself a high-school civics textbook and educate yourself. My source of information is my own inquiries because I am smart enough to know ANY media outlet is self-interested and is going to present any information in their own biased light regardless of what side of the political spectrum it comes from.

You STILL cannot understand why or how your hypocritical, ignorant and uninformed criticisms of Barack Obama expose you as a racist.

Comment by cooper on February 24, 2010 at 10:13am: 1. No one's having a hissy fit over rights he's taken, get educated. Representation without taxation is the main idea.

2. Our only source for information is tea party websites and Fox News? Wow. I bet you know this personally because you've attended many of these parties. Or is it because this is what your left-wing media slobber has you believing? How diverse is YOUR information intake?

3. Alrighty then, lol this made me laugh.

"You cannot understand why or how your hypocritical, ignorant and uniformed criticisms of Barack Obama expose you as a racist."

Chill the hell out man. Not one single god-damned person I've talked to that disagrees with Prez Barry does so because he's black. Hell, I know African-Americans PERSONALLY that don't like him. How do you go about explaining that one bud? You can't. Because that's your game. You're not going to respond to me with a legitimate argument, we both know this already. Doesn't bother me too much though, America is coming around.