NPR Mocks Tea Partiers As Cartoonish And Dumb

Your tax dollars at work friends. And the flash cartoon is reprehensible for what it implies. Basically, it asserts that those attending Tea Parties are idiots who can't understand the complex problems facing America today.

Want to see what your tax dollars are paying for?  Probably not, it's pretty disgusting.  However, this needs to be seen to be believed.

The radio mouthpiece of the government, National Public Radio, published a flash cartoon in which they teach viewers how to speak "Tea Bag. 

Comments

[time to rise up]

Typical Liberal condescension. Come election day, we're going to ram those tea bags down their throats. They like the term? Let them learn to speak through a mouthful of it!

[jana]

They underestimate us at their own risk.

[crosspatch]

It is time to eliminate all tax subsidies to NPR.

[crosspatch]

I have no problem with "viewer supported" broadcasting but when a broadcaster gets tax dollars and demeans a portion of that tax base, they no longer deserve that subsidy.

They should not receive one single dollar of tax dollars from any government entity as long as they engage in such partisan antics.

[murgatroyd]

Open wide, NPR!

[Reaganite Republican]

Enjoy your ride on the Hindenburg, lackeys- the new GOP majority will be cutting your funding to zero... or perhaps you've already deduced that?

[jd]

NPR (National Propaganda Radio)has been only a spokesperson for Democrats for a long time. An audio version of ACORN. What I find curious is how so many Democratic programs are federally funded.

[Calypso Jones]

I used to write John WArner periodically about cutting Fed funding to this bunch. His reply was to tell me the good that they did. Does anyone have the courage to make NPR stand on its own??

[templar knight]

These idiots at NPR need to be checking in at the nearest unemployment office. Soon. And we must insist that the Republicans do what should have been done years ago, and that is to close down these obominations of government largesse, such as NEA, NPR and PBS.

[cliff]

Thanks for another reason NOT to support public radio. NPR - new peoples radio.

[xerocky]

Yeah, were so stupid and they’re so smart. Wait until the Union health care plans (which I'm guessing are "Cadillac") start to get taxed into the ground so that they can pay for the uninsured. The rift in the Democratic party will make the Republicans look downright unified and focused by comparison.

So far it's worked well for them to portray the only people who are informed about the debate as ignorant. We’ll see how well that plays out after the taxes go up and the rationing begins.

[L.N. Smithee]

Well, well, well, looks like I was ahead of the curve on this one.

The animator responsible for the "Tea Bag" slime job is Mark Fiore, a guy I called out back in September 2008 when he got his facts wrong while needling Sarah Palin.

http://lnsmitheeblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/foolish-fiore-fouls-up-facts-in-silly.html

In addition to mischaracterizing things she said about the Afghanistan situation, Fiore faulted Palin for mistakenly calling Afghan commanding officer General McKiernan "General McClellan" during the 2008 VP debate. Meanwhile, in his 90 second cartoon, he referred to Palin's husband Todd as "Pat" -- twice.

[mojo]

I always say: Better a Teabagger than a Teabagee

[JHE]

So this is what a liberal hears when I talk about free market innovation and individual freedom from government interference.

[Dantes]

Geez, guys, where have you been. This is standard NPR table fare.

[Carol Herman]

As soon as "Knotzies" shows up you know the quote belongs to Pelosi.

Yes, they've misused taxpayer funds. And, yes, a lot of the people photographed at tea parties (carrying around their own cameras), seem to be white people. Plus, you can score additional points for the homemade signs.

Again, there once was a time the Ford Motor Company tried to sell a car named "Edsel." They threw a ton of money at this. And, all Ford showrooms had a model of the Edsel rotating in the center of their showroom floors. NONE SOLD!

People who make their livings writing commercials have to come up with workable ideas. While NPR just seems to have a lot of taxpayer dollars to fling about. While their words are becoming worthless.

[bandit]

Liberals attempt to condescend to their ideological adversaries. How original!