Teabaggers

Protesters take part in a rally as part of the national Tax Day Tea Party to protest taxes and government spending in Lafayette Park April 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. April 15th marks the day American citizens must file their annual income taxes with the federal government. (Getty Images) more pics » Barack Obama isn't particularly popular right now with right-wingers who are mad about having to pay taxes. In response to Obama's bailouts and overall economic policy, teabaggers set out today to protest against the president. The protesters are part of a faction made notable by cable news commentators such as Rick Santelli ... Read Full Story

(Getty Images) See more pictures >> Today was tax day and it was the culmination of a conservative movement to protest President Barack Obama 's economic policies (namely bailouts and taxes) by holding modern-day tea parties. Protesters demonstrate in Chicago. (Getty Images) The tea parties took place in major cities all over the country, urged on by cable television and radio personalities such as Rick Santelli and Glenn Beck . The teabaggers , as they've come to be called, believe that Obama's taxes are unfair because he's using the money to bail out irresponsible home and business owners. In Washington, DC, the Huffington Post ... Read Full Story

(Getty Images) It's tax day and Anderson Cooper just couldn't help himself from some sweet, sweet teabagger puns. Rachel Maddow has been having all the fun this week while mocking the ridiculous monicker of the conservative anti-Obama movement protesting the president's economic policies. But Cooper couldn't hold back any longer. While visiting with David Gergen, the director of the Center for Public Leadership, last night, Cooper slipped in a clever teabag joke. The two were talking about the Republican party's attempts to find its voice after a crushing election season. When Gergen pointed out that the party couldn't find it's voice, Cooper quickly joked ... Read Full Story

The Tea Party's GOP Takeover When Republican House leader John Boehner spoke at last week's Tea Party rally at the Capitol, it sent an unmistakable signal: Wing nuts have taken over the GOP. At the rally, House Republicans officially sponsored an event at which members of the crowd carried messages of hate. One sign called the president a "Traitor to the U.S. Constitution"; one depicted him as Sambo. Another placard compared health care reform to the Holocaust. There were some outrageous statements from the podium as well—Boehner declared the health care bill the "greatest threat to freedom that I have seen." Want more evidence ... Read Full Story

Igor Panarin's Doomsday Tea Party One ex-KGB analyst has been warning for years that the US will collapse in 2010. Conservative activists think he may be on to something. —By Nick Baumann For more than a decade Dr. Igor Panarin, a Russian academic, has been predicting that sometime around 2010 the United States will collapse, splintering into separate states, some of them controlled by foreign powers. Outside of Russia, no one's put much stock in his crackpot and stereotype-based theories—until now, that is. Who are the newest members of the Igor Panarin fan club? Tea partiers who’ve rallied against the Obama administration's policies and ... Read Full Story