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BLUSH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 12:45 PM
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41. VIDEO: 9/12 teabaggers flaunt racism, ignorance
VIDEO: 9/12 teabaggers flaunt racism, ignorance

Today, thousands (the numbers have been estimated at substantially less than 100,000) of Fox News followers descended on Washington, D.C. at the behest of the lunatic Glenn Beck, protesting everything from cap-and-trade to health reform to the President's very eligibility. The crowd was almost entirely white despite Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC)'s declaration that the group was an accurate representation of America - a "cross-section," as he put it. But Fox News viewers following the orders given to them by their idols is not a story; we all know that they lack the ability to make up their own minds.

The real story is just how disgusting those people became. The worst that's come to light so far is this sign, which was distributed widely among the protesters:






More, surprising, and grossly offensive, signs at the rally, courtesy of ThinkProgress:







http://www.examiner.com/x-19545-Anchorage-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m9d12-VIDEO-912-teabaggers-flaunt-racism-ignorance



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