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Rolling Stone Reporter: Tea Party View ‘Incredibly Stupid’ and ‘Narcissistic’

Appearing on “The Last Word” with Lawrence O’Donnell this week, Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi tried to answer the question, “Is the Tea Party racist?“ Instead of a simple ”yes“ or ”no,” Taibbi decided to offer his view on the Tea Party and its outlook on politics. He manages to use “incredibly stupid,“ ”narcissistic,“ ”preposterous fantasy,“ and ”un-American” (referring to those who are not Tea Party members) in his response:

(H/T: NewsBusters)

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  • thecommish58
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:16am

    Rolling Stone should be able to come up with a better spokesperson than this – using the word “stupid” to describe your opponent (or anyone for that matter) indicates a maturity level of a 10 year old – but keep in mind this is the same magazine that allowed Obama to condemn the outrageous opinins voiced on Fox News – while lionizing the same type of opinions on MSNBC…I always struggle with a media outlet that believes their constituents have to be led by the nose ring in order to fully understand – present the facts…on both sides, and let the people decide…and if they happen to reach a different conclusion than you, don’t call them stupid…it just indicates that you have failed in making a compelling case…

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    • Stupid Windmill
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:29am

      Well maybe you should read his articles then.

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    • Mikee T
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:08am

      I’m now categorically, unequivocally convinced that Stupid Windmill is exactly that…..at least you gave yourself an appropriate blog handle…… I’m sure if any of us ever met you, it would all make sense…..

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  • Flagwaver
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:13am

    So, wanting to get rid of taxation without representation is un-American? Last time I checked, that is what began America.

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    • benicepeople
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:15pm

      Hi FlagWaver. I think the thing that is unAmerican is to be mean and hateful to your fellow Americans, just because they have a different opinion or religion. America is beautiful and strong because we have the right to each be unique.

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  • CharlieB
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:12am

    As he spews rhetoric from his lips, he appears to become happier and happier. It takes a narcissist to outdo one, moron.

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  • andrey1279
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:12am

    Any time any one stands for HOPE, Faith and Charity they will be called names disrespected and ignored, but in the end they will come out smelling like a rose!!!! Stand up for what you believe in.

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  • Bob_R_OathKeeper
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:11am

    I‘d agree with this if I was a communist also but I’m American and won’t rest until you Un-American haters are gone or if need be, buried. Semper Fi.

    Bob_R_OathKeeper  
    • benicepeople
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:12pm

      Wow. So you are suggesting that the majority of Americans should be killed. You would like to be a murderer.

      Hey Tea Party – is this the type of person and type of comment that you all will stand behind?

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    • Bob_R_OathKeeper
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 4:22pm

      What part of Un-American did you not understand? You do know we fought and killed communists in other wars right? You do know there are avowed communists/socialists in this administration and mindless followers such as yourself? Grow up kid, your way in over your head. I always prepare for the worst and hope and pray for the best, you should try it sometime, punk. Semper Fi.

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    • benicepeople
      Posted on October 4, 2010 at 8:08am

      BOB. You call all liberals un American. Do you also think all liberals are communist or socialist..and therefore all these people, myself included, should be killed by you? You are not going to back down from your point that YOU BOB, WANT TO KILL ME. And what is your obsession with telling me I’m in over my head? Are you saying I‘m not smart just because I don’t agree with you? BOB. YOU need to grow up and realize you can’t KILL people that you disagree with.

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  • Kaen
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:00am

    Red coats…close…very close, un-American…bullseye.

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  • Taquoshi
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:58am

    What insight! What truth! What wisdom! What clarity!

    How convincing! How courageous!! Totally ground breaking!!! Absolutely life changing!!!

    Worthy of an Oscar, and maybe even an Emmy.

    Step forward, Mr. Taibbi, for your achievement award for new frontiers in dreck and dross.

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  • cedarnsage
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:56am

    Talk about clueless…but then Rolling Stone has always been that way…get out of politics and go back to what you “did” best..wait, what would that have been!!!

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  • Comeandtakeit
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:55am

    Why is this elitist snob some kind of expert on tea party people? There are millions of us- for every one of the 300-500k standing with Glenn in Washington there are probably100 or more who didn’t get to go. There are hundreds of tea parties going on all over the country and you cannot stereotype us. As Christine O’Donnell said, we ARE America. Millions of us, literally. We are a diverse group, united by a few basic principles having nothing to do with race, “narcissm”( this idiot needs to take a look at the President for that), “fantasy”, or lack of reality. WE are the real people- that’s why we were all *working* and couldn’t go to Washington, unlike the bussed in astroturfers of the rallies of the left.

    This disconnected New York Times elitist just has no concept of the depth and breadth of the tea party movement, and the simple fact that we unite on lower spending and taxes, smaller government, and a return to constitutional government. It is so simple he resorts to psychobabble to demonize us. HE and the elitists he work with are the ones mired in narcissistic denial. The rest of us work hard, raise kids and are tired of having our money wasted. We can’t afford the “fantasy” of big government anymore.

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    • benicepeople
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:09pm

      Comeandtakeit – I see the term elitist use to describe liberals. Please explain what that means. Is it a term for people who are educated, rich, rude? Would Beck, a rich man, be an elitist?

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    • Bob_R_OathKeeper
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 5:15pm

      It’s called a dictionary BENICE, something I advise you to study since you seem quite the idiot. Semper Fi.

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    • benicepeople
      Posted on October 4, 2010 at 8:03am

      BOB. I happen to be a writer and have a dictonary right here. Elite “The group or part of a group regarded as the best”. Is this what YOU think the word means BOB. I hope you find some healing for your soul BOB. I’m not an idiot and feel sorry for people like you that have to resort to mean comments to make their point.

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  • rfycom
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:50am

    Being the honest republican I am and living my promise to myself to think on my on, I reiterate my comments on this board before. I have stood in line with tea party people and carried signs. Most of you people are bright people who care deeply about your country. Some of you are disturbed and should never be allowed out of your house. It is the crazies I worry about. We are exciting people who are not dealing with a full deck.

    Be careful what you wish for.

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    • Dojo
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:39am

      That may be true, but you can say that about any group of people with something in common.
      Bill Ayers actions trying to take the government down (Is Obama guilty by association or not?), Environmentalist wackos who think it‘s acceptable to burn SUV’s in the name of the environment (Al Gore, anybody?)
      Muslims who justify murdering innocents (because if you pay taxes, you automatically approve anything your government is doing and are therefore NOT Innocent)
      The guy who took over the Discovery Channel a few weeks ago (again, Al Gore?).
      The Freddie‘s Fashion Mart Riot in New York after Al Sharpton’s speech some years ago.
      This double standard is ridiculous.

      Plus, don‘t forget that it’s been proven that there has been instances where some left wing wacko has infiltrated Tea Party Rallies for the express purpose of making a scene and discrediting them.

      People “without a full deck” are absolutely everywhere in every single organization since we are all members of the human race. I‘ve been in some of those same Tea Party Rallies and the people attending are the most well behaved group I’ve ever been in.

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    • benicepeople
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:05pm

      Rfycom – Thank you for being a voice of reason!

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    • Momma M
      Posted on October 2, 2010 at 8:15am

      Excellent post DOJO… thank you !

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  • ME
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:47am

    Coming from a drugged out groupie, much less one that thinks he is a reporter,I will take that as a compliment.

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  • HoaxNChains
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:42am

    The more the liberal media try to disparage the tea party, the more popular the tea party becomes.
    You know the liberals are losing when all they have are personal attacks. They just can run on the liberal record because it is such a disaster. I hope Barry O continues his phony backyard folksieget togethers because every time he does, the republicans gain in the polls.
    Vot the bums out in November!!

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    • benicepeople
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:03pm

      Hoax – if you are against personal attacks, then why call liberals bums? Don’t you think you are being a bit hypocritical?

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  • Sardu
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:42am

    Not a single Tea Party member I’ve ever been involved with has EVER said a single word about race or raised so called reverse racism as some kind of issue. It’s all about taxes, returning to the principles of the Constitution and restricting government back to its rightful role in our lives. It is demonstrated again and again that it is the progressive left that has tunnel vision about race issues, injecting racial controversy into every discussion because its the only weapon they have left.

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    • benicepeople
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:01pm

      Sardu. Racisim is a form of prejudice. I find most of the comments on this site to pre-judge me as a liberal. I am not communist. I don’t hate my country. If the tea party wants to be taken seriously, maybe try to stop with all the name calling and prejudice.

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    • Bob_R_OathKeeper
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 5:12pm

      BENICEPEOPLE – So what you are saying is it’s OK for you to judge people here but we are not allowed to judge people? LOL, please grow kiddie, it’s clear you are immature and way, way in over your head. Take Care. Semper Fi.

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    • benicepeople
      Posted on October 4, 2010 at 7:57am

      BOB. Why are you saying mean things about a woman you don’t even know. You call me “Immature and way, way in over your head”. BOB. You must not be a very good Christian to be so unkind to a fellow American.

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  • Bernese2008
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:42am

    Is this guy for real?

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  • CAMOCOWBOY777
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:40am

    And they say brainwashing isn’t effective…worked for that guy. Rolling Stone is a music publication, I have never understood how mags like that and vanity fair thinking they have business in politics.

    I love how L.O. calls his show Cutting through the Spin” which is A HUGE HYPOCRISY! not to mention ripping off Oreilly’s “no spin zone” What a tool.

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  • richierich
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:40am

    What an idiot.

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  • norway1516
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:39am

    Your entitled to your opinion but not your facts…i’m still waiting for him to correct his unequivocally obtuse remarks….i’m hispanic, 26 and have friends from every color and plotical affiliation…well i’m waiting on what I am to be called now?

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    • Mikee T
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:03am

      Thank you NORWAY1516….. That’s precisely the point. We have all walks of life, all colors and creeds that endorse the Tea Party way of life. One that is about freedom, one that is about US controlling government. These people in office are one thing, but how in the world do they get all these little meaningless pundits to be on board, e.g., MSNBC personnel, Rolling Stone personnel….Huffington Post personnel….Miami Herald’s Leonard Pitts…etc…etc… It’s amazing that this many people are on board with liberalism……I think it equates to “Anti-Family” life and values…..period……Bill Mayer, that slithering little smart a## interviewed by O’Reilly yesterday…denouncing the Bible and people that follow it as “stupid”….are you kidding me ? Where do these agnostics get off ? He cites one verse from “Exodus” and that negates anything in the good book as truths ? He is a sad little man….quote, “The Bible was written by God”…..he doesn’t even have a clue but what is scary is the amount of attention that people like him get to spew their venom…. God Bless America Bill Maher !!!!! Go live somewhere else you punk #@a Bi!ch !!

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    • onesoul
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:17am

      Well Norway, unfortunately he said it all… you must be stupid and racist.
      Of course no one in the Tea Party would believe these idiots, nor do I.

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  • v.o.t.e.
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:39am

    i am neither

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  • American Dad
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:39am

    The progressive left led by the Communist Party of America and other radical anti-American groups are in a panic, they realize the writing is on the proverbial wall. November is coming upon them like a freight train and they can’t stop it, conservatives who are the majority in this nation regardless of what the left says are set to pounce on election day.

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  • Dddriver
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:37am

    Yet agian why pmsnbc is irrelavent on display. no spin there!!!!

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  • Marylou7
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:36am

    The progressives just can’t form a sentence with the words racist, un-American, stupid, etc. It just hurts my heart that so many people have so much hate in their hearts. They are definitely in my prayers.

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    • wingedwolf
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:07pm

      This is how the demolibersocialcommies have made Blacks a victim class and taught Whites to feel shame and guilt over slavery that we don’t deserve to feel. This is the history they took away from us to create their revolution. Please read it and pass it around to everyone you know who can read.

      http://www.solargeneral.com/library/they-were-slaves.pdf

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  • angelcat
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:35am

    How did this guy spend time with Tea Party goers and get such a mistaken impression? I think he started out with his opinion of what he would find and made sure to find it – even if it wasn’t there. As for whites being an oppressed group. Holder’s justice department may give them a perfectly legitimate reason to believe that, though it certainly is not in any way a part of why Tea Party members gather or the agenda which they hope to see implementer – one of personal and fiscal responsibility and morality.

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    • wingedwolf
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:04pm

      Read this and pass it around. This is our history the demolibersocialcommies took away from us to make White kids feel shame and guilt and Black kids feel victimized and hatred for Whites. The more people you reach with this, the sooner we can contradict the revisionist history being taught by the public school system.
      http://www.solargeneral.com/library/they-were-slaves.pdf

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  • verdonne
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:34am

    And we give a ^%$# what this “gentlemen” thinks?

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  • caitlynsdad
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:33am

    Wow, how original. Never heard that one before.

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    • wingedwolf
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:23am

      These people aren’t supposed to be understood. These are the spoiled rotten little bas$@#s from the 60′s who were on drugs and whose parents read Dr. Spock instead of doing any real parenting, and who never taught them to respect boundaries. If they want it, they want it, and you better give it to them……or else! BLAZE PEOPLE; I highly recommend that you watch the documentary “GENERATION ZERO” You can buy it on line. It will at least adequately explain the idiots we are cursed with in government right now, and ACTUALLY GOES A LONG WAY TOWARD EXPLAINING most demolibersocialcommies. These are the spoiled little monsters we all deal with in the grocery store, screaming, puking pablum, I WANT IT I WANT IT I WANT IT!!!! MINE MINE MINE!!! I’LL HOLD MY BREATH UNTIL MY FACE TURNS BLUE AND I DIE!!!! ( I keep begging for that to happen. GENERATION ZERO, please watch it. You might also watch, “Plunder: the Crime of Our Time.”

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    • Libertarian
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:51pm

      Yes, did everyone not receive their standard issue sheet with holes?

      I am tired of the marginalization of the tea party movement. Media is obviously skewed if they cant report the simple message of constitution, less tax and less government.

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    • caitlynsdad
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 2:48pm

      Thomas Jefferson was a right-wing hate talker. Worst person of the 18th century. :)

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  • NYDep
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:32am

    So typical of the left. All they do is bash the right. There is never a discussion of any issue only name calling and ridicule if you happen to disagree with their radical and socialistic policies.

     
    • pscully17
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:49am

      yes I seem to remember now all the hangings of Minorities just before Glenn becks Rally on 8/28!! and dont tell the media, but we secretly paid a few MORE THAN WHITE than they are BLACK tokens to stand in at the rally, just to throw them off the racial under-pinnings of our tea-party group!! SHHHH dont pass this little known fact to Huffington or msnbc!

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    • hersey10
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:50am

      This is exactly why I canceled my subscription to Rolling Stone after 12 years .

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    • TxGold
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:26am

      They have nothing to offer, so they ridicule and name call, and lie . Not very impressive, is it? I really wonder if they think that will make anyone change their mind? It just makes them look small(er)

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    • Compete or Lose
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:43am

      The left seems to prefer personal attacks to discussion of policy??? Wonder why????

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    • DAWG
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:03am

      No one has to try and explain why Obama bin lying was on the cover of this rag with a
      grin as wide as the state of Texas, and i apologize to Texas for putting Obama in the same
      sentence with this great state….

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    • oldoldtimer
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:10am

      He who goes left goes broke. Make it happen people. Why would you buy anthing from some one that has that little respect for your opinion?

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    • Marcobob69
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:03pm

      Rolling Stone should stick to music! Oh wait, they suck at that, too!!!

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    • staythecourse
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:45pm

      He got one thing right….they really are like “redcoats”… I’m amazed he understands that part. Now he only needs to open his eyes and his heart to see it,

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    • DaytonConserve
      Posted on October 4, 2010 at 12:46am

      In Ohio and many other states, last day to register to be able to vote on November 2nd is today, Monday, October 4th. You know what to do in order to protect liberty.

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