AZ BlueMeanie

The Blue Meanie is an Arizona citizen who wishes, for professional reasons, to remain anonymous when blogging about politics. Armed with a deep knowledge of the law, politics and public policy, as well as pen filled with all the colors stolen from Pepperland, the Blue Meanie’s mission is to pursue and prosecute the hypocrites, liars, and fools of politics and the media – which, in practical terms, is nearly all of them. Don’t even try to unmask him or he’ll seal you in a music-proof bubble and rendition you to Pepperland for a good face-stomping.

CNN reporter exposes tea parties as GOP-organized right-wing Obama haters

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Watch and learn boys and girls, CNN reporter Susan Roesgen demonstrates how a real reporter covers this corporate Astroturf non-event. Congratulations to Roesgen for having the guts to call out these tea bag protesters as the GOP-organized group of right-wing Obama haters that they are. And she reminds viewers that the tea parties … Read more

Hey tea baggers – size really does matter

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Memo to Faux News: When you promise a phenomenon is sweeping the nation, you need to do better than boast about "hundreds" of tea baggers in Boston (h/t Daily Kos), home of the original Boston Tea Party:   Let me whip out some photos you may recall from last year's election.   … Read more

David Shuster has fun with tea baggers: “They need a Dick Armey”

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: SHUSTER: For most Americans, Wednesday, April 15th will be Tax Day. But in our fourth story tonight: It‘s going to be teabagging day for the right-wing and they‘re going nuts for it. Thousands of them whipped out the festivities early this past weekend, and while the parties are officially toothless, the teabaggers … Read more

Repost: Cognitive Dissonance (on Tax Day)

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: 'Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.' Or in its frequently revised form, "Don't tax me, don't tax thee, tax that man behind the tree." This quote from the late Sen. Russell B. Long (D-LA) is essentially the mantra of anti-tax conservatives. It must result in some … Read more

The Mad Hater’s Tea Party

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Glenn Beck of Faux News as the Mad Hatter. (h/t driftglass at crooksandliars.com) "I have never seen a network so devoted to a wingnut cause like FOX is with their BIG coverage of the teabaggers tea party scheduled for April 15th." Fox News 'all in' on freak show coverage: They are leading the … Read more