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Tea Bagging Militia Member Has A Breakdown After DC Disaster (Original Post) 951-Riverside May 2014 OP
951-Riverside Diclotican May 2014 #1
I feel pity for whomever told him he could act jberryhill May 2014 #4
From hell's heart, I act at thee? xocet May 2014 #18
I feel pity for him... 3catwoman3 May 2014 #39
All the world's a stage Treant May 2014 #45
Yep demigoddess May 2014 #49
Exactly. This is was a very poor "dramatization". a joke. but badly done. 2banon May 2014 #62
breakdown winetourdriver May 2014 #5
Diclotican BumRushDaShow May 2014 #11
America, America, through amber waves of grain 2pooped2pop May 2014 #2
Where wuz y'all? beveeheart May 2014 #3
Bwahahaha! "From hell's heart I stab at thee" arcane1 May 2014 #6
A lot of liberals on this board love quoting Jeff Foxworthy, who merrily May 2014 #10
Jeff also hosts a Bible knowledge game show on GSN. Ilsa May 2014 #12
I have nothing against knowing the Bible and I used to laugh merrily May 2014 #16
that's ok. he's merely an exception. BlancheSplanchnik May 2014 #41
KHAAAAAN! Leith May 2014 #13
How many conservatives... awoke_in_2003 May 2014 #20
Wonder if they think Moby Dick was the one who swallowed Jonah? Thinkingabout May 2014 #27
They think it was Moby-Ama nikto May 2014 #34
I'd be tempted to say it's because liberals like reading and are probably good at it. calimary May 2014 #26
Has to be a parody; greiner3 May 2014 #7
Most definitely a parody arcane1 May 2014 #9
No idea whom he quoted. I had a hard time understanding what he was saying. merrily May 2014 #17
He was quoting Gregory Peck eShirl May 2014 #25
Can't see the video at work... awoke_in_2003 May 2014 #21
I was about to ask if this is for "real"? -- n/t mazzarro May 2014 #37
I thought parody haydukelives May 2014 #56
Hey, don't have a cow, man. merrily May 2014 #8
He's good! trusty elf May 2014 #14
Parody or not xfundy May 2014 #15
Poe's law Electric Monk May 2014 #19
Yep. I assumed it was parody, TDale313 May 2014 #55
This has got to be an act... yuiyoshida May 2014 #22
It was Star Trek and Moby Dick smallcat88 May 2014 #23
Yeah, but nobody threw up. calimary May 2014 #50
of course it is parody hopemountain May 2014 #24
If you go to YT and look at the comments, there are a few people who MADem May 2014 #28
not drunk and still acting badly knownow May 2014 #29
my ex was like that. BlancheSplanchnik May 2014 #43
He was clearly drunk. calimary May 2014 #51
Welcome to DU, knownow! calimary May 2014 #54
Now that's funny! MrScorpio May 2014 #30
This says s lot SmittynMo May 2014 #31
This too clever to be real nikto May 2014 #32
Meh. The real thing is even funnier. marble falls May 2014 #33
Pretty good performance art kimbutgar May 2014 #35
$50 on fake. Helen Borg May 2014 #42
What's wrong with some of you guys? maddiemom May 2014 #36
what's with this moby dick? Teacheral May 2014 #38
Welcome to DU, Teacheral! calimary May 2014 #52
Omg lol AC_Mem May 2014 #40
. Jamastiene May 2014 #44
"I'll see you bastards at Bundyfest" progressoid May 2014 #46
Obviously a relative of this guy... japple May 2014 #47
Well, sheesh, makes me think back to the genuine hardships that the Occupy people lived with calimary May 2014 #53
Dillusional? SmittynMo May 2014 #60
Sorry, duplicate post.. japple May 2014 #48
Obviously an audition tape for Red State Update. Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #57
Obviously a parody. Oakenshield May 2014 #58
Made my day zebonaut May 2014 #59
Dear sir your videonomination for repug vice presidential candidate Big Brother has been successful Theyletmeeatcake2 May 2014 #61

Diclotican

(5,095 posts)
1. 951-Riverside
Sat May 17, 2014, 04:17 PM
May 2014

951-Riverside

I don't know - I feel some pity for the man - he looks like he is really down - for not being part of that revolution he was promised - even maybe getting a foot in the power structure he wanted to tear down.... Talking of being left down and out - by his own...

Diclotican

BumRushDaShow

(169,759 posts)
11. Diclotican
Sat May 17, 2014, 04:52 PM
May 2014

He's not "real". He yells "I'm a teabagger!!! I'm a teabagger forever" (the "real" members call themselves part of the "tea party&quot and then at the end, he starts quoting from the book "Moby Dick" (something I doubt the crowd who showed up could do).



During the live web feed yesterday, there were some there who were really upset however.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
6. Bwahahaha! "From hell's heart I stab at thee"
Sat May 17, 2014, 04:28 PM
May 2014


Ever notice that conservatives SUCK at humor and satire, while liberals excel at it?

merrily

(45,251 posts)
10. A lot of liberals on this board love quoting Jeff Foxworthy, who
Sat May 17, 2014, 04:48 PM
May 2014

broke a lifetime rule against discussing politics publicly in order to campaign for Mittens.

Ilsa

(64,371 posts)
12. Jeff also hosts a Bible knowledge game show on GSN.
Sat May 17, 2014, 04:55 PM
May 2014

I've never seen it, and his voice irritates me.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
16. I have nothing against knowing the Bible and I used to laugh
Sat May 17, 2014, 05:09 PM
May 2014

at Foxworthy myself. As for his speech, I bet at least 50% of that accent is deliberate.

I just don't know if uber partisanship is serving us well. I mean, the people who pass laws don't think it's a great thing for them, but they sure love making sure the divisions between us get uglier and uglier.

Amazing how quickly the Republicans changed their ideas about whether celebrities had a right to free speech, though.





Leith

(7,864 posts)
13. KHAAAAAN!
Sat May 17, 2014, 04:55 PM
May 2014

Of course he was doing Star Trek. I thought he might have been doing a little Blair Witch Project, but the camera wasn't jiggling.

That was cute. Let's hope that he'll be able to scrub the swastika off his forehead.

calimary

(90,021 posts)
26. I'd be tempted to say it's because liberals like reading and are probably good at it.
Sat May 17, 2014, 06:03 PM
May 2014

Which means they have reading comprehension and spelling down, too - plus syntax and punctuation.

 

greiner3

(5,214 posts)
7. Has to be a parody;
Sat May 17, 2014, 04:41 PM
May 2014

Drinking some feriner drink and not JD and quoting Shakespeare, among others.

Good job though.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
17. No idea whom he quoted. I had a hard time understanding what he was saying.
Sat May 17, 2014, 05:15 PM
May 2014

I did catch "Where was y'all?" If that wasn't from Shakespeare or Star Trek, then I guess I missed his inner intellectual and/or geek.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
21. Can't see the video at work...
Sat May 17, 2014, 05:30 PM
May 2014

was he doing Shakespeare and Melvin? Someone reference the "From hell's heart I stab at thee" line upthread- that was Moby Dick.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
8. Hey, don't have a cow, man.
Sat May 17, 2014, 04:46 PM
May 2014

(Teabagger militia, Bundy. I tried.)

Who filmed this guy's sad, drunken rant and why?

TDale313

(7,822 posts)
55. Yep. I assumed it was parody,
Sat May 17, 2014, 10:13 PM
May 2014

But if someone proved it wasn't, I would not be totally shocked. We've seen stranger, more over-the-top things that weren't.

smallcat88

(426 posts)
23. It was Star Trek and Moby Dick
Sat May 17, 2014, 05:45 PM
May 2014

Khan says that in Star Trek II - quoting Moby Dick.

As for whether this is real - presumably we are supposed to believe he's drunk most of that bottle that's in his hand. Shouldn't his speech be a lot more slurred? And we didn't actually see him throw up. There's a reference to being attacked by a bunch of 'Obama kids' immediately followed by a weird reference to common core which couldn't have anything to do with his alleged attack. This looks like a desperate attempt to generate sympathy after the revolution no one came to went up in smoke. Or rain, as the case may be.

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)
24. of course it is parody
Sat May 17, 2014, 05:54 PM
May 2014

but why is he swinging around a jug of cuervo? blech, nasty adulterated phony tequila. poe would choose something in the bourbon realm.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
28. If you go to YT and look at the comments, there are a few people who
Sat May 17, 2014, 06:07 PM
May 2014

can't quite figure out if this is real or not.
Now that speaks volumes...!

Some of the comments are very amusing, e.g.:

So staged. So many things wrong with this. First, a real tea bagger wouldn't be drinking Jose Cuervo.

knownow

(53 posts)
29. not drunk and still acting badly
Sat May 17, 2014, 06:10 PM
May 2014


I think this should be viral too. This guy records himself? He posts it where ever? Tomorrow he's going to regret this and he won't be able to unpost this. I hope this gets saved and forwarded endlessly. There is nothing like a bad acting job to turn people off. Teabagger till you die?

I predict that guy will get a haircut and change his address so people won't recognize him.
We should all thank him for making that even more ridiculous than we knew it would be.
I don't know if that guy was serious or if he was doing parody. and I don't care. I have experienced a teaparty twit up close and when they're REALLY drunk you can't understand a thing because they don't make sense to begin with.

Lastly, I wonder how many times he practiced falling over the tree.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
43. my ex was like that.
Sat May 17, 2014, 07:09 PM
May 2014

Raging drunk. And when he'd have a rant, it was right out of the rushbag playbook. Only he also denied being republican....

Oh, he was a mess...I think wet brain was setting in.

calimary

(90,021 posts)
51. He was clearly drunk.
Sat May 17, 2014, 09:23 PM
May 2014

I can't imagine anybody on OUR side would do any of those things he said were done to him, plus - would anybody on our side steal somebody's gun? We're not the heartless types, and we're not the ones who sneer at the idea of empathy, either. That's THEIR thing, from cheney on down.

calimary

(90,021 posts)
54. Welcome to DU, knownow!
Sat May 17, 2014, 09:39 PM
May 2014

Glad you're here! Pretty amazing, isn't it? Hell, I wouldn't want to issue a video of myself doing that shit! Okay, I can see the guy shooting the video to get it out of his system, but after he finished - um - would he REALLY want that all over the internet? Maybe it's a prank, maybe not, maybe he's so pickled in general that he doesn't even care anymore. I've seen the antics of quite a few of these "citizen activists" on the far wrong, and it's amazing what they're willing, and even eager, to post as far as photos and video of themselves. Certainly answers the question "have you NO shame???" with a resounding "NOPE!"

maddiemom

(5,179 posts)
36. What's wrong with some of you guys?
Sat May 17, 2014, 06:48 PM
May 2014

OF COURSE it's a parody! I'm getting a little worried about liberal sense of humor.

calimary

(90,021 posts)
52. Welcome to DU, Teacheral!
Sat May 17, 2014, 09:27 PM
May 2014

Great to have you join us! That's pretty funny, too! I don't know whether to laugh or grimace, or various permutations thereof. What a sad creature. I have, however, seen folks with teabags hanging from the brims of their hats, so that part is somewhat believable.

japple

(10,459 posts)
47. Obviously a relative of this guy...
Sat May 17, 2014, 07:43 PM
May 2014

I think it's at 00.26



and the woman who follows must be his wife/companion. She give the explanation that the 10,000,000 other people (who were supposed to show up) can't get there because the campgrounds are surrounded by local flooding...

calimary

(90,021 posts)
53. Well, sheesh, makes me think back to the genuine hardships that the Occupy people lived with
Sat May 17, 2014, 09:35 PM
May 2014

and dealt with and coped with during some ferocious winter weather, and they stayed for weeks, and were strong and resilient and inventive and committed - and these spoiled entitlement-drunken pansy-asses can't even cross a rained-out street? They're "trapped in their campgrounds and can't get out"? And if so, where's the coverage of that? I'd expect that, for all the attention this side of the so-called aisle gets from the media, there'd be reporters all over the place digging up details about where the campgrounds are, getting footage of horrible flooding and valiant fording of rained-out streets and a make-shift tent city and all that. We sure saw at least a little of that coverage for Occupy. For Pete's Sake! And, of course, that's also assuming she's even correct and/or truthful. Which is assuming a lot, I'd suspect.

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
60. Dillusional?
Sun May 18, 2014, 07:59 AM
May 2014

OMG, her trip to Colorado on her way there was well worth it. I think she bought some of the "good stuff".

Oakenshield

(628 posts)
58. Obviously a parody.
Sun May 18, 2014, 06:31 AM
May 2014

If anyone would bother to look at his others videos, he compares Cliven Bundy to a cave-man. Still funny though, thanks for sharing.

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