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Home Front: Politix
Taco Queen rants about Teabagging racists
2009-04-17
Liberal actress and political activist Janeane Garofalo, in all seriousness, said activists who attended tea parties are racists with dysfunctional brains in a recent prime-time television appearance.

"Let's be very honest about what this is about. This is not about bashing Democrats. It's not about taxes. They have no idea what the Boston Tea party was about. They don't know their history at all. It's about hating a black man in the White House," she said on MSNBC's "The Countdown" with Keith Olbermann Thursday evening. "This is racism straight up and is nothing but a bunch of teabagging rednecks. There is no way around that."

Olbermann did not once try to challenge her on those assertions.

The actress went on to describe the brain size of typical "right-winger, Republican or conservative or your average white power activist."

"Their synapses are misfiring. ... It is a neurological problem we are dealing with," she said. This isn't the first time she's offered this analysis, either. Ms. Garofalo said similar things about Alaskan GOP Governor Sarah Palin's brain last February in an interview with an environmental blog.

The actress went on to bash the GOP on MSNBC Thursday because it had "crystallized into the white power movement" as well as Fox News, which she said has captured the "Klan demo[graphic]."

"Who else is Fox talking to? Urban older white guys and their girlfriends who suffer from Stockholm Syndrome," she said.

Ironically, Ms. Garofalo is currently playing a role on the drama 24, which is aired by the Fox Broadcasting Company and is popular among conservative circles.
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#19  What a 15 year old trapped in a 42 year old woman's body with Dorian Gray syndrome: "Realizing that one day hisher beauty will fade, Doriana cries out, expressing his her desire to sell her soul... Dorian's Doriana's wish is fulfilled, subsequently plunging her into a series of debauched acts like excessive artless tatoos, bisexual leanings, and hair that says "I'm too cool to care."
Posted by: GirlThursday   2009-04-17 23:56  

#18  LOL, KBK.

A (4-legged) dog's respect is very important. 2-legged ones, not so much. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-04-17 23:19  

#17  Seemed like a sensible gal until Ben Stiller dumped her for Marsha Brady. Sent Janeane off the edge. She's gone right nasty for sure.
Posted by: Omiting the Younger9947   2009-04-17 22:59  

#16  She'd be a real looker if she could lose those birth control eye glasses
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-04-17 22:45  

#15  In her case, Barbara, a three bagger. One for the dog so he'll still respect you.
Posted by: KBK   2009-04-17 22:01  

#14  thought that was a oversized tat of Fidel's Beard, thinking "Whoa! That's nasty!" Then found out her sweats just slipped down
Posted by: Frank G   2009-04-17 21:12  

#13  Please Large, the bikers I know have SOME standards to uphold.
Posted by: ed   2009-04-17 19:43  

#12  I had a whole long thing here about looks and talent and how it seems most people assume they must go together, and that's especially true of Hollywood and so just what the hell is Garofalo thinking, but instead I'll just link to this: Janeane Garofalo plays the ugly chick in The Truth about Cats and Dogs.

I see women like this all the time in Wal-Mart. They look like they were passed around at a biker rally. I wonder what the hell they're thinking, too.
Posted by: Large Thinert9789   2009-04-17 18:53  

#11  After looking at her I need to sandpaper my eyes.
Posted by: 3dc   2009-04-17 18:46  

#10  This liberal actress (Actress?) and lightweight thinker's career must be sagging as much as the rest of her. Are you certain you haven't served "hard time" somewhere sport? Tattoos look like homemade prison tattoos.
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-04-17 17:51  

#9  I was going to comment, but then I'm fairly sure I'd get sinktrapped. And to be honest, subhuman vermin like her aren't worth noticing unless it's sticking to your shoe or something. Then you can find a car with an Obama sticker to scrape it off onto.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2009-04-17 16:59  

#8  There reputedly is one other way, Mike - but she's a two-bagger, so I can't see happening either.

Unless maybe the producer can't see the face of the person (of either sex) giving him that BJ....
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-04-17 15:58  

#7  I'd like to know how she made it big in showbiz. Typically the only two routes are talent or beauty.
Posted by: Mike N.   2009-04-17 15:55  

#6  You mean these tats don't make me look like Angelina? Is that why Brad won't return my calls?
Posted by: Janeane   2009-04-17 15:41  

#5  
"Their synapses are misfiring. ... It is a neurological problem we are dealing with," she said.

What about the intellectual prowess of tattooed actresses who always revert to the race card when they can't come up with any facts?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2009-04-17 15:25  

#4  I am sure she has a Che Guevara tatto somewhere, but as ugly as she looks, I won't be getting close enough to look for it.
Posted by: Mad Eye Clumble7157   2009-04-17 15:23  

#3  Just keep talking, Miss Garofalo... please just keep talking. With every word, you reveal your own abysmal ignorance and bigotry, and dig yourself deeper and deeper into a pit of irrelevance.
Posted by: Sgt. Mom   2009-04-17 14:45  

#2  Yes, I always hang on every word from sages who look like 15 year old crack whores.
Let's take up a collection and buy her a bottle of shampoo.
Posted by: tu3031   2009-04-17 14:03  

#1  and is popular among conservative circles Ya, they call her the tea bag queen!
Posted by: 49 Pan   2009-04-17 13:51  

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