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Emit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 10:15 AM
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Tea Party Head Fired After Facebook Joke About Killing Gays


Montana Tea Party president Tim Ravndal has been fired after making Facebook jokes about the murder of Matthew Shepard in a posting denouncing same-sex marriage and the ACLU. Ravndal's Facebook friend: "I think fruits are decorative. Hang up where they can be seen and appreciated. Call Wyoming for display instructions.” Ravndal responded: "Where can I get that Wyoming printed instruction manual?" ...

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http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/09/montana-tea-party-head-fired-after.html
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Political Tiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 10:16 AM
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1. I'm surprised he wasn't promoted. n/t
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mimitabby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 11:27 AM
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13. that's just the thing...
if they stay in little grass root groups, they can do what they want but as soon as they organize and take other people's money, they have to clean up their act... and it de-fuses them.. hahaha
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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 10:19 AM
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2. It must be awful for the teabaggers lately- they can't openly say what they want to say
..which mostly explains their reason for being in the first place.
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 10:22 AM
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3. These nuts really think they will be applauded
for the filth that comes out of their mouths.
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 10:34 AM
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8. They are applauded by their cohorts...
It's just when it comes out in the open that there's a problem.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 10:25 AM
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4. How can a fully grown adult be so fucking dumb?
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 10:30 AM
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6. I'm guessing his parents were closely related BEFORE they married. n/t
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SOS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 10:30 AM
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5. "this ain't America no more"
Another tea party constitutional scholar.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 10:32 AM
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7. But remember, they aren't bigots.
No matter how many times this keeps happening, just remember that they aren't bigoted, racist, homophobes. At least not in public.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 10:35 AM
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9. RepubliCorporate Overlords plug the TeaBagliCon truth-butt
Edited on Tue Sep-07-10 10:36 AM by SpiralHawk
before the public gets a sniff of how truly foul the TeaBagliCon sockpuppet soul-farts really are.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 10:36 AM
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10. You can just tell by looking at him he's another Republican/Tea Party alcoholic.
This guy is probably drunk from about noon until he passes out every day.
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 10:39 AM
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11. Allergic to stupid
That's what's on his damn shirt. Oh the irony..
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 11:04 AM
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12. He sneezes a lot, but doesn't make the connection
And he's not a bigot, so (ka-choo!) stop saying that!
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 02:40 PM
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14. K & R
:kick:
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 10:09 PM
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15. .
:grr:
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 10:20 PM
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16. Hell, he just is saying what every Teabagger thinks on a everyday basis.
Sick fuckers.
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