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You can’t make this stuff up. After seeing @ejacqui and @chartier tweet about TEABAG OBAMA, I had to check this out for myself. I have been hearing pundits call on conservatives to "teabag the White House" or "teabag Obama" for a few weeks now. So, I did not understand why anyone would make a big deal about it now. And then I saw the video:

I’m glad someone other than The Daily Show (possibly broken link to the video) is starting to address this ludicrous slogan. Nobody is coming right out and saying it, but for those of you incapable of using Google, checkout the Urban Dictionary definition of teabag.

I know there are Young Republicans out there. I would think that at least one of them has used the internet, at least one of them has a marketing background, at least one of them would pull one of the older conservatives aside and say, "Hey, you might want to rethink that slogan."

Beyond that, I don’t have a clear understanding of why they are choosing teabagging as their method of protest. They want to draw a parallel to the Boston Tea Party, but that was about taxation without representation. Today, both sides of the aisle are being represented. It just so happens that one side of the aisle isn’t getting what it wants (frankly, I think both sides of the aisle might be losing on this one).

If this isn’t a sign of how busy I am, there will be no April Fool’s post from me this year. That is all.