Garofalo: Tea Party Protesters 'Functionally Retarded Adults'; Says 'I Want My Country Back'.....

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Garofalo: Tea Party Protesters 'Functionally Retarded Adults'; Says 'I Want My Country Back' Code for 'I Want My White Guy Back' By Jeff Poor Created 2009-08-22 16:53

You probably already knew Jeanane Garofalo was no fan of conservatives, Republicans or just about anything that could be described as right of center. But the former Air America host and MSNBC regular really has a low regard for conservative activists.

In an appearance at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 21 [1], Garofalo ripped into tea party protesters, or what some of the wizards of smart on the left have deemed "tea baggers" [2] calling them "functionally retarded adults" and "racists."

"Do you remember tea baggers?" Garofalo said. "It was just so much easier when we could just call them racists. I just don't know why we can't call them racists, or functionally retarded adults."

Garofalo has made prior overtures alleging any public display of discontent with the current president is nothing more than racial hatred. Back in April she called tea party protesters "a bunch of tea bagging rednecks" on MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann." [2] However, she contended the public's frustration expressed over the direction of the country was code for racism.

"The functionally retarded adults, the racists - with their cries of, ‘I want my country back,'" she said. "You know what they're really saying is, ‘I want my white guy back.' They apparently had no problem at all for the last eight years of habeas corpus being suspended, the Constitution being [expletive] on, illegal surveillance, lied to on a war or two, two stolen elections - yes, the John Kerry one was stolen too. That's not tin-foil hat time. That's just..."

According to Garofalo, the media were the reason George W. Bush defeated both former Vice President Al Gore in 2000 and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., in 2004 to hold on to the White House for eight years.

"Our media is quite happy to report on any stolen election around the world, any stolen election around the world except ours," Garofalo said. "And it's just unexamined narcissism. It's just, if you were to say this to the average American, ‘You know they steal elections in Uganda.' ‘Yeah.' ‘You know they steal elections in America.' ‘Why do you hate America?' ‘Why didn't you ask me why do you hate Uganda?'"

And throughout Garofalo's stand-up routine, she reiterated her belief that the outrage over President Barack Obama's and the Democratic-controlled Congress' branded of domestic policy is veiled racism.

"This is neuroscience," Garofalo continued. "This is not politics, this is neuroscience. It is purely limbic brain activity - this emotion over being angry that there's a black guy in office, with the people showing up armed to the health care meetings - to whatever, the town halls. But it's just, and these tea baggers. It makes me soul sick."

[Sub-Driver]

liberalism is a mental illness........

[cripplecreek]

Garofalo: Desperately seeking attention.

[Ozarkie]

Jeanane, you’re an idiot of massive proportions. And trust me when I say...that’s no code phrase.

[Americanwolf]

me thinks she projects her own hatered a bit to much....

[Oldexpat]

Is the bitch going to be on 24 again? Just let me know so I can forget watching it.
Americans want their country back..and we aim to get it.

[joejm65]

She helps the conservative cause every time she opens her mouth. Keep up the good work, D-list media whore...

[Jackson57]

I hate to say it, but she needs tea-bagged ...

[kromike]

To listen to her rambling irrationality and then defame people who she disagrees with as "retarded adults".

Okaaaaaaaay. And obviously, non-Liberals are not allowed to use the word "retarded" under any circumstances. But JG has free license to use that word as derogatory.

Double-okaaaaaaaaay.

[Shimmer1]

limbic must be her new favorite word, she uses it over and over, almost like she knows what it means.

[Apparatchik]

Since Garofalo is resorting to unfounded name-calling, how about this: Jeanane Garofalo is a bitchy, unfunny has-been with (and possibly because of) a bad case of genital warts. She resorts to psuedointellectual catchphrases to disguise the fact that she that loathes herself for not measuring up to her mummy and daddy’s expectations, so she pretends to be morally and intellectually superior to the unwashed masses of this nation.

[LA Woman3]

What a moron. I really hope she isn't on “24” next season.

[kromike]

Is the bitch going to be on 24 again? Just let me know so I can forget watching it.

Having followed the show from Season 1 (featuring a sweaty Elisha Cuthbert....mmmmm), originally my decision to watch next season was on the same basis.

However, something happened back in April/June that decided for me. The Thug was at a Hollywood fundraiser where he uttered that smugly inane "You ain't seen nothing yet" remark.

It was reported that in attendance was Keifer Sutherland.

No more '24' for me.

[I am Richard Brandon]

By what percentage is the Great Pretender black?

[Apparatchik]

Since Garofalo is resorting to unfounded name-calling, how about this: Jeanane Garofalo is a bitchy, unfunny has-been with (and possibly because of) a bad case of genital warts. She resorts to psuedointellectual catchphrases to disguise the fact that she that loathes herself for not measuring up to her mummy and daddy’s expectations, so she pretends to be morally and intellectually superior to the unwashed masses of this nation.

[swatbuznik]

“Soul?” Are we sure she even has one?

[smokingfrog]

She’s a broken record.

[seoul62]

As we say in my neck of the woods: needs a little talkin to and a ten minute attitude rearrangement./Just Asking - seoul62......

[paul51]

the woman gets nuttier by the week. I think she has lost it. She ought to pair up with that other psycho on MSNBC, larry what ever. The would make a great team. They could do their act in straight jackets.

[Dinah Lord]

She probably could use a shave under the arms too! (ugh - just thinking about it gives me the shivers)

[fullchroma]

Name calling is the last-ditch, desperate resource of one with no argument and a weak vocabulary, except for name calling.

[DGHoodini]

This from: ‘Miss Tramp Stamps all over my Body’!

Oh yes! *You’re* so well adjusted...

[wardaddy]

liberalism is at times a rich but unhappy not quite pretty enough woman whom daddy often never paid enough attention to or was verbally nasty to harried mommy

[Ulysse]

Interesting case of libtard disorder!
I would be interested to see such a lunatic coward debating with a tough conservative...Usually they prefer to keep speaking alone

[Covenantor]

Garofalo makes toads look good.

[Apparatchik]

Garofalo makes toads look good.

Apparently, toads look good to her, too. That certainly explains the warts and where she has them.

[Gargantua]

Ga-barf-olo is a real one-trick pony. Somewhere, she heard an intelligent person reference "libmic-brain." and she thinks that by repeating it (and the term "racist") over and over, she'll somehow seem intelligent herself.

She's a barely literate coke-whore who wouldn't even be publicly known if she wasn't so fond of facials... if you know what I mean. She looks like a rat on meth that got caught in a thunderstorm. Sooner or later she'll perform her opus and supposedly "come out of the closet."

I don't believe she's ever been photographed in public in the company of a guy. Hers is the mental infirmity that results from knowing you can never live up to your own self-image, and in fear of the public finding out, combined with the deep sexual frustration that eventually besets all lesbians who are too butt-ugly for any white guy to poke.

That she isn't seen on the arm of several black and hispanic dudes is proof of her own racism. As we know, the liberal mindset is to accuse your foe of your own most frequent transgressions.

She only fools herself, and then only until she goes to bed alone, night after night after night. Pathetic.

;-/

[StandUpChuck]

A Hygiene challenged adult.

[Doc Savage]

She’s a walking yeast infection!

[chippewaman]

I’m not surprised she, or any liberal for that matter, would make race an issue. As I have stated a million times, race, gender, etc. doesn’t matter to me at all. I vote for the best candidate. I vote for conservatives. I would vote for anyone of any race, man or woman, if I thought he or she could save this country. Liberalism IS a mental disorder!

[Rocko]

Someone should explain to Jeanane that those tacky tattoos don't wash off.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Barfalo is a alcoholic and it shows in her rapidly deteriorating physical apperance as the years go on. Combine that with pathological hatred and you end up with someone who’ll jump on every conspiracy theory bandwagon out there. Explains it all how she’s still whining about Bush stealing elections and labeling anyone that doesn’t agree with her as racists.

[Rome2000]

When someone calls themselves “Liberal” or “Progressive” what they’re really saying is that they are a red socialist son of a bitch who is too chicken to call themselves what they are.

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE SOCIALISTS WHO NEED TO BE OUTED AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY.

DO NOT LET THE RED SONS OF BITCHES HIDE

House members

All members are members of the Democratic Party or caucus with the Democratic Party. There are currently (July 2009) 83 total declared Progressives including 79 voting Representatives, 2 non-voting Representatives and 2 Senators.

[edit] Arizona

* Ed Pastor (AZ-4, Phoenix)
* Raúl Grijalva (AZ-7, Tucson) - Co-Chair

[edit] California

* Lynn Woolsey (CA-6, Santa Rosa) - Co-Chair
* George Miller (CA-7, Richmond) - Chairman, House Education and Labor Committee
* Barbara Lee (CA-9, Oakland) - Chairwoman, Congressional Black Caucus
* Pete Stark (CA-13, Fremont)
* Michael Honda (CA-15, San Jose)
* Sam Farr (CA-17, Monterey)
* Henry Waxman (CA-30, Los Angeles) - Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee
* Xavier Becerra (CA-31, Los Angeles)
* Judy Chu (CA-32, El Monte)
* Diane Watson (CA-33, Los Angeles)
* Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34, Los Angeles)
* Maxine Waters (CA-35, Inglewood)
* Laura Richardson (CA-37, Long Beach)
* Linda Sanchez (CA-39, Lakewood)
* Bob Filner (CA-51, San Diego) - Chairman, House Veterans Affairs Committee

[edit] Colorado

* Jared Polis (CO-02, Boulder)

[edit] Connecticut

* Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven)

[edit] Florida

* Corrine Brown (FL-3, Jacksonville)
* Alan Grayson (FL-8, Orlando)
* Robert Wexler (FL-19, Boca Raton)
* Alcee Hastings (FL-23, Fort Lauderdale)

[edit] Georgia

* Hank Johnson (GA-4, Lithonia)
* John Lewis (GA-5, Atlanta)

[edit] Hawaii

* Neil Abercrombie (HI-1, Honolulu)
* Mazie Hirono (HI-2, Honolulu)

[edit] Illinois

* Bobby Rush (IL-1, Chicago)
* Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-2, Chicago Heights)
* Luis Gutierrez (IL-4, Chicago)
* Danny Davis (IL-7, Chicago)
* Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Chicago)
* Phil Hare (IL-17, Rock Island)

[edit] Indiana

* André Carson (IN-7, Indianapolis)

[edit] Iowa

* Dave Loebsack (IA-2, Cedar Rapids)

[edit] Maine

* Chellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven)

[edit] Maryland

* Donna Edwards (MD-4, Fort Washington)
* Elijah Cummings (MD-7, Baltimore)

[edit] Massachusetts

* John Olver (MA-1, Amherst)
* Jim McGovern (MA-3, Worcester)
* Barney Frank (MA-4, Newton) - Chairman, House Financial Services Committee
* John Tierney (MA-6, Salem)
* Ed Markey (MA-7, Malden)
* Mike Capuano (MA-8, Boston)

[edit] Michigan

* Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI-13, Detroit)
* John Conyers (MI-14, Detroit) - Chairman, House Judiciary Committee

[edit] Minnesota

* Keith Ellison (MN-5, Minneapolis)

[edit] Mississippi

* Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Bolton) - Chairman, House Homeland Security Committee

[edit] Missouri

* William Lacy Clay, Jr. (MO-1, St. Louis)
* Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5, Kansas City)

[edit] New Jersey

* Donald Payne (NJ-10, Newark)
* Frank Pallone (NJ-06)

[edit] New Mexico

* Ben R. Luján (NM-3, Santa Fe)

[edit] New York

* Jerry Nadler (NY-8, Manhattan)
* Yvette Clarke (NY-11, Brooklyn)
* Nydia Velazquez (NY-12, Brooklyn) - Chairwoman, House Small Business Committee
* Carolyn Maloney (NY-14, Manhattan)
* Charles Rangel (NY-15, Harlem) - Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee
* Jose Serrano (NY-16, Bronx)
* John Hall (NY-19, Dover Plains)
* Maurice Hinchey (NY-22, Saugerties)
* Louise Slaughter (NY-28, Rochester) - Chairwoman, House Rules Committee
* Eric Massa (NY-29, Corning)

[edit] North Carolina

* Mel Watt (NC-12, Charlotte)

[edit] Ohio

* Marcy Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo)
* Dennis Kucinich (OH-10, Cleveland)
* Marcia Fudge (OH-11, Warrensville Heights)

[edit] Oregon

* Earl Blumenauer (OR-3, Portland)
* Peter DeFazio (OR-4, Eugene)

[edit] Pennsylvania

* Bob Brady (PA-1, Philadelphia) - Chairman, House Administration Committee
* Chaka Fattah (PA-2, Philadelphia)

[edit] Tennessee

* Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)

[edit] Texas

* Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18, Houston)
* Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30, Dallas)

[edit] Virginia

* Jim Moran (VA-8, Alexandria)

[edit] Vermont

* Peter Welch (VT-At Large)

[edit] Washington

* Jim McDermott (WA-7, Seattle)

[edit] Wisconsin

* Tammy Baldwin (WI-2, Madison)
* Gwen Moore (WI-4, Milwaukee)

[edit] Non-voting

* Donna M. Christensen (Virgin Islands)
* Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)

[edit] Senate members

* Bernie Sanders (Vermont)
* Tom Udall (New Mexico)

[edit] Former members

* Sherrod Brown (OH-13) - Elected to Senate
* Julia Carson (IN-07) - Died in December 2007
* Lane Evans (IL-17) - Retired from Congress
* Cynthia McKinney (GA-4) - Lost Congressional seat to current caucus member Hank Johnson
* Major Owens (NY-11) - Retired from Congress
* Nancy Pelosi (CA-8) - Left Caucus when Elected House Minority Leader
* Hilda Solis (CA-32) - Became Secretary of Labor in 2009
* Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH-11) - Died in 2008
* Paul Wellstone (MN Senate) - Died in plane crash in 2002

The CPC was founded in 1991 and currently has more than eighty members. The Caucus is co-chaired by Representatives Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).

Of the twenty standing committees of the House, eleven are chaired by members of the CPC.

[Rome2000]

[Fred Hayek]

And from where did Barfolo get her PhD in neuroscience. Oops, silly me, she’s a liberal, therefore she is an expert in everything even if she doesn’t know jack squat!

[wgflyer]

Poor Gargalafaka,

She's a dingy full of random information floating adrift on a vast sea of lack of perspective. One wonders if she'll ever catch sight of terra firma.

[davius]

Actually, Ms Garofalo...I’m holding out for a white woman. I should probably use the term ‘lady’ as I wouldn’t want to leave the impression that I am referring to either you or Michael Moore.

[Lazamataz]

This haggard walking-venereal-disease, this oozing pustulant shrieking harridan, this soulless parigon of pure evil who’s dripping and corroded vagina causes terror-alerts when she enters a state.... has anything to say?

[Aussiebabe]

My husband said the same thing to me, however, he said it would be great if they made her a traitor and killed her character off the program in the first episode.

[reefdiver]

one “functionally retarded adult” here to make your soul sick, My next move will be to steal more elections, so stay tuned sweetie.

[LA Woman3]

My husband said the same thing to me, however, he said it would be great if they made her a traitor and killed her character off the program in the first episode.

I kept waiting for that scenario last season!!

[domenad]

Because every hollywood actress is well versed in neuroscience, right people?

[Trod Upon]

Hey Garofalo, YOUR country is right where it’s been for the last 60 years—90 miles south of Florida.

[castlebrew]

5%, actually, on his father’s (assuming Obama Sr is actually the father) side, and 45% Arab.

50% from his mother’s side.

[mathurine]

She’s a limbicile, an imbecile, a crocodile and a sack of bile. She riles herself, defiles herself, beguiles herself and garofalophiles herself. If she were actually somebody, she could replace Joe Gibbs as White House press spokesman. How she even gets noticed is one of the sublimer mysteries of the universe.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Prison tats.

[Laserman]

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!! She is about the dumbest actress in Hollywood. And that’s saying a lot!!

[a fool in paradise]

just don’t compare Obamacare to the programs of the NAZIonal-Soctialists. It’d make Barney Frank cry.

[SuziQ]

It is purely limbic brain activity - this emotion over being angry that there's a black guy in office, with the people showing up armed to the health care meetings - to whatever, the town halls. But it's just, and these tea baggers. It makes me soul sick."

Conservatives I know have no problem with a 'black guy in office'. They just don't like having a SOCIALIST in office.

And if all this conservative activity makes her 'soul sick', I frankly hope she remains in that state for the rest of her life. ;o)

[elcid1970]

Well ranted, spot on, and JesseJacksonesque in terms of sheer poetic eloquence!

May we hope for more AntiGarafolequence?

(After all, heeshee is such a soft, inviting target.)

;^)