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Cillizza: Tea party's "populist" rhetoric "not that much" different from John Edwards' campaign rhetoric

July 04, 2010 1:04 pm ET

From the July 4 edition of CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley:

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A Republican base by any other name wouldn't smell as newsworthy?

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    • Author by usp (July 04, 2010 1:18 pm ET)
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      breck girl reference coming in ?
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    • Author by cugagcmu805031 (July 04, 2010 1:22 pm ET)
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      Except, where were the calls by Edwards' supporters for armed insurrection against the government?

      Where were the ugly, misspelled signs Edwards supporters were waving that disparaged the other candidates in the race?

      Where were the stuffed monkeys Edwards' supporters were holding that were supposed to represent one of the candidates in the race?

      Where were the buses supplied by the Coke Bros., FreedumbWerks, (misspellings intended) and other organizations that Edwards used to transport supporters to his campaign events?

      Where were the shouts of fascist, terrorist, Muslim, etc coming from Edwards' supporters?

      You're wrong, Chris. The Edwards campaign bore little/no resemblance to that of the tea partiers at the McCain/Palin rallies, and making a false equivalence will not remove from the people's minds the images/words of those who supported the McCain/Palin ticket.
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      • Author by Unreality (July 05, 2010 2:55 am ET)
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        "FreedumbWerks", I kinda like the ring of that. Cug, you have to trademark that right quick 'fore ol' Fred Thompson paints it on his pickup next 'lection. Y'see, Fred's one smart cookie who acts dumb. Made a right fine living at it from what I recall. On the other hand, Palin's too dumb to comprehend the irony or remember to spell it correctly. She'll also miss the historical allusion.

        If you're lucky Dick Armey will sue for trademark infringement. I'll hep get his summary judgment motion dismissed just so's we can go to trial before the 2012 election.
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    • Author by draftedin68 (July 04, 2010 1:25 pm ET)
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      We're sorry, but you're outta here!

      Chris was thrown out of the bag by the rest of the hammers for ruining what credibility the did have.

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    • Author by soze169880 (July 04, 2010 2:00 pm ET)
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      Actually, the teabaggers have managed to make Edwards look positively wholesome.
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      • Author by epkklk851 (July 04, 2010 7:21 pm ET)
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        I checked into Charles Dyer's more recent activities. He was acquited of weapons charges, however, as of April of this year, he is still facing child rape charges.
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        • Author by soze169880 (July 05, 2010 12:37 am ET)
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          Just his luck he's stuck with the charge whose lobby has zero power.
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    • Author by ProgLib (July 05, 2010 1:42 am ET)
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      Why would anybody compare a Democratic presidential candidate with a group of racist, bigoted, ignorant clowns yelling about socialism and communism?
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      • Author by Unreality (July 05, 2010 2:57 am ET)
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        'cause it gets repeated in the right places? (and yes I did intend that)
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