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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-10 06:41 AM
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Tea Party ‘founder’: Palin, Gingrich a ‘joke’
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/tea-party-founder-slams-tea-party/

By Daniel Tencer
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 -- 10:46 pm

A financial blogger and ex-CEO credited with being one of the original "founders" of the Tea Party has come out against the movement, saying it has been hijacked by the very people it was protesting and is now obsessed with "guns, gays and God."

In a "message" to the Tea Party Wednesday, Karl Denninger declared that he "ought to sue" anyone who uses the Tea Party name "for defamation."

"Yeah, that's a joke," he writes. "But so are you. All of you. Especially Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Bob Barr, and douchebag groups such as the 'Tea Party Patriots.'

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