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    http://blogs.abcnews.com/politic…

    Three days after he decried the lack of civility in American politics, President Obama is quoted in a new book about his presidency referring to the Tea Party movement using a derogatory term with sexual connotations.

    The book also describes many of the president’s top advisers cautioning him against trying to tackle health care reform in the first year because it might be too much to take on at the same time as the recession.

    “‘I begged the president not to do this,” White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel says.

    “They’ll give you a pass on this one,” Vice President Biden told the president.

    • ahhh even bettter... how "liberal" of you...
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    • they called themselves teabaggers to begin with.spifflink

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