Getting the labels right (language alert)

GMail was kind enough to have its server scan my mail, note its political content, and suggest that I visit a “support Barbara Boxer” website urging me to help defeat “Tea Baggers.”  As you’ve noticed, that is now the only term by which the Democratic party refers to this grassroots collection of angry Independents and Conservatives.

I looked at the link for a minute, and finally realized what the appropriate question is with regard to this Democrat-created appellation (and pardon my unusually crude language):  “If we’re the party of tea bags, are they the party of douche bags?”  It strikes me that any group that so consistently demeans the political process and political aspirations of ordinary Americans falls comfortably within that derogatory characterization.

Feh!