Teabagging Fun

I don't think anybody ever really cleared up what the Teabaggers are protesting. It seems to be a combination of taxes, government spending and the fact that Obama is a dirty fascist.

Steve Benen tagged an exchange that CNN had with some protesters.

Realizing that she probably wasn't going to get anything coherent from this guy, Roesgen then spoke to another man, who proceeded to ramble on about why Obama should be more like Abraham Lincoln, who didn't try to take taxpayers' money.

Benen points out a problem with using Lincoln as a hero for the anti-tax brigade.

Not only did Lincoln vastly expand the power of the federal government -- up to and including suspending habeas -- he also was the first president to impose an income tax. Worse, it was a progressive income tax, that charged wealthier taxpayers more.