Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Tax day gaffe on NPR - does it still make a sound?

I was just listening to Talk of the Nation on NPR while taking a break from packing boxes (a fun way to spend a day off) and there was a pretty funny, if juvenile, gaffe made by a caller. The segment was on anti-tax (and anti-stimulus) tea party protests that are happening across the country both yesterday and today. Needless to say, it wasn't the most exciting of topics. That is, until a certain gentleman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa called into the program. Instead of talking to host Neal Conan about a tea party, the caller kept saying that he had just returned from the "Cedar Rapids tea bagging" protest.

Now, the man may have been telling the truth, but something tells me that he's gotten his terms mixed. Either way, it made me laugh like a thirteen-year-old. 

Poor caller. He had his fifteen seconds and will most likely be made fun of it by friends for some time to come.

2 comments:

becca gomez farrell said...

Oh, poor, naive Ben. Mr. Cedar Rapids was not actually out of place in his comments, which I heard, to. I think you need to watch this video to understand just how confused the baggers are on this subject. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLsKt4O4Yw8

Ben said...

Excellent find, Becca! Man, how goofy is this? Something I really could do without ever having to see is Glenn Beck teabagging anything (though that may be one of his 12 "values" in his obnoxious 9/12 project).