Well, they didn’t know what teabagging meant either
not the actual Che image
The Reliable Source reports kind of a duh moment between a GOP consultant and the proprietor of Busboys & Poets over the B&P display of some images of famous communists. It’s pretty unsurprising stuff on both sides, with the exception of this one bit: “Blakeman, who says he didn’t know the restaurant’s leanings, e-mailed Shallal to express disgust over the poster of communist revolutionaries”
How is it possible to walk into a B&P and not be slapped in the face by their leanings? The last time I walked by the Shirlington location – the site of this tempest in a socialist teapot – the windows were festooned with flyers that made you wonder if it was okay to come in without a hemp shirt.
I think Blakeman is focusing on the wrong aspect. Personally I love the irony of buying overpriced coffee in a place that lionizes communist figures. Irony is tastier than nutrasweet.
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3 Responses to “Well, they didn’t know what teabagging meant either”
November 9th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I’m positive it was Che Guevara’s dream for his mass-printed visage to watch over yuppies as they buy overpriced coffee and check in with the office on their laptops.
I love DC so much.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Forwarding a private email to a news paper, while technically legal, is a monstrously tool thing to do. Even if the other guy is a pundit.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
This was a ridiculous story. It looks like Blakeman issued a statement early this afternoon at http://www.americaspeakon.org/blog/read/676. Check it out.
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