By
Matthew Balan
March 20, 2010 - 4:54pm
A last-minute demonstration, organized by a coalition of 30 conservative organizations [2] and featuring actor Jon Voight, filled the West Lawn of Capitol Hill on Saturday afternoon. President Obama arrived later in the afternoon to meet with Democratic congressmen [3], and the chief executive encountered the shouts of the conservative protesters as he entered the halls of Congress.
CNN's Anderson Cooper was among the first to use the "tea-bagging" or "tea-bagger" term almost a year ago on April 14, 2009 [4]. Since then, the vulgar reference has been used by many liberal members of the mainstream media, including Chris Matthews [5] and Keith Olbermann [6] of MSNBC, CNN's Candy Crowley [7], and more recently, by left-wing radio flamethrower Mike Malloy [8].
-Matthew Balan is a news analyst at the Media Research Center. You can follow him on Twitter here [9].
