Liberals claim to give all opinions an equal chance but then are aghast when they find out there actually are other opinions.

No kidding. I'm disappointed that somebody like Fischer who can think outside the box is still so closed minded. The rule with liberals is this: You can't say slanderous things about any group -- gay, black, latino -- except conservatives. It's open warfare on the limited government people. This way liberals don't have to listen to the ideas. They can simply dismiss a whole group of people with a labels. Racist, bigot, war-monger, hate-monger -- did I forget one. Oh, right, Nazis (nevermind that Nazis were liberal socialists). So we have the "open-minded" and "inclusive" people spewing the hate, all the while telling themselves how smart they are. It boggles the mind. Or the mind that still works.

She's right ... the Teabaggers are just a bunch of ignorant racists pitching a confused mix of whacko right-wing hatred disguised as a "political position."

Wait, if teabaggers are just racist because Obama is black what is a black teabagger?

Just because we feel we work for what we earn and would prefer to keep it not have it distributed, does not make us racist!

Does she claim to be a liberal progressive? Is that a party? That's just a label put on others, and to them it's a pejorative.
I prefer people who actually think instead of those who just spout slogans or criticisms of what others think, or what they think they think, and that goes for all parties, and certainly the "tea party". I'd say, do your own thinking, it's a very American thing to do. Never let anyone else think for you. And don't expect everyone else to agree with you and attack them if they don't.

She didn't bring up the subject - She was asked a question!

I'm sure had she agreed with your way of thinking about politics, you would have thought she's wonderful! I think she is!!! Others were offended with the language, get over it!! You who were offended, what are you doing on the internet, you run into that type of talk everyday, get off the damn high horse! I am very close to someone who is bi-polar and the life isn't easy for him or his family. Keep your sense of humor, Carrie, there are a lot of people who love you and totally agree with you!!!

Dear Miss/Mrs. H

I would like to ask if you have actually spoken to any one who has been to a tea party rally, if you have you would know they did not pick the name teabaggers the left gave it to them.

I agree with you, despite the angry rhetoric from the right-wing "fringe-rs". Insofar as blaming the media for the teabaggers' image - that's ridiculous! All one needs do is watch the videos of their protests. Between the signs they carry, and the spit out of their mouths (both literally and figuratively), their perceived image is one they carved out for themselves! They're looney, for sure!

The name picked for the anti-socialist, limited government, fiscal responsibility movement is the 'Tea Party', not "teabaggers", which the progressives have picked, and told us it is a sexually explicit term. Nice. They never talk about the Boston Tea Party, probably because they know little about it, and the progressive movement has eliminated it from history curriculum. Should we call the anti-American "progressives" douchebaggers, or should we rise above their ignorance and just expose what they stand for (elitism)?

actually your all pretty much wrong, look up the boston tea party please, way before the term teabagging EVER came along, this is where the name teabaggers came from ,it was a protest group and the name was more or less adopted, anyone simple minded enough to think of an insult for someone they dont like and then improperly cite it should study the history of said enemy(ies) just a little better. very dissappointed in Carrie fisher for her very closed minded view

AMEN SUSIE. YOU GOT IT PERFECT.

I have been a fan and understood Carrie's MENTAL condition until now. She is entitled to her opinion and bad language but not when it fuels the fire, and unjustly. Never have I felt such prejudice since Obama. This is what he interjects in his eloquent speeches. Carrie better start reading between the lines. Carries's remarks about the Tea Party, being to black and not enough white are so dangerous. Prejudice will always exist and it's not always about color. Carrie along with Jane need more shock therapy, medication and a good shrink.

Amen!

Sorry Suzie, but the Princess and you are wrong about the Tea Party members. They are anything BUT racist due to the fact that 12% - 15% are Black and another 10% or so are other non-White races.
Also the obviously misinformed Ms. Fisher thinks the party calls THEMSELVES 'teabaggers' when everyone knows it was Rachel 'Madcow'
Maddow who first laughed at the term and then started using it every chance she got, then Anderson 'Silver Spoon' Cooper picked it up also. Both flaming Libtards.

Oh really, and what was President Bush? There is enough blame to go around.