Living up to Stereotype

Here's an attendee at the Teabagger Jamboree this weekend dressed up as a founding father -- and go figure on who he chooses to be:



And yes, Button Gwinnett is the PERFECT choice for this crowd:

Gwinnett organized an invasion of British East Florida. Due to the convening of the legislature, Gwinnett was unable to lead the troops himself and relied on a subordinate officer of McIntosh (ED: Like a good teabagger he took out his frustration -- or at least 3/5ths of it on his slaves). The invasion ultimately proved to be a failure. Gwinnett's loss of an election for governor in May 1777 is most likely due to the failed expedition (Ed: or claiming McIntosh's birth certificate was fake oh and YE OLDE ACORN!!). At this time, McIntosh, reveling in Gwinnett's embarrassment, openly criticized him for the failed campaign, although Gwinnett was cleared of wrongdoing (ED: Later it was showed his man servent TODD ran everything). Gwinnett challenged McIntosh to a duel (Ed: It's a crazy-man from GEORGIA tradition!), which was fought on May 16, 1777, at the small town of Thunderbolt, near Savannah, Georgia. Both men were wounded. McIntosh survived, but Button Gwinnett died three days later of gangrene resulting from having a bone in his leg shattered (Ed: and Peggy Noonan was there to hump the casket).