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FakeNoose

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3. Of course, it was the same folks who put Ronald Reagan in the White House

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:05 AM

Oct 23

There was nothing "grassroots" about the "Tea Party." Even their claim to be grassroots was fake and obvious.

If the Tea Party had been a true grassroots movement they would have operated on a shoestring. But that never happened, they threw around way too much money on advertising and organizing their "rallies." The whole thing was always a scam.

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Shocking! Study Shows Tea Party Was Decades In The Making, A Creature Of The Tobacco Industry & The Koch Brothers [View all] hatrack Oct 23 OP

The tea party was so obviously not grassroots UpInArms Oct 23 #1

Yup lonely bird Oct 23 #5

And we had no long term planning to deal with it? bucolic_frolic Oct 23 #2

As often said, the dems are always three steps behind Gum Logger Oct 23 #17

Of course, it was the same folks who put Ronald Reagan in the White House FakeNoose Oct 23 #3

Every accusation is an admission underpants Oct 23 #4

Talk is cheap. Show proof Gum Logger Oct 23 #18

Well . . . AverageOldGuy Oct 23 #6

well no duh. Javaman Oct 23 #7

Again mercuryblues Oct 23 #8

Birchers are very close-knit and secretive bucolic_frolic Oct 23 #10

Yup. Not surprised. mwmisses4289 Oct 23 #9

Think I read a book somewhere that Big Oil was an early contributor. NoMoreRepugs Oct 23 #11

Watergate never really ended. They have been constantly scheming since then. hadEnuf Oct 23 #12

Seems to me the "tea party" was rather useless Farmer-Rick Oct 23 #13

I would tend to disagree. It was a powerful movement to the extreme right that destroyed whatever centrists were left Martin68 Oct 23 #15

Not shocking at all. It was obvious tea baggers were manipulated by big money conservatives. Martin68 Oct 23 #14

NSS. But nice to have it confirmed. niyad Oct 23 #16

Cool hats. multigraincracker Oct 23 #19

At first, GOP pundit George Will was duped into believing the Tea Party was noble. John1956PA Oct 23 #20