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hadEnuf

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12. Watergate never really ended. They have been constantly scheming since then.

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:43 AM

Oct 23

They continuously did everything possible to make Carter look like a bumbling fool, then the Reagan show started. Media deregulation and the elimination of the Fairness Doctrine made it clear that it was now possible to pipe right-wing propaganda directly into American's living rooms and car radios, unfettered. The 2000 election showed them they could actually get away with screwing with people's votes. Opposition has been sporadic and mostly aimed at being "bipartisan", which is code for weakness with fascists. Fast forward, here we are now.

So yeah, it's no surprise that the Tea party was conceived decades before it became popular. Vast right-wing conspiracy was an understatement.

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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