Anyone noticed what happened to the Tea Party?

[1-Old-Man]

I see no signs of the Tea Party's existence any more. Sure, there are still zillionaire-supported groups that use the name and fund anti-Democratic propaganda but the old farts with the Stars and Strips underwear and VFW hats seem to have disappeared from the scene. I feel a relief in their absence that rivals recovery from a bad case of diarrhea.

[NightWatcher]

1. R U Serious? Obama was here last week and a hundred or so showed up

to hold stupid signs telling him to stop taxing and go back to Kenya....

They're still around, hell, I bet they're over at Chick Fil A carbo loading for their next two minutes of hate.

[Pelican]

7. Mmmm...

Chik-fil-a...

[hrmjustin]

13. Is that the restuarant that is against gay marriage?

[Pelican]

19. I believe the owners are...

Good sandwiches though...

[hrmjustin]

20. There is only one here in NYC and it is in a University. I believe they lost a lot of business.

[Pelican]

21. There is one in our mid sized city...

... line is around the building and back again every lunch. They need to open another...

[hrmjustin]

22. Personally I would not eat there.

[JoePhilly]

2. The GOP put it on a leash, and now keeps it in the basement on a reduced diet.

They'll keep feeding it so as to keep it alive ... but after it escaped and attacked its creators, they don't want to let it run around loose again.

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. Or vice versa. n/t

[TexasTowelie]

3. According to them,

they all have jobs so they can support lazy socialists like me. Therefore, they don't have time to expose themselves in public.

[geek tragedy]

4. They own the Republican party now nt

[Agnosticsherbet]

5. The media sees no profit in reporting their existence

since so many of them are respected members of the Republican House and Senate. They are now referred to as libertarians, or the libertarian brand of Republicans.

[Whisp]

6. maybe there never was one.

made up of Pugs and Libertarians to push to the extremist crazy to make the Pauls and the RW wingers sound reasonable.
It seems to be sort of working - I mean there is a lot of love here on DU for the Pauls.

Fuck Ron Paul and his ugly kid.

[leftstreet]

8. Obama's healthcare 'town halls' made them famous!

Useful idiots, not necessary at the moment

Don't know why they didn't show up to protest and disrupt the Wall Street Bailout Town Halls, or the Afghanistan Escalation Town Halls, or the Employee Free Choice Act Town Halls....

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Really? They're running a young one here, who was elected as a

freshman Congressman last November, against Sen. Mark Pryor. His name is Tom Cotton and all he's done in the last 7 months is appear on TV News shows and write editorials against the immigration bill in the WSJ.

http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/07/11/tom-cotton-his-way-on-immigration-reform-or-no-way

"On immigration, as with farmers, food stamps, Medicare, taxes, guns, or whatever, Cotton declares it's his way or nothing passes. If you want to see the best example of the dysfunctionality of Congress, Tom Cotton has moved to the head of the class."

[bunnies]

10. They're still around.

They're just all under their rocks right now.

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Just one running loose is too many

They're like disease-bearing mosquitoes.

[Larkspur]

14. They took over the GOP

Occupy could learn something from the Tea Baggers.

I get pissed at leftist groups who rightfully protest bad policies, but choose to not get involved in the political process.

[MuseRider]

15. LOL

I think they all must have moved to Kansas. Ya wanna see teabaggers? Come take a look at our governent here, top to bottom with a few " luckies" who will be gone the next election. Must be nice to think they are over.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

16. They're all in that restaurant in Maine, eating lobster

n/t

[abbeyco]

17. The current diehards are 20% more batshit insane than the original idiots

Here in CO, they're more vocal and obnoxious as ever. No sign of dying down and they think that out-crazying the last group is somehow a badge of honor.

[Nye Bevan]

18. That should be a relief for those DUers who think that the US today is like 1930s Germany

with the Tea Party playing the role of the Nazis.

I always told those posters not to be so afraid.