I believe the teaparty intends to destroy the US

[redstatebluegirl]

Then they will build their "new country" out of the ashes. Slavery returns, only white males have power, gays are stoned to death, you must be a Christian, and prayers will be monitored. Ted Cruz will be President, Sarah Palin will be first lady.

Life in the teanut country.

We MUST take our country back from these nutcases!

[FiveGoodMen]

1. Yup. If they get their way.

[malaise]

2. They are going nowhere in a hurry

They are semi-literate racist morons. Most of them can't run a n outhouse.

[flamingdem]

3. that's becoming clear

along with the power of Heritage and Freedomworks to call the shots.

They can't stand to go down in flames when they could use terrorist tactics and get something, anything to justify their continued existences.

[Blaukraut]

4. That's where States' Rights will come in handy

At least my state, MA, is not going to allow the teabaggers to run the show, and I'm pretty certain there will be more states who will put up a fight.

[marlakay]

10. that will be true in all blue states

I am in WA state and no way let them take over!

[Generic Other]

21. They are like mutated rats

They eat the de-con and get stronger. We spend all our time fighting them.

Still, I am right behind ya, fellow Evergreener!

[displacedtexan]

5. They're too busy administering their purity test to each other to run a country.

They'd kill each other before breakfast if they ever got the chance. Besides, they can't even keep their states afloat without blue state money.

[Blue Idaho]

6. The US is a B I G place

and the baggers are a small minority. Its more likely they will destroy themselves. Don't panic - its almost over and we are on the right side of history.

[MerryBlooms]

7. They are betting their actions will bring on their mythical 'End Times' dream.

Religious zealots controlling our government really sucks.

[Buddha_of_Wisdom]

8. Actually, they can create their own fucking country called Jesusland in the middle of Somalia

where they have the same rights where they are dreaming of - I'll even spring for one-way charter flights to Mogadishu.

[Cleita]

9. It certainly looks like they are trying to overthrow our government

and bring in a new order. It's like a bloodless coupe. Most coups don't work unless the army backs the coup leaders. Do you think our military industrial complex have been offered sweetners if they are successful?

[fredamae]

11. It probable that this has been a

decades long plan-Corp Privatization.
Seems the only thing that makes sense at this juncture-I don't buy the bullshit that these guys can get away with doing this without there also being some sort of legal and constitutional option/protections from our country being attacked from within.
We've Never been faced with such a devastating "legal set up" like this to get away with the total and intentional destruction of our democracy and all that, that Means and NOT arrested-a situation where 360 Million people are held hostage, starved, left to die without Our govt protecting us and this democracy and We ourselves have NO Recourse But Congress? They're "stealing" our government from Us if they stand by silently and do nothing. I just don't buy the bullshit that they are NOT doing anything illegal. That simply doesn't feel right!
No media that I know of has mentioned Anything but the 14th---and it's pretty clear PBO isn't going to taint his legacy going thru Impeachment-btw "they've" Already started the paperwork on under the Articles of Impeachment Already-anyway....
so WTF is going on in DC?

[freshwest]

12. Imagine Cruz or Rand seeking out the heretics with the data base. I've thought about it for years...

[CanonRay]

13. You just described life in a Christian Dominion country

[Mister Ed]

14. Their actions force me, reluctantly, to the same conclusion. n/t

[kestrel91316]

15. The teabaggers are the activist wing of The Rushdoony/North dominionists.

So yes, they Do want to destroy the US as we know it. They want Leviticus to be the law of the land. They want a return to STONINGS. They want all power to be held by radical RW christofascists. They want no one else to have any rights whatsoever.

[hedda_foil]

18. Certainly, that's true of Cruz, but who else?

Is there any evidence that the Kochbros, Inc are Dominionists, or any other funders of Heritage etc? How about DeMint?

I completely agree that their aim is to destroy the United States government as we know it, and I'm thinking they may well succeed. Lets face it... by crashing the world economy, and completely destabilizing the dollar, they can easily realize their dreams of tearing down every last remnant of social safety net and corporate regulation because we will really be unable to fund any of that. . That will pave the way to the installation of a "strong leader" style of fascism for the newly destitute and devastated masses. Is that Cruz' s assignment or DeMint' s?

There is so much more to this than teabaggery. Or teabaggery is so much more than we know.

I think it's up to DU to unravel what's going on here. That's where we have always excelled.

[kestrel91316]

19. Koch brothers are John Birchers, and JBers are pretty much dominionists.

RW religious fascists, in bed with corporations but with an eye toward the bible as our legal foundation instead of the Constitution.

DO NOT underestimate these people. They are using The Handmaid's Tale as their virtual playbook, and we will end up with the Republic of Gilead if we are't careful.

[hedda_foil]

24. A sudden realization here. When they say they hate"big government" they mean they hate OUR governme

I'm sure many others here figured that one out years ago, but it jus hit me now, along with the realization that the Kochbros and friends don't intend to keep throwing billions at hack politicians. They would only be ready to invest that much to buy the country outright, and then to make sure it stays theirs by getting rid of the government they hate. The baggers at the grassroots are just their useful idiots. Their role may very well be to start shooting at the rest of us, simply to make martial law seem reasonable.

What do you think?

[backscatter712]

16. For America to live, the Tea Party must die.

It may come down to that.

They've made it clear that they intend to undermine our democracy, enslave most of the population, and create a fascist police state.

And it may come down to fighting them in a literal shooting war in order to stop them.

I'm not kidding.

We may be on our way to a full-scale civil war, and if that's the case, we should be prepared not just to endure the war, but to fight the war, and win the war.

We never got any of the rights we currently enjoy by convincing our oppressors to let us have them out of the kindness of their hearts.

We had to take them. In some cases, with literal violent force.

And if it comes to that, I'm fine with shooting teabaggers in the fucking face.

[kestrel91316]

20. I won't use bullets. I'll poison any of them I get my hands on if it comes to that.

[gopiscrap]

17. I tend to agree

[Avalux]

22. Yes that's what they want. Destruction of the federal government.

I don't expect the Crazies in the House to make a deal.

[Dawson Leery]

23. This is a cold civil war. The tea party is the new confederacy.

We are the union, yankee, and most honorable.