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Here is a group that vanished like the dinosaurs (Original Post)
RandiFan1290
Jul 2016
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yellerpup
(12,253 posts)1. The Kochs don't have a dog in this race. n/t
4lbs
(6,854 posts)2. The Tea Party was mostly just bark, and no bite.
Oh sure, they managed to get some "Tea Party" candidates elected to spots held by Repukes, but then soon found out that these elected people were just as useless, sometimes even more so, than the Repuglicans that preceded them.
That's because the "Tea Party" wants to whine and cry, but to actually have the knowledge and work ethic to effect policy changes, that escapes them.
2naSalit
(86,508 posts)3. I think they are being silent now
because this, in their reckoning, will shake out in their favor as Pence will end up in the oval office before long and he is totally owned by them so....
spanone
(135,815 posts)4. that's because they are now referred to as the republican party.
Initech
(100,057 posts)5. They're still around. They're known as Infowars fans now.
lpbk2713
(42,751 posts)6. I was wondering if the Band-Aid lady was present this year.
She added a certain flavor to the proceedings.