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pampango Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-11 11:24 AM
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12. The Know-Nothings had one good election cycle, too, then faded quickly.
The tea party is a modern version of them so hopefully their fate will be the same. :)
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  -2012 will mark the end of the Tea Party faction of the Republican Party DainBramaged  Jul-22-11 07:38 AM   #0 
  - I hope you are right.  TheCowsCameHome   Jul-22-11 07:48 AM   #1 
  - I believe you're right and I believe it will be the republican party itself that causes the demise.  lamp_shade   Jul-22-11 08:02 AM   #2 
  - Evidence?  checks-n-balances   Jul-22-11 08:16 AM   #3 
  - Why? It's my opinion, do I need evidence for an opinion now?  DainBramaged   Jul-22-11 08:37 AM   #7 
     - What specifically gives you that opinion?  checks-n-balances   Jul-22-11 08:52 AM   #8 
     - Give it a break  DainBramaged   Jul-22-11 08:52 AM   #9 
     - Try this, now once again, leave those of us with gut feelings alone  DainBramaged   Jul-22-11 02:32 PM   #13 
        - Thanks - that's all I was asking for n/t  checks-n-balances   Jul-22-11 03:27 PM   #25 
     - Remember, on messageboards,  kentauros   Jul-22-11 10:59 AM   #10 
        - Error. That website does not exist!!  madinmaryland   Jul-22-11 05:37 PM   #29 
           - Well, considering that you're holding in your brainz with a melon shell,  kentauros   Jul-22-11 06:10 PM   #30 
  - Your word is marked.  zeemike   Jul-22-11 08:20 AM   #4 
  - America desperately needs to get rid of the Tea Baggers. nt  ladjf   Jul-22-11 08:26 AM   #5 
  - Compost them!  kentauros   Jul-22-11 11:01 AM   #11 
     - Short of that, if we can just cut their numbers in Congress so that  ladjf   Jul-22-11 02:36 PM   #14 
  - Good - as they never should have gotten air time to begin with. I've got one more for my wish list  nc4bo   Jul-22-11 08:30 AM   #6 
  - The Know-Nothings had one good election cycle, too, then faded quickly.  pampango   Jul-22-11 11:24 AM   #12 
  - they will be full fledged republicans  spanone   Jul-22-11 02:36 PM   #15 
  - Eh. In 2008 the same things were said about the Republican Party.  gatorboy   Jul-22-11 02:37 PM   #16 
  - That was the fault of the disenchanted who stayed home  DainBramaged   Jul-22-11 02:41 PM   #18 
  - Agree ... they were created by the GOP, and will be killed by Citizen's United.  JoePhilly   Jul-22-11 02:39 PM   #17 
  - I have a feeling they will hang on with their nail bitten nubs  Sheepshank   Jul-22-11 02:43 PM   #19 
  - I think it will be all TP'ers  n2doc   Jul-22-11 02:57 PM   #20 
  - These guys are the same guys that followed every word of one Ross Perot...  WCGreen   Jul-22-11 03:10 PM   #21 
  - I remember it too while working for the Clinton campaign  DainBramaged   Jul-22-11 03:19 PM   #23 
  - Including Joe Walsh? Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease. nt  gateley   Jul-22-11 03:17 PM   #22 
  - Of course, once GOP is in WH, they'll shut up.  smoochpooch   Jul-22-11 03:21 PM   #24 
  - They will rear their ugly heads in 2014 under the guise of another name.  madinmaryland   Jul-22-11 03:33 PM   #26 
  - I fear this is so.  MyshkinCommaPrince   Jul-22-11 04:00 PM   #27 
  - They will have out lasted their usefulness to the wealthy and powerful by then, I reckon.  TheKentuckian   Jul-22-11 04:04 PM   #28 
 

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