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2016 Postmortem

ewagner

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3. There is a realtion between

Reply to Gabby Hayes (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 07:55 AM

Jun 2012

the Tea Party and some of the wilder conspiracy theorist...currently a Tea Party "guru" is Alex Jones. Jesse Ventura with his internet TV series "Conspiracy Theory" is a close second.

An acquaintance of mine shocked me last week by repeating (with no hint of farce at all) that FEMA concentration camps are "ready to receive" good, patriotic, conservatives....

did I mention that I avoid that acquaintance now?

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Remembering the Granddaddy of Tea Party conspiracy theories [View all] Gabby Hayes Jun 2012 OP

That's from long before there was such a thing as the Tea Party. drm604 Jun 2012 #1

He was the inspiration for Tea Party conspiracy theories Gabby Hayes Jun 2012 #2

But it's important not to blur the history on this. drm604 Jun 2012 #8

Yeah, back in those days they were just crackpots NoPasaran Jun 2012 #4

DUzy nominee GeorgeGist Jun 2012 #5

They were decent crazy people. n/t hrmjustin Jun 2012 #9

There is a realtion between ewagner Jun 2012 #3

I feel your pain Gabby Hayes Jun 2012 #6

What they don't realize MoreGOPoop Jun 2012 #7