ZOMG! Check out Governor Haley (SC) addressing throngs of crazed teabaggers at Thursday's rally.

[jefferson_dem]

:wow:

Tough week for Tea Party ends with fizzling rally
By JOHN O’CONNOR





The Columbia Tea Party went from Donald Trump to jilted chump after the celebrity businessman canceled his appearance at Thursday’s State House rally, and state legislators approved tax breaks and spending that the group opposed.

Trump’s decision to not enter the GOP presidential race left local Tea Party leaders stewing about the way they had been treated. But about 30 people were on hand Thursday to thank Gov. Nikki Haley, lawmakers and activists for their work to require more on-the-record Legislative votes.

It was all part of a tough week for the state’s Tea Party movement.

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http://www.thestate.com/2011/05/20/v-print/1825938/tough-week-for-tea-party-ends.html

[supernova]

1. You know you've jumped the shark when...

you can't even get a bigot rally going in South Carolina!

[Zoeisright]

21. LOL!!!

How true.

[rfranklin]

2. Captures the essence of the Tea Bagging Party....

a few nuts.

[emulatorloo]

13. Which to the media means "A very strong political movement"

[rocktivity]

3. Upholding a decade-old tradition

of being out-attended by the porta-potties.



:headbang:
rocktivity

[tanyev]

4. "Turnout was low at the event due to Donald Trump canceling his expected appearance."

Yeah, that's the reason why.




:rofl:

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. It was Costume Day. Everyone came dressed as an empty space.

[Keith Bee]

6. I thought she'd get thousands of men.....

...just on the MILF factor alone! K&R

[4lbs]

7. I've noticed that nearly every one of those teabaggers looks the same

50+ years old
White


But yeah, the Tea Party sure is a diverse group.... :sarcasm:

[Tesha]

20. Yes! They cover the whole spectrum from A to B. (NT)

[A Brand New World]

8. Those folks with the lawn chairs probably came 3 hours early

just so they'd get good seats. What a bunch of weirdos.

[Arugula Latte]

9. There would have been untold thousands, but they all got pre-Raptured

They were so very Jesusy and so extra-'Murikin that they got early-boarding for the Heaven Express.

[Johnny2X2X]

10. Hilarious

This event did attract enough people for FOX to be doing a 4 hour special on it tonight. CNN, MSNBC, and CBS News are also devoting at least an hour of coverage to this event also.

[and-justice-for-all]

11. HAHAHA!!!! UBERFAIL...

Tea party is bullshit noise, nothing more and the M$M talks about them like their an army; what a joke.

[Tarheel_Dem]

12. >>>>

:rofl:

[Brother Buzz]

14. Someone forgot to order the Bingo busses

[progressoid]

15. We need to see the satellite photo to get a more accurate count!!11!

[DrToast]

18. Glen Beck reported there were 200,000 people there!

[Whisp]

25. LOL!

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. You're looking at GOP Presidential Nominee Election HQs at 11:30 EST, election night 2012

:rofl:

[ccharles000]

17. ..

k/r

[MadMaddie]

19. No Koch brother money to bus folks in no teabaggers

cuz they are on limited incomes or unemployed.

[paparush]

22. You (two) Are the Tea Party!!!!!!!!!!

[progressoid]

24. Ha!

Tea for two and two for tea... :rofl:

[paparush]

26. Letter to the Editor in our local paper was one of these, YOU are the Tea Party rants.

Wish I could send this picture in.

[jillan]

23. And I bet this will get more coverage from the msm than the thousands and thousands of people who

rallied in Wisconsin over the last few months.

[peekaloo]

27. Looks to me like all seats were filled and it was standing room only.

:rofl:

[yellowcanine]

29. To be fair, it appears to have been a BYOLC event and the crowd was so dense that

people didn't have room to set up their chairs.

[peekaloo]

31. *snort* "dense" being the operative word.

:D

[yellowcanine]

28. "thirty people were on hand". Heh. I count 8 or 9, if you include the guy in the back sitting on

park bench who may have just happened to be there and the guy up on the steps who appears to be the designated host of the event. Maybe the other 20 were just walking by and paused for a moment to see what the excitement was about.

[yellowcanine]

30. The two in the lawn chairs might be part of the security detail. They guy has dark glasses on.

[harun]

32. Yet somehow these people win elections..... makes you wonder......