I just heard on Rachel Maddow's show

[AsahinaKimi]

That after the State of the Union speech, of course the Republicans will respond to it. The surprising thing is after that, the Tea Party will Respond to both...

So they get to respond, but other parties such as the Green and others don't? Yeah, I know that would take forever, but how is that suddenly the Tea Party gets this privilege?

[C_U_L8R]

1. Even crazier

they've pre-recorded their response.

They don't need to hear the damn speech, just like they don't need facts.

[Fuzz]

14. Now that I did not know. Fucking hilariously pathetic.

[roguevalley]

19. The Tea heads are doing it on their website. that they are so amusing

and crazy is why anyone cares. they don't get tv time. :)

[juajen]

2. The response is on the Tea Party Blog online, If I am not mistaken, not regular TV.

[elleng]

3. Right. Will see who picks it up.

[BOHICA12]

4. Pushing a bunch of their folks into office ....

... if the Greens can do that - they ought to send up response as well!

[Skittles]

7. bullshit

having the corporate whore media in their pocket is the key

[sabrina 1]

21. The Greens are being funded by Corporate America?

[MrSlayer]

5. Are there any elected Greens in the Congress?

Even though it's not an "official" response, that imbecile Bachman does have a caucus of other idiots that are elected. I'm sure if the Green Party wanted to they could also have an online response.

[cascadiance]

15. How about Bernie Sanders getting a voice! He's not a Democrat AND is elected to the Senate!

[MrSlayer]

25. I'm all for it.

Sanders is the man but he doesn't speak for a party or a group of like-minded elected officials. The other Independent is frigging Lieberman.

[PufPuf23]

6. That media report of how the Tea Party will be atypically covered before the event is weird. !!

The core of TV, other media, and politics appears scripted; those out of bounds in perception being mentally ill. <sarcasm>

[AsahinaKimi]

8. Ed Shultz just said that

Michele Bachmann will be speaking for the Tea party O.o"

[rurallib]

9. which Tea Party faction? patriots or bedwetters?

not sure what the other one is.

[RoccoR5955]

10. Chill... It's only that crazy bat Bachmann

She's about as smart as a bag of rocks.

[Sonoman]

11. Citizens United, Asahina

Those bastards can buy the time.

Koch Bros, y'know.

Sonoman

[AsahinaKimi]

12. Oh that figures...

Maybe by the time the Republicans finish their little response everyone will get bored and go back to watching Dancing with the Stars or whatever the hell is on...

[Codeine]

13. It's not an official thing.

But because it's Bachmann people will play the craziest bits.

The other minor parties can webcast their responses as well -- nobody will care, but they can.

[northoftheborder]

16. If the Tea Party gets its own response televised, then I nominate....

......Bernie Sanders, Independent, to respond also.

[bear425]

17. There's no corporate money behind the green party

to carry out astroturf operations.That's why the tp get to have a place at the political table. Of course, I think you already knew this.

[The Doctor.]

22. "Ding!"

Square on the head.

[DJ13]

18. The Republicans get two responses that way

Not very unbiased of our 'news' media, is it?

[The Doctor.]

20. Sponsorship.

As has been stated, the other parties aren't cozy with the corporate interests that own the media.

[femrap]

23. YOU'RE KIDDING!

When did the t-party become a registered party in this country?????????? So the Koch brothers paid for this to happen????

Sickening.

[K8-EEE]

24. Wait, the Tea Party that has no leader, no organization

Has an "official" spokesperson? What kind of sense does that make?

[felix_numinous]

26. We should bring back Max Headroom

and do Palin and Bachmann versions, of course no one would get the irony of a robot programmed with sound bites.

[IcyPeas]

27. Please somebody wake me up from this nightmare.

I can't stand all this - I don't even want to watch - it makes me so angry.

(NOTE TO SELF: don't turn on the tv tonight...don't turn on the tv tonight..don't turn on the tv tonight)

[Kurovski]

28. Because money talks, and the Koch brothers, who own the teabaggers, have plenty of money.