So what happens when the Teabaggers figure out they've been had?

[Dulcinea]

What happens when it finally dawns on them that the people they elected to Congress won't implement anything they asked for? And, that Congress works for the corporations, not the people?

[rfranklin]

1. It would be nice if they would just abstain from voting...

We might be able to get some real Democrats in office.

[golddigger]

2. I think it's already happening. The BS rally yesterday was

Kochroach paid bused in morons.

Edited to add: There is always gonna be the ignorant 24%. There is no help for them.

[onehandle]

3. Nothing. Here in Georgia, 120+ years of Democratic rule ended because we removed the dixie flag...

...from the state flag.

They didn't get their Confederate symbol back and the people who are now teabaggers just keep voting Republican.

[Buzz Clik]

8. +1. Similar level of self destruction here in Indiana.

These people keep voting against their best interest.

[n2doc]

30. +1 n/t

[theaocp]

4. What makes you think they'll figure it out?

My guess is they'll just move onto another "other" to hate on. They're teabaggers for a reason, after all.

[JohnnyBoots]

5. They will spin it

so that it looks like the Left's fault or some other scape goat. Or there may be a doemstic terror attack to scare everyone back into submission and get their red,white, and blue blood pumping and have them rally around the flag.

[Raine1967]

40. Tea baggers don;t have a drop of blue blood in them.

It's mostly white.

[2gabby]

6. Simple. They'll blame us. Its what they do.

It doesn't have to make sense. It's what they do best.

[2gabby]

11. delete

Nevetmind. I think you must not see my post either. Think I'm done now.

[Buzz Clik]

7. They won't figure it out. They see what they want to see, they have selective memory, and (worse)..

... they don't care.

[brooklynite]

9. What happened when the Christian Fundamentalists found out?

Not much. The Republicans threw them another bone and they jumped back into line.

[opihimoimoi]

10. Change?? Myopic Hateful Baggers ...impossible ....never

[JoePhilly]

12. Citizen's United made them irrelevant. nt

[Ikonoklast]

21. This. Koch Bros. and their silent partners do not need them anymore.

Their foot soldiers are an annoyance now.

[kirby]

13. The same thing as Dems with Obama...

Voter apathy, disillusionment with politics, feelings of betrayal and lack of trust in anyone promising something outside the status quo.

[KoKo]

36. Agree...what happens when Dem Voters ..Realize that THEY, Also, Have Been Had?

That's more important to me that what happens to the Idiot "Tea Baggers" who are "Going Down ..as FAST AS THEY CAME ONTO THE SCENE!"

WHAT ABOUT ..US! ????? WHAT ABOUT...US?

[txlibdem]

46. Isn't that what happened in 2010?

[JustAnotherGen]

14. They vote for

The Donald?

[Sheepshank]

15. They will shimmy and shake and...

...tie themselves into massive contorted knots to justify their decision. No way, no how, will they admit a mistake out loud. No way.

They are the utimate sheeple....they would never do like DU does with Obama, and give the appearance of internal strife and friction.

[Zoeisright]

16. They never "figure out" anything.

Because their brains aren't wired to do anything except swallow lies the GOP spews constantly.

[nxylas]

32. They go to great pains to stop themselves figuring stuff out

They wrap themselves in their protective cocoon, and regard exposure to information sources outside the Fox News/EIB/right-wing blogosphere echo chamber as contamination.

[Arkana]

17. You know what they'll say?

This is what they'll say, word for word: "We just elected people who weren't CONSERVATIVE enough!"

[polichick]

19. I think you're right!

[MNBrewer]

18. Mass suicide?

[DrToast]

20. If they were ever going to figure it out, they woulnd't have fallen for it in the first place.*

*

[Populist_Prole]

22. Excellent responses so far. Right on the mark.

Yeah I believe they'll see what they want to see, the most strident pushy members already having painted themselves into a corner with their rabid support. It'll tear them to pieces internally and fear to be made to look like dupes to admit they've been had; and so they won't admit.

As an above poster mentioned, they'll basically just double down on the extreme and claim the bagger movement is not conservative enough.

[unblock]

23. same thing they did when they figured out that they'd been had by the republican party:

demand even more wacky extremism.

[K8-EEE]

24. They are too stupid to ever figure out anything.

They will just keep believing the Faux nonsense no matter how ridiculous. They are the "some of the people all of the time" crowd.

[jimlup]

25. Don't worry, they won't figure it out...

That is why they are tea-baggers

[yodermon]

26. THEY'LL BLAME LIBERALS.

It's axiomatic with them. And the more you point out the absurdity of it, the more violently pissed-off they'll get.

[KoKo]

37. But...If we Dems were STRONG...with BACK BONE...HOW could they BLAME Us?

:shrug: Can ANYONE answer that? :shrug:

[MadMaddie]

41. They own the megaphone (Media)

Until we really have a media forum on television and getting the truth out...we will always be catching up.

[Politicalboi]

27. Well let's see

They were just told this week that Faux lies. I bet they still watch it. They can NEVER be wrong or wronged.

[Jack Rabbit]

28. We sit back with the popcorn and watch them tar and feather Dave and Charlie

Figurative, of course. I think.

[SolutionisSolidarity]

29. People don't usually change their political beliefs, even when they should.

I assume that any anger or resentment that they feel toward the further decline of America will be directed towards gays, liberals, Mexicans, or whatever juicy scapegoat they can conjure up. These are the same people who believe that corporately owned TV news stations are crypto-socialist propaganda organs; I just don't think they are self aware enough to discover they've been lied to.

[PatGund]

31. Simple...

They'll blame Obama, the Democrats, and anyone else that Fox News tells them is to blame.

[tanyev]

33. Dope slap from a flying pig?

[Duke Newcombe]

34. They'll double-down on the (R) brand...

The whole "sunk cost" mentality and pride won't allow them to actually re-evaluate their stupidity.

[Keith Bee]

35. They'll still blame Obama

:dunce:

[Dawson Leery]

38. They never will. This 20% of society believes

that minorities, foreigners, non-"believers", etc are to blame for their troubles.

[Dark]

39. They won't. Google "the authoritarians"+ Manitoba. Great book by psych prof onlline.

[quaker bill]

42. They will simply fade away

just like "pet rocks" and other fads.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

43. Please. The Teabaggers ARE FOR the Corporations. No matter what they say, they root FOR

the corporations and against the people. The so-called Tea Party Movement was NEVER about principle. It was about a black man that they didn't like from a different party becoming president.

That's what this is about. There may be a small number who are principled, but the vast majority are just members of a modern day KKK. Period!

(And the minorities who align themselves with the Teabaggers are just ignorant!!)

[polichick]

44. On the flip side, what happens when enough progressives figure out we've been had?

[Fearless]

45. Won't happen. Not unless Rush and Beck tell them it will.

[Avant Guardian]

47. The republicans have been doing it to their supporters for decades

Their supporters are morons. They can be led down one path one month, then led down the opposite path the next. They are simply too ignorant too see it.

[krawhitham]

48. The will win more primaries with candidates that can not win a general

[Vidar]

49. Hopefully, they turn their guns in the right direction for a change.

[ismnotwasm]

50. Maybe they'll quit worshiping Palin

Other than that, they'll still vote repuke

[Warren Stupidity]

51. They demand public executions of liberals?

That is my best guess.