The word wafted through the air over DC and cities across the country as over 600 Teabagger events culminated in ... well ... not very much press coverage.
"Innnfiiiiilllltraaaatoooooors ...... beewaaaaaare."
Turns out that if they don't wave their guns, or threaten to assasinate black people ... the media just doesn't care all that much.
"Lower Taxes!" Woo hoo.
But the word "Infiltrators" was on the very perch of every teabagger's toungue almost as though it was a rehearsed, locked and loaded word on today's marching orders.
Politico documented the movements of "The Infiltrator", but does not permit embedding of the video. But it's important you view it to get the rest ... after the fold.
The orders came down from the Fuhrer of Teabaggia, Rush Limbaugh himself. He set up an almost insane narrative for the Teabaggers to soak in. I documented it yesterday. His goal was to convince people ahead of time that any bizarre, violent, or otherwise fringy appearances today as America got Teabagged coast to coast was not only NOT by Teabaggers, but was actually The Mysterious and Illusive ... Infiltrator ...
...who's orders came from President Barack Obama himself.
And of course, we have this from New Hampshire Now Dot Com, and this is ALL OVER the country, "New Hampshire Democrats are engaged in a state-wide search for liberal activist willing to attend so-called tea parties on Thursday, and carry signs expressing racist or fringe sentiments, a democrat source with knowledge of the effort tells NowHampshire.com". Now you think the White House does not know about this?! The White House is in CHARGE of this! This is Obama!
And I find this fascinating. All of these newstories ... about how the Democrats are going to try to infiltrate and make the thing look like its populated with a bunch of racists, sexists, bigots and homophobes! Well if everybody knows this ... how can there be one story tomorrow or Friday about the tea party being racist, sexists, bigot, or homophobic?! But don't you just know that's gonna happen*? You know it will, even ... it's ... It's gonna defy logic. It's going amaze you! You're not gonna believe it! You're gonna think, 'well how can they possibly report it when they know it's phony?'
So today, as reporters stood vigilant, waiting for the guns, the seditious calls to violence ... gosh even just a photo of Obama in a tattered kilt would have probably made headlines. But nothin'! You see, Teabaggia was on its best behavior today. They are so goal directed right now with two missions: Separate themselves from the Republican Party ... (even though they intend to support only Republicans ... and never mind that it's way a little too late for that) ... and to prove that they are not the violent, gun toting, racist, name calling bigots every one thinks they are.
The problem? When they stopped doing the above, to prove it was an "Infiltrator" ... it was as quiet as a mouse.
Unless you counted the Protesting Billionaires who have made their satirical presence known ever since republicans started supporting screwing the poor to finance tax cuts for the wealthy back when GW was still "President".
But really ... INFILTRATORS? They're such caricatures of themselves that calling them infiltrators is as stupid as thinking Stephen Colbert is on their side.
Except for the one guy in Washington (at the end of the Politico Video, a Teabagger ... pretending to be an Infiltrator ... pretending to be a Teabagger.
Rush predicted "Infiltrators" would be everywhere, and that the media would obediently report it committing the kind of Teabagger Bashing that only the socialist sons of the devil would. Instead, as they held off being too dramatic with their signs ...
Or too over the top with their threats, ignorance, or rakes and torches sloganning that we've come to expect from them ...
It was kind of quiet. Was it because "The Infiltrators" didn't show up? Or was it because the Teabaggers were just on their best behavior, because they actually believed Rush's prediction that a sheep in wolves clothing would appear. So droll. So un-newsworthy. So last August.
Ok, Teabaggers. You've had your fun. But lets face it, if you aren't showing your guns and calling people the "N" word ... the press really just doesn't care about anything else you have to say. Your 15 minutes is just about up. And the rest of the country is about to move on without ya.
Why, not even the Teabaggers seem to know what the Teabaggers are about.