Tea party supporters and their favorites, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), top right, and former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, bottom left, rallied to reopen war memorials temporarily shuttered due to the government shutdown on Sunday. They gathered at the World War II Memorial to "support" veterans, but they really seemed more inclined to protest President Obama, as though the shutdown were his fault. But the good news is... RELATED LINKS: Congress: The joke's on us Photos: Protesting President Obama at the "Million Vet March" Tea party wants to take America back -- to the 18th century
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Tea party backlash: Protest signs to cheer you up

Tea party supporters and their favorites, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), top right, and former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, bottom left, rallied to reopen war memorials temporarily shuttered due to the government shutdown on Sunday. They gathered at the World War II Memorial to "support" veterans, but they really seemed more inclined to protest President Obama, as though the shutdown were his fault. But the good news is... RELATED LINKS: Congress: The joke's on us Photos: Protesting President Obama at the "Million Vet March" Tea party wants to take America back -- to the 18th century

Tea party supporters and their favorites, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), top right, and former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, bottom left, rallied to reopen war memorials temporarily shuttered due to the government shutdown on Sunday. They gathered at the World War II Memorial to “support” veterans, but they really seemed more inclined to protest President Obama, as though the shutdown were his fault. But the good news is...

RELATED LINKS:
Congress: The joke’s on us
Photos: Protesting President Obama at the “Million Vet March”
Tea party wants to take America back -- to the 18th century (Top left, bottom right: Jewel Samad / AFP / Getty Images. Top right, bottom left: Alex Brandon / Associated Press )

... this fellow countered the crazy with this clever yet clear sign in front of the WWII Memorial. RELATED LINKS: Congress: The joke's on us Photos: Protesting President Obama at the "Million Vet March" Tea party wants to take America back -- to the 18th century

... this fellow countered the crazy with this clever yet clear sign in front of the WWII Memorial.

RELATED LINKS:
Congress: The joke’s on us
Photos: Protesting President Obama at the “Million Vet March”
Tea party wants to take America back -- to the 18th century (Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images)

Instead of protesting President Obama over the government shutdown that he did not cause, demonstrators in Dallas focused their anger on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the tea party firebrand who gummed up negotiations in Washington. RELATED LINKS: Congress: The joke's on us Photos: Protesting President Obama at the "Million Vet March" Tea party wants to take America back -- to the 18th century

Instead of protesting President Obama over the government shutdown that he did not cause, demonstrators in Dallas focused their anger on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the tea party firebrand who gummed up negotiations in Washington.

RELATED LINKS:
Congress: The joke’s on us
Photos: Protesting President Obama at the “Million Vet March”
Tea party wants to take America back -- to the 18th century  (G.J. McCarthy / Associated Press)

Tea partiers are radicals. They're clowns. And they're also big crybabies, making noise instead of ... RELATED LINKS: Congress: The joke's on us Photos: Protesting President Obama at the "Million Vet March" Tea party wants to take America back -- to the 18th century

Tea partiers are radicals. They’re clowns. And they’re also big crybabies, making noise instead of ...

RELATED LINKS:
Congress: The joke’s on us
Photos: Protesting President Obama at the “Million Vet March”
Tea party wants to take America back -- to the 18th century  (Ellen F. O’Connell / Associated Press)

... searching for solutions. We should have called it the tea party shutdown, as suggested by these protesters in Miami. RELATED LINKS: Congress: The joke's on us Photos: Protesting President Obama at the "Million Vet March" Tea party wants to take America back -- to the 18th century

... searching for solutions. We should have called it the tea party shutdown, as suggested by these protesters in Miami.

RELATED LINKS:
Congress: The joke’s on us
Photos: Protesting President Obama at the “Million Vet March”
Tea party wants to take America back -- to the 18th century (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

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