The tea party in Boiling Springs, South Carolina, featured a colorful cast of characters. The headline speaker was Alan Keyes, who has been a leading name of the “Birther” movement. Lead organizer Michael Brady came dressed up as Thomas Paine — who in real life was a left-winger in favor of progressive taxation and opposed to traditional religion. One attendee took out a flyer that said, “Zelaya today, Obama tomorrow,” but said he was advocating impeachment of Obama after he was asked directly whether he was in favor of a coup.

At the event in Los Angeles, right-wing former Saturday Night Live actress Victoria Jackson — who has previously called Barack Obama a Muslim and a communist — called for the President’s impeachment, “There, I said it,” and did a handstand dedicated to our men and women in uniform. As Chris Erskine of the Los Angeles Times writes: “But Victoria Jackson held that handstand for, like, almost a minute — strong and proud. In my book, that’s worth 10 bucks alone.”