"So, is this for real or is it a false flag operation run by the tea party to make anti-tea partiers look like jerks?"Progressive paranoia should do the rest.
The MSM (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Time, Newsweek, LA Times, NY Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, PBS, NPR, MSNBC, etc) should be asked when they are going to expose the CTTP’s plot.