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Tea Party
A populist United States protest movement that promotes fiscal conservatism.
The Tea Party movement is a populist United States protest movement that promotes fiscal conservatism. The movement emerged in 2009 through an ongoing series of Tea Party protests. These are partially in response to the 2009 stimulus package as well … see full wiki
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I am a fiscal conservative but have not attended any Tea Party events. However, as an observer of politics I am very interested in how this burgeoning Tea Party has the potential to change the current political landscape in Washington. Now that the primary elections are over, I think it is important to understand the power that the Tea Party candidates will have when some of them win senate seats in November. First,it is important to note that a political … more
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I am not a member of the Tea Party Movement, but have debated reaching out to them. When the movement was in its infancy last year, I stumbled upon a rally. I was returning to work from my lunch break and observed a large group of people gathered nearby. There were probably around 500 people, which is a large crowd for the average-sized town where I work. I wandered in for a look and remained for about fifteen minutes before I needed to get back to work. … more
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It's the Birchers reborn; hatefilled violent crackpots. The phrase Dolt Revolt has been applied to describe them and it's quite apt.
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While I agree with the Tea Party's views on reducing government spending and fiscal responsibility, I find very disturbing most of their views on social issues and that is what turns me off to them. There are also so many different groups calling themselves Tea Partyers that it is hard to distinguish them and their views.
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review by Captain_Couth.
August 08, 2010
The Tea Party movement is a reactionary group of angry right wing conservatives who have vented their frustration of President Obama's plans for sweeping social programs and changing in the policies that were implemented during the eight years of George Bush Jr. May I ask where were these people when we spent billions upon billions of tax payers dollars fighting two wars in the Middle East? We spend so much money on nation building that when we try to fix our own social programs, … more
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Quick Tip by gwenbasil.
August 09, 2010
Racism! Ignorance! A negotiable relationship to facts! No thank you. ... Well, at least they're bringing back the tricorn hat.
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