Thread: The Tea Party Continues to Freak Out Intellectuals

The Tea Party Continues to Freak Out Intellectuals

Posted by David Boaz

Peter Baker reports in the New York Times:

To better understand history, and his role in it, Obama invited a group of presidential scholars to dinner in May in the living quarters of the White House.* Obama was curious about, among other things, the Tea Party movement. Were there precedents for this sort of backlash against the establishment? What sparked them and how did they shape American politics? The historians recalled the Know-Nothings in the 1850s, the Populists in the 1890s and Father Charles Coughlin in the 1930s.

I’m struck by the historians’ choices (or maybe President Obama’s recollection of their choices)? Who are the Tea Partiers like? The Know-Nothings and Father Coughlin’s left-wing, anti-capitalist, anti-semitic Union for Social Justice. (And the Populists, which is a more interesting comparison, being a mass movement that arose mostly spontaneously. But it was primarily a political party, which reflects the confusion that the term “Tea Partyâ€

Gee I guess if you don't understand the Tea Party now you probably never will..... but here are a few pointers that might put you strait:

Say No To : Bailouts, Amnesty, ObamaCare, Tarp, One World Government, Destruction of the Constitution, need I go on!!!!!!


AH yes Karma.....what comes around goes around!!!!!!




Overstating Differences Within the Tea Party

Posted by Roger Pilon

In a long essay in this morning’s Wall Street Journal, “What the Tea Partiers Really Want,â€

Can't we call it the "Beer Party" I keep picturing myself with my pinky out asking to pass the crumpets?