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falisha
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falisha asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 9 years ago

The Tea Party started right after President Obama was put into office, why?

The Tea Party started right when President Obama got into office, before he could even really pass any bills. Republicans and John McCain voted for the bailouts also, so what would have happened if McCain won the election? Would the tea party be on the Democrats side?

Everybody asks why werent there a better group of republican candidates, well because most of the good ones either voted for the bailouts and stimulus or took it for their state. And with the Tea Party being so huge in 2010 and the beginning of 2011, no good republican candidate thought they'd be able to run.

The only reason Romney is there is because he doesn't do anything right now, he's just a multi millionaire off his dad's money and he wasn't in position to vote or accept the bailouts and stimulus because he wasn't working.

My question is, with all the bailouts and stimulus packages during Bush in 2008, why did the tea party wait right until a democrat got in office?

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  • The Count
    Lv 4
    9 years ago
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    Since they were silent all through the wasteful Bush administration and suddenly sprung to life the day that a Democrat takes office, this tells us that it was designed to blame the whole mess on the new administration. While they critize the General Motors bailout, they never seem to mention Bush's $700 billion bank bailout.

  • Dissidence
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    A reply to big government.

  • Ralph B
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Democrats held a majority in the House and Senate. Holding the White House as well meant that it would be difficult for special interests to thrive.

    The tea party was well funded by the Koch brothers who wanted to see roll backs on environmental regulations as well as tax rates. The tea party was simply a smoke screen by conservatives in this country.

    Try to understand - there are conservatives in this land with a great deal of hate for anyone with a liberal label.

  • Ingrid
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    That bunch has been around for many decades. They just change their name frequently.

    And since they hate the word liberal so much and want to bombard the population with it in a negative manner, they could not possibly call themselves "Liberty University Zealots", now could they?

    They are primarity the followers of Falwell the most hateful Man in ages.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Your name should be False-issua.

    The Tea Party started in 2007 under Bush!

    Don't blame the Tea Party because Obama has tripled the deficit!

  • americanmalearlington
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    We saw his eyes light up when we handed him the checkbook. We need to take his checkbook away.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Cap and trade

    Obamacare

    Crony capitalism

    Lobbyists

    Earmarks

    Perpetual $1.5 trillion deficits

  • Nordite
    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    Tea Party came out because they hate that a black man was elected POTUS.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    McCain isn't a true conservative. He is just running as one. I didn't really like him because of his crooked politics.

  • M&T
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Because it doesn't take a fortune teller to know he was..and is a tax and spend liberal.

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