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Do you know what incident started the TEA PARTY ?

and what it stands for ? Liberals ?

Update:

@ sarah...you make me laugh

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  • Kojak
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    YES...... In Utah there was a conservative radio talk show....people complained about government waste....the talk show host told everyone to mail Tea Bags to their Congressman if they were upset about government spending....Washington DC was flooded with Tea Bags.....everybody made tea and laughed....Later Congressman Paul ...considered the "grandfather "of the Tea Party.....started a movement protesting government waste.....the destruction of the Constitution and the failure to appreciate the wisdom of the founding fathers ....the DISTORTION of their dream......

    The liberal media label the "TEA PARTY" as a radical racist conservative movement..... despite the fact that 26% of the Tea Party was DEMOCRAT.... they mischaracterized and demonized the movement.....distorting their stated goals and views .... made the label " Tea Partyer " a racist pejorative

  • Sarah
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Yes. Republicans, embarassed by their own failures under Bush, waited until after Bush left office to suddenly start protesting taxes under the LOWEST tax rate in 50 years.

    Brilliant strategy.

    And, please, don't try to compare yourself to the Boston tea party, which protested corporate monopolies having preferential treatment....something current tea partiers absolutely LOVE.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    taxes

    taxed enough already

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