Tea Party

Bold Prediction: Democrats Will Cave to Republicans, Not Allow a Government Shutdown

04.07.2011

It’s crafted like a movie thriller: if both Democrats and Republicans reach an agreement by midnight on Friday, the government will shut down! And no one can tell us exactly what that will truly look like, what services will be shut down for sure and how it will affect us regular Americans going about our [...]

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The Tea Party: Fight the Future – Starring Michele Bachmann and Paul Ryan

01.28.2011

Both the GOP and the Tea Party gave rebuttals to President Obama’s State of the Union speech. If you missed it, check out the DVD!

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3 Reasons Why the Tea Party Might Not Be a Game-Changing Movement

10.22.2010

The Tea Party movement has swept the nation. They’ve won a number of primaries and have mobilized a large swath of people to be politically vocal. But will they really help the GOP take over Congress in November?

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Obama's 'State Secrets' a Bigger Threat to Our Free Society than Health Care Ever Will

09.26.2010

Obama throws away American civil liberties in the name of state secrets and safety, continuing what the Bush/Cheney administration started in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy.

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Why the GOP is Scared of their Tea Party Frankenstein

09.17.2010

After running on anti-incumbent rhetoric for so long now, the GOP feels the inevitable backlash as one of their own loses the Senate primary to an ultra-conservative Tea Party candidate. Surprised? I’m not.

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Tea Party Group Compares Obama to Hitler, Hurts Own Cause

07.15.2010

Less than a day after Sarah Palin blasted the NAACP for blasting the Tea Party groups as “racists,” a billboard in Iowa has been taken down for its depiction of President Obama as being in the same vein as Hitler and Lenin.  The billboard – which displayed pictures of Hitler, Obama, and Lenin – was [...]

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How to Turn the Political Tide: Reward Rational Thought

06.26.2010

From the blatant lies passed off as truths by Arizona’s governor to the Rolling Stone reporter whose article ultimately led to Gen. McChrystal’s forced resignation, the question raised by The Economist, Andrew Sullivan, and others seems more relevant than ever now: do intelligent arguments make a difference? With so much of the blogosphere ripe with [...]

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Another Misleading Poll: 12% Don't Believe Obama Cut Taxes

02.17.2010

I heard about this statistic on my drive into work this morning listening to NPR’s Morning Edition, according to a CBS News poll: 12% of Americans don’t believe that the Obama Administration cut taxes last year. Once I got to work, I did some more research on this because I found it to be extremely [...]

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"Who Cares?" of the Day: Sarah Palin Uses Notes

02.09.2010

During Sarah Palin’s speech to the Tea Party Convention, it became clear that she was using notes scribbled on the palm of her hand much like an 8th-grader cheating on a test.  Despite her rudimentary method (note cards would’ve been cleaner), the only reason this is receiving such news coverage is because Palin herself lambasted [...]

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Mr. T(ea) Party

04.16.2009

I respect the right to protest.  But like so many other freedoms, just because you’re allowed to do something, doesn’t mean you’re even in the vicinity of being right or smart. Had I not been on tour and maybe even had a few dollars to my name, I would’ve loved to have printed out a [...]

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