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At the time when the Tea Party wave first hit here, it was very much not a mainstream Republican Party idea. The people that I knew who it drew in were typicall
by pnathan 15y ago
At the time when the Tea Party wave first hit here, it was very much not a mainstream Republican Party idea. The people that I knew who it drew in were typically Libertarian or Republicans dissatisfied with the Republican Party leadership.
- nickpinkston 15y agoYes, this is exactly what happened. Tea Party both drives and get driven in the national conversation. Unfortunately, all the best stuff about them: social liberal policies, banking reform, and non-interventionist foreign policy got driven out. Now it's all: "No taxes!", "Let 'em starve!", etc.