Tag Archives: tea party

Annoying quotes

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

From David Henderson’s post, Quotations from Alice Rivlin, on EconLog, Rivlin said: If we didn’t raise the debt ceiling and we actually defaulted, we’d have a hell of a crisis. If the Tea Party is strengthened in the next election, … Continue reading →

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What’s the tea party about?

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

One of the local evening drive time (self-described) “fiscal conservatives, social liberals” radio hosts attempted to describe the tea party earlier this week. He said he thought it was about fiscal responsibility. I think his description missed the mark. But, … Continue reading →

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Now this is enlightened thinking

Posted on October 29, 2010 by

I enjoyed this post from Russ Roberts at Cafe Hayek. In it he contrasts the visions of how the world works between tea partiers and elites. Tea partiers like freedom generally on moral grounds, principle and because it provides the … Continue reading →

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“Why Liberals Don’t Get the Tea Party”

Posted on October 16, 2010 by

Writing in the Wall Street Journal Weekend Opinion section today, Peter  Berkowitz explains Why Liberals Don’t Get the Tea Party Movement. He opens by giving a few examples of liberals who have made poor attempts at characterizing the movement. For … Continue reading →

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Rep. Todd Tiahrt on the Tea Party

Posted on April 24, 2010 by

Here’s a letter to the editor published today in the Kansas City Star from Rep. Todd Tiahrt of Kansas. Across the nation patriotic Americans are making their voices heard by protesting the largess of a federal government intoxicated with raising … Continue reading →

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Wall Street Journal editorial

Posted on April 21, 2010 by

I’m a little dumbfounded by Wall Street Journal’s editorial, The Violence Card: No less a figure than Bill Clinton seized on the occasion of the Oklahoma City bombing’s 15th anniversary to lecture tea-party activists, first in a speech last week … Continue reading →

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Great Tea Party Podcasts

Posted on April 18, 2010 by

Catching up with my Dennis Miller podcasts from the past week, I came across three exceptional podcasts: Go to iTunes. Search for The Dennis Miller Show. Download and listen to these three podcasts: Andrew Breitbart Interview – April 13, 2010 … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Tea Party Sign

Posted on April 18, 2010 by

“Spread my work ethic, not my wealth!”

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It’s not about race

Posted on March 5, 2010 by

Syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts recently wrote a column entitled, Tea party fears a matter of race and more. I had trouble following Pitt’s logic.  He’s responding to a Kieth Olbermann commentary that “scores the tea party movement as the outcry … Continue reading →

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