Posted on 10/04/2010 12:35:59 PM PDT by La Lydia
Boiling Mad: A surprising and revealing look inside the Tea Party movement—where it came from, what it stands for, and what it means for the future of American politics They burst on the scene at the height of the Great Recession—angry voters gathering by the thousands to rail against bailouts and big government. Evoking the Founding Fathers, they called themselves the Tea Party. Within the year, they had changed the terms of debate in Washington, emboldening Republicans and confounding a new administration's ability to get things done.
Boiling Mad is Kate Zernike's eye-opening look inside the Tea Party, introducing us to a cast of unlikely activists and the philosophy that animates them. She shows how the Tea Party movement emerged from an unusual alliance of young Internet-savvy conservatives and older people alarmed at a country they no longer recognize. The movement is the latest manifestation of a long history of conservative discontent in America, breeding on a distrust of government that is older than the nation itself. But the Tea Partiers' grievances are rooted in the present, a response to the election of the nation's first black president and to the far-reaching government intervention that followed the economic crisis of 2008-2009. Though they are better educated and better off than most other Americans, they remain deeply pessimistic about the economy and the direction of the country.
Zernike introduces us to the first Tea Partier, a nose-pierced young teacher who lives in Seattle with her fiancé, an Obama supporter. We listen in on what Tea Partiers learn about the Constitution, which they embrace as the backbone of their political philosophy. We see how young conservatives, who model their organization on the Grateful Dead, mobilize a new set of activists several decades their elder. And we watch as suburban mothers, who draw their inspiration from MoveOn and other icons of the Left, plot to upend the Republican Party in a swing district outside Philadelphia.
The Tea Party movement has energized a lot of voters, but it has polarized the electorate, too. Agree or disagree, we must understand this movement to understand American politics in 2010 and beyond.
‘there was a story about an American who renounced his country and was perpetually remanded to different warships off-shore as a punishment - never to see his homeland again.’
The story is ‘The Man Without a Country’, by Edward Everett Hale, written in 1863 about fictional incidents surrounding the treason trial of Aaron Burr in 1807. It was meant as an attack on ‘traitor’ confederates. It has no connection to Francis Scott Key.
Hard to square with today’s “polls” showing Dems surging into the lead in many campaigns.
BULL CRAP!
Or Allen West, USArmy ret and an on-fire patriot. Florida, Vote West!
A great read!
Thank you!
I read that as an impressionable youth in an old book at my grandmother’s house in the 70s. I had to be under 10 at the time.
It stuck with my ever since, and I think it gave me a base for my patriotism.
If Zernike thinks the Tea Party wave is due to punk libertarians, well all I can tell Zernike is that we need more punk libertarians.
An open admission would have to acknowledge that Congress now represents our creditors interests-as opposed to those of We the People.
As our creditors expect payment for what was lent Congress...Congress’ principle job now is to complete our enslavement.
Don't look for 60 minutes to be doing any “investigative” reporting. Most Congressscritters would wind up on trial for treason for betraying us....or at least failing to legislatively ensure that what was lent could be paid back.
I think dead ingrates would be more like it.
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On a lighter note here’s a liberal goon beating up a Tea Party member:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFeUhSlHiUQ
Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli,
On a lighter note here’s a liberal goon beating up a Tea Party member:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFeUhSlHiUQ
ping
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