“The GOP-e regards the Tea Party as little more than an annoyance to be ignored until election time.”
The GOP is trying to corrupt the candidates who won in 2020. They declared war on us.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2011/10/13/gop_elite_declares_war_on_tea_party
Bill Kristol on the Tea Party: “It’s an infantile form of conservatism.”
John Feehery, a lobbyist who was once a senior House aide I think to Denny Hastert, is also quoted. “The thing I get a kick out of is these Tea Party people calling me a RINO. No, guys, I’ve been a Republican all along. You go off on your own little world and then come back and say it’s your party. Well, this ain’t your party.”
Scott Reed, veteran strategist and lobbyist: “Yep, trying to, that’s the secret of politics: Trying to control a segment of people without those people recognizing you’re trying to control ‘em.”
Meant 2010 above....
Anyways, there is a quote which I can’t find at the moment where someone running the GOP said The first thing they would do to the tea party is corrupt it to conform to the republican wishes.