In a comment to this NMC post about the Tea Party movement, Anderson gives the best definition that I’ve seen to date of the Tea Party:
people who sat through unprovoked war, massive deficits, and NKVD torture methods, only to flip out when a black man might raise taxes so more people can see a doctor.
I have tried to write a post on the Tea Party, but have not published it because I haven’t been able to articulate what bothers me about it. The above definition captures it nicely.
Where was the Tea Party during the Bush administration? How does returning a Republican to the White House address massive deficits and government spending? Is the Tea Party intellectually honest? Is it angry white people who aren’t even honest with themselves about what they are unhappy about?