posted ago by leatherbottom
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Before Trump, I was too young and didn't give a shit to pay attention to anything politically. The only thing I remember about the Tea Party was Tina Fey making fun of Palin on SNL. Can some older pedes explain more about that movement? Was it a kind of prequel to Maga?
Before Trump, I was too young and didn't give a shit to pay attention to anything politically. The only thing I remember about the Tea Party was Tina Fey making fun of Palin on SNL. Can some older pedes explain more about that movement? Was it a kind of prequel to Maga?
YES -
The Tea Party was a pre-cursor to MAGA in many ways... Very Patriotic... return to the roots of the Nation... A response to many outrages of the Obama Administration including 'FORCING CITIZENS TO BUY INSURANCE' - Bailing out Big Banks from the Housing Collapse...rising taxes... raising regulations... killing the economy... forcing the Public to pay for all kinds of things we were not suppose to pay for.
The Tea Party was a great movement - and many Tea Party groups are actually still active and the members still meet to discuss politics.
Before the Tea Party - there was Pat Buchanan trying to Reform National politics - and while his platform and MAGA were almost identical he was not enough of a Populist...
Before Pat there was Ross Perot in 1992.... HE WAS A POPULIST and basically had the same platform as MAGA as well - he fought against disastrous Trade Deals, wanted to lower taxes and regulations, and tried to secure the Borders too.
The Modern Day father of the Movement would have to be Reagan... a true Political Giant - he is actually credited with the phrase "Make America Great Again" .... he slayed the Left with a smile and a laugh, he had a wonderful command of the language and his previous acting experience helped him 'keep the stage' - Fought to lower taxes, actually Destroyed the USSR - and Freed half the world that was under Communism... His 2 terms were some of the fastest economic growth the Nation had every seen. A happy time - a great time to be an American!
It was in response to Obamacare and to some extent had Palin as one of the symbols. A lot of rinos (like Rubio) rode the coattails and stabbed the movement in the back. They are now part of MAGA.
Hmmm.. Might be better to join forces to create Tea Party Patriots than to start from ground zero to form a MAGA Party.
Some thought from CTH https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/01/07/is-it-time-to-start-a-third-party-a-presentation-by-dr-steve-turley-and-support-from-cth/
a great idea. I would hope most Tea Partiers are already under the Maga umbrella, at least to some degree. I think it would be best to stick with the Patriot Party, both groups can probably find a home in that. Plus, they;'ve already deemed it a terrorist label so there's no where else for them to go with it!