“The Tea Party has imparted political energy to common-sense American constitutionalism.” PoliticalEnergyPartyCommonCommon SenseTeaTea PartyConstitutionalism Author:Nancy Pearcey
“I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.” IfsThinkingWorldWantPoliticalPartyDogTypeRepublicanMessagesBlueDemocraticDemocratConservativeTeaRepublican PartyPolitical PartiesModeratesSpectrumTea PartyConservative Party Author:Carl Paladino
“My political views have since I was a kid someway or another reflected the concerns of Tea Party movement.” KidsPoliticalViewsPartyMovementConcernTeaTea PartyPolitical ViewTea Party Movement Author:Mike Lee
“All political movements are like this - we are in the right, everyone else is in the wrong. The people on our own side who disagree with us are heretics, and they start becoming enemies. With it comes an absolute conviction of your own moral superiority. There's oversimplification in everything, and a terror of flexibility.” PeopleRealityPoliticalPoliticsSidesCommunityPartyMoralEnemyGenerationsHuman NatureMovementBecomingEthicsAbsolutesStrategyUnityTerrorConvictionIdeologyTeaVotingDisagreeFree SpeechSuperiorityPolitical PartiesFlexibilityCivilityDisobedienceTea PartyCivil DisobedienceHereticPartisanshipThird PartiesPolitical MovementsOversimplificationMoral Superiority Author:Doris Lessing
“First of all, just because the Tea Party people appear to be generally uneducated, ignorant about the political process, ignorant about economics, confused about their own platform from the beginning, and indelicate when it comes to the craft of diplomacy, doesn't mean they're wrong.” PeopleFirstsMeanPoliticalProcessPartyEconomicsIgnorantCraftsTeaConfusedPlatformsDiplomacyTea PartyUneducatedEducated And Uneducated Author:Steven Van Zandt
“We've clearly seen that Tea Party Republicans are willing to take our economy hostage just to score political points, but I'm not willing to do that.” PoliticalPartyEconomyWillingRepublicanTeaScoreTea PartyHostage Author:Martin Heinrich
“In the Tea Party narrative, victory at the polls means a new American revolution, one that will "take our country back" from everyone they disapprove of. But what they dont realize is, there's a catch: This is America, and we have an entrenched oligarchical system in place that insulates us all from any meaningful political change.” MeanCountryAmericaPoliticalRealizingPartyRevolutionVictoryMeaningfulOur CountryTeaNarrativePollsTea PartyAmerican RevolutionPolitical Change Author:Matt Taibbi