tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post457776450858225636..comments2024-03-10T09:24:45.565+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: "I Got Overrun"James Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-21405097057009911762013-10-25T07:49:29.046+03:002013-10-25T07:49:29.046+03:00A lot of isolationism in America. Persons prefer t...A lot of isolationism in America. Persons prefer to live in their own private worlds rather than come together. It was interesting in the Koch documentary, the attempt to get rid of the "bussing" that was trying to make schools more culturally diverse in Wisconsin. Yet, the same conservatives want parents to be free to choose were to take their kids to school. Obviously a throwback to James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-36567715370304314352013-10-25T02:21:25.990+03:002013-10-25T02:21:25.990+03:00I think they all sort of merged in the end but the...I think they all sort of merged in the end but the actual Tea Party was probably started after that "rant heard 'round the world" on the floor of the Stock Exchange about bailouts for homeowners. And I vaguely recall Fox News jumping on the bandwagon very soon after that.<br /><br />But you're right; there was so much hatred of Obama and resentment that black people actually avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-64087526007064058382013-10-24T09:16:38.214+03:002013-10-24T09:16:38.214+03:00As for Orly Taitz and the Birther movement, it too...As for Orly Taitz and the Birther movement, it too attached itself to the TP. Virulent anti-immigration became the fodder for the party, most clearly manifesting itself in Arizona and the anti-immigration laws the state legislature passed. Most of these persons would identify themselves as Tea Party members, although the Tea Party is now a blanket for many organizations, like the Koch Bros. James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-14283093674671416982013-10-24T09:12:37.614+03:002013-10-24T09:12:37.614+03:00From what I've read, the TP grew out of Ron Pa...From what I've read, the TP grew out of Ron Paul's 2008 presidential run. He wrote a couple books during that campaign that became fodder for the early Tea Party groups, notably The Revolution: A Manifesto, which became an amazon bestseller. Whether intentionally or not, much of his ideology fits in well with the corporate mentality, so it was easy to see how this would attract the KochJames Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-69882401866997901122013-10-23T15:09:22.941+03:002013-10-23T15:09:22.941+03:00Well we do have a strain of Know Nothings going wa...Well we do have a strain of Know Nothings going way back in the country -- anti-government, anti-immigration, anti-taxation types, as well as anti-Catholic/anti-Jew.<br /><br />Awhile back two books came out on the Tea Party and as I recall they traced the movement's origins to the Wall Street bailout. But that was quickly morphed into the "astro-turf" movement that the Koch avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-61438823344185420662013-10-23T08:39:22.704+03:002013-10-23T08:39:22.704+03:00Bad news for teabaggers in Virginia,
http://www.w...Bad news for teabaggers in Virginia,<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fearing-a-lost-governors-race-va-republicans-confront-party-divide/2013/10/13/713edfbe-31d2-11e3-8627-c5d7de0a046b_story.htmlJames Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-79063246580847449722013-10-23T07:54:41.969+03:002013-10-23T07:54:41.969+03:00I don't really see how Obamacare is at issue h...I don't really see how Obamacare is at issue here, other than it has come to bear Obama's name. The Tea Party originally assembled around Ron Paul's Libertarian message then morphed into an exclusively anti-Obama campaign, driven by "birthers" like Orly Taitz, the "birther queen." They refused to accept Obama's legitimacy largely in the belief that he wasn&#James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-4058599064889181802013-10-23T07:48:51.514+03:002013-10-23T07:48:51.514+03:00I would compare the Teabaggers more with the Know ...I would compare the Teabaggers more with the Know Nothings and Copperheads. I don't see how they fit the Jacksonian type at all.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-34531373948459859252013-10-23T05:48:33.853+03:002013-10-23T05:48:33.853+03:00I was going to dismiss this considering the source...I was going to dismiss this considering the source, but I actually agree with him in part. The demographics are interesting, too.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-49164521555311111452013-10-22T17:19:04.635+03:002013-10-22T17:19:04.635+03:00This was a pretty amazing leap, comparing the Tea ...This was a pretty amazing leap, comparing the Tea Party with Jacksonian Democrats,<br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303376904579135231053555194?cb=logged0.2053993446752429<br /><br />and referenced Walter Russell Mead no less. I well imagine he would recoil at the comparison. James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.com