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Bachmann: Unlike Occupy, Tea Party 'Picks Up Its Trash'

Oct 21, 2011 8:17 AM CDT

Bachmann: Unlike Occupy, Tea Party 'Picks Up Its Trash'

GOP candidate sees no parallels between two groups

(Newser) - See any parallels between the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Tea Party? Well Michele Bachmann—the founder of the Tea Party Caucus—doesn’t. “The Tea Party picks up its trash after it has a demonstration, there’s a difference,” Bachmann said at an appearance in San...

Tea Partier's Protest Plan:
No More Hiring

Oct 19, 2011 1:59 PM CDT

Tea Partier's Protest Plan: No More Hiring

She encourages small-business owners to go 'on strike'

(Newser) - Well, here’s one idea for small businesses to help get us out of this economic mess we’re in: Stop hiring people! That’s the proposal from Tea Party Nation member Melissa Brookstone in a manifesto picked up (and derided) by Gawker and Wonkette . Brookstone’s post accuses the...

Tea Party Rep. Joe Walsh: Fiscal Hawk's Finances Stink

Tea Party
Fiscal Hawk's
Finances Stink

Oct 18, 2011 9:32 AM CDT

Tea Party Fiscal Hawk's Finances Stink

Tea Party Rep. Joe Walsh may not practice what he preaches

(Newser) - Rep. Joe Walsh is known for a few things: Being a Tea Partier , calling President Obama an "idiot," and talking—a lot—about how badly Democrats and Republicans are handling the economy (earlier this month he claimed GOP leaders are "afraid to fight for this country")....

Occupy Wall Street Isn't
the Same Old Left vs. Right

Matt Taibbi

Oct 17, 2011 2:05 PM CDT

Occupy Wall Street Isn't the Same Old Left vs. Right

Matt Taibbi thinks the media's missing how big this movement could be

(Newser) - Now that Occupy Wall Street has picked up steam, brace yourself for a “fusillade of attempts” to “force these demonstrations into the liberal-conservative blue-red narrative,” writes Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone . Already Democrats are claiming credit for the movements, and Republicans are vilifying it. It’s a...

Don't Kid Yourself, Tea Party: Elites Are Still In Charge

Dana Milbank

Oct 13, 2011 1:55 PM CDT

Don't Kid Yourself, Tea Party: Elites Are Still In Charge

Washington knows which side its bread is buttered on, Dana Milbank writes

(Newser) - The supposedly tea-stained House of Representatives passed three free trade bills yesterday, despite ample polling data showing that Tea Party voters are strongly opposed to free trade. It’s just further proof, writes Dana Milbank of the Washington Post , that “for all the talk of populist foment,” from...

Tea Party Takes On
Occupy Wall Street

Oct 13, 2011 1:30 PM CDT

Tea Party Takes On Occupy Wall Street

Occupy is not the Tea Party of the left, organizers insist

(Newser) - The Tea Party has a message for you: It is nothing like Occupy Wall Street, even though there have been many inevitable comparisons between the two movements. Such comparisons are “almost laughable,” however, a chief strategist for the Tea Party Express tells Politico . A FreedomWorks campaigns director explains...

Poll: Cain, Perry Tied for 2nd

Oct 4, 2011 4:10 AM CDT

Poll: Cain, Perry Tied for 2nd

Perry's loss is Cain's gain

(Newser) - A surge in support for Herman Cain and an equally dramatic drop in support for Rick Perry has left the pair tied in second place among GOP candidates with 12% each, according to the latest Washington Post poll, which finds Mitt Romney in first place with 25%. Support for the...

We Need a
Progressive
Tea Party

OPINION

Oct 3, 2011 12:08 PM CDT

We Need a Progressive Tea Party

Progressives must bring us back to the center: EJ Dionne

(Newser) - Ever since President Obama got elected, the right has controlled the media conversation. We’ve gotten a picture of a president much further left than he really is, which has hurt progressives and moderates, writes EJ Dionne in the Washington Post : “The political center doesn’t stand a chance...

Sheriff Joe Sics 'Posse' on Obama Birth Certificate

here we go again

Sep 20, 2011 8:29 AM CDT

Sheriff Joe Sics 'Posse' on Obama Birth Certificate

Secret five-member team will investigate its authenticity

(Newser) - You thought the birther controversy was over, what with President Obama releasing his long-form Certificate of Live Birth ? Well, think again. Arizona’s fiery Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a secret five-member Cold Case Posse looking into the authenticity of said birth certificate, World Net Daily reports. Sheriff Joe explains...

Breitbart
on Liberals:
'We Have
the Guns'

Sep 19, 2011 10:09 AM CDT

Breitbart on Liberals: 'We Have the Guns'

'We outnumber them' in hypothetical war, says blogger

(Newser) - Liberals may talk tough, but if there were a war between left and right, “they cannot win,” says Andrew Breitbart: “We outnumber them in this country, and we have the guns,” the conservative blogger told Tea Partiers. After the crowd laughed, he said, “I’m...

Tea Party (the Band) Could Get Rich Over Domain Name

Sep 17, 2011 10:09 AM CDT

Tea Party (the Band) Could Get Rich Over Domain Name

Rockers' website name may fetch $1M—if they decide to sell it

(Newser) - An obscure group of Canadian rockers made an unintentionally savvy business decision in 1990: It picked the name Tea Party and created a website. Which is why if you go to TeaParty.com , you'll find no small-government rants, just band information, explains BusinessWeek . The domain name would probably fetch...

Tea Party Frosh Have Voted
in Lockstep With GOP

Analysis

Sep 14, 2011 2:00 PM CDT

Tea Party Frosh Have Voted in Lockstep With GOP

So much for being fiery outsiders

(Newser) - The House’s crop of enraged Tea Party freshmen hasn’t exactly been the independent firebrands they were advertised as, at least as far as their actual voting record is concerned. In more than 100 key House votes, Republican freshmen bucked their party at a rate of about 12.5%,...

Debate Winners: Romney, Bachmann, Tea Party

Analysis

Sep 13, 2011 7:58 AM CDT

Debate Winners: Romney, Bachmann, Tea Party

Rick Perry-bashing pays off for rivals

(Newser) - It was "attack Rick Perry night" at last night's GOP debate in Florida -—to the extent that even Jon Huntsman got in on the act—and the Texan's rivals succeeded in landing a few blows. Mitt Romney, who wisely ignored the Tea Party debate audience to...

5 Things to Watch For
in Tonight's Debate

Sep 12, 2011 7:57 AM CDT

5 Things to Watch For in Tonight's Debate

Social security and Tea Party topics likely to be big issues

(Newser) - Yes, it’s debate time again. Here’s what to watch for when the 2012 GOP presidential candidates face off tonight in Florida, at an event sponsored by CNN and the Tea Party Express:

Social Security will likely continue to be a flash point. At the last debate, Rick Perry

...

The Richest
Members of
Congress

The Richest Members of Congress

Kerry falls behind with mere $193M

(Newser) - It’s been a tough year for most of us, but the richest in Congress, it seems, have only gotten richer: This year’s 50 wealthiest members are worth a collective $200 million more than last year’s, the Hill notes. Among them:

With a minimum net worth of $287

...

Ann Coulter: Palin Is 'the Obama of the Tea Party'

Sep 7, 2011 11:25 AM CDT

Ann Coulter: Palin Is 'the Obama of the Tea Party'

And she should 'just run so we can get this over with'

(Newser) - Ann Coulter is the latest pundit to jump into the “will she or won’t she?” discussion about Sarah Palin’s potential presidential run, and she has a message for Palin: “Fish or cut bait, because you are ginning up this group of Americans who will not even...

Zombie Game
Hits Tea Party,
Fox Hosts

Sep 7, 2011 7:00 AM CDT

Zombie Game Hits Tea Party, Fox Hosts

Free shooter lets you blast away at top Fox commentators

(Newser) - It's zombie-killing fun for the whole family—well, the whole liberal family, assuming they approve of guns and killing. Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, Fox News, and the Koch Brothers are just some of the big-name conservative zombies you must confront in Tea Party Zombies Must Die , a free...

Hoffa: Let's
'Take Out'
Tea Partiers

Sep 6, 2011 3:18 AM CDT

Hoffa: Let's 'Take Out' Tea Partiers

'They started the war,' say Teamsters

(Newser) - Furious Tea Partiers are demanding that President Obama call Teamsters union boss James Hoffa to heel after he urged workers at a Labor Day rally to "take out" party members. "They've got a war. We're going to win that war," Hoffa said in Detroit before...

Palin Thrills
Wet Tea Party
Crowd in Iowa

Sep 3, 2011 3:16 PM CDT

Palin Thrills Wet Tea Party Crowd in Iowa

But keeps mum about presidential ambitions

(Newser) - Sarah Palin kept her presidential ambitions under wraps today in a 40-minute speech to thousands of very wet Iowans who had diligently waited for her in steady rain, the Des Moines Register reports. "We’re here because America is at a tipping point," Palin said at the Des...

Tea Party Congressman to Skip Obama's Jobs Speech

Sep 2, 2011 12:40 PM CDT

Tea Party Congressman to Skip Obama's Jobs Speech

Joe Walsh of Illinois says he would just be a political 'prop'

(Newser) - Hoping today's dismal employment report will ignite a bipartisan fight to create jobs? Yeah, good luck with that. Tea Party congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois says he is skipping President Obama's joint session of Congress because it will be a waste of time, reports the Chicago Tribune . "...