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The definitive history of one of the most radical, revolutionary movements the country has ever seen, from those who started it all In 2009, an unemployed mother of two and a politically inexperienced northern California attorney met on a conference call that would end up starting one of the largest grassroots political organizations in American history, the Tea Party Patriots. Fueled by the fires of passion and patriotism, Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin have become the faces of the most powerful political movement in the country, empowering their more than twenty million members by using both high-tech advances and the time-tested American tradition of rallying in public. Promoting the basic principles of the Tea Party Movement—free market, limited government, and fiscal responsiblity—the Tea Party Patriots have become the largest tea party organization in the world. With unparalleled access to the inner workings of the movement, Meckler and Martin hope to explain how the Tea Party came to be, what it is and is not, and perhaps most important, provide the first comprehensive, forward-looking document outlining a plan to restore America to its prior greatness. Never before has there been such an audience for this material. Americans of all political stripes have been waiting for a thorough and informative account of this movement. Straight from the co-founders themselves, Tea Party Patriots promises to be the definitive source for a political revolution. Author: Mark Meckler, Jenny Beth Martin Hardcover: 240 pages Company: Henry Holt and Co. (2012-02-14) (2012-02-14) ISBN: 0805094377 List Price: $25.00 Amazon Price: $10.79 Used Price: $6.00 
Americans have always put the past to political ends. The Union laid claim to the Revolution--so did the Confederacy. Civil rights leaders said they were the true sons of liberty--so did Southern segregationists. This book tells the story of the centuries-long struggle over the meaning of the nation's founding, including the battle waged by the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and evangelical Christians to "take back America." Jill Lepore, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer, offers a careful and concerned look at American history according to the far right, from the "rant heard round the world," which launched the Tea Party, to the Texas School Board's adoption of a social-studies curriculum that teaches that the United States was established as a Christian nation. Along the way, she provides rare insight into the eighteenth-century struggle for independence--a history of the Revolution, from the archives. Lepore traces the roots of the far right's reactionary history to the bicentennial in the 1970s, when no one could agree on what story a divided nation should tell about its unruly beginnings. Behind the Tea Party's Revolution, she argues, lies a nostalgic and even heartbreaking yearning for an imagined past--a time less troubled by ambiguity, strife, and uncertainty--a yearning for an America that never was. The Whites of Their Eyes reveals that the far right has embraced a narrative about America's founding that is not only a fable but is also, finally, a variety of fundamentalism--anti-intellectual, antihistorical, and dangerously antipluralist. In a new afterword, Lepore addresses both the recent shift in Tea Party rhetoric from the Revolution to the Constitution and the diminished role of scholars as political commentators over the last half century of public debate. Author: Jill Lepore Paperback: 232 pages Company: Princeton University Press (2011-08-08) ISBN: 0691153000 List Price: $12.95 Amazon Price: $7.29 Used Price: $4.41 
Americans have always put the past to political ends. The Union laid claim to the Revolution--so did the Confederacy. Civil rights leaders said they were the true sons of liberty--so did Southern segregationists. This book tells the story of the centuries-long struggle over the meaning of the nation's founding, including the battle waged by the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and evangelical Christians to "take back America." Jill Lepore, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer, offers a wry and bemused look at American history according to the far right, from the "rant heard round the world," which launched the Tea Party, to the Texas School Board's adoption of a social-studies curriculum that teaches that the United States was established as a Christian nation. Along the way, she provides rare insight into the eighteenth-century struggle for independence--the real one, that is. Lepore traces the roots of the far right's reactionary history to the bicentennial in the 1970s, when no one could agree on what story a divided nation should tell about its unruly beginnings. Behind the Tea Party's Revolution, she argues, lies a nostalgic and even heartbreaking yearning for an imagined past--a time less troubled by ambiguity, strife, and uncertainty--a yearning for an America that never was. The Whites of Their Eyes reveals that the far right has embraced a narrative about America's founding that is not only a fable but is also, finally, a variety of fundamentalism--anti-intellectual, antihistorical, and dangerously antipluralist. Author: Jill Lepore Hardcover: 224 pages Company: Princeton University Press (2010-09-20) ISBN: 0691150273 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $4.48 Used Price: $5.00 
.cs95E872D0{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt} .cs5EFED22F{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; } .csA62DFD6A{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; } The unprecedented influence of the Tea Party during the 2010 election season signaled a sea change in the way the American political game could be played. Tea Party influence impacted at least fourteen states’ primary and general elections, their presence indicating a movement that has grown considerably from its fringe roots and continues to wield political influence today. While much media attention has been devoted to the Tea Party and its followers, little political analysis has been undertaken to assess their effects in different contexts throughout the country. William J. Miller and Jeremy D. Walling bring political scientists together in this insightful volume to assess the strategies utilized by Tea Party candidates in primary and general elections and to understand how such a movement could gain enormous traction in such a short period of time.
Tea Party Effects on 2010 U.S. Senate Elections offers readers a comprehensive analysis of the Tea Party’s impact on the 2010 campaigns for United States Senate through chapters written by experts in their respective states. By describing the context and happenings of each race while analyzing all the campaigns decisions, this book offers a timely and critical assessment of the impact the Tea Party played in shaping the 112th Congress’ Senate and what a future affected by Tea Party politics holds. Hardcover: 406 pages Company: Lexington Books (2011-11-30) ISBN: 0739167014 List Price: $85.00 Amazon Price: $82.66 Used Price: $39.36 
Today's Tea Party activists are motivated by the same ideological desires as our nation's Founding Fathers, argues Michael Patrick Leahy in this illuminating work of political history. Today's political class—in both parties and at all levels of government—shows a blatant disregard for both the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution. More and more Americans are fed up, and from this sweeping sense of discontent and anger the Tea Party movement has emerged, revitalizing the spirit of constitutionalist activism in the conservative world. According to author and Tea Party activist Michael Patrick Leahy, a similar lack of accountability ignited our nation's Founding Fathers, and they were motivated by the same ideological desires: to constitutionally limit government, ensure fiscal responsibility, and defend individual liberty. These imperatives were at the heart of what he calls a "covenant of liberty," which undergirds our written Constitution. Leahy traces these ideas to the libertarian traditions of the English Civil War. He explains why they were on the minds of Americans at the birth of the republic, and how they passed down largely intact from generation to generation, were broken by a corrupted political class, and have been rediscovered by the modern Tea Party movement. According to Leahy, the American constitutional covenant consists of four unwritten promises that most citizens continue to regard as crucial to our government's legitimacy. The story of how this covenant evolved and how its fundamental promises were broken forms the core of this unique and original work of political history. As Leahy shows, the first promise—to abide by the written words of the Constitution—was broken before the ink was dry on the nation's founding documents. The second—to refrain from interfering in private economic matters—was broken by the Republican Party in the 1860s. The third—to honor the customs, traditions, and principles that made up the "fiscal constitution"—was broken by Herbert Hoover 143 years after the establishment of our republic, a sad rupture conducted on an even grander scale by his successors, beginning with Franklin Roosevelt and continuing through the administration of Barack Obama. The breaking of these promises greatly accelerated the natural tendency of governments to centralize and consolidate power at the expense of individual liberty. Had not the fourth and final promise—that members of the legislative branch would exercise thoughtful deliberation while giving respectful consideration to the views of their constituents—been broken in such a disdainful and audacious manner in early 2009, the grassroots activists who came to make up the Tea Party would never have been impelled to take action. Drawing on his personal experience as the organizer of the online conservative community that launched the Tea Party movement in February 2009, Leahy documents how the timeless principles of American constitutionalism have been used to grow one of the most active and influential movements in American history. Author: Michael Patrick Leahy Hardcover: 304 pages Company: Broadside Books (2012-03-20) (2012-03-20) ISBN: 0062066331 List Price: $25.99 Amazon Price: $7.25 Used Price: $5.97 
The 2010 elections were one of the most highly anticipated midterm elections in our nation's recent history. After the historic 2008 election, in which America elected its first black president, Sarah Palin's involvement and the emergence of the Tea Party in the 2010 congressional elections had the potential to transform the composition of congress and set the stage for the nation's politics for the next decade, or even the next generation. In this new edited volume, Charles S. Bullock III collects original contributions from top political scientists to evaluate Sarah Palin and the Tea Party's role in the 2010 midterm elections. Key States, High Stakes: Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and the 2010 Elections focuses on states where Republicans had the chance to pick up Senate seats, as well as examining GOP Senate primaries if they involved a Palin or a Tea Party nominee facing an establishment favorite. Bullock concludes the anthology with a chapter on the legacy of the Tea Party and of Sarah Palin on American politics. One thing is certain. In terms of control of the House and Senate (and its effect on President Obama's policy agenda), the prospects for the 2012 presidential race, and the long-term viability of the Tea Party movement, the stakes in the 2010 midterm elections could not have been higher.Author: Charles S., III Bullock Paperback: 254 pages Company: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (2011-07-01) ISBN: 1442210966 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $20.00 Used Price: $19.99 
"Concise [and] elegantly written. . . . A convincing portrait of the movement's most ardent activists."—Los Angeles Times They burst on the scene at the height of the Great Recession—thousands of angry voters railing against bailouts and big government—and within the year, the Tea Party had changed the terms of debate in Washington. This new populist movement set the agenda for the 2010 midterm elections, propelling a historic shift of power in Congress and capturing the mood of an anxious country. By election day, a remarkable four in ten voters called themselves Tea Party supporters. Boiling Mad is Kate Zernike's eye-opening look inside the Tea Party, introducing us to its cast of unlikely activists and the philosophy and zeal that animate them. She shows how the movement emerged from an unusual alliance of young, Internet-savvy conservatives and older people who came to the movement out of fear and frustration. She takes us behind the scenes as well-connected groups in Washington move to mobilize the grassroots energy, and inside the campaign that best showed the movement's power and its contradictions. Putting the Tea Party in the context of other conservative revolts, Zernike shows us how the movement reflects important philosophical and cultural strains that have long been a feature of American politics. Author: Kate Zernike Paperback: 288 pages Company: St. Martin's Griffin (2011-09-27) (2011-09-27) ISBN: 0312610548 List Price: $15.99 Amazon Price: $6.00 Used Price: $1.60 
Author: Anthony DiMaggioPaperback: 272 pages Company: Monthly Review Press (2011-11-01) (2011-11-01) ISBN: 1583672478 List Price: $18.95 Amazon Price: $11.71 Used Price: $8.14 
The Tea Party burst on the national political scene in 2009–2010, powered by right-wing grassroots passion and Astroturf big money. Its effect on electoral politics and the political process is undeniable, but the message, aims, and staying power of the loosely organized groups seem less clear. In this concise book, American political historian Ronald P. Formisano probes the remarkable rise of the Tea Party movement during a time of economic crisis and cultural change and examines its powerful impact on American politics. A confederation of intersecting and overlapping organizations, with a strong connection to the Christian fundamentalist Right, the phenomenon could easily be called the Tea Parties. The American media’s fascination with the Tea Party—and the tendency of political leaders who have embraced the movement to say and do outlandish things—not only has fueled the fire driving the movement, but has diverted attention from its roots, agenda, and the enormous influence it holds over the Republican Party and the American political agenda. Looking at the Tea Party's claims to historical precedent and patriotic values, Formisano locates its anti-state and libertarian impulses deep in American political culture as well as in voter frustrations that have boiled over in recent decades. He sorts through the disparate goals the movement’s different factions espouse and shows that, ultimately, the contradictions of Tea Party libertarianism reflect those ingrained in the broad mass of the electorate. Throughout American history, third parties, pressure groups, and social movements have emerged to demand reforms or radical change, only to eventually fade away, even if parts of their programs often are later adopted. The Tea Party’s impact as a pressure group has been more immediate. Whether the Tea Party endures remains to be seen. Formisano’s brief history certainly gives us clues. (2012)Author: Ronald P. Formisano Hardcover: 152 pages Company: The Johns Hopkins University Press (2012-04-04) ISBN: 1421405962 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $6.25 Used Price: $5.23
Americans have always put the past to political ends. The Union laid claim to the Revolution--so did the Confederacy. Civil rights leaders said they were the true sons of liberty--so did Southern segregationists. This book tells the story of the centuries-long struggle over the meaning of the nation's founding, including the battle waged by the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and evangelical Christians to "take back America." Jill Lepore, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer, offers a wry and bemused look at American history according to the far right, from the "rant heard round the world," which launched the Tea Party, to the Texas School Board's adoption of a social-studies curriculum that teaches that the United States was established as a Christian nation. Along the way, she provides rare insight into the eighteenth-century struggle for independence--the real one, that is. Lepore traces the roots of the far right's reactionary history to the bicentennial in the 1970s, when no one could agree on what story a divided nation should tell about its unruly beginnings. Behind the Tea Party's Revolution, she argues, lies a nostalgic and even heartbreaking yearning for an imagined past--a time less troubled by ambiguity, strife, and uncertainty--a yearning for an America that never was. The Whites of Their Eyes reveals that the far right has embraced a narrative about America's founding that is not only a fable but is also, finally, a variety of fundamentalism--anti-intellectual, antihistorical, and dangerously antipluralist. Author: Jill Lepore Hardcover: 224 pages Company: Princeton University Press (2010-09-20) ISBN: 0691150273 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $4.48 Used Price: $5.00 
George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker who participated in such key events of the American Revolution as the Boston Massacre and the Tea Party, might have been lost to history if not for his longevity and the historical mood of the 1830's. When the Tea Party became a leading symbol of the Revolutionary ear fifty years after the actual event, this 'common man' in his nineties was 'discovered' and celebrated in Boston as a national hero. Young pieces together this extraordinary tale, adding new insights about the role that individual and collective memory play in shaping our understanding of history.Author: Alfred F. Young Paperback: 288 pages Company: Beacon Press (2000-03-17) (2000-03-17) ISBN: 0807054054 List Price: $18.00 Amazon Price: $5.99 Used Price: $2.00 
On Thursday, December 16, 1773, an estimated seven dozen men, many dressed as Indians, dumped roughly £10,000 worth of tea in Boston Harbor. Whatever their motives at the time, they unleashed a social, political, and economic firestorm that would culminate in the Declaration of Independence two-and-a-half years later. The Boston Tea Party provoked a reign of terror in Boston and other American cities as tea parties erupted up and down the colonies. The turmoil stripped tens of thousands of their homes and property, and nearly 100,000 left forever in what was history's largest exodus of Americans from America. Nonetheless, John Adams called the Boston Tea Party nothing short of "magnificent," saying that "it must have important consequences." Combining stellar scholarship with action-packed history, Harlow Giles Unger reveals the truth behind the legendary event and examines its lasting consequence--the spawning of a new, independent nation. Author: Harlow Giles Unger Hardcover: 304 pages Bargain Price Company: Da Capo Press (2011-03-08) List Price: $26.00 Amazon Price: $2.71 Used Price: $2.01 
Learn about the Boston Tea Party with iMinds insightful knowledge series.It was another cold night in Boston, Massachusetts on the 16th of December 1773. But this was no ordinary night. This night would ignite the flames of injustice within many an American colonist. And it would eventually lead to the American Revolution. That night, three British ships - the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver - were moored in the Boston harbor. Their holds were filled with British tea that the American colonists had refused to accept. However, Thomas Hutchinson, the royal governor of Massachusetts, in turn, refused to issue the permits which would allow the ships to leave the harbor and return to Great Britain. iMinds brings targeted knowledge to your eReading device with short information segments to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind. Author: iMinds Kindle Edition: 4 pages Kindle eBook Company: iMinds (2010-01-31) (2010-01-31) List Price: $0.99 Amazon Price: 
On February 19, 2009, CNBC commentator Rick Santelli delivered a dramatic rant against Obama administration programs to shore up the plunging housing market. Invoking the Founding Fathers and ridiculing "losers" who could not pay their mortgages, Santelli called for "Tea Party" protests. Over the next two years, conservative activists took to the streets and airways, built hundreds of local Tea Party groups, and weighed in with votes and money to help right-wing Republicans win electoral victories in 2010.In this penetrating new study, Harvard University's Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson go beyond images of protesters in Colonial costumes to provide a nuanced portrait of the Tea Party. What they find is sometimes surprising. Drawing on grassroots interviews and visits to local meetings in several regions, they find that older, middle-class Tea Partiers mostly approve of Social Security, Medicare, and generous benefits for military veterans. Their opposition to "big government" entails reluctance to pay taxes to help people viewed as undeserving "freeloaders" - including immigrants, lower income earners, and the young. At the national level, Tea Party elites and funders leverage grassroots energy to further longstanding goals such as tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulation of business, and privatization of the very same Social Security and Medicare programs on which many grassroots Tea Partiers depend. Elites and grassroots are nevertheless united in hatred of Barack Obama and determination to push the Republican Party sharply to the right. The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism combines fine-grained portraits of local Tea Party members and chapters with an overarching analysis of the movement's rise, impact, and likely fate. Author: Theda Skocpol, Vanessa Williamson Hardcover: 264 pages Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2012-01-02) ISBN: 0199832633 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $13.75 Used Price: $12.40 
Nonfiction topics in graphic novel format! History leaps off the page in Capstone's Graphic Library. Eye-popping artwork and easy-to-read text offer an appealing experience for all readers. An additional information section provides key facts and further understanding.Author: Matt Doeden Paperback: 32 pages Company: Capstone Press(MN) (2006-01-01) ISBN: 0736852433 List Price: $7.95 Amazon Price: $2.49 Used Price: $2.90 
" A brilliant and scholarly demonstration of the way a single act of violence can affect the course of history. ... The reasons for the resort to war ... have never been brought into such clear focus as through the lens of this remarkable study." - Julian P. Boyd, editor, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson"One of the most important books ever written about the origins of the American Revolution." - Journal of American History Author: Benjamin Woods Labaree Paperback: 366 pages Company: Northeastern (1979-12-31) ISBN: 0930350057 List Price: $35.00 Amazon Price: $15.00 Used Price: $13.49
The definitive history of one of the most radical, revolutionary movements the country has ever seen, from those who started it all In 2009, an unemployed mother of two and a politically inexperienced northern California attorney met on a conference call that would end up starting one of the largest grassroots political organizations in American history, the Tea Party Patriots. Fueled by the fires of passion and patriotism, Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin have become the faces of the most powerful political movement in the country, empowering their more than twenty million members by using both high-tech advances and the time-tested American tradition of rallying in public. Promoting the basic principles of the Tea Party Movement—free market, limited government, and fiscal responsiblity—the Tea Party Patriots have become the largest tea party organization in the world. With unparalleled access to the inner workings of the movement, Meckler and Martin hope to explain how the Tea Party came to be, what it is and is not, and perhaps most important, provide the first comprehensive, forward-looking document outlining a plan to restore America to its prior greatness. Never before has there been such an audience for this material. Americans of all political stripes have been waiting for a thorough and informative account of this movement. Straight from the co-founders themselves, Tea Party Patriots promises to be the definitive source for a political revolution. Author: Mark Meckler, Jenny Beth Martin Hardcover: 240 pages Company: Henry Holt and Co. (2012-02-14) (2012-02-14) ISBN: 0805094377 List Price: $25.00 Amazon Price: $10.79 Used Price: $6.00
The Tea Party burst on the national political scene in 2009–2010, powered by right-wing grassroots passion and Astroturf big money. Its effect on electoral politics and the political process is undeniable, but the message, aims, and staying power of the loosely organized groups seem less clear. In this concise book, American political historian Ronald P. Formisano probes the remarkable rise of the Tea Party movement during a time of economic crisis and cultural change and examines its powerful impact on American politics. A confederation of intersecting and overlapping organizations, with a strong connection to the Christian fundamentalist Right, the phenomenon could easily be called the Tea Parties. The American media’s fascination with the Tea Party—and the tendency of political leaders who have embraced the movement to say and do outlandish things—not only has fueled the fire driving the movement, but has diverted attention from its roots, agenda, and the enormous influence it holds over the Republican Party and the American political agenda. Looking at the Tea Party's claims to historical precedent and patriotic values, Formisano locates its anti-state and libertarian impulses deep in American political culture as well as in voter frustrations that have boiled over in recent decades. He sorts through the disparate goals the movement’s different factions espouse and shows that, ultimately, the contradictions of Tea Party libertarianism reflect those ingrained in the broad mass of the electorate. Throughout American history, third parties, pressure groups, and social movements have emerged to demand reforms or radical change, only to eventually fade away, even if parts of their programs often are later adopted. The Tea Party’s impact as a pressure group has been more immediate. Whether the Tea Party endures remains to be seen. Formisano’s brief history certainly gives us clues. (2012)Author: Ronald P. Formisano Hardcover: 152 pages Company: The Johns Hopkins University Press (2012-04-04) ISBN: 1421405962 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $6.25 Used Price: $5.23 
Everyone knows the story of the Boston Tea Party—in which colonists stormed three British ships and dumped 92,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. But do you know the history of the Philadelphia Tea Party (December 1773)? How about the York, Maine, Tea Party (September 1774) or the Wilmington, North Carolina, Tea Party (March 1775)?Ten Tea Parties is the first book to chronicle all these uniquely American protests. Author and historian Joseph Cummins begins with the history of the East India Company (the biggest global corporation in the eighteenth century) and their staggering financial losses during the Boston Tea Party (more than a million dollars in today’s money). From there we travel to Philadelphia, where Captain Samuel Ayres was nearly tarred and feathered by a mob of 8,000 angry patriots. Then we set sail for New York City, where the Sons of Liberty raided the London and heaved 18 chests of tea into the Hudson River. Still later, in Annapolis, Maryland, a brigantine carrying 2,320 pounds of the “wretched weed” was burned to ashes. Together, the stories in Ten Tea Parties illuminate the power of Americans banding together as Americans—for the very first time in the fledgling nation’s history. It’s no wonder these patriots remain an inspiration to so many people today. Author: Joseph Cummins Hardcover: 224 pages Company: Quirk Books (2012-01-17) (2012-01-17) ISBN: 1594745609 List Price: $18.95 Amazon Price: $6.37 Used Price: $5.91
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Citation Details Title: The religious right and the tea party: marriage of convenience or just a passing fling?(CHURCH & STATE) Author: Rob Boston Publication: The Humanist (Magazine/Journal) Date: November 1, 2010 Publisher: American Humanist Association Volume: 70 Issue: 6 Page: 35(2) Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning Author: Rob Boston Digital: 5 pages HTML Company: American Humanist Association (2010-11-01) (2011-01-12) List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $9.95
On February 19, 2009, CNBC commentator Rick Santelli delivered a dramatic rant against Obama administration programs to shore up the plunging housing market. Invoking the Founding Fathers and ridiculing "losers" who could not pay their mortgages, Santelli called for "Tea Party" protests. Over the next two years, conservative activists took to the streets and airways, built hundreds of local Tea Party groups, and weighed in with votes and money to help right-wing Republicans win electoral victories in 2010.In this penetrating new study, Harvard University's Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson go beyond images of protesters in Colonial costumes to provide a nuanced portrait of the Tea Party. What they find is sometimes surprising. Drawing on grassroots interviews and visits to local meetings in several regions, they find that older, middle-class Tea Partiers mostly approve of Social Security, Medicare, and generous benefits for military veterans. Their opposition to "big government" entails reluctance to pay taxes to help people viewed as undeserving "freeloaders" - including immigrants, lower income earners, and the young. At the national level, Tea Party elites and funders leverage grassroots energy to further longstanding goals such as tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulation of business, and privatization of the very same Social Security and Medicare programs on which many grassroots Tea Partiers depend. Elites and grassroots are nevertheless united in hatred of Barack Obama and determination to push the Republican Party sharply to the right. The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism combines fine-grained portraits of local Tea Party members and chapters with an overarching analysis of the movement's rise, impact, and likely fate. Author: Theda Skocpol, Vanessa Williamson Hardcover: 264 pages Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2012-01-02) ISBN: 0199832633 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $13.75 Used Price: $12.40 
A 1974 grassroots uprising in West Virginia made a major impression upon an untold number of people all over America. Known as the Textbook War (TBW), its effects continue to influence and inspire the American people. That event was the second Tea Party in America. Some believe the TBW launched the modern conservative movement. The TBW has been called "the first shot in the cultural war." Parents, objecting to anti-Christian and anti-American textbooks, shut down the state's largest school system (about 45,000 students) and garnered intense national and worldwide attention. The author, Karl Priest, spent over 34 years as a public school teacher and principal. Protester Voices is a first time first-hand account of the Kanawha County Textbook War told from the viewpoint of the protesters. Read the personal accounts of school board member Alice Moore, five key preachers (Graley, Hill, Horan, Thaxton, and Quigley), and several other actual protesters. See many photographs of the protesters in action. No edited media interviews. No slanted research papers. No censorship. THIS IS A THE BOOK LIBERALS WILL WANT TO BAN OR BURN! LEE STROBEL (best-selling Christian author) featured the Textbook War in chapter one of The Case for a Creator. LARRY PRATT (executive director of Gun Owners of America) said, "The Textbook War was one of the major battles of the cultural wars." CONNIE MARSHNER (national conservative leader) declared that the 1974 protesters had old-fashioned American virtues and they woke up the rest of the country. ROBERT K. DORNAN (former United States Congressman) said that the media discovered that something was wrong with American education thanks to the Kanawha County textbook battle.Author: Karl C. Priest Paperback: TEH ONLY BOOK FROM THE PROTESTER PERSPECTIVE! Company: Praying Mantis Publishing (2010) ISBN: 0984500308 List Price: Amazon Price: $12.95 Used Price: $13.99
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Citation Details Title: Choosing choice candidates: in the absence of a firm hierarchy and party leaders, the Tea Party does not endorse specific candidates, but Tea Parties do expect candidates to hold certain positions.(TEA PARTY) Author: Joe, II Wolverton Publication: The New American (Magazine/Journal) Date: April 12, 2010 Publisher: American Opinion Publishing, Inc. Volume: 26 Issue: 8 Page: 17(2) Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning Author: Joe, II Wolverton Digital: 4 pages HTML Company: American Opinion Publishing, Inc. (2010-04-12) (2010-06-14) List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $9.95
Americans have always put the past to political ends. The Union laid claim to the Revolution--so did the Confederacy. Civil rights leaders said they were the true sons of liberty--so did Southern segregationists. This book tells the story of the centuries-long struggle over the meaning of the nation's founding, including the battle waged by the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and evangelical Christians to "take back America." Jill Lepore, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer, offers a careful and concerned look at American history according to the far right, from the "rant heard round the world," which launched the Tea Party, to the Texas School Board's adoption of a social-studies curriculum that teaches that the United States was established as a Christian nation. Along the way, she provides rare insight into the eighteenth-century struggle for independence--a history of the Revolution, from the archives. Lepore traces the roots of the far right's reactionary history to the bicentennial in the 1970s, when no one could agree on what story a divided nation should tell about its unruly beginnings. Behind the Tea Party's Revolution, she argues, lies a nostalgic and even heartbreaking yearning for an imagined past--a time less troubled by ambiguity, strife, and uncertainty--a yearning for an America that never was. The Whites of Their Eyes reveals that the far right has embraced a narrative about America's founding that is not only a fable but is also, finally, a variety of fundamentalism--anti-intellectual, antihistorical, and dangerously antipluralist. In a new afterword, Lepore addresses both the recent shift in Tea Party rhetoric from the Revolution to the Constitution and the diminished role of scholars as political commentators over the last half century of public debate. Author: Jill Lepore Paperback: 232 pages Company: Princeton University Press (2011-08-08) ISBN: 0691153000 List Price: $12.95 Amazon Price: $7.29 Used Price: $4.41
Author: Anthony DiMaggioPaperback: 272 pages Company: Monthly Review Press (2011-11-01) (2011-11-01) ISBN: 1583672478 List Price: $18.95 Amazon Price: $11.71 Used Price: $8.14 
America has been hijacked! While we worked to retire happy and have everything we needed to enjoy the good life, our government was doing what it damn well pleased. WAKE UP. Now is the best opportunity we've ever had to help get our government back to serving it's constituents. A strong Independent third party in the middle of all the bickering might help get something worthwhile accomplished. We babyboomers let this get out of control by not paying attention and speaking out. Lets all get together as one united strong voice, the "Independent Tea Party. Read my suggestions for a "Tea Party Platform"Author: Bill Chatham Paperback: 76 pages Company: CreateSpace (2010-04-12) ISBN: 1452805520 List Price: $11.00 Amazon Price: $9.30 Used Price: $11.34
Americans have always put the past to political ends. The Union laid claim to the Revolution--so did the Confederacy. Civil rights leaders said they were the true sons of liberty--so did Southern segregationists. This book tells the story of the centuries-long struggle over the meaning of the nation's founding, including the battle waged by the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and evangelical Christians to "take back America." Jill Lepore, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer, offers a wry and bemused look at American history according to the far right, from the "rant heard round the world," which launched the Tea Party, to the Texas School Board's adoption of a social-studies curriculum that teaches that the United States was established as a Christian nation. Along the way, she provides rare insight into the eighteenth-century struggle for independence--the real one, that is. Lepore traces the roots of the far right's reactionary history to the bicentennial in the 1970s, when no one could agree on what story a divided nation should tell about its unruly beginnings. Behind the Tea Party's Revolution, she argues, lies a nostalgic and even heartbreaking yearning for an imagined past--a time less troubled by ambiguity, strife, and uncertainty--a yearning for an America that never was. The Whites of Their Eyes reveals that the far right has embraced a narrative about America's founding that is not only a fable but is also, finally, a variety of fundamentalism--anti-intellectual, antihistorical, and dangerously antipluralist. Author: Jill Lepore Hardcover: 224 pages Company: Princeton University Press (2010-09-20) ISBN: 0691150273 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $4.48 Used Price: $5.00 
This groundbreaking manifesto is essential reading for tea party activists—or any American seeking to understand what the Tea Party is fighting for and what's next for the movement Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe have been on the front lines of one of the fastest-growing and most influential political phenomena in recent memory: the Tea Party movement. As the leaders of the advocacy organization FreedomWorks, they have helped guide and give voice to hundreds of thousands of activists from across the country and have a strong vision for the future of this powerful grassroots uprising. United by a strong belief in limited government and individual liberty, Tea Party members are changing the American political landscape. Unlike mainstream media accounts that observe the Tea Party movement from the outside looking in, Give Us Liberty chronicles the roots and rise of a new breed of taxpayer activism in the voices of those who were there. Discover the personalities that drove the first meetings, the unknown candidates whose principled stand earned them unlikely victories, the march that gathered more than a million activists, and the bedrock beliefs that brought them together. In this national call to action, Armey and Kibbe provide an intimate history of the movement, explain how citizens can join the cause, and chart the future of the Tea Party—and America. Give Us Liberty also contains a battle-tested, step-by-step guide to organizing and effecting change in any community. Author: Dick Armey, Matt Kibbe Paperback: 368 pages Large Print Company: HarperLuxe (2010-08-31) (2010-08-31) ISBN: 0062018175 List Price: $19.99 Amazon Price: $0.01 Used Price: $0.01
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"America is good. Everything else is bad." So begins the first chapter of the greatest book ever on the second-greatest Tea Party ever: your Tea Party. Or, if you're a godless wussy liberal dirty poopy socialist, their Tea Party. Either way--with us or against us--The Tea Party Guide to Being a Real American is for you. America is in hot water, and this book is going to teabag the whole damn country.This book has the answers. Answers to questions like Why did Jesus write the Constitution? and What's the most patriotic sexual position? Well, it doesn't quite answer that second one, but the HOT, SCREAMING SEX CHAPTER does offer a few variations from the Tea Party Kama Sutra, and some great pickup lines to use at rallies that might make such a right-wing hookup possible. You'll also learn where the real Tea Partiers are partyin', which guns to amass for your weapons cache, and how to cram more church into this godforsaken secularist state. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll get strapped and hit the streets, ready for the End Times. In short, this is the book you've been waiting for--so what are you waiting for? Be a Real American. Order this book, or the terrorists win. By terrorists, we mean enemies of the Constitution both foreign and domestic. And by foreign and domestic, we mean Barack Hussein Obama and Nancy Satan Pelosi. Seriously. It's a very funny book, and it's arriving just in time for the 2012 election cycle. Order now, before the Democrapocalypse ruins everything! Author: Roland Boyle Paperback: 272 pages Bargain Price Company: Sourcebooks (2011-11-01) (2011-11-01) List Price: $9.99 Amazon Price: $4.00 
This groundbreaking manifesto is essential reading for tea party activists—or any American seeking to understand what the Tea Party is fighting for and what's next for the movement Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe have been on the front lines of one of the fastest-growing and most influential political phenomena in recent memory: the Tea Party movement. As the leaders of the advocacy organization FreedomWorks, they have helped guide and give voice to hundreds of thousands of activists from across the country and have a strong vision for the future of this powerful grassroots uprising. United by a strong belief in limited government and individual liberty, Tea Party members are changing the American political landscape. Unlike mainstream media accounts that observe the Tea Party movement from the outside looking in, Give Us Liberty chronicles the roots and rise of a new breed of taxpayer activism in the voices of those who were there. Discover the personalities that drove the first meetings, the unknown candidates whose principled stand earned them unlikely victories, the march that gathered more than a million activists, and the bedrock beliefs that brought them together. In this national call to action, Armey and Kibbe provide an intimate history of the movement, explain how citizens can join the cause, and chart the future of the Tea Party—and America. Give Us Liberty also contains a battle-tested, step-by-step guide to organizing and effecting change in any community. Author: Dick Armey, Matt Kibbe Hardcover: 272 pages Bargain Price Company: William Morrow (2010-09-01) (2010-08-17) List Price: $19.99 Amazon Price: $4.45 Used Price: $2.43 
If the midterm elections were a declaration of war on the status quo, Rand Paul leads the battle charge. Voters fearful of growing government and debt have found voice in the Tea Party phenomenon and the movement continues to deliver a message that Washington, D.C. has found impossible to ignore.In THE TEA PARTY GOES TO WASHINGTON, the newly elected senator and self-described "constitutional conservative" explains why his party has to stand by its limited government rhetoric and why the federal government must be stuffed back into its constitutional box. Given the problems our nation faces, these are not mere suggestions, but moral imperatives. Rand Paul and those who voted for him want to stop borrowing, end the bailouts, and entitlements and the spending. In THE TEA PARTY GOES TO WASHINGTON you'll learn: The history of the Tea Party and why it isn't "extreme" How both parties operate outside the Constitution Rand's plan for a balanced budget Why the Tea Party will endureNow is the time to get America back on track-- this is the moment of the new revolution that will take us back to our grass roots, to the country of our founding fathers. It's a new day in Washington-- as the Tea Party graduates from populist outrage to political influence, Rand Paul stands poised to become one of its greatest champions. Author: Rand Paul Hardcover: 272 pages Bargain Price Company: Center Street (2011-02-22) List Price: $21.99 Amazon Price: $8.78 Used Price: $8.50 
U.S. Congressional Candidate Reveals How the Biggest Enemies of Liberty in America Have Infiltrated and Taken over the Tea Party! When the media dubbed former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin the den mother for the Tea Party movement, to many this signaled the end to the libertarian values that the Tea Party originally stood for; upholding the principles of individual liberty, free-agency and peace. Few were more alarmed by this turn of events than Congressional candidate and libertarian author Jake Shannon. In TEA-O-CONNED, he shows how the original credos of the Tea Party movement have been co-opted by a neo-conservative group promoting war in Iran, criticizing immigrants and diversity, and persecuting those with different religious views. Therein lies the danger, in Shannon's view. Thus, he is appalled that the Tea Party has been crashed by "Mad Hatters" such as Palin, Glenn Beck and media outlets like Fox News. TEA-O-CONNED is a modern day Paul Revere-style wake-up call, "The Neo-Cons are coming! The Neo-Cons are coming!" TEA-O-CONNED explains why: * ...the Tea Party movement has veered from the original principles of liberty espoused by former presidential candidate Ron Paul. * ...the party has gone from a viable grassroots movement to "Astroturf." * ...if we want stimulus, we need to abolish the IRS! *...and much, much more!Author: Jake Shannon Paperback: 126 pages Company: CreateSpace (2010-08-28) ISBN: 1453797440 List Price: $12.95 Amazon Price: $9.36 Used Price: $38.19 
Crashing the Tea Party challenges conventional dogmas related to the most recent movement of choice of conservative America and the mass media. This book undertakes a critical journalistic and scholarly examination of the Tea Party at the national and local level. Through firsthand observation of local Tea Party chapters, Street and DiMaggio uncover details about the Tea Party that have remained largely unexplored. Is the Tea Party a genuine social movement or a top-down interest group created largely by the mass media, Republican Party, and corporate funding? Street and DiMaggio explore this question systematically, closely documenting their results. They show how mass media reporting and commentary affect public opinion of the Tea Party and its preferred policy whipping boy, health care reform, in particular. This book fills the gap in public understanding of how social movements fit within the larger political ideologies on the left and right, and the growing role of media in influencing public opinion on major issues of the day.Author: Paul Street, Anthony DiMaggio Paperback: 288 pages Company: Paradigm Publishers (2011-05-30) ISBN: 1594519455 List Price: $23.95 Amazon Price: $12.07 Used Price: $12.44 
Today's raucous revolt against Washington and Wall Street is a classic populist uprising. In Mad As Hell, two respected political pollsters show what it means for the future of American politics. The riotous tea parties and angry town hall meetings of last summer seemingly took everyone by surprise. They shouldn’t have: populist movements have always arisen in times of economic hardship and uncertainty. In Mad As Hell, pollsters Scott Rasmussen and Doug Schoen use extensive and original research to explore the mind and heart of the populist uprising that has suddenly thrown American politics into turmoil. In the past, populist movements have taken root either on the right or on the left. Today’s populist revolt is unusually broad and has two wings: a left wing that wants universal health care and redistributive economic policies, and a right wing that wants to reduce the power of government to interfere in our lives. Both are hostile to the Washington political class, Wall Street, and the mainstream media—all of which they consider out of touch with the concerns of “real” Americans. The key difference is that left populists are effectively represented by Barack Obama and congressional Democrats who are pursuing their agenda, while right populists are chiefly represented by Fox News and Rush Limbaugh— an angrier and potentially more powerful political force. So-called professionals in politics, business, and media have completely failed to comprehend the new populism and have dismissed it as marginal and extreme. The authors explore the broad-based nature of the new populist movement and explain how it is reshaping American politics—whether politicians and elite journalists like it or not. The Tea Party movement is not a flash in the pan,as many have assumed. Nor is it a movement of racist rednecks and ignorant boobs, as its detractors have crudely suggested. To the contrary, it is an authentic grassroots movement of concerned American citizens demanding to be heard by an out-of-touch political establishment. Their concerns are real and their issues are legitimate, the authors maintain; moreover, the new populism is here to stay, and it has already changed our politics for the better. In Mad As Hell, Rasmussen and Schoen have produced an authoritative guide to the new populism, featuring a combination of proprietary polling data, political analysis, results from online focus groups,and interviews with on-the-ground players. It is must-reading for anyone interested in American electoral politics for the remainder of the decade. Author: Scott Rasmussen, Doug Schoen Hardcover: 336 pages Bargain Price Company: Harper (2010-09-14) (2010-09-14) List Price: $27.99 Amazon Price: $5.00 Used Price: $2.75
The definitive history of one of the most radical, revolutionary movements the country has ever seen, from those who started it all In 2009, an unemployed mother of two and a politically inexperienced northern California attorney met on a conference call that would end up starting one of the largest grassroots political organizations in American history, the Tea Party Patriots. Fueled by the fires of passion and patriotism, Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin have become the faces of the most powerful political movement in the country, empowering their more than twenty million members by using both high-tech advances and the time-tested American tradition of rallying in public. Promoting the basic principles of the Tea Party Movement—free market, limited government, and fiscal responsiblity—the Tea Party Patriots have become the largest tea party organization in the world. With unparalleled access to the inner workings of the movement, Meckler and Martin hope to explain how the Tea Party came to be, what it is and is not, and perhaps most important, provide the first comprehensive, forward-looking document outlining a plan to restore America to its prior greatness. Never before has there been such an audience for this material. Americans of all political stripes have been waiting for a thorough and informative account of this movement. Straight from the co-founders themselves, Tea Party Patriots promises to be the definitive source for a political revolution. Author: Mark Meckler, Jenny Beth Martin Hardcover: 240 pages Company: Henry Holt and Co. (2012-02-14) (2012-02-14) ISBN: 0805094377 List Price: $25.00 Amazon Price: $10.79 Used Price: $6.00 
A surprising and revealing look inside the Tea Party movement—where it came from, what it stands for, and what it means for the future of American politics They burst on the scene at the height of the Great Recession—angry voters gathering by the thousands to rail against bailouts and big government. Evoking the Founding Fathers, they called themselves the Tea Party. Within the year, they had changed the terms of debate in Washington, emboldening Republicans and confounding a new administration's ability to get things done. Boiling Mad is Kate Zernike's eye-opening look inside the Tea Party, introducing us to a cast of unlikely activists and the philosophy that animates them. She shows how the Tea Party movement emerged from an unusual alliance of young Internet-savvy conservatives and older people alarmed at a country they no longer recognize. The movement is the latest manifestation of a long history of conservative discontent in America, breeding on a distrust of government that is older than the nation itself. But the Tea Partiers' grievances are rooted in the present, a response to the election of the nation's first black president and to the far-reaching government intervention that followed the economic crisis of 2008-2009. Though they are better educated and better off than most other Americans, they remain deeply pessimistic about the economy and the direction of the country. Zernike introduces us to the first Tea Partier, a nose-pierced young teacher who lives in Seattle with her fiancé, an Obama supporter. We listen in on what Tea Partiers learn about the Constitution, which they embrace as the backbone of their political philosophy. We see how young conservatives, who model their organization on the Grateful Dead, mobilize a new set of activists several decades their elder. And we watch as suburban mothers, who draw their inspiration from MoveOn and other icons of the Left, plot to upend the Republican Party in a swing district outside Philadelphia. The Tea Party movement has energized a lot of voters, but it has polarized the electorate, too. Agree or disagree, we must understand this movement to understand American politics in 2010 and beyond. Author: Kate Zernike Hardcover: 256 pages Bargain Price Company: Times Books (2010-09-14) (2010-09-14) List Price: $25.00 Amazon Price: $2.29 Used Price: $1.60
On February 19, 2009, CNBC commentator Rick Santelli delivered a dramatic rant against Obama administration programs to shore up the plunging housing market. Invoking the Founding Fathers and ridiculing "losers" who could not pay their mortgages, Santelli called for "Tea Party" protests. Over the next two years, conservative activists took to the streets and airways, built hundreds of local Tea Party groups, and weighed in with votes and money to help right-wing Republicans win electoral victories in 2010.In this penetrating new study, Harvard University's Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson go beyond images of protesters in Colonial costumes to provide a nuanced portrait of the Tea Party. What they find is sometimes surprising. Drawing on grassroots interviews and visits to local meetings in several regions, they find that older, middle-class Tea Partiers mostly approve of Social Security, Medicare, and generous benefits for military veterans. Their opposition to "big government" entails reluctance to pay taxes to help people viewed as undeserving "freeloaders" - including immigrants, lower income earners, and the young. At the national level, Tea Party elites and funders leverage grassroots energy to further longstanding goals such as tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulation of business, and privatization of the very same Social Security and Medicare programs on which many grassroots Tea Partiers depend. Elites and grassroots are nevertheless united in hatred of Barack Obama and determination to push the Republican Party sharply to the right. The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism combines fine-grained portraits of local Tea Party members and chapters with an overarching analysis of the movement's rise, impact, and likely fate. Author: Theda Skocpol, Vanessa Williamson Hardcover: 264 pages Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2012-01-02) ISBN: 0199832633 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $13.75 Used Price: $12.40
Americans have always put the past to political ends. The Union laid claim to the Revolution--so did the Confederacy. Civil rights leaders said they were the true sons of liberty--so did Southern segregationists. This book tells the story of the centuries-long struggle over the meaning of the nation's founding, including the battle waged by the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and evangelical Christians to "take back America." Jill Lepore, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer, offers a wry and bemused look at American history according to the far right, from the "rant heard round the world," which launched the Tea Party, to the Texas School Board's adoption of a social-studies curriculum that teaches that the United States was established as a Christian nation. Along the way, she provides rare insight into the eighteenth-century struggle for independence--the real one, that is. Lepore traces the roots of the far right's reactionary history to the bicentennial in the 1970s, when no one could agree on what story a divided nation should tell about its unruly beginnings. Behind the Tea Party's Revolution, she argues, lies a nostalgic and even heartbreaking yearning for an imagined past--a time less troubled by ambiguity, strife, and uncertainty--a yearning for an America that never was. The Whites of Their Eyes reveals that the far right has embraced a narrative about America's founding that is not only a fable but is also, finally, a variety of fundamentalism--anti-intellectual, antihistorical, and dangerously antipluralist. Author: Jill Lepore Hardcover: 224 pages Company: Princeton University Press (2010-09-20) ISBN: 0691150273 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $4.48 Used Price: $5.00 
The Tea Party has reshaped American politics, with views that are biased, misinformed and disheartening. When the Tea Party reared its ugly head, it was at the end of President George W. Bush term and beginning of President Barack Obama existing term. They came right out of the gate with their prejudice views of Democrats and Barack Obama. They say they are not racist, however, holding up signs that shows images of President Obama looking like an ape, or some other derogatory form is clear of whom and what group of people that started this farce. It would benefit America if everyone start drowning out the prejudice and sinister views of the TEA PARTY and its ass kissing republicans that seek their support. Moreover, this book is comprised of comprehensive issues that the TEA PARTY fail to address as they CUT,CAP and BALANCE America's governing bodies out of preserving and saving what is best for America, its moral values for all.Author: American Patriots Paperback: 66 pages Company: CreateSpace (2011-08-15) ISBN: 1466233257 List Price: $7.00 Amazon Price: $7.00 
76 Page Political Notebook This is volume one in a series of Political Notebooks. The titles are created to make you think about the positions of the politician(s) you will vote for, whose policies will affect your life for years to come. The Occupy Wall Street movement came at a perfect time to change the political discussion from deficits, to the income disparity in our country. It's time to have a common sense conversation about this issue. And, I dare say that most of the 1% don't want to talk about it. Presidential candidate Willard "Mitt" Romney, says people who want to discuss this persistent "wealth gap" are envious of those who are successful. And, if by some miracle those discussions did come to pass, they should take place in "quiet rooms." Romney's comments on this are being called the "politics of envy." When asked how he would proceed in addressing the issues of the 99%, Romney has become aggressive with the person asking the question. He degrades them in his response, as if just by asking questions somehow they aren't good Americans, and may be more comfortable in a foreign country. Read the incident that occured in Charleston, SC. on the back of this book to give you a clearer picture of this man who wants to be the leader of the free world. Use the notebook as a tool to keep track of the things you hear that may, or may not be true during this political season. Conduct Research! Then, you can make an informed decision about the type of people who should be elected to lead & rebuild the United States. Hold them accountable! Be certain they have a vision for this country that will provide opportunity for the dreams and endeavors of ALL Americans to be fulfilled. Be an informed voter! Enjoy. Special Note: $1.00 for every book sold will be donated to the K.I.N.D. (Kids In Need of Desks) Fund.Author: Progressive Lady, Empowerment Seminars & Publications Paperback: 76 pages Company: CreateSpace (2012-02-09) ISBN: 1468188429 List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $9.95
On February 19, 2009, CNBC commentator Rick Santelli delivered a dramatic rant against Obama administration programs to shore up the plunging housing market. Invoking the Founding Fathers and ridiculing "losers" who could not pay their mortgages, Santelli called for "Tea Party" protests. Over the next two years, conservative activists took to the streets and airways, built hundreds of local Tea Party groups, and weighed in with votes and money to help right-wing Republicans win electoral victories in 2010.In this penetrating new study, Harvard University's Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson go beyond images of protesters in Colonial costumes to provide a nuanced portrait of the Tea Party. What they find is sometimes surprising. Drawing on grassroots interviews and visits to local meetings in several regions, they find that older, middle-class Tea Partiers mostly approve of Social Security, Medicare, and generous benefits for military veterans. Their opposition to "big government" entails reluctance to pay taxes to help people viewed as undeserving "freeloaders" - including immigrants, lower income earners, and the young. At the national level, Tea Party elites and funders leverage grassroots energy to further longstanding goals such as tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulation of business, and privatization of the very same Social Security and Medicare programs on which many grassroots Tea Partiers depend. Elites and grassroots are nevertheless united in hatred of Barack Obama and determination to push the Republican Party sharply to the right. The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism combines fine-grained portraits of local Tea Party members and chapters with an overarching analysis of the movement's rise, impact, and likely fate. Author: Theda Skocpol, Vanessa Williamson Hardcover: 264 pages Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2012-01-02) ISBN: 0199832633 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $13.75 Used Price: $12.40 
In The Tea Party: Three Principles, constitutional law professor Elizabeth Price Foley takes on the mainstream media's characterization of the American Tea Party movement, asserting that it has been distorted in a way that prevents meaningful political dialogue and may even be dangerous for America's future. Foley sees the Tea Party as a movement of principles over politics. She identifies three 'core principles' of American constitutional law that bind the decentralized, wide-ranging movement: limited government, unapologetic US sovereignty and constitutional originalism. These three principles, Foley explains, both define the Tea Party movement and predict its effect on the American political landscape. Foley explains the three principles' significance to the American founding and constitutional structure. She then connects the principles to current issues such as health care reform, illegal immigration, the war on terror, and internationalism.Author: Elizabeth Price Foley Hardcover: 256 pages Company: Cambridge University Press (2012-02-05) ISBN: 1107011353 List Price: $25.00 Amazon Price: $11.98 Used Price: $11.06 
As the 2012 elections approach, the Republican Party is rocketing rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threaten to shut down the government and force a U.S. debt default. Tea Party activists mount primary challenges against Republican officeholders who appear to exhibit too much pragmatism or independence. Moderation and compromise are dirty words in the Republican presidential debates. The GOP, it seems, has suddenly become a party of ideological purity. Except this development is not new at all. In Rule and Ruin, Geoffrey Kabaservice reveals that the moderate Republicans' downfall began not with the rise of the Tea Party but about the time of President Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address. Even in the 1960s, when left-wing radicalism and right-wing backlash commanded headlines, Republican moderates and progressives formed a powerful movement, supporting pro-civil rights politicians like Nelson Rockefeller and William Scranton, battling big-government liberals and conservative extremists alike. But the Republican civil war ended with the overthrow of the moderate ideas, heroes, and causes that had comprised the core of the GOP since its formation. In hindsight, it is today's conservatives who are "Republicans in Name Only." Writing with passionate sympathy for a bygone tradition of moderation, Kabaservice recaptures a time when fiscal restraint was matched with social engagement; when a cohort of leading Republicans opposed the Vietnam war; when George Romney--father of Mitt Romney--conducted a nationwide tour of American poverty, from Appalachia to Watts, calling on society to "listen to the voices from the ghetto." Rule and Ruin is an epic, deeply researched history that reorients our understanding of our political past and present. Today, moderates are marginalized in the GOP and progressives are all but nonexistent. In this insightful and elegantly argued book, Kabaservice contends that their decline has left Republicans less capable of governing responsibly, with dire consequences for all Americans. Author: Geoffrey Kabaservice Hardcover: 504 pages Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2012-01-04) ISBN: 0199768404 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $15.95 Used Price: $14.99
The definitive history of one of the most radical, revolutionary movements the country has ever seen, from those who started it all In 2009, an unemployed mother of two and a politically inexperienced northern California attorney met on a conference call that would end up starting one of the largest grassroots political organizations in American history, the Tea Party Patriots. Fueled by the fires of passion and patriotism, Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin have become the faces of the most powerful political movement in the country, empowering their more than twenty million members by using both high-tech advances and the time-tested American tradition of rallying in public. Promoting the basic principles of the Tea Party Movement—free market, limited government, and fiscal responsiblity—the Tea Party Patriots have become the largest tea party organization in the world. With unparalleled access to the inner workings of the movement, Meckler and Martin hope to explain how the Tea Party came to be, what it is and is not, and perhaps most important, provide the first comprehensive, forward-looking document outlining a plan to restore America to its prior greatness. Never before has there been such an audience for this material. Americans of all political stripes have been waiting for a thorough and informative account of this movement. Straight from the co-founders themselves, Tea Party Patriots promises to be the definitive source for a political revolution. Author: Mark Meckler, Jenny Beth Martin Hardcover: 240 pages Company: Henry Holt and Co. (2012-02-14) (2012-02-14) ISBN: 0805094377 List Price: $25.00 Amazon Price: $10.79 Used Price: $6.00 
"Sarah Palin vs. Jeb Bush: Inside their fight for control of the Republican Party" is a compelling and controversial exploration of the suspected deep rooted political rivalry between two of the GOP's biggest players and the Republican Party's most diametrically opposed factions - the centrists and the Tea Party patriots.The latest work by international bestselling author and political scientist Michael Essany examines: • The bad blood between the blue blood American political dynasty that is the Bush family and the Alaskan political sensation and conservative icon Sarah Palin. • Sarah Palin and Jeb Bush's seemingly inevitable clash on the ballot or in repairing a broken party. • How the 2012 Republican National Convention could end in deadlock and the respective roles Palin and Bush would likely play. • Why the presidency may be unattainable for Republicans in 2012. • The warring factions within the GOP that will soon yield a winner and shape the course of the party's platform and direction in the years ahead. Author: Michael Essany Kindle Edition: 37 pages Kindle eBook Company: Political Science Electronic Press (2012-03-20) (2012-03-20) List Price: Amazon Price:
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The Tea Party burst on the national political scene in 2009–2010, powered by right-wing grassroots passion and Astroturf big money. Its effect on electoral politics and the political process is undeniable, but the message, aims, and staying power of the loosely organized groups seem less clear. In this concise book, American political historian Ronald P. Formisano probes the remarkable rise of the Tea Party movement during a time of economic crisis and cultural change and examines its powerful impact on American politics. A confederation of intersecting and overlapping organizations, with a strong connection to the Christian fundamentalist Right, the phenomenon could easily be called the Tea Parties. The American media’s fascination with the Tea Party—and the tendency of political leaders who have embraced the movement to say and do outlandish things—not only has fueled the fire driving the movement, but has diverted attention from its roots, agenda, and the enormous influence it holds over the Republican Party and the American political agenda. Looking at the Tea Party's claims to historical precedent and patriotic values, Formisano locates its anti-state and libertarian impulses deep in American political culture as well as in voter frustrations that have boiled over in recent decades. He sorts through the disparate goals the movement’s different factions espouse and shows that, ultimately, the contradictions of Tea Party libertarianism reflect those ingrained in the broad mass of the electorate. Throughout American history, third parties, pressure groups, and social movements have emerged to demand reforms or radical change, only to eventually fade away, even if parts of their programs often are later adopted. The Tea Party’s impact as a pressure group has been more immediate. Whether the Tea Party endures remains to be seen. Formisano’s brief history certainly gives us clues. (2012)Author: Ronald P. Formisano Hardcover: 152 pages Company: The Johns Hopkins University Press (2012-04-04) ISBN: 1421405962 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $6.25 Used Price: $5.23
The Tea Party burst on the national political scene in 2009–2010, powered by right-wing grassroots passion and Astroturf big money. Its effect on electoral politics and the political process is undeniable, but the message, aims, and staying power of the loosely organized groups seem less clear. In this concise book, American political historian Ronald P. Formisano probes the remarkable rise of the Tea Party movement during a time of economic crisis and cultural change and examines its powerful impact on American politics. A confederation of intersecting and overlapping organizations, with a strong connection to the Christian fundamentalist Right, the phenomenon could easily be called the Tea Parties. The American media’s fascination with the Tea Party—and the tendency of political leaders who have embraced the movement to say and do outlandish things—not only has fueled the fire driving the movement, but has diverted attention from its roots, agenda, and the enormous influence it holds over the Republican Party and the American political agenda. Looking at the Tea Party's claims to historical precedent and patriotic values, Formisano locates its anti-state and libertarian impulses deep in American political culture as well as in voter frustrations that have boiled over in recent decades. He sorts through the disparate goals the movement’s different factions espouse and shows that, ultimately, the contradictions of Tea Party libertarianism reflect those ingrained in the broad mass of the electorate. Throughout American history, third parties, pressure groups, and social movements have emerged to demand reforms or radical change, only to eventually fade away, even if parts of their programs often are later adopted. The Tea Party’s impact as a pressure group has been more immediate. Whether the Tea Party endures remains to be seen. Formisano’s brief history certainly gives us clues. (2012)Author: Ronald P. Formisano Hardcover: 152 pages Company: The Johns Hopkins University Press (2012-04-04) ISBN: 1421405962 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $6.25 Used Price: $5.23 
--- This self-published book was published through CreateSpace, an Amazon LLC company. --- --- The CreateSpace software (sent to Amazon) does not format paragraph separations properly at Amazon, hence the need for dashes. This might be an Apple software vs. Microsoft software problem that they opt not to fix. To see the description formatted properly go to the Kindle page at Amazon. --- --- Consumers also expect books to be discounted - because the list price generally represents quality, and the difference between the list price and selling price represents value - but both CreateSpace and Amazon rarely offer a discount on a CreateSpace published book. And they do not provide the discount offered by the author. She has therefore tried to reduce the selling price as much as she can and still make a profit. --- ---Imagine an America that provides healthcare for all and the federal budget is one-third smaller. Imagine an America where Social Security is solvent all the time, and taxes are paid fairly. Imagine an America that lives within a sensible budget.--- ---Instead of the socialism of ObamaCare or the free-market insurance model, Kathryn Brown has crafted a plan to provide basic universal healthcare - without paying for insurance - aka self-funded BasicCare - using a national sales tax on all purchases, except those considered necessities of life (food, clothing, gasoline, etc.), administered entirely by the states using private competitive-bid contractors.--- ---BasicCare is not intended to cover all healthcare needs; it's intended to cover the most common. Beyond BasicCare, the choice of no insurance or additional insurance would still be available.--- ---Deep in debt and on the verge of becoming enslaved to taxes, this skilled and practical-minded MBA uses simple terminology and useful aids to show how we can save $600B/year in healthcare costs and fix our biggest financial problems, while reducing the federal budget by over $800B/year.--- ---Common Sense Solutions for America is the "The How-to-Manual to Restore American Greatness."Author: Kathryn Murphy Brown Paperback: 296 pages Company: CreateSpace (2010-12-27) ISBN: 1453842713 List Price: $12.95 Amazon Price: $15.50 
Any American who is concerned about their country will love this book. Finally we have a book that provides feasible solutions for American's many problems. There is nothing but straight talk in this book, more so than most are used to. Even if you are a Democrat or a Republican you will find solutions in this book that you will like. If you are looking to make America better, then read this book! WE can make a difference and WE can make America better.Author: J.L. Slough Kindle Edition: 86 pages Kindle eBook Company: Amazon Kindle (2011-04-15) (2011-04-15) List Price: $5.99 Amazon Price: 
From the co-author of Michele Bachmann’s America…The third installment in The Perpetual Campaign Series… A multi-billion-dollar defense contractor. An economic crash. A 24-hour news cycle. Supporters pushed toward the edge. Clarissa Jennings is bored with her new gig in the state Legislature. Meanwhile, Holly Schaffer can’t bring herself to support Alex Hogan’s bid for governor, even though he is the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party’s presumptive nominee. Put the two women together and you get a plan that could change Minnesota politics forever—if it doesn’t get someone killed first. Clarissa, Holly, Carter Jennings, Brandon van Tassel and Tara Gunderson Hansen return in a campaign story about the power of hope colliding head-on with the politics of vitriol. The result could be catastrophic. Author: Christopher Truscott Kindle Edition: 378 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2011-09-02) (2011-09-02) List Price: $0.99 Amazon Price:
76 Page Political Notebook This is volume one in a series of Political Notebooks. The titles are created to make you think about the positions of the politician(s) you will vote for, whose policies will affect your life for years to come. The Occupy Wall Street movement came at a perfect time to change the political discussion from deficits, to the income disparity in our country. It's time to have a common sense conversation about this issue. And, I dare say that most of the 1% don't want to talk about it. Presidential candidate Willard "Mitt" Romney, says people who want to discuss this persistent "wealth gap" are envious of those who are successful. And, if by some miracle those discussions did come to pass, they should take place in "quiet rooms." Romney's comments on this are being called the "politics of envy." When asked how he would proceed in addressing the issues of the 99%, Romney has become aggressive with the person asking the question. He degrades them in his response, as if just by asking questions somehow they aren't good Americans, and may be more comfortable in a foreign country. Read the incident that occured in Charleston, SC. on the back of this book to give you a clearer picture of this man who wants to be the leader of the free world. Use the notebook as a tool to keep track of the things you hear that may, or may not be true during this political season. Conduct Research! Then, you can make an informed decision about the type of people who should be elected to lead & rebuild the United States. Hold them accountable! Be certain they have a vision for this country that will provide opportunity for the dreams and endeavors of ALL Americans to be fulfilled. Be an informed voter! Enjoy. Special Note: $1.00 for every book sold will be donated to the K.I.N.D. (Kids In Need of Desks) Fund.Author: Progressive Lady, Empowerment Seminars & Publications Paperback: 76 pages Company: CreateSpace (2012-02-09) ISBN: 1468188429 List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $9.95
Today's Tea Party activists are motivated by the same ideological desires as our nation's Founding Fathers, argues Michael Patrick Leahy in this illuminating work of political history. Today's political class—in both parties and at all levels of government—shows a blatant disregard for both the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution. More and more Americans are fed up, and from this sweeping sense of discontent and anger the Tea Party movement has emerged, revitalizing the spirit of constitutionalist activism in the conservative world. According to author and Tea Party activist Michael Patrick Leahy, a similar lack of accountability ignited our nation's Founding Fathers, and they were motivated by the same ideological desires: to constitutionally limit government, ensure fiscal responsibility, and defend individual liberty. These imperatives were at the heart of what he calls a "covenant of liberty," which undergirds our written Constitution. Leahy traces these ideas to the libertarian traditions of the English Civil War. He explains why they were on the minds of Americans at the birth of the republic, and how they passed down largely intact from generation to generation, were broken by a corrupted political class, and have been rediscovered by the modern Tea Party movement. According to Leahy, the American constitutional covenant consists of four unwritten promises that most citizens continue to regard as crucial to our government's legitimacy. The story of how this covenant evolved and how its fundamental promises were broken forms the core of this unique and original work of political history. As Leahy shows, the first promise—to abide by the written words of the Constitution—was broken before the ink was dry on the nation's founding documents. The second—to refrain from interfering in private economic matters—was broken by the Republican Party in the 1860s. The third—to honor the customs, traditions, and principles that made up the "fiscal constitution"—was broken by Herbert Hoover 143 years after the establishment of our republic, a sad rupture conducted on an even grander scale by his successors, beginning with Franklin Roosevelt and continuing through the administration of Barack Obama. The breaking of these promises greatly accelerated the natural tendency of governments to centralize and consolidate power at the expense of individual liberty. Had not the fourth and final promise—that members of the legislative branch would exercise thoughtful deliberation while giving respectful consideration to the views of their constituents—been broken in such a disdainful and audacious manner in early 2009, the grassroots activists who came to make up the Tea Party would never have been impelled to take action. Drawing on his personal experience as the organizer of the online conservative community that launched the Tea Party movement in February 2009, Leahy documents how the timeless principles of American constitutionalism have been used to grow one of the most active and influential movements in American history. Author: Michael Patrick Leahy Hardcover: 304 pages Company: Broadside Books (2012-03-20) (2012-03-20) ISBN: 0062066331 List Price: $25.99 Amazon Price: $7.25 Used Price: $5.97 
Dr. B. L. Baker sets forth a brief manifesto in Tea Party Revival: The Conscience of a Conservative Reborn. It is written at a defining moment in history: the end of the United States' Superpower status due to America's experiments with Big Government growth, unconstrained spending, and disregard for the Constitution. Dr. Baker's message of adherence to the Constitution, is viewed as radical to Big Government politicians, but is considered common sense to members of the Tea Party movement. He argues for the value and importance of constitutional principles--freedom, foremost among them--in contemporary political life. He explains how constitutional compliance leads to smaller, limited government, which results in lower spending, lower taxes and greater freedom for all Americans. He explains how over-spending has placed our children and grandchildren in fiscal bondage for the next century and answers "How did it come to this?" Using the principles as espoused in this concise but powerful book, Baker fundamentally explains today's political landscape, the concerns and demands of the Tea Party movement in clear and concise terms.Author: Dr B Leland Baker Paperback: 122 pages Company: Outskirts Press (2009-10-29) ISBN: 143274917X List Price: $11.95 Amazon Price: $7.68 Used Price: $0.86 
Bilingual Edition (English & Spanish). I. English Welcome to the Tea Party News Brief, the first nonpartisan news service for the Tea Party Movement. We have just finished listening to President Obama’s State of the Union Address and the Republican Response by the House Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. President Barack Obama declared the State of the Union is strong. However, both the President and Representative Paul Ryan sounded the same alarm of deficit spending. Both the Address and Response reminded us that we must change our course now or America will no longer be the place where dreams can come true. II. Spanish Bienvenido al Resumen de Noticias del Tea Party, el primer servicio de noticias no partidario del movimiento del Tea Party. Acabamos de escuchar el Informe del Estado de la Nación del Presidente Obama y la respuesta republicana brindada por el representante Paul Ryan de Wisconsin. El presidente Barack Obama declaró que es fuerte el estado de la Unión. Sin embargo, tanto el Presidente como el representante Paul Ryan hicieron sonar la misma alarma relativa al gasto deficitario. Tanto el Informe como la Respuesta nos recuerdan que debemos cambiar de rumbo ahora o de lo contrario América ya no será el lugar donde los sueños pueden hacerse realidad. Author: LLC Tea Party News Brief Kindle Edition: 155 pages Kindle eBook Company: BookBaby (2011-09-27) (2011-09-27) List Price: $9.99 Amazon Price:
In The Tea Party: Three Principles, constitutional law professor Elizabeth Price Foley takes on the mainstream media's characterization of the American Tea Party movement, asserting that it has been distorted in a way that prevents meaningful political dialogue and may even be dangerous for America's future. Foley sees the Tea Party as a movement of principles over politics. She identifies three 'core principles' of American constitutional law that bind the decentralized, wide-ranging movement: limited government, unapologetic US sovereignty and constitutional originalism. These three principles, Foley explains, both define the Tea Party movement and predict its effect on the American political landscape. Foley explains the three principles' significance to the American founding and constitutional structure. She then connects the principles to current issues such as health care reform, illegal immigration, the war on terror, and internationalism.Author: Elizabeth Price Foley Hardcover: 256 pages Company: Cambridge University Press (2012-02-05) ISBN: 1107011353 List Price: $25.00 Amazon Price: $11.98 Used Price: $11.06
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Thirty years after her death in March 1982, Ayn Rand’s ideas have never been more important. Unfettered capitalism, unregulated business, bare-bones government providing no social services, glorification of selfishness, disdain for Judeo-Christian morality—these are the tenets of Rand’s harsh philosophy. In Ayn Rand Nation, Gary Weiss explores the people and institutions that remain under the spell of the Russian-born novelist. He provides new insights into Rand’s inner circle in the last years of her life, with revelations of never-before-publicized predictions by Rand that still resonate today. Weiss charts Rand’s infiltration of the Tea Party and Libertarian movements, and provides an inside look at the radical belief system that has exerted a powerful influence on the Republican Party and its presidential candidates. It’s a fascinating cast of characters that ranges from Glenn Beck to Oliver Stone, and includes Rand’s most influential disciple, Alan Greenspan. Weiss describes in penetrating detail how Greenspan became a stalking horse for Rand—slashing and burning regulations with ideological zeal, and then seeking to conceal her influence on his life and thinking. Lastly, Weiss provides a strategy for a renewed national dialogue, an embrace of the nation’s core values that is needed to deal with Rand’s pervasive grip on society. From The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged to Rand’s lesser-known and misunderstood nonfiction books, Gary Weiss examines the impact of Rand's thinking across our society. Author: Gary Weiss Hardcover: 304 pages Company: St. Martin's Press (2012-02-28) (2012-02-28) ISBN: 0312590733 List Price: $24.99 Amazon Price: $9.79 Used Price: $13.46 
Kirkus Review calls this manifesto a "unique homage" to the work of Ayn Rand. The author presents a series of innovative political and economic essays, masterfully presented in the form of a novel that increases in speed and excitement as the plot unfolds...IMAGINE what would happen if someone conceived a new economic system that revolutionized democracy and capitalism. Life would change drastically, more so than the first radio wave, the advent of the airplane, or even the birth of the Internet. Such colossal change is not unusual; it is only infrequent. All things evolve, including economic and political systems. IMAGINE the power that could be unleashed in a system that recognized the untapped potential of a truly free market. IMAGINE a world relieved of taxes and bureaucracy. IMAGINE a world with the standard of living increased for all echelons of society. Unburdened follows the journey of the man who envisions a system making all of this possible, and the passionate battle he has to fight to save the American people from their own federal government. Proving that the pen is mightier than the sword, he unites a super majority of voters, empowering his Common Sense Caucus to rise above even the Supreme Court. Armed only with the obvious truth of his writings, the author prepares for a showdown with those currently in power. The pieces on the chessboard have been set, and a match for the history books is about to begin. Lighting the pathway to the next step in political evolution, Unburdened provides real world solutions that meet the needs of both the left and the right, presenting a non-partisan common sense approach to healing our broken society.Author: David Karademas Paperback: 592 pages Company: Pallas Publishing (2012-03-26) ISBN: 0985234253 List Price: $17.99 Amazon Price: $17.99
On February 19, 2009, CNBC commentator Rick Santelli delivered a dramatic rant against Obama administration programs to shore up the plunging housing market. Invoking the Founding Fathers and ridiculing "losers" who could not pay their mortgages, Santelli called for "Tea Party" protests. Over the next two years, conservative activists took to the streets and airways, built hundreds of local Tea Party groups, and weighed in with votes and money to help right-wing Republicans win electoral victories in 2010.In this penetrating new study, Harvard University's Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson go beyond images of protesters in Colonial costumes to provide a nuanced portrait of the Tea Party. What they find is sometimes surprising. Drawing on grassroots interviews and visits to local meetings in several regions, they find that older, middle-class Tea Partiers mostly approve of Social Security, Medicare, and generous benefits for military veterans. Their opposition to "big government" entails reluctance to pay taxes to help people viewed as undeserving "freeloaders" - including immigrants, lower income earners, and the young. At the national level, Tea Party elites and funders leverage grassroots energy to further longstanding goals such as tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulation of business, and privatization of the very same Social Security and Medicare programs on which many grassroots Tea Partiers depend. Elites and grassroots are nevertheless united in hatred of Barack Obama and determination to push the Republican Party sharply to the right. The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism combines fine-grained portraits of local Tea Party members and chapters with an overarching analysis of the movement's rise, impact, and likely fate. Author: Theda Skocpol, Vanessa Williamson Hardcover: 264 pages Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2012-01-02) ISBN: 0199832633 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $13.75 Used Price: $12.40 
How does one resolve the dichotomy between the teachings of God and the rhetoric of the Tea Party? How can you say you believe God's command that we care for each other, our sick and elderly and poor, and still carry signs saying Your Health, Your Problem? HERE'S how! A NEWLY-REVEALED BIBLE!!!Author: Bill Schmalfeldt Paperback: 236 pages Company: Deep Brain Productions (2011-04-29) ISBN: 0615482759 List Price: $20.00 Amazon Price: $20.00
"America is good. Everything else is bad." So begins the first chapter of the greatest book ever on the second-greatest Tea Party ever: your Tea Party. Or, if you're a godless wussy liberal dirty poopy socialist, their Tea Party. Either way--with us or against us--The Tea Party Guide to Being a Real American is for you. America is in hot water, and this book is going to teabag the whole damn country.This book has the answers. Answers to questions like Why did Jesus write the Constitution? and What's the most patriotic sexual position? Well, it doesn't quite answer that second one, but the HOT, SCREAMING SEX CHAPTER does offer a few variations from the Tea Party Kama Sutra, and some great pickup lines to use at rallies that might make such a right-wing hookup possible. You'll also learn where the real Tea Partiers are partyin', which guns to amass for your weapons cache, and how to cram more church into this godforsaken secularist state. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll get strapped and hit the streets, ready for the End Times. In short, this is the book you've been waiting for--so what are you waiting for? Be a Real American. Order this book, or the terrorists win. By terrorists, we mean enemies of the Constitution both foreign and domestic. And by foreign and domestic, we mean Barack Hussein Obama and Nancy Satan Pelosi. Seriously. It's a very funny book, and it's arriving just in time for the 2012 election cycle. Order now, before the Democrapocalypse ruins everything! Author: Roland Boyle Paperback: 272 pages Company: Sourcebooks (2011-11-01) (2011-11-01) ISBN: 1402262698 List Price: $9.99 Amazon Price: $5.25 Used Price: $0.01
In The Tea Party: Three Principles, constitutional law professor Elizabeth Price Foley takes on the mainstream media's characterization of the American Tea Party movement, asserting that it has been distorted in a way that prevents meaningful political dialogue and may even be dangerous for America's future. Foley sees the Tea Party as a movement of principles over politics. She identifies three 'core principles' of American constitutional law that bind the decentralized, wide-ranging movement: limited government, unapologetic US sovereignty and constitutional originalism. These three principles, Foley explains, both define the Tea Party movement and predict its effect on the American political landscape. Foley explains the three principles' significance to the American founding and constitutional structure. She then connects the principles to current issues such as health care reform, illegal immigration, the war on terror, and internationalism.Author: Elizabeth Price Foley Hardcover: 256 pages Company: Cambridge University Press (2012-02-05) ISBN: 1107011353 List Price: $25.00 Amazon Price: $11.98 Used Price: $11.06 
Would you like to do your part in saving America? Grass Roots is a no-nonsense instruction manual that explains exactly what you can do. Scott Hennen—host and founder of the innovative Common Sense Club radio program—shows how everyday Americans just like you are making a difference for our country’s future. This down-to-earth handbook gives you clear, practical, effective actions you can take to preserve the American dream for your children and grandchildren. President Ronald Reagan once said, “All great change in America begins at the dinner table.” Today, most Americans struggle just to keep food on the dinner table. We are staggering under a crushing burden of big government, out-of-control spending, and towering federal debt. We have become tax slaves—and the people we sent to Washington to represent us are the very ones who sold us there. We’re angry—and rightly so. But ruling-class politicians have shrugged off our grassroots anger, calling it “Astroturf.” We’re tired of being ignored, patronized, and lied to by the very people who are supposed to be our “public servants.” Not since the original Boston Tea Party of 1773 have so many everyday Americans participated in such a significant display of righteous indignation and freedom-loving patriotism. For the first time in generations, ordinary hardworking, church-going Americans are carrying signs, gathering in large numbers, and making their voices heard. Big government, beware. A sleeping giant has awakened. Scott Hennen has drawn up a practical blueprint for change, a handbook for all of us who are ready to roll up our sleeves and do our part to restore America’s goodness—and greatness. Grass Roots is a political manifesto for every American who loves liberty and cares enough to get involved. 
For the past forty years western economies have splurged on debt. Now, as the reality dawns that many debts cannot be repaid, we find ourselves again in crisis. But the oncoming defaults have a time-worn place in our economic history. As with the crises in the 1930s and 1970s, governments will fall, currencies will lose their value, and new systems will emerge. Just as Britain set the terms of the international system in the nineteenth century, and America in the twentieth century, a new system will be set by today's creditors in China and the Middle East. In the process, rich will be pitted against poor, young against old, public sector workers against taxpayers and one country against another. In Paper Promises, Economist columnist Philip Coggan helps us to understand the origins of this mess and how it will affect the new global economy by explaining how our attitudes towards debt have changed throughout history, and how they may be about to change again. Author: Philip Coggan Hardcover: 304 pages Company: PublicAffairs (2012-02-07) ISBN: 1610391268 List Price: $27.99 Amazon Price: $14.00 Used Price: $13.16
The definitive history of one of the most radical, revolutionary movements the country has ever seen, from those who started it all In 2009, an unemployed mother of two and a politically inexperienced northern California attorney met on a conference call that would end up starting one of the largest grassroots political organizations in American history, the Tea Party Patriots. Fueled by the fires of passion and patriotism, Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin have become the faces of the most powerful political movement in the country, empowering their more than twenty million members by using both high-tech advances and the time-tested American tradition of rallying in public. Promoting the basic principles of the Tea Party Movement—free market, limited government, and fiscal responsiblity—the Tea Party Patriots have become the largest tea party organization in the world. With unparalleled access to the inner workings of the movement, Meckler and Martin hope to explain how the Tea Party came to be, what it is and is not, and perhaps most important, provide the first comprehensive, forward-looking document outlining a plan to restore America to its prior greatness. Never before has there been such an audience for this material. Americans of all political stripes have been waiting for a thorough and informative account of this movement. Straight from the co-founders themselves, Tea Party Patriots promises to be the definitive source for a political revolution. Author: Mark Meckler, Jenny Beth Martin Hardcover: 240 pages Company: Henry Holt and Co. (2012-02-14) (2012-02-14) ISBN: 0805094377 List Price: $25.00 Amazon Price: $10.79 Used Price: $6.00 
America faces some of its biggest crises ever. After reaching the brink of economic collapse in 2008, Americans awoke to the reality of how fragile their nation had become. Many identified the source as the dramatic expansion of governmental power at all levels under both political parties, and they united to form the Tea Party movement to advance the principles of limited government. Numerous books have been written about the Tea Party since its surprising explosion onto the political scene, but few if any have been written from a Christian perspective despite many Christians being active in the movement. In SAVING AMERICA - A Christian Perspective of the Tea Party Movement, author Jonathan Wakefield, a Tea Party leader and an ordinary citizen with virtually no political engagement before 2009, examines this powerful movement with an insider's perspective from a biblical context. He explains why he felt compelled to finally get active in helping shape his nation's future, making the case that the Tea Party's core principles align with Scripture and represent America's best hope for surviving its current crises and ultimately thriving again. Written for Tea Party supporters and skeptics, as well religious and non-religious individuals, SAVING AMERICA, will challenge all readers to think through their basic assumptions and beliefs and consider their roles as responsible citizens at this critical time in world history.Author: Jonathan Wakefield Paperback: 270 pages Company: Crossover Publications LLC (2012-04-15) ISBN: 0983749620 List Price: $16.95 Amazon Price: $10.59 Used Price: $40.56 
The Gospel According to Sarah is a fascinating new look at a little understood but crucial side of Sarah Palin: her Pentecostal roots. Anthea Butler’s perfectly timed analysis trains the keen eye of a noted religion scholar on religious and political currents that have been widely caricatured but, until now, poorly understood and rarely discussed. Butler shows that Palin’s widely publicized fumbles and verbal gaffes are irrelevant to her committed core of Christians on steroids,” whose beliefs in miracles, literal readings of the Bible, and apocalyptic patriotism make traditional evangelicals like James Dobson and Pat Robertson seem almost mainstream. Although the media cannot hear the regular dog whistle of Christian buzzwords Palin uses to rally her base, it’s plainly there. To Sarah Palin’s millions of devoted followers, religion is everything; to her detractors, it is a puzzle. The Gospel According to Sarah brilliantly deciphers this new breed of religious conservative. Author: Anthea Butler Hardcover: 240 pages Company: New Press, The (2012-12-04) ISBN: 1595587101 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $16.13
"Sarah Palin vs. Jeb Bush: Inside their fight for control of the Republican Party" is a compelling and controversial exploration of the suspected deep rooted political rivalry between two of the GOP's biggest players and the Republican Party's most diametrically opposed factions - the centrists and the Tea Party patriots.The latest work by international bestselling author and political scientist Michael Essany examines: • The bad blood between the blue blood American political dynasty that is the Bush family and the Alaskan political sensation and conservative icon Sarah Palin. • Sarah Palin and Jeb Bush's seemingly inevitable clash on the ballot or in repairing a broken party. • How the 2012 Republican National Convention could end in deadlock and the respective roles Palin and Bush would likely play. • Why the presidency may be unattainable for Republicans in 2012. • The warring factions within the GOP that will soon yield a winner and shape the course of the party's platform and direction in the years ahead. Author: Michael Essany Kindle Edition: 37 pages Kindle eBook Company: Political Science Electronic Press (2012-03-20) (2012-03-20) List Price: Amazon Price: 
Although much has been written about his unique brand of politics, very little has been told about the personal history of Ron Paul, the man that many credit with being the founder of the modern Tea Party. From his formative years spent in Pennsylvania and his early careers as an obstetrician and a U.S. Air Force flight surgeon to the 12 terms he has served in Congress, this comprehensive volume reveals all of the experiences that shaped Ron Paul into the politician he is today. Landmarks in his congressional career, such as his famously libertarian voting record and his consistent clashes with both Democrats and Republicans, are covered in detail, while more recent chapters chronicle Paul’s work with the Tea Party movement, describing its core concepts and how they stem from his ideals. Unapologetically fascinating, this account of his successes and failures demonstrates exactly what it took for Ron Paul to grab the spotlight in American politics. Author: Jason Rink Paperback: 256 pages Company: Variant Press (2011-10-21) ISBN: 0986832219 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $12.24 Used Price: $9.95
George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker who participated in such key events of the American Revolution as the Boston Massacre and the Tea Party, might have been lost to history if not for his longevity and the historical mood of the 1830's. When the Tea Party became a leading symbol of the Revolutionary ear fifty years after the actual event, this 'common man' in his nineties was 'discovered' and celebrated in Boston as a national hero. Young pieces together this extraordinary tale, adding new insights about the role that individual and collective memory play in shaping our understanding of history.Author: Alfred F. Young Paperback: 288 pages Company: Beacon Press (2000-03-17) (2000-03-17) ISBN: 0807054054 List Price: $18.00 Amazon Price: $5.99 Used Price: $2.00 
The definitive biography of the Revolutionary War doctor and hero. An American doctor, Bostonian, and patriot, Joseph Warren played a central role in the events leading to the American Revolution. This detailed biography of Warren rescues the figure from obscurity and reveals a remarkable revolutionary who dispatched Paul Revere on his famous ride and was the hero of the battle of Bunker Hill, where he was killed in action. Physician to the history makers of early America, political virtuoso, and military luminary, Warren comes to life in this comprehensive biography meticulously grounded in original scholarship.Author: Samuel A. Forman Hardcover: 400 pages Company: Pelican Publishing (2011-11-21) (2011-11-21) ISBN: 1455614742 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $15.55 Used Price: $14.99 
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.Author: Benjamin Bussey Thatcher Paperback: 254 pages Company: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (2007-06-25) ISBN: 1432690701 List Price: $27.95 Amazon Price: $18.11 Used Price: $27.49 
A revealing memoir of how Washington is changing---and not for the better Author: Sen. Arlen Specter, Charles Robbins Hardcover: 384 pages Company: Thomas Dunne Books (2012-03-27) (2012-03-27) ISBN: 1250003687 List Price: $26.99 Amazon Price: $9.49 Used Price: $8.89 
Glenn Beck is best known for his acerbic wit and turn of speech on the Fox News Channel. He has risen from obscurity and overcome several personal tragedies to host his own talk-radio show, heard three hours a day by both adoring and abhorring audiences across the United States. His “pull you up by your own bootstraps” philosophy has attracted a group of devoted followers who look to him for guidance on political issues ranging from social welfare to military spending. On the other hand, his aggressive, often offensive delivery style has created an equally large group of detractors who accused him of everything from being a conspiracy theorist to a fascist. Not surprisingly, the more people argue, the more popular and profitable he becomes. But what is the real story behind Glen Beck, and should you be afraid? This short biography will tell you what you need to know. Author: Jim Nikel Kindle Edition: 32 pages Kindle eBook Company: Minute Help Press (2011-03-19) (2011-03-19) List Price: $2.99 Amazon Price: 
Author: Gary JeffreyPaperback: 23 pages Company: Gareth Stevens Publishing (2011-08-01) ISBN: 1433960230 List Price: $8.15 Amazon Price: $5.65 Used Price: $7.95 
With the presidential elections just around the corner Sarah Palin and the Tea Party will be central to all activities. A fascinating and timely insider study, The Palin Effect details what is actually going on in the right of American politics and why it is making some people very uncomfortable. It traces the rise of both Palin and the Tea Party—one that corresponds with the declining fortunes of the middle-class in America—and looks at the deep anxiety that both have provoked in the cultural elite. Shana Pearlman shows how sex, money, and class are linked in the hysterical reaction surrounding this extremely divisive personality. Shana Pearlman has worked at Fox News and the BBC. An American political journalist, Pearlman now works on digital initiatives for major UK newspapers. She lives in London, England, with her husband. Author: Shana Pearlman Paperback: 240 pages Company: Dialogue (2012-04-24) ISBN: 1849541507 List Price: $18.95 Amazon Price: $11.90 Used Price: $11.90 
Bilingual Edition (English & Spanish). I. English Welcome to the Tea Party News Brief, the first nonpartisan news service for the Tea Party Movement. We have just finished listening to President Obama’s State of the Union Address and the Republican Response by the House Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. President Barack Obama declared the State of the Union is strong. However, both the President and Representative Paul Ryan sounded the same alarm of deficit spending. Both the Address and Response reminded us that we must change our course now or America will no longer be the place where dreams can come true. II. Spanish Bienvenido al Resumen de Noticias del Tea Party, el primer servicio de noticias no partidario del movimiento del Tea Party. Acabamos de escuchar el Informe del Estado de la Nación del Presidente Obama y la respuesta republicana brindada por el representante Paul Ryan de Wisconsin. El presidente Barack Obama declaró que es fuerte el estado de la Unión. Sin embargo, tanto el Presidente como el representante Paul Ryan hicieron sonar la misma alarma relativa al gasto deficitario. Tanto el Informe como la Respuesta nos recuerdan que debemos cambiar de rumbo ahora o de lo contrario América ya no será el lugar donde los sueños pueden hacerse realidad.Author: Tea Party News Brief LLC Paperback: 224 pages Company: CreateSpace (2011-08-06) ISBN: 1463612745 List Price: $12.95 Amazon Price: $11.96 Used Price: $42.03
As the 2012 elections approach, the Republican Party is rocketing rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threaten to shut down the government and force a U.S. debt default. Tea Party activists mount primary challenges against Republican officeholders who appear to exhibit too much pragmatism or independence. Moderation and compromise are dirty words in the Republican presidential debates. The GOP, it seems, has suddenly become a party of ideological purity. Except this development is not new at all. In Rule and Ruin, Geoffrey Kabaservice reveals that the moderate Republicans' downfall began not with the rise of the Tea Party but about the time of President Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address. Even in the 1960s, when left-wing radicalism and right-wing backlash commanded headlines, Republican moderates and progressives formed a powerful movement, supporting pro-civil rights politicians like Nelson Rockefeller and William Scranton, battling big-government liberals and conservative extremists alike. But the Republican civil war ended with the overthrow of the moderate ideas, heroes, and causes that had comprised the core of the GOP since its formation. In hindsight, it is today's conservatives who are "Republicans in Name Only." Writing with passionate sympathy for a bygone tradition of moderation, Kabaservice recaptures a time when fiscal restraint was matched with social engagement; when a cohort of leading Republicans opposed the Vietnam war; when George Romney--father of Mitt Romney--conducted a nationwide tour of American poverty, from Appalachia to Watts, calling on society to "listen to the voices from the ghetto." Rule and Ruin is an epic, deeply researched history that reorients our understanding of our political past and present. Today, moderates are marginalized in the GOP and progressives are all but nonexistent. In this insightful and elegantly argued book, Kabaservice contends that their decline has left Republicans less capable of governing responsibly, with dire consequences for all Americans. Author: Geoffrey Kabaservice Hardcover: 504 pages Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2012-01-04) ISBN: 0199768404 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $15.95 Used Price: $14.99
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Citation Details Title: Tea and paranoia.(Analysis) Author: K Biswas Publication: New Internationalist (Magazine/Journal) Date: June 1, 2011 Publisher: New Internationalist Magazine Issue: 443 Page: 18(2) Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning Author: K Biswas Digital: 3 pages HTML Company: New Internationalist Magazine (2011-06-01) (2011-08-01) List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $9.95
"America is good. Everything else is bad." So begins the first chapter of the greatest book ever on the second-greatest Tea Party ever: your Tea Party. Or, if you're a godless wussy liberal dirty poopy socialist, their Tea Party. Either way--with us or against us--The Tea Party Guide to Being a Real American is for you. America is in hot water, and this book is going to teabag the whole damn country.This book has the answers. Answers to questions like Why did Jesus write the Constitution? and What's the most patriotic sexual position? Well, it doesn't quite answer that second one, but the HOT, SCREAMING SEX CHAPTER does offer a few variations from the Tea Party Kama Sutra, and some great pickup lines to use at rallies that might make such a right-wing hookup possible. You'll also learn where the real Tea Partiers are partyin', which guns to amass for your weapons cache, and how to cram more church into this godforsaken secularist state. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll get strapped and hit the streets, ready for the End Times. In short, this is the book you've been waiting for--so what are you waiting for? Be a Real American. Order this book, or the terrorists win. By terrorists, we mean enemies of the Constitution both foreign and domestic. And by foreign and domestic, we mean Barack Hussein Obama and Nancy Satan Pelosi. Seriously. It's a very funny book, and it's arriving just in time for the 2012 election cycle. Order now, before the Democrapocalypse ruins everything! Author: Roland Boyle Paperback: 272 pages Company: Sourcebooks (2011-11-01) (2011-11-01) ISBN: 1402262698 List Price: $9.99 Amazon Price: $5.25 Used Price: $0.01
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Citation Details Title: The tea spot: Lisa R. Campbell brews a perfect cup.(THE ENTHUSIAST)(Urban Tea Party) Author: Sean Drakes Publication: Black Enterprise (Magazine/Journal) Date: July 1, 2006 Publisher: Thomson Gale Volume: 36 Issue: 12 Page: 154(2) Distributed by Thomson Gale Author: Sean Drakes Digital: 3 pages HTML Company: Thomson Gale (2006-07-01) (2006-10-31) List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $9.95
Today's raucous revolt against Washington and Wall Street is a classic populist uprising. Now two respected political pollsters show what it means for the future of American politics.The riotous tea parties and town hall meetings of last summer seemingly took everyone by surprise. They shouldn't have. Populist movements have always arisen in times of economic hardship. Here, Scott Rasmussen and Doug Schoen explore the heart of the uprising that has thrown American politics into turmoil. In the past, populist movements have taken root either on the right or on the left. Today's revolt has two wings: a left wing that wants universal health care and a right wing that wants to reduce the power of governmental influence in our lives. Both are hostile to the Washington political class, Wall Street, and the mainstream media -- all of which they consider out of touch with the concerns of ''real'' Americans. The difference is that left-wing populists are effectively represented by Barack Obama and congressional Democrats, while right-wing populists are chiefly represented by Fox News and Rush Limbaugh -- a potentially more powerful political force. Many have failed to comprehend the new populism, dismissing it as marginal and extreme. But it is reshaping American politics, whether politicians and elite journalists like it or not. The Tea Party movement is not a flash in the pan. Nor is it a movement of racist rednecks and ignorant boobs, as some have crudely suggested. It is an authentic grassroots movement of concerned American citizens demanding to be heard by an out-of-touch political establishment. Their concerns are real, their issues legitimate. The new populism is here to stay, and it has already changed our politics for the better. Mad As Hell is an authoritative guide to the new populism, featuring proprietary polling data, political analysis, results from online focus groups, and more. It is a must-read for anyone interested in American electoral politics. Author: Scott Rasmussen, Doug Schoen Hardcover: 336 pages Company: Harper (2010-09-14) (2010-09-14) ISBN: 0061995231 List Price: $27.99 Amazon Price: $3.10 Used Price: $0.22
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Citation Details Title: The religious right and the tea party: marriage of convenience or just a passing fling?(CHURCH & STATE) Author: Rob Boston Publication: The Humanist (Magazine/Journal) Date: November 1, 2010 Publisher: American Humanist Association Volume: 70 Issue: 6 Page: 35(2) Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning Author: Rob Boston Digital: 5 pages HTML Company: American Humanist Association (2010-11-01) (2011-01-12) List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $9.95
Today's Tea Party activists are motivated by the same ideological desires as our nation's Founding Fathers, argues Michael Patrick Leahy in this illuminating work of political history. Today's political class—in both parties and at all levels of government—shows a blatant disregard for both the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution. More and more Americans are fed up, and from this sweeping sense of discontent and anger the Tea Party movement has emerged, revitalizing the spirit of constitutionalist activism in the conservative world. According to author and Tea Party activist Michael Patrick Leahy, a similar lack of accountability ignited our nation's Founding Fathers, and they were motivated by the same ideological desires: to constitutionally limit government, ensure fiscal responsibility, and defend individual liberty. These imperatives were at the heart of what he calls a "covenant of liberty," which undergirds our written Constitution. Leahy traces these ideas to the libertarian traditions of the English Civil War. He explains why they were on the minds of Americans at the birth of the republic, and how they passed down largely intact from generation to generation, were broken by a corrupted political class, and have been rediscovered by the modern Tea Party movement. According to Leahy, the American constitutional covenant consists of four unwritten promises that most citizens continue to regard as crucial to our government's legitimacy. The story of how this covenant evolved and how its fundamental promises were broken forms the core of this unique and original work of political history. As Leahy shows, the first promise—to abide by the written words of the Constitution—was broken before the ink was dry on the nation's founding documents. The second—to refrain from interfering in private economic matters—was broken by the Republican Party in the 1860s. The third—to honor the customs, traditions, and principles that made up the "fiscal constitution"—was broken by Herbert Hoover 143 years after the establishment of our republic, a sad rupture conducted on an even grander scale by his successors, beginning with Franklin Roosevelt and continuing through the administration of Barack Obama. The breaking of these promises greatly accelerated the natural tendency of governments to centralize and consolidate power at the expense of individual liberty. Had not the fourth and final promise—that members of the legislative branch would exercise thoughtful deliberation while giving respectful consideration to the views of their constituents—been broken in such a disdainful and audacious manner in early 2009, the grassroots activists who came to make up the Tea Party would never have been impelled to take action. Drawing on his personal experience as the organizer of the online conservative community that launched the Tea Party movement in February 2009, Leahy documents how the timeless principles of American constitutionalism have been used to grow one of the most active and influential movements in American history. Author: Michael Patrick Leahy Hardcover: 304 pages Company: Broadside Books (2012-03-20) (2012-03-20) ISBN: 0062066331 List Price: $25.99 Amazon Price: $7.25 Used Price: $5.97
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Citation Details Title: Drink your tea: how could you not celebrate the spontaneous emergence of a decentralized movement aimed at rolling back big government?(Tea Party Movement)(Viewpoint essay) Author: Matt Kibbe Publication: Reason (Magazine/Journal) Date: August 1, 2010 Publisher: Reason Foundation Volume: 42 Issue: 4 Page: 31(3) Article Type: Viewpoint essay Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning Author: Matt Kibbe Digital: 5 pages HTML Company: Reason Foundation (2010-08-01) (2010-07-08) List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $9.95 
Edición Bilingüe (Español & Inglés). I. En Español Bienvenido al Resumen de Noticias del Tea Party, el primer servicio de noticias no partidario del movimiento del Tea Party. Acabamos de escuchar el Informe del Estado de la Nación del Presidente Obama y la respuesta republicana brindada por el representante Paul Ryan de Wisconsin. El presidente Barack Obama declaró que es fuerte el estado de la Unión. Sin embargo, tanto el Presidente como el representante Paul Ryan hicieron sonar la misma alarma relativa al gasto deficitario. Tanto el Informe como la Respuesta nos recuerdan que debemos cambiar de rumbo ahora o de lo contrario América ya no será el lugar donde los sueños pueden hacerse realidad. II. En Inglés Welcome to the Tea Party News Brief, the first nonpartisan news service for the Tea Party Movement. We have just finished listening to President Obama’s State of the Union Address and the Republican Response by the House Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. President Barack Obama declared the State of the Union is strong. However, both the President and Representative Paul Ryan sounded the same alarm of deficit spending. Both the Address and Response reminded us that we must change our course now or America will no longer be the place where dreams can come true.Author: LLC, Tea Party News Brief Paperback: 224 pages Company: CreateSpace (2011-09-08) ISBN: 1466301503 List Price: $12.95 Amazon Price: $11.96 |
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