Tea Party Quotes - Page 10

• First of all, just because the Tea Party people appear to be generally uneducated, ignorant about the political process, ignorant about economics, confused about their own platform from the beginning, and indelicate when it comes to the craft of diplomacy, doesn't mean they're wrong.

  Steven Van Zandt

  Confused, Party, Mean

  "Debt Ceiling? What Debt Ceiling?" by Steven Van Zandt, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 1, 2011.

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• Most people in the Tea Party are nice, but that hasn't stopped liberals from hating them.

  Ann Coulter

  Hate, Nice, Party

  "Ann Coulter: The "Never Trust a Liberal over 3" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, m.thetimesweekly.com. November 20, 2013.

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• The days when the words Hollywood actor framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem far-off and quaint: nearly everybody in politics - candidate, consultant, pundit, and Tea Party crowd extra alike - is an actor now, a shameless ham in a hoked-up reality series that never stops.

  James Wolcott

  Party, Reality, Tea

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• We must stop the Tea Party before the United States Senate falls into the hands of extremists and ideologues who leave no room for reason or compromise, who dont recognize common ground even when theyre standing on it.

  Harry Reid

  Party, Fall, Hands

  Harry Reid's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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• Texas senator and tea party favorite Ted Cruz announced he's running for president. He pledged to lead America boldly forward into the 1950s.

  Conan O'Brien

  Running, Party, Texas

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• This nation has been through hard times. But those hard times have hardened our resolve. Im ready to do the difficult work ahead. But I want to do that work with Barack Obama, and not a Tea Party ideologue. We can move America forward, but we can only do it together.

  Harry Reid

  Party, Moving, Hard Times

  Harry Reid's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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• Gov. Scott Walker, a Tea Party-tinged Republican, is the advance guard of a new GOP push to dismantle public-sector unions as an electoral force.

  Howard Fineman

  Party, Tea, Unions

  "The Real Political Math In Wisconsin" by Howard Fineman, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 25, 2011.

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• In many respects, I guess I would say I was into Tea Party before there was a Tea Party.

  Jeb Hensarling

  Party, Tea

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was warmly embraced by the Tea Party. They openly seek more minorities.

  Tim Scott

  Party, Tea, Minorities

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• I think we have a Tea Party mandate, and that Tea Party mandate is for good-government type of things, things like term limits, things like a balanced budget amendment, things like read the bills for goodness sakes, things like that maybe Congress should only pass legislation that they apply to themselves as well.

  Rand Paul

  Party, Thinking, Government

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• I think part of the reason the Tea Party has resonated is that people feel disempowered. The Tea Party says, "You are out of power because of big government." Then some Democrats tend to respond by saying, "No, you're wrong, you're not out of power." It's a sense that doesn't resonate with people's lived experience.

  Zephyr Teachout

  Party, Thinking, Government

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I'm a bad, inconsistent person, but at least I'm not a member of the Tea Party griping incoherently about too much government, but flashing my Medicare card every other day to a doctor because I'm 400 pounds overweight.

  George Singleton

  Party, Doctors, Government

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I have a lot of fans in the Tea Party, and they disagree with me vehemently. But they're fans, so we meet and connect and talk, so I'm open to everything.

  Lupe Fiasco

  Party, Tea, Fans

  "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. March 9, 2011.

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• On the other hand, I think that Governor Romney has to worry that his turnout is going to be low, that he is not going to bring out the evangelicals, that he is not going to bring out the Tea Party stalwarts. If he does not, then it's pretty clear that he will lose the election. So I think turnout in key groups is going to be really, really key on Election Day.

  Anna Quindlen

  Party, Thinking, Keys

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Our office corner has really become an area where the Tea party movement congregates and the rhetoric is really heated. Not just the calls but the e-mails, the slurs.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Party, Office, Tea

  "'Politics in Arizona Have Become Fueled by Hate…Driven by Anger': Rep. Raúl Grijalva on Shooting of Giffords". "Daily Show", www.democracynow.org. January 10, 2011.

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• But to say that Sarah Palin and the tea party movement is responsible for vandalism or threats is just a way to dismiss the American people and, and their dissatisfaction with this health care bill.

  Laura Ingraham

  Party, People, Tea

  "Laura Ingraham Throws Down With Matt Lauer on Today". www.newsbusters.org. March 29, 2010.

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• Really it's hard to know where the Republican Party ends and the Tea Party begins.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Party, Tea, Republican

  "What James Carville doesn't get about Republicans" By Ari Fleischer, www.cnn.com. March 6, 2012.

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• That's one of the things about the Tea Party people. They think corporations have too much influence in American life and they do.

  Howard Dean

  Party, Thinking, People

  "Liz Cheney Exposes Howard Dean In Lie About His Connection To George Soros and MoveOn.org". "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, www.newsbusters.org. October 17, 2010.

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• If not for the Tea Party, the Republican Party would not be coming back to its roots.

  Richard Mourdock

  Party, Roots, Tea

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• Let us be clear about one thing: The tea party movement is not seeking a junior partnership with the Republican Party, but a hostile takeover of it.

  Matt Kibbe

  Party, Tea, Movement

  "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann, www.nbcnews.com. August 17, 2010.

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• It's not all Obama's fault: His plans to rebuild America's energy infrastructure have been hampered by the recession, and his efforts on global warming have been stymied by Tea Party wackos and weak-kneed Democrats in Congress.

  Jeff Goodell

  Party, America, Effort

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• The Tea Party ended up being a shill for corporate America.

  Russ Feingold

  Party, America, Tea

  "A Senator Without Constituents". Interview with Mark Byrne, www.gq.com. February 20, 2012.

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• Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither appetite nor thirst, and has no object but distraction, no basis but delicate enjoyment.

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Party, Tea, Novelty

  Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (2004). “The Physiology of Taste”, p.326, Penguin UK

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• But I think the - what the tea party movement demonstrates, and I think the, the, the enthusiasm that we're seeing from independents and Republicans, is that if Washington isn't going to change itself, then we're going to change Washington. And I think that's what we're seeing.

  John Cornyn

  Party, Thinking, Tea

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• When [Marco] Rubio won the election, he was a Tea Party darling, he was a Tea Party favorite. What happened? "Gang of Eight".

  Rush Limbaugh

  Party, Eight, Tea

  "Romney Responds To Rush: The Term 'Establishment' Suggests 'There Is Some Wizard Of Oz Somewhere Pulling The Strings'" by Tim Hains, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 6, 2016.

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