Tea does not actually stand for anything. It is just the name of a popular beverage.
No. The Tea Party movement is not nearly as organized as a political party, though some operatives of the Republican party are trying very hard to absorb the Tea Party's enthusiasm.
Well the Boston Tea party was after officials in Boston refused to return shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston HarborToday's modern tea party movement stands for:TaxedEnoughAlready
to make the world's largest cup of tea
Koch industries.......
While Tea Party members have claimed they are non-partisan, research shows that most are affiliated with (and often supported by) the Republican Party. Note that the Boston Tea Party had nothing to do with the current Tea Party movement, although both were originally motivated by frustration over unfair taxation.
French revolution is the retaliation of the British to the Prussia for their suuport of the Boston tea party movement
Populism is not in decline. See the Tea Party movement, and Sarah Palin.
It's its own movement.
He is talking about the tea party movement.
The Tea Party movement was a grass roots response to the increased government spending, especially in areas that have traditionally not been benefactors of government dollars. The bank bailouts, TARP, GM restructuring outside of bankruptcy, and other government intervention in the economy was the catalyst from which the Tea Party was born. Protesting the bank bailouts is what started the Tea Party Movement.
Their goal is to "change politics as usual" They use the name tea party in reference to the tea party during the American revolution. They want to lower taxes significantly and stop the wealthy few from running the government.