Tea Party

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August 3, 2011
OPINION - From its inception, the Tea Party 'movement' has been touted as something new...
August 2, 2011
OPINION - When the history of the debt ceiling debate is written, it will record that politics won and the…
August 1, 2011
Talk of a tea party challenge to Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) is overblown. But that doesn't mean he'll be in…
July 29, 2011
Tea Party leaders announced Thursday that they will mount primary challenges against four freshmen Republicans who have declared their support…
July 29, 2011
OPINION - If a downgrade occurs, the financial markets would suffer a huge blow, and Barack Obama's presidency would clearly…
July 28, 2011
OPINION - Detroit is in dire straits these days, and the Motor City could give us a hint as to…
July 26, 2011
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK - I should have known the event would be filled with falsehoods, fake statistics, fear-mongering, and racist tropes…
July 25, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Benjamin Todd Jealous said legislation promoted by what he called racist elements in the tea party…
July 23, 2011
OPINION - While Rep. West went a tad over-the-top in his response, there is a larger issue here about racial…
July 22, 2011
OPINION - There has got to be a better way of refuting criticism than constant repetition of, "I know you…
July 21, 2011
MIAMI (AP) - Meet Washington's new odd couple: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, fiery chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, and…
July 21, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The "rally to expose the failed big government agenda and lies of the NAACP" will be held…
July 20, 2011
OPINION - West has hardly moderated his rhetoric since becoming a Congressman...
July 20, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The subject line of the email: "Unprofessional and Inappropriate Sophomoric Behavior from Wasserman Schultz"...
July 6, 2011
OPINION - David Duke's presidential hopes can serve as a warning sign: that the threat, though unlikely, is still very…
June 29, 2011
Michele Bachmann's multi-state campaign announcement tour took her to South Carolina on Tuesday, home of some of the most right-wing…
June 22, 2011
OPINION - She has very few black constituents to pay lip service to; however, there's plenty of criticism to go…
June 21, 2011
OPINION - Justice Thomas must resign if America is to begin to restore integrity to the judiciary...
June 15, 2011
OPINION - Bachmann has been one of the most extreme and racially insensitive voices of right wing opposition to the…
June 1, 2011
OPINION - Cain may not be a racist, but he's arguably a patronizing black politician trying to suppress suspicions of…