| ...
| The Tea Party was founded in 2007 as a reaction against
| excessive spending. Its members raged against former
| President Barack Obama when he lifted the debt ceiling.
| Compared to what is happening now, though, Obama was a
| model of fiscal rectitude. The federal deficit in 2007 was
| $160 billion; in 2024, it was $1,860 billion.
|
| Where have they gone, those protesters with their tricorn
| hats and their Gadsden flags? What happened to the
| columnists who would tell us, in panicked tones, that Obama
| had borrowed more than all his 43 predecessors put
| together? The deficit is now more than 11 times larger, but
| with a few honorable exceptions, Tea Partiers have fallen
| in behind Trump.
| ... <https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-columnists/3432477/tea-party-right-wing-populism-national-debt/>
--bks
| ...
| The Tea Party was founded in 2007 as a reaction against
| excessive spending. Its members raged against former
| President Barack Obama when he lifted the debt ceiling.
| Compared to what is happening now, though, Obama was a
| model of fiscal rectitude. The federal deficit in 2007 was
| $160 billion; in 2024, it was $1,860 billion.
|
| Where have they gone, those protesters with their tricorn
| hats and their Gadsden flags? What happened to the
| columnists who would tell us, in panicked tones, that Obama
| had borrowed more than all his 43 predecessors put
| together? The deficit is now more than 11 times larger, but
| with a few honorable exceptions, Tea Partiers have fallen
| in behind Trump.
| ...
<https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-columnists/3432477/tea-party-right-wing-populism-national-debt/>
--bks
On Sat, 5 Jul 2025 05:18:33 -0400 (EDT), [email protected] (Bradley K.
Sherman) wrote:
| ...
| The Tea Party was founded in 2007 as a reaction against
| excessive spending. Its members raged against former
| President Barack Obama when he lifted the debt ceiling.
| Compared to what is happening now, though, Obama was a
| model of fiscal rectitude. The federal deficit in 2007 was
| $160 billion; in 2024, it was $1,860 billion.
|
| Where have they gone, those protesters with their tricorn
| hats and their Gadsden flags? What happened to the
| columnists who would tell us, in panicked tones, that Obama
| had borrowed more than all his 43 predecessors put
| together? The deficit is now more than 11 times larger, but
| with a few honorable exceptions, Tea Partiers have fallen
| in behind Trump.
| ...
<https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-columnists/3432477/tea-party-right-wing-populism-national-debt/>
--bks
The Tea Party????
That's so 20 years ago.
| ...
| The Tea Party was founded in 2007 as a reaction against
| excessive spending. Its members raged against former
| President Barack Obama when he lifted the debt ceiling.
| Compared to what is happening now, though, Obama was a
| model of fiscal rectitude. The federal deficit in 2007 was
| $160 billion; in 2024, it was $1,860 billion.
|
| Where have they gone, those protesters with their tricorn
| hats and their Gadsden flags? What happened to the
| columnists who would tell us, in panicked tones, that Obama
| had borrowed more than all his 43 predecessors put
| together? The deficit is now more than 11 times larger, but
| with a few honorable exceptions, Tea Partiers have fallen
| in behind Trump.
| ... <https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-columnists/3432477/tea-party-right-wing-populism-national-debt/>
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