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Published: 10/20/10

Conservative Bloggers Defend Accuracy of Palin's 'Party Like It's 1773' Statement

By  Steven Hoffer - AOL News
Conservative Bloggers Defend Accuracy of Palin's 'Party Like It's 1773' Statement

(Oct. 20) -- Let's get one thing straight right away: The Boston Tea Party took place on Dec. 16, 1773. Opposing pundits across the blogosphere have been bickering over comments made by Sarah Palin at a rally on Monday in Reno, Nev. Palin told a crowd of tea party supporters that they shouldn't "party like it's 1773" because there is still much work to be done between now and the November elections. The 1773 party that Palin was referring to is, of course, the Boston Tea Party. Here is the video of Palin speaking: Palin's history is clearly accurate in this case. Unfortunately, the Boston ...

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Published: 09/15/10

The Tea Party and the Elections: What You Need to Know

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
The Tea Party and the Elections: What You Need to Know

The Basics - The conservative movement protests what it sees as a rapidly expanding, free-spending federal government under President Barack Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress. - Republican leaders say the GOP will benefit from the new energy that Tea Partiers have brought to this year's campaign. - The movement has so far done more to shake up the Republicans than the Democrats, and has raised questions about whether it will hurt Republican prospects this November because Democrats may be more likely to defeat Tea Party candidates than more moderate Republicans. - There is no actual ...

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Published: 06/23/10

Tea Party Bookshop Tosses Name Overboard

By  Michelle Ruiz - AOL News
Tea Party Bookshop Tosses Name Overboard

(June 23) -- When JoAnne Kohler opened the Tea Party Bookshop in Salem, Ore., she was inspired by the independent, "forward-thinking" spirit of the colonial Boston Tea Party. Three centuries after that tea-trashing protest, with the tea party linked to anti-government protesters and the rogue spirit of Sarah Palin, Kohler has decided to change the name of her business. "There was confusion," Kohler told The Oregonian newspaper, including some from "people who wanted us to be a tea party bookstore and were disappointed when they came in and we didn't carry those kinds of books." Kohler said ...

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Published: 12/18/07

You Dropped a Bomb on Me!

By  David Knowles - Politics Daily
You Dropped a Bomb on Me!

A money bomb, to be specific. Ron Paul has done it again. Having already set the one-day GOP fundraising record with his "money bomb" homage to Guy Fawkes that brought in $4.3 million dollars in a single day, Congressman Paul has now bested himself with a take of $6 million in symbolic commemoration of the Boston Tea Party. That means Paul has raised more money than any other political candidate in American history in a 24-hour period.What's astonishing is that the median donation making up this startling total is, according to the Paul campaign, $50. No calculator handy? That's 120,000 ...

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