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sadoldgirl

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3. I may be totally wrong, but

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2014, 01:06 PM

Dec 2014

I thought that the Tea party's beginnings were grounded in their
hatred of the bailout. That was, of course, before the Koch brothers
started to use them.

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Would the conservative brain respond to populist messages about Wall Street villains? [View all] Quixote1818 Dec 2014 OP

Certainly worth a try. truebluegreen Dec 2014 #1

This is a Democrat site, we probably dont have many conseratives here except for Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #2

I may be totally wrong, but sadoldgirl Dec 2014 #3

Tea Party concern was that somebody else might get something I don't get RunInCircles Dec 2014 #7

Who cares if conservatives get it or not? 99Forever Dec 2014 #4

Democrats are afraid to be populists because they think the message will only appeal to the fringe. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #5

I don't necessarilly believe that "fear" is the reason. 99Forever Dec 2014 #6

Excellent OP, and thanks for the link Populist_Prole Dec 2014 #8

No. Ykcutnek Dec 2014 #9