Quote Originally Posted by bigsby
You really should do some reading. The Tea Part was not "built from the ground up." Although they would like you to think they are some spontaneous outburst of populist anger, in reality the Tea Party was a carefully orchestrated PR AstroTurf campaign funded by and in the service of some of the most right wing elements in the Republican party. Read this background document that appeared in Playboy for a detailed expose on the origins of the "movement." And here is another article documents the links to FreedomWorks.
Aint just Freedom Works funding and organizing this. Politricks will always be Politricks

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