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“It was about a black president.” —Talk show host Bill Maher, on the origin of the tea party movement during the Feb. 28, 2014 airing of the HBO show “Real Time” Overview Maher’s on-air comment provides a good opportunity to assess whether racism serves as an origin or continuing motive of the tea party movement. The charge is common…
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We were recently reminded of the allegation that tea party members don’t understand that Medicare is a government insurance program. The reminder came with photographic evidence: an early tea party rally featuring a person holding a sign that read “Keep government out of my Medicare! You damn socialists!” The sign didn’t look quite right. Suspecting a Photoshop job, we looked…
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