What is the Tea Party and where did it come from? This editorial from Switzerland’s Le Temps attempts to put things into context, describing the Tea Party as a ‘cry of agony’ that Europeans shouldn’t scoff at, but should recognize in their own right-wing upsurge.
The Le Temps editorial says in part:
There is drinking and eating in the Tea Party. As has happened before, it took time for this movement, which short-circuits the traditional American parties while claiming to set up a direct line between voters and the authorities, to be taken seriously. Today, though it may yet be crushed in the November elections, the Tea Party stands out as the only new force in America.
Where did it come from? It’s the result of the recession and the tremendous rage that seizes Americans when they think of the behavior of their elites. It is also a consequence of the financial crises, bank rescues and financial excesses that caused millions of people to lose their jobs. Lastly, it’s the fear of a loss of American ‘values,’ from the end of its role as a model envied by the whole world, to leading pointless and bloody wars, and a realization that debt and deficits render illusory a dream once thought to be eternal.
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