Tea Party Express Attracts Converts

First, let me say that my neighbor is one of those salt-of-the-earth types who is always willing to lend a hand when you need something — tools, quick repair of a lawnmower, gardening advice, etc. In the almost 24 years I’ve lived alongside of him, I can’t recall that he has ever mentioned anything re: politics. I’d always supposed that he was conservative. My suspicions were confirmed when he emerged from his garage Sunday afternoon to announce that he’d attended that Tea Party Express meeting in Spokane and he was “fired up.” Said he: “We have to take this country back.”

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Question: Are you surprised that the Tea Party movement still has steam after all these months?