Do you understand the Tea Party?
| 10:27 UK time, Wednesday, 15 September 2010
'I didn't see a single racist sign or symbol. In fact, there were numerous African-American, Asian-American and Hispanic attendees who all attested to the Tea Party's incredible colorblindness....They are dissatisfied, but they are not disgruntled. They are agitated but not angry.'
It's a word in American politics that's become hard to ignore, and with yesterday's in Delaware ahead of November's US mid-term elections, many of you are asking what the Tea Party is all about.
Bschuler in Canada asks on Twitter: 'Not sure I understand the Tea Party but Bill Maher on Larry King proclaiming "all Tea Baggers hate African Americans" is dangerous.'
And KeishaMiles in Jamaica Tweets:Â 'IÂ scarcely understand American politics. Seems fascinating though - somebody school me on what this Tea Party is ...'
from the Miami Herald which might help both Tweeters above.
Even Americans are reassessing what the party stands for, as Jaytracker in Colarado Tweets,  I'm just wondering - how many Tea Bonkers actually know what the original Tea Party was all about. My guess is about 10%. The authors of a new book believe the party is paving the way for a new generation of voters eager to build a new self-identity. For others, the Tea Party is . Australian blogger Ashlee has just arrived in the US and is amazed at the atmosphere, I feel I have arrived here at an interesting time in terms of the United States being under pressure and perhaps needing to face some serious social or lifestyle reforms if it is ever going to claw its way back up to the top. Is she right -can the party really ? How much do we really understand about the Tea Party?Â
