Click image to see more photos. (Whitney Curtis/AP) The 2010 midterm elections were marked by ubiquitous images of voters waving Gadsen flags in the sun, women with tea bags hanging from their hat brims, and determined men in Paul Revere costumes shouting proclamations. What happened to those people? If you ask the people who helped organize the tea party into a movement, they’ll readily concede that tea party rallies this election cycle a…
…bank, cash the check. I’ll make sure that that happens,” Bachmann later stated. Bachmann made clear Monday she plans to capitalize on existing anger and dissatisfaction among American voters–hallmarks of the tea party movement that has helped make her a national political star. The tea party and Bachmann were a great fit from the start. Bachmann, a former IRS tax lawyer, is a fiscal and social conservative, a strong defender of …
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Those who belong to the conservative movement known as the Tea Party are acutely aware of the power of popular culture, so they have been cautiously delving into the creation of entertainment that promotes their values. It usually manifests itself in snippets of online political parody. Coming Sunday, though, is perhaps the most ambitious effort yet: A “TV show” created by a couple of Tea Partiers w…
HELENA, Montana (Reuters) – “Three Cups of Tea” author Greg Mortenson, who is under fire over allegations he fabricated much of his story, is recovering from open heart surgery, a representative said on Thursday. Mortenson, 53, underwent the surgery last week to repair a very large hole in his heart, or an atrial septal defect, said Anne Beyersdorfer, the acting executive director of Mortenson’s Montana-based charity, the Cent…
… Monday night in New Hampshire, he balked. Pawlenty later said it was a mistake not to offer a stronger criticism. The impersonator joked about Romney’s Mormon faith and about polygamy, and Rep. Michele Bachmann’s tea party support. Organizers then cut off Brown’s microphone and turned on music. He was shown off the stage. The jokes came a day after Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour urged Republicans not to be distracted from a mes…
…ritish royal wedding, which with an estimated 2 billion viewers may have been the most-watched event in history. There’ll be none of the commemorative kitsch that abounded at the British wedding, where everything from tea bags to toilet seat covers were emblazoned with the royal couple’s broadly smiling faces. Souvenir shops in the principality will be selling only a handful of palace-approved memorabilia, including porcelain with t…