U.S. Exports Tea Party?

[SciFiFisher]

Demands that the Quran be banned, immigration reforms be initiated, government be expanded, and that free loading foreigners be kicked off welfare. It sounds like the Tea Party. Surprise! It's not in the U.S.

[cid]

Great (?) minds think alike...

[Rommie]

Frankly, if anything the US imported them from here- let's just say some bits of history never fully went away. (Hungary's is basically anti-Semetic, Geert Wilders has been spouting his anti-immigration stuff in the Netherlands for far longer than the Tea Party's been around.)

I also think another way to explain it is frankly every country has a right-wing fringe party of crazies, and it's just a question of how open they are about being crazy.

[SciFiFisher]

Frankly, if anything the US imported them from here- let's just say some bits of history never fully went away. (Hungary's is basically anti-Semetic, Geert Wilders has been spouting his anti-immigration stuff in the Netherlands for far longer than the Tea Party's been around.)

I also think another way to explain it is frankly every country has a right-wing fringe party of crazies, and it's just a question of how open they are about being crazy.

That and they always gain traction when things get rough.

[Sigma_Orionis]

.....government be expanded......It sounds like the Tea Party[/url]. Surprise! It's not in the U.S.

Government to be EXPANDED? Nope, doesn't sound like the Tea Party.

I guess that's what they did to be acceptable for export to those pinko commie Scandinavian countries

[Sigma_Orionis]

That and they always gain traction when things get rough.

Simple messages on rough times are like comfort food

[Cyborg Girl]

Simple messages on rough times are like comfort food

I think this is the truest thing I've read all day.