Conservative warriors frustrated by their inability to thwart social progress and backed by the Religious Right saw the election of Barack Obama as a call to battle.
His election was the catalyst that molded these forces into the phalanx of opposition the President faces today. Terrified at the specter of a black President being carried to Washington on the shoulders of a majority of adoring Americans was just too much for them to bear.
Their reaction was visceral. Enraged enough to rally in the streets and follow anyone they thought could lead them out of their perceived danger. Reason was abandoned and there was little they would not do or believe to get rid of Obama: unbelievably silly rumors "no problem"; nonsensical rants by Sarah Palin "no problem"; gutting most of the social progress of the twentieth century "no problem"; letting their racist colors show through "no problem"; lynch the President of the United States "hell yes".
Having gotten away with racism, the Tea Party has evolved into an ideologically radical political platform. Right wing radicals use it to launch attacks on all the social progress made during the last century.
Jim DeMint : "Conservatives might have to "take to the streets' to stop America's slide into socialism."
Sharron Angle: denounced "domestic enemies" in Congress and called for the use of "Second Amendment remedies" if not elected.
Rand Paul: Should owners of privately owned business be able to segregate? Rand Paul's answer is yes.
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