Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism Sal Silvester ISBN13: 9781625646163

ISBN13: 9781625646163

and corrects misunderstood phrases

Oliver Turnbull

preceded by Theory of Contradiction and On Ideology

a Small Press Best Seller

Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism Sal Silvester ISBN13: 9781625646163This revised edition features a new afterword, updated through the 2016 election. On February 19, 2009, CNBC commentator Rick Santelli delivered a dramatic rant against Obama administration programs to shore up the plunging housing market. Invoking the Founding Fathers and ridiculing losers who could not pay their mortgages, Santelli called for Tea Party protests. Over the next two years, conservative activists took to the streets and airways, built