The current political landscape — Red State, Blue State, Tea Party, MoveOn.org, Congressional gridlock — only adds to the insult's appeal.
Paul, who generally keeps a light campaign schedule, had a mid-afternoon speech to the state tea party convention.
In 1773, John Adams wrote a letter to his wife stating, "Tea must be universally renounced and I must be weaned, and the sooner the better".
In Illinois, Wisconsin and other contentious states, tea party movement activists have launched "voter integrity" campaigns in which they plan to harass people at the polls who they think might be voting illegally--meaning, they'll profile Latinos, as well as black people.
When she moved here in 1981, Ms. Perry was as horrified as every other English person seems to be about the state of tea in this country.
In a state where tea, coffee and tobacco are gateways to sun, the co-existence of creamy confectionery, philoprogenitiveness, belief in the miracles of Joseph Smith, live memories of polygamy, winter sports, and a conviction that death is a plywood door that produces a pattern of life that requires great art to make it intelligible.
Perhaps in Wisconsin or Ohio or any state where Tea Party-flavored Republicans rule.
Despite having never held elected office, the former Democratic National Committee chairman had prevailed over the state's Tea Partying attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, in a tight and vicious race.
While some Texas politicians may believe the anti-government theories they promote, others are performing for the state's Tea Partiers, Jillson told me.
Dan Patrick, 64, a conservative state senator, tea party darling and former shock jock, was elected lieutenant governor, and George P. Bush, 38 — son of potential presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, nephew and grandson of the former presidents — was elected land commissioner.
Gucci has provided free bottles of "Envy for Men" for the 1,000 people attending the $75-a-head 75-a-head 75-a-headce at Bridgehampton.
