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| Tea Party = Know Nothing Party __ USA Today Columnist |
| 2010-09-09 |
| "In 1856, the Know Nothing Party's platform called for a waiting period of 21 years before an immigrant could become a citizen. Paul and other candidates, such as Utah's Tea Party-Republican Mike Lee, say children born here to illegal aliens shouldn't automatically become U.S. citizens." "With the general election fewer than 60 days away, voters ought to focus on reversing the meteoric rise of the Tea Partiers, who are the linear successors to the aptly named anti-immigration Know Nothing movement that flourished for a brief time during the 1850s." The trouble with people who do a little historical research is they miss the broad picture. The Know Nothings were against legal immigration; the Tea Party (generally) is against illegal immigration. The Know Nothings were also anti-Catholic. For the most part the Tea Party isn't about religion. |
| Posted by:Mercutio |
| #5 There is still a USA today? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-09-09 22:59 |
| #4 It's the old, "We're scared because our ignorant, and moronic policies are killing this country. Since people realize this, we must attack them. Maybe some idiots will believe our propaganda." |
| Posted by: miscellaneous 2010-09-09 17:00 |
| #3 and this coming from a USA Today columnist. |
| Posted by: chris 2010-09-09 16:54 |
| #2 Not only is the historical comparison invalid [illegal vs legal], but the perspective is also invalid. Back then America had a continent to fill and develop. After over a generation of lecturing from the same class as the writer, that America must cut back on consumption and resource extraction, you don't have the means to sustain unlimited and uncontrolled immigration without stealing from those already here. We were once a nation of slavery should we go back to it too? Times and conditions have changed. Time to evolve. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-09-09 16:30 |
| #1 Tea Party members recognize a no good rotten president when they see him. |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2010-09-09 15:27 |