Oh, sorry. Here in the US, the Tea Party is a right-wing subgroup of the Republican party. One of their loudest leaders is Sarah Palin, the once governor of the State of Alaska. The term Tea Party comes from the Boston Tea Party, when radical colonist dressed up like Native Americans, boarded ships and tossed tea crates into Boston Harbor to protest taxes. It was a colossal waste of tea and pissed off Loopy King George lll.
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Date: 2011-06-01 08:05 pm (UTC)So now you know.