A New American Tea Party: The Counterrevolution Against Bailouts, Handouts, Reckless Spending, and More Taxes

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"What has driven hundreds of thousands of people to take to the streets in protest since late February, 2009? A cry of "enough" government expansion and interference and reassertion of individual liberty: a first principle that became a rallying cry behind a movement. A New American Tea Party presents the voices behind the growing discontent among every day citizens with increased government taxation, spending, and intervention." "Author John M. O'Hara - a rising star in the conservative/libertarian movement - played an integral role in starting the first modern day tea party in February of 2008, an effort that sparked off a nation wide movement. On tax day in April 2009, hundreds of thousands of citizens gathered in more than 800 cities to voice their opposition to out of control spending at all levels of government. In August, citizens in every state of the union made their voices heard at congressional town hall meetings. On September 12, 2009 over half a million people marched on the U.S. Capitol." A New American Tea Party explains how these protests evolved and were organized, and distills the results - including the often bizarre media backlashes - of the movement, the philosophy behind the movement, and the road ahead. Written by one of the leading organizers behind the protests, this book shows you how the costs of bailouts and other excessive government interference today is philosophically incompatible with the founding principles of our nation and simply unsustainable for future generations.

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Free-market think tank P.R. man O'Hara, a veteran of political campaigns and the latter Bush administration, provides an informative rundown of the populist Tea Party movement he helped create, including a chronicle of its emergence and a breakdown of its methods and goals. Denying similarities to past populism (which directed anger at corporations), or the current state of the GOP (where "fair-weather dedication to capitalism is all too common"), O'Hara declares the Tea Party a standard bearer for the Reagan revolution: "opposed to vast government expansion, huge spending, entitlements, and intervention." Crying tyranny, O'Hara predictably draws parallels between the Obama administration's financial policies and those that led to the original Boston Tea Party, but also castigates Republican leaders like John McCain (ignorant of free-market principles), the Bushes (closet liberals), and Newt Gingrich (whose mid-1990s "revolution" was a mirage). O'Hara spends much time dissecting the sins of the Left (which "wants to take, control, and distribute as it sees fit"), and doesn't minimize the contention between Tea Party-style libertarianism and pseudo-Right neoconservativism. Anyone looking for a cogent explanation of this year's most visible grassroots political movement will find this a clear-headed, though highly opinionated, insider's account.
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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780470567982
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/12/2010
Edition number: 1
Pages: 308
Sales rank: 719,190
Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

John M. O'Hara is vice president of external relations at the Illinois Policy Institute. Previously, O'Hara worked as assistant director of communications at The Heartland Institute. He served under U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao in the administration of George W. Bush and, prior to that, was a Collegiate Network journalism fellow at the American Spectator. O'Hara has appeared on dozens of radio and television programs as a commentator on the tea party movement and current political affairs. For his work with the tea party movement, he received an inaugural 2010 William F. Buckley, Jr., Leadership Award from the Young Conservatives Coalition. O'Hara graduated from Kenyon College with a BA in philosophy and a concentration in the Integrated Program in Humane Studies and was managing editor of the Kenyon Observer. For more about the author, visit JohnMOHara.com

Bailout Nation: A Spending Timeline

Ch. 1 The Tea Parties 1

Ch. 2 How We Got Here: Abandoning Principles and the People 21

Ch. 3 The Whistling Teapot: The Financial Crisis and the Bailout Nation 41

Ch. 4 The Political Class Reacts 51

Ch. 5 The Media Strikes Back 73

Ch. 6 Radical Ideas 99

Ch. 7 Radical Tactics 141

Ch. 8 The Teapot Boils Over: Health Care Takes Center Stage 175

Ch. 9 The Tea Party Manifesto 203

Ch. 10 Rules for Counterradicals 235

Notes 261

About the Author 301

Index 303

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ColoradoMikado

Posted May 15, 2010

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The perfect title for this new movement that has so many true American patriots calling out this Big Government of today. It is a good read and keeps you interested.

Mr. O'Hara gives us a true perspective of what the Tea Party movement is all about today. The Left would have you believe that these American citizens are not patriotic, are considered "racists" by the Obama tyrants, and do not believe in our Founding Fathers and the Constitution of the United States of America. These people and all true Americans should read "A New American Tea Party" to see what this current administration has done to completely tear down our founding principles and our Constitution and to divide our country by both class warfare and calling anyone who disagrees with the administration as "racists". It is a shame that so many Americans see this movement as unpatriotic and disrupting. Instead this new movement shows how many Americans are genuinely concerned about where this country is headed and what the legacy of this administration is to our children, grandchildren, and their children.
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US_Fed_Gov_Attorney_DC

Posted January 4, 2010

A Must Read for Trying to Understand American Politics Today

John O'Hara masterfully sets the reader on a course through the history of the tea parties that culminates in a modern day reaction against the waste, fraud, and abuse perpetuated by the American federal government. O'Hara illustrates how the Tea Party Movement reflects something deeper than the mere "astroturf" factionalism the news media might portray, instead representing a re-capturing of core constitutional values and a reenvisioning of America as it was founded to be. If you are interested in developing a cultivated sense of the problems facing our country with Health Care, ACORN, the Czars, the financial crisis, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the rise of unions, and other pressing political issues, then this is a MUST READ!!!!
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Michael_Wisconsin

Posted January 4, 2010

Surprising Story Behind the Tea Party Protest Movement

This is an exceptionally well written book that offers an unbelievable, non-partisan insight into the runaway spending habits by Republicans and Democrats. The real story about the Tea Party protesters will surprise you. I was. It is informative and an enjoyable read. O'Hara is a smart, honest, and powerful writer. You will not be disappointed, a must read.
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