Tea Party in Canada, for Real?

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Tue, 2010-09-07 10:15
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footlesscar
Tea Party in Canada, for Real?

Is this Tea Party of Canada for real? I realize that the Tea Party has made strong gains in the US politics and has caused some serious upsets across the country, but is Canada ready for it?

Taking the government and tipping it upside-down? Canada has always been known for their relaxing beliefs and not 'rocking the boat'. Will there be enough tea bags to rock the political boat in Canada? This grassroots movement has 2 major groups with websites and facebook groups/pages. Also there are two cities (Ottawa and Montreal) that have started founding their own groups that look to address municipal, provincial and possibly national politics. Is this simply more US culture creeping into our Canadian media? Is it for real?

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Tue, 2010-09-07 12:58
Snert Snert's picture

If they promise to split the right-wing vote, and cause general disharmony among the right, then I say "Welcome!"

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Tue, 2010-09-07 13:10
6079_Smith_W

Snert wrote:

If they promise to split the right-wing vote, and cause general disharmony among the right, then I say "Welcome!"

In the short term yes, but it's not so good if they default to the far right when they come back together again (as they eventually will). Look at what happened this last time.

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And I think that would be "Red Rose" tea, in more ways than one.

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Tue, 2010-09-07 15:19
Doug

Isn't the Tea Party already in charge here? What more do they want?

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