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Old 05-10-2012, 11:22 PM  
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Originally Posted by baddog View Post
It is grass roots in that they are getting their claws in flyover states, in the small towns and villages.
That's certainly true, we're just talking about grass roots differently. To me, a 'grass roots' movement is one driven/guided and (more importantly) funded by regular ol' folks. I was just saying from that perspective, the TP doesn't qualify.


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And yes, it has been a very long time since I took American History/Civics; and my good friend DTK was kind enough to point out that it was the Whigs, not whips.

Thank you.
Let's not forget the Federlineists or whatever they were called
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