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Much of the anger that fueled the Tea Party rage against Washington was based on the ideas that Congress wasn’t listening and the majority was forcing its agenda on America.

Now, never mind that the agenda set by the majority party over the past two Congresses was originally fueled by massive gains in the 2006 and 2008 elections where Democrats were elected in traditionally conservative districts â€" a clear and obvious rejection of the policies of the Bush administration that led to the Bush recession and record Bush deficits that we are not likely to eliminate anytime soon.

That original Tea Party movement (if only Democrats were as good at branding and messaging as their GOP counterparts) used the anger at President Bush to sweep Democrats into office to implement the policies that have begun to turn around the Bush recession, rebuilt our financial institutions, saved the American auto industry and opened up access to the same healthcare members! of Congress get to more than 30 million Americans.

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