Reply #4: The strongly anti immigrant Tea Party is a modern day incarnation of the of the American Party aka [View All]

[gordianot]

"know nothings". There are many analogies; penchant for armed resistance, racial baiting, mass demonstrations and most prominently religious intolerance. From what I have read their collapse in the late 1850's coincided with replacement of anti-Catholic rhetoric for anti-Mormon attacks. There were too many Catholics, Irish and German immigrants to deal with in an easy manner. In that both parties have reactionary roots history seems to be repetitious, with the number of Mormons running in the GOP it seems logical they would focus Romney and Huntsman. It is just too bad that self serving bigot and promoter of Tea Party values Glen Beck is not around to defend his Mormon brother Mitt Romney. Oops! wonder how Murdoch and Roger feel about Mormons now that they canned Beck?

Here is the hope the Tea Party who knows nothing goes the way of the American Party who were nothing.

In my opinion is your something else is Atavist bigotry.