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Just some typos

Under Organization:

"...notable politicians Republican politicians Ron Paul, his son Rand Paul,..."

should be

"...notable Republican politicians Ron Paul and his son Rand Paul,..."

for clarity and correctness.

Under Agenda: Delete New York Times definition - They are far left and not factual or credible. NOT "anti-government", but anti "irresponsible" government

Foreign policy

I've moved the following unsourced text here, with the hopes that someone could provide a reliable source citation for it:

As a result, the Tea Party has shown it is largely distinct from the neoconservative and liberal internationalist viewpoints on foreign policy, while not totally endorsing the non-interventionist approach of the paleoconservatives and paleolibertarians. Some Republicans with links to the Tea Party, however, like Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan have embraced the neoconservative foreign policy through their votes on bills such as these.

It appears to be a conclusion of sorts, but I don't see it conveyed by the two "vote list" sources that precede it. Any help? Xenophrenic (talk) 18:09, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Cspan caller to Norm Ornstein Called for Tea Party Early February

On Cspan early in February 2009, a caller from Minnesota called for a Tea Part movement for America during a segment with Norm Ornstein. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.53.204.177 (talk) 18:37, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

The tobacco industry and the Tea Party

• Study Confirms Tea Party Was Created by Big Tobacco and Billionaires
• Amanda Fallin, Rachel Grana, Stanton A Glantz, ‘To quarterback behind the scenes, third-party efforts’: the tobacco industry and the Tea Party

— goethean 23:09, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

The first items is about 6 levels below being a source and credibility. The second one has some real facts in it plus spun statements that don't follow from the facts listed. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 00:18, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

As usual, your comments are strictly partisan, have no relation to Misplaced Pages policy, and can be ignored as irrelevant. The academic journal article that the blog post describes and which the abstract summarizes is a reliable source of the highest order and will be used in this article. — goethean 14:11, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Why don't you discuss without the baseless personal insults? More specifically:

1. On the first item, I was commenting on what you linked to (a clearly anti-TPM advocacy blog) not the item which you are now referring to but didn't link to.
2. On the second item, a link to the "TobaccoControl" web site, what I said is that the material on that web page it contained some factual items and some statements that didn't follow from those factual items.

How in your imagination do you get your "strictly partisan" crap out of that? Quit it! North8000 (talk) 15:00, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Actually, I am being more polite and charitable than your comments warrant. No matter, I have already requested through my local public library a copy of the full text of the academic journal article. I suggest that you do the same. — goethean 15:32, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

I'll charitably skip to your second sentence. Sounds like a good idea to see what is in there. It might be good material. North8000 (talk) 16:54, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

I love these correlation without causation studies. Some anti-TP people think that Big Tobacco must be behind the TP and then go look for anything that confirms their hypothesis. Finding anything then confirms their hypothesis. It might be more believable if the TP had been a notable participant in any big tobacco issues. I would be far more likely to believe that the TP was created by Big Oil, but that is just to passe to be of interest by the MSM. Arzel (talk) 17:03, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

agreed, i first heard of the tea party in 2007 and was about income tax. Darkstar1st (talk) 18:41, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

The whole core of the TPM agenda and driving force of the movement is prioritizing less government, lower taxes, lower spending. A reader of this crap-hole attack piece of an article, where every possible piece of negative trivia has been gamed and battled in would think that it is about everything but those things. And a few people have work aggressively and tendentiously to prevent it rising from attack-piece junk status, and people have given up on fixng it. North8000 (talk) 18:47, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, if you can tell that a study is flawed without reading it, then I guess you don't need a copy of it. — goethean 01:22, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Please look up a few lines, I didn't say that. More specifically I said "Sounds like a good idea to see what is in there. It might be good material." North8000 (talk) 02:53, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Most Muslims claim their religion goes back to Adam instead of Mohammad. We do not accept this claim but merely note it and go with outside observation. We have outside academic observation that the Tea Party was created by non-profit groups founded and funded by corporate interests. Per NPOV, unless we find academic sources that present them as being a grassroots movement, we cannot present them as such. I've summarized the findings, and only cited the HuffPost article for verification that Citizens for a Sound Economy (mentioned even in the abstract). I could also cite the source that says the same thing at our article on CoaSE, but this source, which is about the study, is the most appropriate secondary source. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:14, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

The issue, of course, is that we're not *required* to use any source that comes around, especially if it doesn't pass the smell test. Per WP:V, it seems pretty controversial to add so far, and I would agree with its removal at the moment until we've got more information on it. Thargor Orlando (talk) 14:24, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Americans for Prosperity and Freedomworks are not the whole of the tea party, or even a majority. OR at best, POV pushing more likely. Nonprofit organizations associated with the Tea Party have longstanding ties to tobacco companies is the snippet sniped from the cancer study some unknown blogged about. weasel word alert; associated, ties, is a far cry from the edit you support. Darkstar1st (talk) 14:30, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

"Tobacco Control"

Is not a reliable source for making contentious claims about living persons. One eensy indication that it is not a "neutral source" is the bit:

It is important for tobacco control advocates in the USA and internationally, to anticipate and counter Tea Party opposition to tobacco control policies and ensure that policymakers, the media and the public understand the longstanding connection between the tobacco industry, the Tea Party and its associated organisations.

Sources which make clearly editorial comments are unlikely to meet Misplaced Pages requirements about contentious claims. Collect (talk) 14:23, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

It has a LOT of problems. An "F" grade source telling us what the "study" says, and it only talking about a tiny piece of the TPM, not the TPM. North8000 (talk) 14:31, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Here is the website of the academic journal Tobacco Control. It is unquestionably a reliable source of the highest caliber. That the article argues about what is important for tobacco advocates to do or to not do in order to be effective has absolutely no bearing on its status as a reliable source. — goethean 15:51, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

The journal is published by BMJ Group. — goethean 15:58, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

The "study" is based on Google and Wayback - and the journal is not a reliable source on political issues at all -- any more than the JAMA would be a reliable source on economics. No journal is "reliable" when it ventures far outside its actual sphere of expertise. Collect (talk) 16:11, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

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