http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/31/AR2010073103051.html?sid=ST2010073103099WILLIAMSBURG - The original Tea Party may have been in Boston, but some modern-day "tea party" activists are finding a powerful narrative this summer at a different historic landmark: Colonial Williamsburg.
Amid the history buffs and parents with young children wandering along the crushed shell paths of Virginia's restored colonial city, some noticeably angrier and more politically minded tourists can often be found...
....Sometimes, the activists appear surprised when the Founding Fathers don't always provide the "give 'em hell" response they seem to be looking for.
And when another asked whether the Boston Tea Party had helped rally the patriots, Washington disagreed with force: The tea party "should never have occurred," he said. "It's hurt our cause, sir."
That may not have been the answer the man expected from the father of our country. But even in that spirited crowd, no one was going to tell George Washington he was wrong.
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I understand that the reenactors have to stay in period and character(given that this was colonial times) but it would be nice if they would remind the "baggers" that the Founding Fathers weren't against taxation itself but rather "taxation w/o represenation."
These morons seem to forget that we vote for the goverment we want and just because they don't like the policies passed it doesn't mean the public as a whole didn't have a voice in selecting those who represent us.
The idiots need to do more reading and less watching of FOX News. At least a few got schooled about their conceptions (towards the end of the article).
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