When the Tea Party erupted in the spring of 2009, both US political parties were quick to define it. Democrats depicted the anti-tax agitation as “AstroTurf” – faux populism staged by conservative millionaires. Republicans saw it as an authentic backlash against Washington’s bail-outs. Both were partly right. Neither could have forecast the damage the “take America back” crowd would inflict on Barack Obama – in last year’s midterm elections and since.
當茶黨(Tea Party)運動在2009年春天突然興起時，美國兩黨都迅速為其定性。民主黨(Democrats)將這場反對稅收的騷動形容為“人工草皮”——由保守派百萬富翁們一手導演的偽草根運動。而在共和黨看來，茶黨運動是針對華盛頓的紓困行動發起的真實可信的反擊。兩黨在一定程度上都是正確的。它們同樣都無法預見到呼喊著“還我美國”(take America back)口號的人群會在去年的中期選舉期間以及選舉之后、給巴拉克?奧巴馬(Barack Obama)造成多大的傷害。
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