Political Takeover Quotes
This quotation had been considered by most scholars a relatively obscure paranoid rant of a right wing extremist. However, the fear had gained credence with the extreme right over the years and came into play again in the Barack Obama administration where many of the Tea Party adherents began stating that Koch’s warning had come to pass with President Obama as the covert communist, While few gave this any credence, it was honestly and firmly believed by a small minority of Americans.
The Tea Party was a movement of ultra Conservatives who at first saw itself as a pressure and force on the major political parties. By design it was not highly organized and had no formal structure. The result was that anyone could purport to speak for the Tea Party. In this case, the document was drafted by Dick Armey, a former Republican Congressman. He and many Tea Party enthusiasts wanted to try and take over the Republican Party; other Tea Party people did not want that at all. It is hard to say that any of the signs, documents, slogans that were used had the support of even the majority of the Tea Party.
