# Whence the Tea Party...

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 1, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-tea-party/555707 "2010-10-01T11:12:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-tea-party/555707/40 "2010-10-02T22:51:34Z")

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**Starving Artist** today:

> [@Starving\_Artist](#):
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> One thing we do know about the Tea Party is that as a group they are better educated and wealthier than the general population. This tells me they are likely smarter than the general population too.

**Starving Artist** three days ago:

> [@A question for those who lean left...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-those-who-lean-left/555287/62):
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> …I would point out, **Brain Glutton** , that merely attending college is not any kind of reliable measure of innate intelligence, and intelligence alone is not any kind of measure of judgement, wisdom, self-discipline and things like that.

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