# Whence the Tea Party... **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 46
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-tea-party/555707/46 "2010-10-03T23:41:32Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > > Thanks **Crackrat** , for posting the context of the quotes that\*\* Starving Artist\*\* so thoughtfully cut and pasted for us. > > > > Once again, **Starving Artist** proves to be an embarrassment for reasonable conservatives out there. > > > > Will you never learn to actually do some research before cutting and pasting from an idiot blog? > > I have to confess I expected a somewhat livelier thread this, but c’est la vie. 🆒 > > I take it from most of the responses so far that msot of you are taking the position that fleshing out the quotes has actually changed their meaning in a substantial way? Or that quoting remarks from private citizens or office-holder wannabe’s cancels out remarks by congressional lawmakers, the Speaker of the House and the President? So you think altering quotes for your own benefit is okay. But over in [this thread about Sarah Palin](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12974418&postcount=30) you take offense to the same practice. > [@Is it possible I've missed out on this Palin person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-ive-missed-out-on-this-palin-person/555283/30): > > How’s about that quote in context, chum: > > snip > > So, as anyone can see, the way the left has portrayed her comment - which is allegedly that Alaska’s proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience - is every bit as misleading and dishonest as anything Rush Limbaugh ever says. Can we conclude that what you did was misleading and dishonest? BTW did you watch the clip I posted? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-tea-party/555707)._