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Bob Dornan, the Original Tea Partier

California congressman Bob Dornan was the Rand Paul and Sharron Angle of his day. He talks to Bryan Curtis about the Tea Party dos and don’ts, his invasion of Congress, and why he hates Newt.

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Between Samuel Adams and Rick Santelli, you can identify a lot of fathers of the Tea Party movement. But Bob Dornan, the former Republican congressman, would like to throw his hat into the ring.

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