The Tea Party's Guide to American Exceptionalism http://www.zcommunications.org/glenn-beck-americas-historian-laureate-by-greg-grandin

At the heart of Tea Party history is the argument that "progressivism is fascism is communism." Conceptually, such a claim helps frame what many call "American exceptionalism," a belief that the exclusive role of government is to protect individual rights -- to speech, to assembly, to carry guns, and, of course, to own property -- and not to deliver social rights like health care, education, or welfare.