The Tea Party is nothing more than the extreme fringe base of the GOP; the philosophical heirs to the John Birch Society. Racism is their underlying and motivating force.
Spending, the deficit, taxes, etc. are all smokescreens for their real agenda - hatred for the president and the wish to remove this Black man from their "White" House.
They were not only silent while their president Bush converted a record surplus into a record deficit and spent like a drunken sailor, but they re-elected him with alacrity.
It was only about 30 days after we inaugurated a Black president that they coalesced, picked up and loaded their guns, took to the streets with vile, racist signs and demanded their country back.
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