The Tea Party is interesting as a grass-roots movement. They started off fairly ignored, then they were noticed and ridiculed, and finally regarded with alarm. They are now in the phase of being co-opted by personalities.
But there isn't much clear policy that binds them together.
I find the fear-mongering towards them to be silly. This is the face of democracy, and it is rather telling to see who finds this threatening.
The co-opting of the Tea Party movement by the "personalities" is what I personally find threatening. I identify myself ideologically as libertarian of the progressive flavor (which, from what I've read, is what the Tea Party originally claimed to be), but I still would not go within 50 miles of a rally being sponsored by Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin.
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The Tea Party is interesting as a grass-roots movement. They started off fairly ignored, then they were noticed and ridiculed, and finally regarded with alarm. They are now in the phase of being co-opted by personalities.
But there isn't much clear policy that binds them together.
I find the fear-mongering towards them to be silly. This is the face of democracy, and it is rather telling to see who finds this threatening.
The co-opting of the Tea Party movement by the "personalities" is what I personally find threatening. I identify myself ideologically as libertarian of the progressive flavor (which, from what I've read, is what the Tea Party originally claimed to be), but I still would not go within 50 miles of a rally being sponsored by Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin.