Originally Posted by Robbie

I don't believe any of that. I've only seen the real "leaders" of the "tea party" movement a few times on television news. And every time they were on, they emphatically stated that the people that are holding themselves up as representing the tea party to the media are NOT the real tea party type people.

The foundation of the "tea party" was simply to reduce govt. and have more freedom and less taxation for stuff we don't want (like invading countries, drug wars, etc.)

It was damn near libertarian.

But the second that it took off on a grass roots level...the religious crazies jumped out front and claimed that they were suddenly in the "tea party". And all their followers did the same.

So to say that all tea party people think and believe the same exact thing is ridiculous.

My own personal opinion is that "yes" the govt. has gotten far too big over the last 40 years. And it has dug itself into debt that we can never get out of. Politicians are "career" people now. And the whole thing is corrupt and needs a big enema.

The people should FIRE all the Republicans and Democrats. ALL of them. Send their ass home.

The founding fathers never meant for politicians to spend their whole lives in office living in Washington, DC and spending money every day (10 BILLION dollars a day).

They were supposed to live at HOME and have jobs. And only convene Congress a couple of times a year to take care of business or in case of emergency.

What we have now is a giant con game in Washington DC and a country full of people who identify themselves as "republican" or "democrat" and treat this whole thing like it's a sports event and argue amongst themselves.

Meanwhile, career politicians are spending money like drunken sailors and laughing at you.