Originally Posted by SwampYankee

Actually I tend to agree with a lot of the original T.E.A. Party message, which was get the financial situation in order and that was pretty much it. Unfortunately a few random racist @$$hats and too many establishment Republicans have weaseled in (with hopes of garnering TP support) and have become the "face" of it and the message has been co opted.

My only real point was the Tea Party isn't a racist group just like OWS isn't an anti-Semitic gathering even though there may be some @$$hat elements lingering in the shadows. Republican candidates weaseling around for TP support isn't the same as the GOP controlling the TP. Just as the Democratic candidates are thinking it'd be a good thing to tap into the OWS support doesn't make them the puppetmasters. Koch bros. vs. Soros. Big Business vs. Big Labor. It goes on and on.

I'm not even remotely religious, but that whole dudes with glasshouses and rock throwing thing comes to mind (I think that was Bible related?). There are unsavory sides to both groups that neither wants to or should be defined by.