You know, Whirlaway, I like your rhetorical flourishes. You could have been a speechwriter for Stalin. But the reality is the tea farty is declining in membership. The following is from an article dated April 16, 2012:
"The Tea Party is in decline and it does not look like it will be able to continue much longer with any effectiveness or impact. A new ABC News poll on the Tea Party finds the more Americans hear about the Tea Party, the less they like about it. The poll also finds that Americans are tired of the Tea Party’s politics and are uninterested in learning any more about them. Unsurprisingly, the Tea Party has a wide gender gap problem as well, with a 13-point spread between men and women.
This poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, finds that six in 10 Americans aren’t particularly interested in additional information about the Tea Party, and 41 percent aren’t interested ‘at all.’ Thirty-nine percent have at least some interest, but just 9 percent are very interested. Among those with interest, moreover, more than six in 10 already support it, ABC News reports:
'But perhaps most damaging is the buzz: Fifty percent of Americans say the more they hear about the Tea Party, the less they like it; just 27 percent say they like it more. That compares with a much closer (albeit still negative) 43-34 percent split on this question in April 2010.'
A related problem for the movement (as with Santorum’s candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination) reflects its difficulties moving beyond its ideological and partisan base."
See:
http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com...12/04/16/38089.