Do you think the credibility of the Tea Party is threatened by the wing-nuts who show up at the rallies?

I like the ideals of smaller government and more responsible taxation. But whenever I see footage of a Tea Party rally there are always people with signs reading, "Obama is a Nazi" or "Keep the change" or some other meaningless catch-phrase. I'd really like to get behind a movement that represented responsible and intelligent opposition to large government - but no such movement exists.|||They think they're the "real" conservatives that are going to save the day. Moderate (RINO)Republicans need not apply. Try winning elections with that formula. They're digging their own grave. It benefits Democrats and that's good for the rest of us|||They have no credibility in the first place. What they are demanding, (lower taxes, reduce the deficit) without cutting the military, social security, and Medicare, is impossible. If you look at the clips, you'll see mostly middle-aged white men, who are crapping their drawers at losing their priveleged places to women and minorities. Things are changing, and they don't like it.





By definition, conservatives are resistant to change. With a minority President beating an establishment white guy in the last election, it's too much for them. The Republicans have been preparing the conservatives for over a year now, with all their propaganda over False news and Rush Bimbaugh. You can bet the GOP has its grubby mitts all over the TEA party, why else would Sarah Palin bother to be speaking (aside from the six-figure fees) to them?





The only "movement" that's taking place in conservativedom is appearing between Limbaugh's butt cheeks. These aregenerally people that don't even know what a Nazi is. Check out the Coffee Party. They say they are an alternative to the lunatic fringe of the teabaggers. The teabaggers are generally well-meaning, but they've allowed some unsavory characters to grab the reins.





Too bad.|||If you want to be taken seriously then don't associate yourself with the Tea Party. Just be a normal Republican. I went with my best friend yesterday to take her 16 month old daughter to the park, and there was a tea party rally, guns and everything. Taking guns around children at play, nice. These people are savages and have no sanity. There are plenty of conservatives and Republicans that aren't foaming at the mouth like those fools.|||They are. The Tea Party has great values "the tea party patriots" which is the group that I am in. But yes we have some ignorant people that join just because they like to fight. sort of like the anarchists that join in the liberal protests.





but if you hear that tea party members are old white men... then you know that those people that are saying it are uneducated. me and the other members in my disctrict are not middle aged white right. I'm young and hispanic. along with the other members we have most races and ages. the tea party members in my area are actual middle class workers which we don't protest we actually get involved politically.





but people will say what they want and believe what they want.


and yes we can have a balanced budget. it's called get rid or reform current social programs and stop spending money to save it. the smaller the government gets the less they spend.





its called common sense. help the people who work and provide tax. and stop helping those who abuse it ... and before im missquoted.. yes people need help sometimes. but you can only help so much before you drap everyone down. help society not the individual.|||yes!...no reasonable person take tea party protesters seriously....


I'm definitely joining the teabaggers ... I'm madly in love with that self-loathing sick-minded hatemongering, . I'll cry acorn across the world, I'll pester immigrants early in the morning at Home Depot, I'll demand IDs from anyone that looks like a Mexican, I'll post guard at our borders and shoot anyone who dares crossing it from either side|||Wing nuts means they have big ears and their heads spin at anything ridiculous lie Fox TV tells them.|||In order to have your credibility threatened, you would need to have credibility in the first place. And the Tea Party just...does not. Sorry.|||The Tea Party has no credibility. Palin hijacked it. What does that tell you? She couldn't even handle four years as the governor of Alaska.|||The tea party IS the wing-nut section of the republican party.|||It's called libertarianism. I'm not trying to convert you to my party or anything, but I think you see that tea parties are nothing more than angry Republicans.|||short answer is YES! i hate politically and reality ignorant tea baggers! ;-)|||yes|||You're seeing the same clip over and over. Monkey brains.|||Are you saying the Teabaggers are a threat to themselves?|||They ARE the tea party.|||Yes -- those people don't realize that they are doing the Party no favors.|||When you see the footage of these people i would bet its on a liberal network like CNN or MSNBC. Its in their interests not to portray the Tea party as responsible or Intelligent. You want the truth go to a rally and see for yourself.