. It's sad that the Tea Parties got twisted like this. The Neo Con Republicans latched onto it and have turned it into gong show, propelling all sorts of wacky personalities into the forefront to sabotage all the hard work that has gone into it thus far. Meaningful discussions into things like, the Fed, sound money, etc...have dwindled into predictable tripe. Now they want to go for the heart of the original movement. What a shame.