No, but his views on overseas intervention does not fit the orginal Tea Party views. You do have a bit of a point though by suggesting it will take time to make the proper changes. We have moved forward in terms of the discussions that are more present these days but we'll see if that translates to action.
Look - am I happy at the pace of change? HELL FUCK NO! But to me this is going to be a process, not an event. Yes, the Tea Party have made a number of stumbles, but if you look at what has been accomplished in only two years - HOLY SHIT!
RAND PAUL & BACHMANN call for a Tea Party Caucus
MARCO RUBIO - young hispanic on freaking fire against big govt and speaking daily against the GOP business as usual
PAT TOOMEY - very far to the right in PA of all places.
JOHNSON IN WI - businessman just beat Feingold, a far left progressive.
Lt. Col West in FL - black man in the Tea Party elected as GOP House member.
Rep. Scott - same
Ron Paul now heading chairmanship against the Fed Reserve
Many RINO's ousted in the primaries. Yes in the general the GOP ran some bad candidates - we we got rid of a lot of dead wood.
Christie in NJ kicking major ass against the public unions.
Palin got 18-20 tea party elected over far left progressives in the House of Reps.
Cap & Trade and Card Check now DOA
So, in two years, yes there have been some set backs, but by and large - there have been many victories, and hopefully it continues on to a full audit of the Fed Reserve, Repeal of ObamaCare, and cutting spending.
Yes I get that we still have to deal with McConnell, Gramhm, McCain, etc, but its not going to happen all at once.
The key is to keep the pressure on from within where actual things can happen.
Had the Tea Party stayed with a bunch of Truthers, Anarchists, Alex jones types, etc, as opposed to what occured, we would still be dealing with Speaker Pelosi and looking down the barrell of Cap & Trade, etc .