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Dunedan, that wasn't what the folks were pissed about at my Tea Party or the Tea Party in SF or LA, according to my friends that went to the counter-protests there. I myself witnessed exactly what level of devotion these people have to what I understand are libertarian views; there was virtually none. I doubt 2 of the 400 or so people at the SJ protest could even understand what you're posting, let alone come to the same conclusion. They weren't there to disagree with the bailout because of the deficit growth. They were there because "don't tread on me" or "life begins at conception" or "NObama", and when you actually speak to them you find out how little they actually know. When you get your information from Fox News and Drudge, you end up disconnected from reality. At least 6 people I spoke to said they were being taxed without representation, as if when your candidate loses you somehow don't have a representative in the House or Senate.
Maybe you attended a different protest, the one with substance and legitimate concerns and well educated people, but I'm afraid that even if that was the case yours was the exception and not the rule. Your viewpoint is not the viewpoint of the majority of Tea Partiers. Your viewpoint is libertarian, theirs is just run-of-the-mill neoconservative.
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