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From the very start is was astroturf sponsered by FreedomWorks. Later on Fox News became involved.
Palin is just an opportunist. She's in it for the money and anyone who doesn't see it is blinded by her populism. I think her support for McCain might be sincere because she owes him for her appearance on the scene. They pick her to speak at events because she appeals to populists and doesn't say a lot of things they are hard to understand. Talking about real problems and real solutions to those problems doesn't go over well on a podium.
At it's core, there may be sincere people in the tea party who are smart and really want to change things in a way that they think would be good for the country. But like most political movements most of it is made up of people who are just mad at the other party and want to wharrgarbl. I'm sure the vast majority of them think we could just balance the budget if we stopped the 'pork' which is why so many of them pounded on earmarks, despite them being such an insignificant part of the budget.
If people really want to be deficit hawks there are only two things we can do, cut services or raise taxes. Pick one or combine them but either way we need to do a LOT of it.
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