Originally Posted by FoolThemAll

So, uh, wait a second... you guys are telling me that the tea partiers are about as unified and well-defined as... republicans and democrats?

Maybe it looks like a less organized ideology, but I wonder if it only looks that way because they've chosen a less conventional group of core issues. Might their lack of detail/unity on social issues just indicate something about the priority they place on social issues?

Hell, as someone who frequently votes for people on the wrong side of the gay marriage issue, I find it refreshing that the issue doesn't get much play in that arena.

edit: Let's just add, for fun, that every tea partier I've ever met here hates Beck, Limbaugh, Palin, et. al. OR, ALTERNATE ROUTE! Republicans are a party of closeted gay drug users and Democrats support involuntary manslaughter and tax evasion.