re: #543 Charles

That may be true. However, it’s simply a fact that the majority of tea party protests are now being organized and promoted by extreme right wing groups like the Campaign for Liberty — Ron Paul’s organization. The Ron Paul crowd is everywhere in these protests — they organize, fund, and supply speakers. And when you start digging into the further connections, you find groups like the John Birch Society also deeply involved.

I want nothing to do with tea parties. I know way too much about who’s behind them, and I absolutely refuse to support people like that.

I can understand all of that, but it is going too far to indict as hypocrites those of us who vocally protest the direction Obama is leading our country, regardless of also participates.

Carrying such logic further, one couldn’t attend a Republican or Democratic rally because of the unrelated views of some of the organizers?

We’d be very lonely people if we only associated with those who shared all of our beliefs.