[split] Tea Party & Racism

[Tiberius]

Like chasm said, it doesn't mean they are all racists. I know tea partiers who aren't racist in the slightest. The reasons for founding the tea party was to oppose big government and higher taxes. They are anti-democrat and anti-republican; they would have formed regardless of whether McCain or Obama won the election. The only reason Sarah Palin joined their ranks is to try and support her position for 2012, but as you can tell from her political history, she isn't an anti-government person.