I dislike them because it seems to me (as an admitted outsider) that there is a tremendous amount of hypocrisy in their platform. They'll claim that individual rights over government meddling is a priority when it suits them (typical right-wing concerns like gun control), but then maintain that the government has a duty to involve itself when it's about the government involving themselves in typically liberal interests (homosexual rights, abortion).
I'd have no problem with a political movement that made an honest attempt at fiscal conservatism and small government by equally and evenly evaluating all issues. After the enormous spending and government bloat of the Bush era (which I believe Obama has done little or nothing to curtail) such a movement could actually be very positive and probably get traction from both sides of the aisle. But it's clear that the tea party is not that movement.
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