“The new Tea Partiers set to come to Washington aren’t avoiding challenging the religious right just because they need it to form a coalition—they are it…” “Among the more than 8-in-10 (81%) who identify as Christian within the Tea Party movement,” the survey found, “57% also consider themselves part of the Christian conservative movement…” And today, in an interesting piece in The Awl, Abe Sauer, who spent two years with the Tea Party, concludes: “I finally know what the Tea Party wants: A Christian nation.”
Always Question Authority
One of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority. ~ Hitchens
Always Question Authority 
truelibertarian,
See my latest post, Aphorism: “On Typical Military Personalities.” I believe that you may find similarities of character.
In Reason,
Madison
Oh, and they’re mostly racist, sexist, and anti-gay.
There was a study done that analyzed the members of the Tea Party before it existed, and the vast majority look to elect deeply religious Christian officials.