I am not a member of any organized political party because I am a democrat is an ole Will Rogers quip.
But in terms of the so called tea bag movement, it was created, bought and paid for by Dick Armey and GOP financing.
Massive lie.
No protest that I have had any part in had any connection to any source of money whatsoever, or Fox news, or the GOP or anything at all. It has all been people emailing, calling, and meeting in person to talk about getting to together in greater numbers. We have no busses, we have no campaign signs, etc. Every. Single. Opponent. That I have seen has had government or union funding, uniforms, campaign signs, busses, etc.
I've personally seen union thugs threatening people. They use intimidation to try and stop us from protesting, and then call us racists and such.
They block out all the seating at "town hall meetings" with "reserved" signs. Then a bus with SEIU on the side pulls up, a bunch of people with funny accents (because none of them live in our district) get out that are all wearing the same uniforms, that all are carrying the same fancy signs, and they don't even fill half of the seats provided. But we cannot use the remaining seats, because we aren't the special government chosen few. Old people and those with small children have to stand in the back and often are asked to leave because "there just isn't enough room for all of us".
And then I get home and see on the news that supposedly the GOP bussed ME in there. Right.
Congrats on being a massive liar.