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Congress != Progress
Here's my impression of your average TEA PARTYIST
A patriotic American who busted their asses to make it in America, but one who has the conceit that anyone who is not on board with them is a communist.
They don't really understand why the problems exist (or who to blame) but they are fairly onboard about WHAT the problems are doing to them.
I could practically say the exact same thing about the OCCUPY WALL STREET crowd, incidently.
I think that's accurate.