The progression of many movements: idealistic fringe cause —> mainstream movement —> corrupt racket. This lady has moved from fringe cause to corrupt racket without ever advancing her Tea Party chapter to mainstream status. Truly amusing...
Reading this lady’s remarks, she’s been in a corruption racket for a long time, looking to piggyback on whatever promotional vehicle she thought would benefit her, personally. She is one of 32 who started the TEA Party?! ROTFL. Just a self-promoter. Nothing wrong with that, as far as I’m concerned, but she ought to sell her wares on the merits, not by association with some “popular” cause.