Too bad that the ‘Taxed Enough Already’ movement was tagged as a ‘PARTY’.
How come there are ‘INDEPENDANTS’, but no ‘Independent PARTY’????????????
Well, it’s really the Tea Party movement, not the Tea Party Party. I’m not sure I get your point.
There is an Independence Party in New York State, and it has two functions: to allow Democrats to vote for the Republican running on both the Republican and Independence lines without having to touch the Republican lever, and to confuse the voters who would like to be unaffiliated so that they pick the Independence Party in ignorance.
If there was an "Independent Party", the members wouldn't be independent any more, would they?
Of course, most "Democrats" aren't democratic, most "Republicans" aren't republican, and there isn't single "Green Party" member who is green.
If the Tea Party people formed a party, it would have to be the "Tea Party Party".