They organized them. Libertarians came into my town, as I mentioned, and trashed ours. There aren't enough Ron Paul people/Libertarians in the country to stage one decent Tea party much less the hundreds if not thousands which have been held.
59,934,814 people voted GOP in 2008.
That is over 100 times the number who voted Libertarian.
The only way a movement this large could happen is by Republicans doing it.
Look at the overwhelming support the military gets at the TPs. Looks at the strong position on national defense at the TPs. Those aren't Ron Paul supporters. Those aren't libertarians.
Nevertheless, I held my nose and voted for McLame in 2008, but I'm not a Republican. I know a lot of people in the same boat.
You can rest assure the Republicans had nothing to do with the tea parties. If they did, then the Republicans would not be worried about them.
The tea parties are conservatives, objective independents and objective democrats that are tired of seeing the Republican party cave to the democrats all the time.
Can you believe the Republican party had the audacity to ask me how I think they should vote on various issues? For instance, the questions were about the environment, and TAX issues. Unbelievable!