Actually no, but that won’t stop the lamestream media from saying it.
Part of the ongoing FAILING effort to portray the Tea party Patriots as loons and extremists. Except that the people they are trying to convince...is US. Har! Too many of us know better and they just can’t figure us out period.
Every time they come out swinging, they hit foul balls while we wait for the good pitch and get home runs. As long as that continues, let them just keep swinging away.
Aye am a Tee Party Leader!!!
THIS IS THE KEY POINT.
The Liberal media is VERY consistent. They don't tell a story because it is true (it is usually false). They tell it because the narrative helps them.
Trying to peg the broad Tea Party movement as just one corner of the GOP held by Ron Paul libertarian-types is a way to marginalize both and to deny the broad swath of fiscal conservative voters who have a lot of concern with Obamunism.