I agree with you. If being a Tea Party supporter means having to support the Pauls than I don’t wish to be one.
Michael Reagon, in his new book, The New Reagan Revolution” states that the Tea Party movement would have been welcomed by President Reagan as a grass roots movement to hold accountable our GOP leaders. He goes on to say that if the candidates do not represent us, then find candidates who do. We need to have a grass roots conversation about the values of Ronald Reagan and the values of the current GOP, and let these people know that we will only accept the values which will move our nation forward, not backward. Ron, and now, Rand Paul are not espousing the values of Reaganism, and need to either move to join with us, or move aside.