I really think that the Tea Party protesters are little more than a prop for the Conservative Establishment, very much the same way the Gitmo Detainees were used as props by the Bush Administration to further their WOT agenda.
In terms of the Tea Party, there are always aimless drifters of life you can coagulate into a chanting clot of sign wielding vitriol. Give them a funny hat and a reason to leave their couch and "Voila" you have the illusion of of a grass roots political movement. Since the majority of Tea Baggers stand for nothing more than a reason to be angry in public, they are a White Board for the Political establishment to write upon. You can have Corporate Pundits in the press interpret the meaning of the Tea Bag Rorschach in anyway that suits the narrative of the Conservative Organizations they are affiliated with. I think the biggest threat to the Tea Bag Movement, and the greatest concern for the Conservatives that are counting on them, is boredom setting in on the part of the participants to the point that reruns of "Hogan's Heroes" prove more enticing than going to a rally.
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