There are many who identify themselves as members of the Tea Party movement who complain that they are the Rodney Dangerfield of politics – that they do not get the respect they deserve from the general populace of the USA.   In both personal blogs and Tea Party-centric web sites,  writers lament the fact that so many Americans consider the Tea Party followers to be unintelligent racist nut jobs wearing ridiculous attire, with no real knowledge of the US Constitution, who simply parrot the things they hear from Glenn Beck and the FOX News pundits.  Additionally, they hate the label “Teabaggers”, which they say is an insult associated with a sexual act.  (Please click here for background on the term)

Why is it that the majority of Americans have this opinion?  Is is fair?  Below I present a collection of pictures of actual Tea Party members.  Come to  your own conclusion:

 

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This entry was posted by Nick Bulka on Saturday, October 22nd, 2011 at 11:59 am You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.