my connection with the tea party

[kandrathe]

I agree. What the tea party and neocon voters don't understand, or don't want to understand is that many companies have a much bigger power over them then the government.
So why would you be in favour of the government not interfering with your life while at the same time you find it OK that a company does......with companies you are SURE that their first interest is making profit.

I'm sorry. What is the difference again? Who is Hank Paulsen? Who is Jeff Immelt? Who is George Kaiser? Who is Robert Rubin?

There is no difference between the government and the corporations. Yes, there are some in the Tea Party who get it. For example, Palin On Politicians And Crony Capitalism: "I'm Not For Sale"

On crony capitalism: "So many of them, they arrive in Washington, DC of modest means and then miraculously throughout the years they end up becoming very, very wealthy. Well, it's because they derive power and their wealth from their access to our money, to taxpayer dollars."

"They use it to bail out their friends on Wall Street. And their corporate cronies. And to reward contributors. And to buy votes via earmarks. There is so much waste. And there is a name for this. It's called 'corporate crony capitalism,'" she said.

Yup, those tea party people are so stupid. Or, maybe your bias is showing.