I believe I have been asked about that before - TREND1s thread(?) shortly after I joined IH. No connection to 'teaparty'. I was on about the 12th attempt at finding a 'name' when joining IH - happened to be thinking of Texas A&M and Texas (aka Teacakes aka tea-sips) rivalry.
Inference was 'teaparty' was political. I am not - I think they are all lying scum and probable criminals - regardless of political party or affiliation.