Actually the T party did NOT start out "honorable" - just look back at the signs they carried at their rallyies and the words/pics on those signs, and look back at the Ts behavior at town hall meetings. No, the tea party did NOT start out "honorable".
The Ts were and still are mainly Southern white malcontents who suddenly were against whatever the gov't did, including apparently against SS checks and Medicare they were receiving when a black man moved into the white house.
The Ts ignorance allowed big money such as the Koch bros, etc. to move in and create the impression they were on the Ts side, but in reality were there to push THEIR agenda...Then came the kiss of death for the Ts - they elected radical pols to Congress.
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