The Tea Party - how frightening is this movement?

[TheRealMafoo]

theprof00 said:

HappySqurriel said:

The Real Tea Party (the individuals who are protesting, not necessarily the people trying to represent them) are the hard working middle class individuals of middle America who have consistently been screwed by the establishment of both parties through most of my life. They are orderly, law abiding, and about as dangerous and intimidating as an army of baby kittens. There are no substantiated instances of racism, and most of the accusations of racism are driven by people who are trying to discredit the movement.

In general, I'm much more worried about the astro-turf protests that are always popping up but no media outlet is willing to discredit them for what they are:

 

DO you remember this going around during the election in emails?

The creator of this didn't even understand how it was racist, so my confidence in what conservatives consider racist isn't very strong.

What does that have to do with the Tea Party?

Obama goes around and tells blacks they need to vote to keep his policies going, like somehow just because they are Black, they have the same views politically as him. He doesn't see how that's racist either.