Y'know, I dunno where the "Tea Party" people got such a bad rap . . According to what has been explained to me by those who call themselves "Tea Party Members", they are against "Taxation without Representation" which is how the whole damned concept of this country was started in the first place!
Tea Party people generally don't speak of Abortions, right to life, pro-choice, Second amendment, etc. Instead they are demanding "Fiscal Responsibility" which is something the country could certainly use a big dose of . .
Some of those agendas do come up in conversations and often as not there will be differences in the views of the different people present. But on a lot of those things they also agree on . . In the three Tea Party Meetings I've been to, there were even several Registered Democrats present. Moderates, I'm sure, but never the less, there are left of center people who are just as worried about the country's debt as the right is.
I don't belong to the local chapter, but I do contribute some time, knowledge and a little money . . But you won't see me on your front porch on Saturday mornings . . Heh, heh . .