not a member of the Tea Party. I listed their views from their website to show comparison. Read the line that says that I do not belong to either. That does not mean that agree with all of the Tea party positions, which I do not.
I can identify with the majority of the Tea party tenets. However, an exchange of emails with the local TP bigwig convinced me that I was not in line with all of their beliefs. I am in accordance with most of their viewpoints which as I said are not radical, but common sense American. I can say also that when they do protest, they do it in a civil manner, as opposed to the left.