re: Mississippi Tea Party shows that they are just as bad as the Obama-ites

The problem is that the TP uses really strong rhetoric (much of it for good reason) and tries to make every choice a distinction between paradise and eternal damnation. I don't want to call them extremists, but they do use a lot of polarization tactics both to criticize enemies and motivate followers.

Some of the followers, like in any organization, aren't too bright or lack the ability to make reasonable choices. And thus, you have people who are going to pick up the flag and run with it, and you can't always predict where they're going to end up (with your flag, no doubt).

It's not a unique issue to the Tea Party, but it does cause some problems.