> > The Tea Party is a fringe group of conservatism, and thus opens itself up for > > ridicule. Fringe/extremist groups serve only to polarize. What you end up with is a > > government that is far more interested in shutting down the other side than > actually > > looking out for the good of the country. > > Better to have two poles than one.
Differing opinions, yes, but 'You're from *insert party here* so I'm going to try to stop anything you do rather than try to have an intelligent debate' goes nowhere.