You refuse to get it FQ, The reason the Tea Party will not work with dems is because the dem party platform is essentially a list of things the Tea party opposes.
Bigger Govt, pro Union, less defense, more "social" spending, pro illegal immigration, the list goes on and on of things the Dems advocate that have been proven to be either failed, or bad for America, or both.
Ok, so Reagan's amnesty for illegals (the very last one

) was good for America? I guess W.'s unwillingness to crack down on the border while he was Texas governor or POTUS is in keeping with Tea Party values too? (I must be a commie for bringing that up

) How about Reagan's ban on FA weapons? Or the fact that it took a combination of Republicans and Democrats to get W. to allow the AWB to sunset? How about Reagan's drug war? Oh, wait, maybe the Tea Party should support the Patriot Act, or perhaps the pork barrel spending that took place in the 12 years the GOP controlled the House and Senate, and the 6 years W. sat in the White House. After all, W. vetoed exactly, oh, ZERO, budgets rife with deficit spending when the GOP was in the majority.
My point Tom, is if you reduce this to a matter of partisanship not principle, you are a tool of the establishment who wants to divide us into boxes so we don't unite against them. If I had my way we would do away with parties (better known as factions) and vote for people. That won't happen, but yeah, if you say party A is good and party B is evil without looking at the people running, I think you are an idiot.
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