Jim, I don't mean to come across as a dck as much as I do

but with all due respect, you brought up the racism thing several times. I commented that the people I know personally who associate with the tea party are racist. I said there was some evidence of racism at rallies. That is all I said. I didn't bring up the racism issue. I didn't say the tea party as a party has a racist agenda. There is a percentage of people who like the tea party because they want the federal budget cut. You are one of those people. If anyone says you are racist because you are a tea party supporter, that is bs. I think that is what you are getting at with this and I agree with you completely. That said,
I believe the agenda of the tea party is appealing to a racist portion of the population for obvious reasons.
I didn't play the card, you did.