Not necessarily. The traditional conservative nutjob string pullers are people who own natural resources. They are getting very rich right now -- and that's about all they care about.

The traditional patrician Republicans are getting owned.

Don't you think that Fox News could destroy the Tea Party almost as easily as they created it?

Fox News and Christian bashing, it reads like Slashdot on here.

So complaining about extremist theocrats is crass if they call themselves Christian, but civilized if they're Muslim? It doesn't matter what religion it is, it's still a destabilizing influence on what's supposed to be a democracy.

And Fox News had such a clear role in making the Tea Party into a meaningful political force that commenting on the connection isn't necessarily even a political statement - it's a historical statement.

Democracy? The US? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America

It's almost as if everybody from Jesus Christ to James Madison warned you against mingling religion and government, and you didn't listen.