Well, I don't disagree with you about McCain...but everything you said about what I'm saying, as linked to the TEA party, is not true..BUT, you might think about and applying that same theory to yourself, and the Democrat Party, and to the corporations who own them.
Now, I know this is a bit of a drift from the thread..but I'm answering YOU!...

What we REALLY have here, is the actual policies that the U.S. government has been DOING..FORGET THE RHETORIC....The noose tightening policies are identical..undeclared wars, more government/corporate control, loopholes for their minions, spying on Americans, the Patriot Act, erosion of the Rule of Law of the Land--The Constitution, intrusion into every aspect of our lives, up to and including the IRS basically running our healthcare, government officials running rampant illegal programs with impunity, favoritism for crooked bankers and corporations, disinformation to not just the American people, but to the World body, at the U.N., whether it was Colin Powell, (Republican at the time), justifying the invasion of Iraq, or Susan Rice bullshitting about the video causing the Benghazi, supporting arms to drug cartels, absence of enforcing our borders(to which by Constitutional federal law they are mandated in doing)..and the list goes on and on...but because we fight amongst ourselves,as to 'whose fault it is' Republican or Democrat, we take out eyes off the fact, that it is the WHOLE of the U.S. government! The entire illusion that it is one side or the other, stops at our borders...the rest of the planet doesn't give a shit....it is U.S. policies, and nobody gives a rat's ass WHO it comes from...and needless to say, we have lost MAJOR respect and credibility in the rest of the world, both friends and foes.
Now you can look at all the above topics mentioned, and say, "Yeah, but the Republicans did it first"....but if the Democrats think it's so wrong, why are they still doing it, and then saying, as you just said(from a Democrat /talking point'), "Yeah, but the Republicans did it first"???
When I say, "It is BOTH, and they have been corrupted", you just revert back to a corrupted Democrat 'talking point' and say that I'm just parroting the TEA Party...which reminds me of a saying that I've said for years, "The weak accuse others of their motives"...in other words, YOU are getting your 'talking points' from on high, of the corrupted Democrat top, and accusing me of doing it, as you are....WRONG!!...and I have NO part affiliation, whatsoever, and haven't since BEFORE Carter ran against Ford! Even you, at one time went to the 'Green Party'...was that because you loved the Democrat or Republican parties...or because you had a momentary burst of clarity, and the 'Greens' seemed like a better alternative??
As a matter of fact, being away from these two gigantic ruses, has given me a rather objective view into the whole mess...and I don't like what I see....on is right about somethings, and wrong about other, and then they switch roles...ANYTHING to keep us, the American people, who they are supposed to be working FOR, blinded to their escapades and agendas. As the way it's turning out, whether its one party or the other, we are working for them...the dictators(and their agencies)....and I don't care what party they say they belong to!!!
...but then on the other hand, I pose no threat to either one of them..other than that I'm NOT buying their song and dance....(besides, I write better songs..but that's another story). One goes so far, then the other party picks up and keeps going..but one thing for sure, NOBODY is repealing the bullshit that the other managed to get through....therefore, they are working in the same direction(regardless of the rhetorical rap), and things don't seem to be getting much better, for US, their employers.....I'd like to see a few of them fired!....but then you can't even get the DOJ to stop breaking the law and lying about it, nor the USDA, FDA, and the EPA, to object to Monsanto's bullcrap, either....and nobody wants to ask 'Why?'.....sorta suspicious, don't ya' think?

Keep the shoe boxes dry, and in tune!

GfS