What does the KKK have to do with it, Bobert?   

There are certainly a bunch of "conservatives" in my town doing this tea party thing, but I know several of them, and those that I know are not reactionary racists. (Not saying there are none involved in this endeaver, just saying those that I know are not.) While there are a healthy dose of neo-cons among them, those that I know tend toward a libertarian philosophy. I don't agree with them, but I support their right to do this, and respect their activism in favor of their philosophy, even though I do not share their view.

I don't think it wise or helpful to diss everyone whose political views differ from my own, or to stick inflamatory labels on them in the absence of information to suggest this "tea party" protest is headed up by groups such as the KKK. Perhaps that is not what you are doing. Perhaps you have read or seen news reports that indicate this protest is in fact being organized by the KKK?