In logic it is the informal fallacy of attributing to the whole what may be true to the part. It is a non sequiter: it does not follow.

In the case of the Tea Party, these are the facts: It is not a formal party. To date,as far as I know, there is NO membership requirement. The meetings that have been held have been open to the general public and therefore those who have staged the meetings have NO CONTROL over those who may attend other than societal police control. Since this is a free country and free speech is in effect, virtually any opinion could be expresed in a number of ways at such an event and it would not necessairliy be an accurate reflection of those who staged the event.

I believe Sawz brought up the case of the homocidal/suicidal Gorite to demonstrate the absurdity of attributing to the whole what may be true of the part. That's all.

Regardless of your positions on Global Warming or the Tea Party, such arguments are fallacious and when presented with inflamatory language, well, at best it generates hundreds of posts to a topic that ought not to be. That IS all.