The Tea Party basically is calling for smaller government and responsible fiscal policy that deals with our out of control deficit. Why exactly is that an "unrealistic dream"? Because YOU believe in big government and don't care about huge deficits? I hate to burst your progressive bubble here, Sat but what the Tea Party wants is prudent and realistic...what YOU want is foolish and unrealistic.
Ha! The Tea Party became energized about those deficits only when a Democrat moved into the WH. The unfunded Medicare Part D, the unfunded wars, the fiscally irresponsible Bush tax cuts-all of that got nothing more than grumbles from you. You reelected Bush, in spite of all of that.
What the Tea Party wants is a fantasy. They want us to rule the entire world with a tiny and weak federal government. They want us to rapidly contract government spending in a time of economic crisis. They want us to go back to an original USC-one that would not work for the modern world.
Why is smaller government and prudent fiscal policy a "fantasy"? Are you really here making the case that waste and duplicate programs are not rampant in Washington? That we couldn't shrink our bloated Federal Government substantially? Are you really here to make the case that living within our means is impossible and that we shouldn't even make the effort to try? So what...we're just going to turn into Greece? Go belly up without making an effort to fix the problem?
This really isn't rocket science, Sat...we spend way too much. We need to get it under control. If we don't then the whole house of cards will come tumbling down.