I have heard the analogy that trying to organize libertarians is like trying to heard cats. I, by in large, agree with the sentiment they purpose about the different flavor of the Ron Paul movement and the Tea Party movement. The former seems to be more "What should we do" and the later "What don't we like", with the former being about ideals and a path, and the later being a soundbite driven populous movement with no real clear objectives or prevailing objectives.

We've been trying for years to have a real third party, and now we get this.

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:
The [Ron Paul movement] seems to be more "What should we do" and the [Tea Party movement] "What don't we like", with the former being about ideals and a path, and the later being a soundbite driven populous movement with no real clear objectives or prevailing objectives.


I disagree with the first idea, and agree with the second.

They're both movements that are centrally organized something they're against (the idea of "big government"), but the Ron Paul sect definitely talk about guiding ideals and philosophy, while the teabaggers are bound together by their anger about losing the election not getting the conservative utopia Richard Nixon Ronald Reagan promised them.