The tea party doesn't, to my knowledge, have a platform or manifesto, so how is a person to know what it's all about? Perhaps the best way is to get the information straight from the horses' mouths. What do people who are affiliated with this movement, to a greater or lesser extent, have to say about it?
I've collected many of their sayings - some serious, some unintentionally humorous - and presented them on an issue-by-issue basis to create a sort of platform for the group ... from an adversarial perspective.
Readers will note that this collection is by no means exhaustive. Those who notice an omission are welcome to submit their own examples of tea partyisms for inclusion. The goal is to build a comprehensive platform for the tea party that exposes just how ludicrous - and dangerous - its ideas are.
http://www.theprovocation.net/2011/10/want-to-know-tea-party-platform-go-to.html