Tea Party Tyranny

Is there anything that a group or a movement can't corrupt?

I love the idea that the Tea Party started out with, I'd actually join up and fight for it if it hadn't been corrupted. The fact that it was founded as a Libertarian movement against runaway government spending, rampantly inflating taxation and a pervasively interfering government is amazing. The fact that it seemed like a badly needed third party was also incredible. Except for the fact that it is a thinly veiled offshoot of the Republican party and has become a monster that has absolutely nothing in common with the grassroots it claims to have been born from.

It actually seems to be the same crap that happened with Christianity. Give it a group and a following and it corrupts everything the founder preached. In fact, it usually turns into the exact opposite effect of the creator's original intention. Funny how that works.