No need for all the critics' analyses and labelling and stereotyping....look no further than what T.E.A. stands for in the TEA Party:

TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!

Taxed Enough Already does NOT mean "require no taxes".

Taxed Enough Already does NOT mean "no government".

Taxed Enough Already does NOT mean "hate everyone who disagrees with us".

But it DOES mean

"The government already collects enough taxes for what needs to be done"

and

"Live within your means"