The Cold War right wing extremist roots of the Tea Party

Glen Beck and the Tea Party's right-wing extremist Cold War roots:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/18/101018fa_fact_wilentz

The Princeton professor author of this article thinks that if several Tea Baggers (how some of them have chosen to call themselves) win seats in Congress this fall, the GOP representation will be possibly the most right-wing in our history. People like Barry Goldwater were dismissed or even feared as dangerous wackos during the Cold War, but now similar views are well accepted in the TP. Mainstream conservatives like William Buckley cautioned that candidates like Goldwater would hurt their party. Recently Karl Rove insinuated something similar about TP Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell (Delaware), and the pro-TP backlash was so huge that Rove had to recant on the cable news circuit. When Karl Rove is the voice of moderation, I think the GOP has to realize that they've gone too far. And probably the establishment already has, since the RNC is also secretly hoping for the TP to fail so they can be top dog again. But how can they speak out against a movement that is galvanizing conservatives, raising money, and may win them back Congress? But they should consider the long-term repercussions of hitching their wagon to these wild horses.  

I find it ironic that Beck (the self-proclaimed historical brain behind the TP movement) espouses the libertarian views that government should stay out of our lives and the free market, and that gov. control leads to totalitarianism and fascism. Yet he is a devoted Mormon, which is one of the most socially invasive religions in history. Mormons can't watch certain movies, can't drink certain things, and must give up a % of their wages to the church (i.e. taxes). The church even tells members to rat out each other if they witness violations, like the Gestapo. So it's evil when a body of democratically elected officials and Constitutional law experts establishes things like due process, the EPA, and income tax, but it's fine when appointed church leaders (with no accountability, transparency, and checks/balances) do it?