Talk politics.

He can't because none of it is true. Ron Paul started the Tea Party movement, a good portion of it is libertarian-minded and even some liberals. The Republican Party doesn't like them and is trying to figure out some way to coopt them rather than be taken over by them, and that's where he's confused. Also Dems can't seem to understand the concept of a group of people not being controlled from the top, which is weird when you think about how Dems are [incorrectly] considered to be the grassroots party.