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BTW: Even the New York Waste of Times is no longer buying the meme that Tea Partiers are dumb and uneducated.

Tea Party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, and are no more or less afraid of falling into a lower socioeconomic class, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

And this is going to shock the Obama Amen Corner, but the Tea Parties are pretty much ordinary Americans.

Their responses are like the general public's in many ways. Most describe the amount they paid in taxes this year as "fair." Most send their children to public schools. A plurality do not think Sarah Palin is qualified to be president, and, despite their push for smaller government, they think that Social Security and Medicare are worth the cost to taxpayers. They actually are just as likely as Americans as a whole to have returned their census forms, though some conservative leaders have urged a boycott.

And in contrast to what the Obama Amen Corner tells itself, Tea Partiers are not obsessed with the president's race or his birth certificate.

Asked what they are angry about, Tea Party supporters offered three main concerns: the recent health care overhaul, government spending and a feeling that their opinions are not represented in Washington.

Gee, what a dangerous bunch of racist radicals.

Hat Tip: Leah via Teh Facebook.