Those tea parties

Why can't those dupes (oops, citizens) convening in these phony (oops, grass roots) photo ops (oops, protests) understand that the taxes and fees they're pissed off about are State and local, not Federal? And that the State and local problem can only be resolved through decisive Federal action?

Might it be because they're purposefully misled by the likes of Glen Beck, ratings star? Or is it because there's an ongoing and insideous American tradition of ignorance and know-nothingness which is as perennial as daffodils?

Methinks the latter, but Beck and Hannity et al sure do help feed the beast