Tea Partiers

I keep hearing clips and reading articles that quote Tea Party-ers saying that it is time to "Take the Country Back!" I am just wondering: Who are you taking the country back from? Who took the country from you in the first place? I'm pretty sure the country has been here all along for all of us. When my politics were falling on deaf ears, I didn't want to "Take the Country Back," I wanted to vote my guy in so my politics wouldn't fall on deaf ears. No one took your country. The US is still here.