Do you see any parallels between the fable of Lysistra and the actions of the Tea Party (and Republicans in general)

Of course, Aristophanes’ Lysistra is a much longer and deeper story than what I am about to suggest. (For those of you who have not read it, it’s worth the effort.)

Here’s my thinking:

Remember that the women in Lysistra were willing (eager) achieve their goal of peace – even to the point of withholding sex from their husbands to try and attain that goal.

It seems like the republicans are sacrificing the well being of the people (and the chances for growth in the economy) by withholding money for governance in pursuit of their goal of lower taxes and ideological purity.

Then, in the book, the men (in my parallel, the American people) fight back, and try to assert their dominance over the rebellious women, with mixed success.

Eventually, the women in the book weaken and want to have sex (in my parallel, the republicans and the Tea Party) and their resolve crumbles.

At the end of Lysistra, they reach a truce (settlement) and dance together. (not that there is a chance of that occurring in real life).

Anyway, am I totally off the wall here, or is there any sense to my parallel?