Handel was at the first tea party we had in Warner Robins. She was talking the right talk then. That was the tax day tea parties, the first one.
>>Handel was at the first tea party we had in Warner Robins. She was talking the right talk then. That was the tax day tea parties, the first one.
Just as a point of history, the first tea party here in GA was on a cold Feb day right after the Rick Santelli (of CNBC) rant from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange went viral and really kicked the whole thing off nationally.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement#First_national_Tea_Party_protests
It appears from the Wiki entry that the date for that first national round of Tea Parties was February 27, 2009.
There were about 400-500 of us on the steps of the state capitol on a cold, rainy February day. And I mean it *rained*, it wasn’t a little drizzle or anything. Many of the state legislators who came out to look at the crowd looked pretty darned surprised to see us, it was a real “what the heck is THIS!?” moment for them, to have that many P.O.’ed citizens on their doorstep in such ugly conditions.
The next big one here in GA was of course the one on 4/15/2009, and in particular the one at the state house, but with many others around the state, like yours in Warner Robbins.
And now, looking again at your post, it appears you meant the first *tax day* tea party. Ah well, I’ll post the above anyway, it’s not a bad vignette for people to learn of / be reminded of.