Really? I call BS! Thank you Rick Santelli, not Ron Paul...you can't rewrite history!
Rick Santelli coined the terms “Chicago Tea Party”. He was referring to a potential strike by bond buyers to protest the lack of fiscal accountability by the Obama administration.
When have Tea Partiers advocated a strike by bond buyers?
I do not agree with Ron Paul on his ignorant foreign policy, but I agree with him on economics. On the Tea Party, it was not Rick Santelli who organized it. It is a huge exaggeration to give one television anchor's call the credit. The townhall protests and the Tea Party Movement were both well organized protests by those who typically cared about only one issue - the economy.
Let me say that I am not supporting Ron Paul or his supporters. I just want to acknowledge that his supporters were the ones who were out on the streets. I am very nervous to see those who pushed for legislating subsidies for ethanol claim the Tea Party mantle.