To: mylife
I really thought it started with Santelli, on the floor of one of the great exchanges .... although I remember reading that people were mailing teabags to congressmen a couple of years before that, and I don't know whose idea it was (I really wish I did, they deserve a big hug).
73 posted on
09/05/2011 6:03:11 PM PDT by
lentulusgracchus
(Concealed carry is a pro-life position.)
To: lentulusgracchus
Yes idea started with Santelli. He wanted to have one in Chicago...I think in July, and idea caught on!
74 posted on
09/05/2011 6:04:26 PM PDT by
Freedom56v2
("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
To: lentulusgracchus
Yes that was the original seed that started what would become the tea party.
80 posted on
09/05/2011 6:11:26 PM PDT by
mylife
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