Santelli did not start the tea party movement. It started in ‘08 in opposition to the impending TARP bailout. Protests were organized all over the country in opposition. Emails, calls, letter to members of Congress were 100:1 against the bailout vote ... which most of them ignored (mostly Democrats).
It started when Obama announced that taxpayers were going to bailout homeowners facing foreclosure. That is what Santelli was ranting about and the tea party rallies began shortly thereafter.
why don’t you read the article and make a reasonable comment instead of a paul bot codependent rant? I covered that it was a small dynamic over Bush’s spending....but the time line is the time line and you can’t make that Rush show go away and you can’t make that Drudge home page go away and you can’t make Gibbs threats against Santelli from the WH Press room go away and you can’t make the wall to wall coverage on all the NBC networks go away.
Sorry, you can’t.