[Rusty0604]

Santelli rant on 02/19/2009, first tea party rallies that I know of were 02/27/2009 and more on 04/15/2009.

[Lorianne]

Well they started earlier. I was there.
Santerelli gave it more national attention, but it started well before him.

[itsahoot]

Santelli rant on 02/19/2009, first tea party rallies that I know of were 02/27/2009 and more on 04/15/2009.

Actually I remember Barry Farber asking his radio listeners to mail a tea bags to their congressman in the eighties before Rush.