“It was Paul who organized the first modern Tea Party event, holding one on Dec. 17, 2007, to coincide with the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Conservative groups have since co-opted the movement, but most political experts point to Paul’s campaign as the genesis for the idea.”
This guy says he started the whole thing by registering in Sep. of 2004.
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“most political experts point to Paul’s campaign as the genesis for the idea.”
They are wrong. Rick Santelli on CNBC made the proposal in Feb 2009 and it became a Chicago event in late February.
Then it spread to a nationwide series of events on April 15th 2009. Chicago activist Eric Odom and a number of activists around the country were instrumental in making it happen. But the REAL juice for the Tea Party success was millions of patriots deciding to stand up and be counted.
Ron Paul was not at any of these events.
The media wants to pin the Tea Parties to Ron Paul as a way of marginalizing both, just as they have spent the last 12 months smearing, defaming and otherwise mis-reporting on the Tea Party phenomenon.
“It was Paul who organized the first modern Tea Party event, holding one on Dec. 17, 2007, to coincide with the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Conservative groups have since co-opted the movement, but most political experts point to Paul’s campaign as the genesis for the idea.”
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Paul’s event was all about Libertarian’s — and Paul — NOT about Conservative principles. The Tea Party Movement of last your began with an “off the cuff” statement of a financial reporter on CNBC and coincided with the “9/12” Glenn Beck thing and just exploded of their own accord from there.
Insofar as Paul and his “followers” agree with the economic, legal and political issues of the Tea Party movement, I’m glad they have a part with us (Conservatives) in this movement. When it comes to National Security and Foreign Policy, that’s a non-starter and a no-go with the Paulites and the Paulettes.
Shall we agree to work together where we can — or is defeat at the hands of our foreign enemies and the destruction of Israel more important?
Absolute rubbish although the date and event are correct. If wRONg Paul and his Losertarian ideology is the TEA Party platform, no one would have showed up. (well other than a bunch of stoners with pony tails and people who mumble to themselves)