Herald Tribune: "In Tea Party rise, Ron Paul's legacy"

[Knightskye]

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100221/ARTICLE/2211048/2416


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.

They nailed it on the head there.

[Andrew-Austin]

Its surprising how many media outlets recognize Paul supporters started the tea parties, and even distinguish the original tea parties from the ones seen today.

[purplechoe]

http://www.strijewski.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/ronpship_dees.jpg

http://www.ronpaul.com/wp-content/gallery/ron-paul-2008/ron-paul-2008-cured-my-apathy.jpg

[Knightskye]

http://www.strijewski.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/ronpship_dees.jpg

http://www.ronpaul.com/wp-content/gallery/ron-paul-2008/ron-paul-2008-cured-my-apathy.jpg

Absolutely.

I was just watching Paul's speech at the University of Minnesota, where all the "End the Fed" stuff started.

"We weren't meant to be an empire. We were meant to be a Republic protecting liberty here at home!"

Woohoo!

[Aratus]

neat CGI political cartoon!!!

[s35wf]

http://www.strijewski.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/ronpship_dees.jpg

http://www.ronpaul.com/wp-content/gallery/ron-paul-2008/ron-paul-2008-cured-my-apathy.jpg


that image should be on our 2012 signs :D

[Knightskye]

that image should be on our 2012 signs :D

That would be so weird. Lol.

[wgadget]

LOL

One of my favorite parts of this article:


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Also:

That has sometimes caused panic at county Republican Executive Committee meetings. In some counties, party chairmen refused to accept new members to prevent Ron Paul backers from taking over the party leadership.

In Sarasota, former chairman Eric Robinson put a stop to the regular monthly meetings in hopes of preventing the new Paul members from overrunning the party.

But it was state GOP chair Jim Greer who took the most extreme step, banishing some Paul activists from the party because of their aggressive attempts to move into leadership positions.

"There is no doubt in my mind that is where Jim Greer's problems began," Gruters said.



P.S. THANKS for the article, Knightskye...That has got to be one of the FUNNIEST RON PAUL REVOLUTION articles I've seen in a LOOOONG time. Pretty accurate, too. LOL