re: #136 HappyWarrior

I thought the TP started in more 2007-08. It was originally a Ron Paul thing and I actually remember some of the conservatives I knew mocking it because they didn’t like Ron Paul mostly for his FP views who later embraced it as a vehicle to attack Obama once Obama became president.

That may be true. As a term it could go back further. Haven’t there been tea days or something like that in the past? I admit I do not know the roots of the naming other than the Boston Tea Party. It probably has been used by groups before. However, most media states it as 2009 right after Obama too office and it was being funded (astroturfed) by Dick Armey and his money organization machine. I should have said it become mainstreamed and entered the public’s awareness in 2009.