I agree with that, however the tea parties didn't begin with Santelli, either, just to inform teapartys.
The "tea-party" movement has been brewing for several years IMO.
I have been screaming since oh, as long as I can remember, about how the gov't has gotten WAY out of contrlol.
When they ran McCain out as the GOP candidate to run in 2008, I knew my fight wasnt with the left, it was with the so-called conservatives on the right.
Obama was the best thing that could have happened in 2008 (given our choices), b/c I dont believe the right would've mobilized against McCain like they have against Obama and the left.... at least thats what I think.
Lets not be too hard on Madeline. She is one of the nicer folks on here who wont go all "name cally" on you.
Its her opinion and she is entitled to be wrong
(luv ya Maddie)
Indeed, certainly goes back at least to Bush on 'immigration reform.' No accepting that and from that point on his numbers dropped and dropped and dropped. Mind you, both sides of the aisle in the government agreed with him. Again with spending in his last year and a half, when he went out agreeing to get spending passed at what level Obama wanted, last straw. He took the hit, so Obama wouldn't have to, but he agreed.
Now from the left we get called 'know-nothings' on the immigration reform, when instead all the folks I know that agree with tea parties are very much pro-immigration, just not illegal immigration. They want the borders protected and the war against our people down there to stop.
We expect Congress to pass a budget, as they are charged with doing. We expect them to leave us alone, not spying on folks without warrants.