Tea Party Nation

Sunday Paper - November 15th, 2009

Andrea Shea King stood backstage during Thursday night’s Tea Party rally at Lake Eola Park here, where thousands turned out on a cool, overcast evening to raise their voices for liberty.

“You should have been here in March,” said King, who spoke at one of the earliest rallies in what has since become a nationwide phenomenon. “It was mobbed — and the media barely paid attention.”

The media are paying attention now. They have no choice. Over the past nine months, hundreds of thousands of citizens have answered the Tea Party movement’s call to direct involvement in politics. Their activism has ignited the spark that now threatens to incinerate the agenda of Hope and Change that once seemed impervious to conservative opposition.

Nine months ago, commodities analyst Rick Santelli was interviewed from the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade about the stimulus-and-bailout policies of the new administration. At 8:11 am. Eastern time on Feb. 19, Santelli launched into a rant that instantly became a YouTube classic.

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Turning to the commodities traders in Chicago, Santelli asked: “How many of you people want to pay for your neighbor’s mortgage who has an extra bathroom and can’t pay their bills?” He was answered with a chorus of jeers.

“President Obama, are you listening?” Santelli then asked. “We’re thinking about having a Chicago tea party in July. All of you capitalists that want to show up to Lake Michigan, I’m going to start organizing it.”

Santelli didn’t have to organize. His rant on CNBC inspired other Americans to emulate the spirit of the original Boston Tea Party in 1773. They spontaneously staged rallies in their communities, far from Chicago. The Tea Party movement begun that February morning has been supported by major conservative institutions — including FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity — but the movement itself is organic, generated by the passions of the people who turn out for the events.

Ron and Kay Rivoli, a musical duo who have performed at more than 70 events on two Tea Party Express tours, estimate they have appeared before crowds totaling in excess of 350,000 — not including the 9/12 March On Washington, which drew a throng that topped a million, according to some estimates.

by Robert Stacy McCain

Read more at The American Spectator - November 13th, 2009

http://spectator.org/archives/2009/11/13/tea-party-nation

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