It started with this rant by Rick Santelli from CNBC:

This rant at the Chicago exchange was covered all over the mainstream media and the internet blogs. Much ado about nothing – just watch CNBC pat themselves on the back and realize it’s another case of pop eating itself. The message doesn’t mean anything to CNBC (maybe not even Santelli) but the style of delivery is important. Anyway, Santelli mentioned something about a tea party. Other people took that line and ran with it. One of those people is blogger Michelle Malkin:

I’ve got tons of photos and e-mails pouring in from Tea Party people across the country. I joked to a Christian Science Monitor reporter covering the events that fiscal responsibility is the new counterculture. More coverage/photos/livestreaming at TCOT Report.

There is, as the old ’60s song goes, something happening here. And what it is, is very clear: A grass-roots revolt against the culture of entitlement. The spendzillas in Washington do not speak for us.

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