“According to his radio spots, Ron Paul is the founder of the tea party movement.”
LOL...everyone wants to claim credit...
Ron Paul supporters have a type of argument. Back in December 2007, when Ron Paul was running for President, the Ron Paul Grassroots put together a Ron Paul Tea Party Money Bomb, on the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Tea was dumped into Boston Harbor, other stuff happened that I don’t recall, and Ron Paul raised somewhere between 5 and 10 million bucks that day.
The Tea Party movement that started in 2009 wasn’t really an outgrowth of the Ron Paul campaign (there are some similarities), but the Ron Paul campaign / grassroots, did come up with the modern reuse of the tea party name.
The whole revolution / tea party / constitution / 1776 vibe was repopularized by the Ron Paul campaign / grassroots.
Obamas campaign came up with the Gotham font and the socialist realism.