When the Tea Paty was something other than what it is today...

http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd252.htm
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9-11 ACCOUNTABILITY - FRUSTRATION GROWS

By: Devvy
March 1, 2007

© 2007 - NewsWithViews.com

San Francisco Tea Party for 911 Truth

This was an event held by dedicated Americans who care about those who died on 911 and like millions of us are demanding a real investigation into that crime. As you will see by looking at their site (click here), these great Americans went all out to get the attention of fellow Americans. Similar tea parties were held in other cities. Momentum is building and we aren't going away.

Why is the federal government protecting known terrorists operating in this country?

http://thebostonteaparty2007.blogspot.com/

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Prior today there were 101 videos promoting TeaParty07.com as of December 15, 2007 Before we begin I would like to encourage everyone to watch this new video which just came out on December 9, 2007: "Ron Paul History of Hope" as follows:

http://www.ronpaul.com/

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Ames Straw Poll Results

1. 28.56% (4,823 votes) – Michele Bachmann
2. 27.65% (4,671 votes) – Ron Paul
3. 13.57% (2,293 votes) – Tim Pawlenty
4. 9.81% (1,657 votes) – Rick Santorum
5. 8.62% (1,456 votes) – Herman Cain
6. 4.25% (718 votes) – Rick Perry (write-in)
7. 3.36% (567 votes) – Mitt Romney
8. 2.28% (385 votes) – Newt Gingrich
9. 0.41% (69 votes) – Jon Huntsman
10. 0.21% (35 votes) – Thaddeus McCotter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames_Straw_Poll
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Criticisms

The Ames Straw Poll was formerly criticized for having many voters who were not residents of Iowa. Candidates would bus in supporters from other states. However, beginning with the 1999 Ames Straw Poll, all voters were required to show proof of legal residence in Iowa.^[4] Before the 1999 Ames Straw Poll, voter fraud was widespread^{[citation needed]}: many individuals managed to vote repeatedly by visiting the bathroom and washing off the stamp on the back of their hand which indicated they had voted. Beginning with the 1999 Ames Straw Poll, the ink used for hand-stamping was changed to one that resisted being washed off.^[5] In 2007, instead of hand-stamping, thumbs were dipped in indelible ink.^[6]
In 2007, the Ames Straw Poll was criticized for having only 14,302 voters participating in 2007, compared to about 23,000 voters eight years earlier in the 1999 polls, and for failing to have three of the four leading candidates participate in the poll, Rudolph Giuliani, John McCain and Fred Thompson. Consequently the votes received by Mitt Romney and second-place finisher Mike Huckabee have failed to demonstrate the consequence of full competition among all candidates.^[7] The poll has been criticized for heavily favoring better-funded candidates, as better-funded candidates are able to afford transportation costs to bus in more supporters and to reimburse those supporters for meal tickets.^[5] After the 2007 Ames Straw Poll, some Ron Paul supporters contended that the Premier Election Solutions (formerly Diebold Election Systems) voting machines were inaccurate or rigged.^[8] They said that the announced vote was much fewer than the number of tickets sold and that exit polls showed Paul doing much better.