Before "Kenyan" Won, Where Was The Tea Party?

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Even Tea Party speaker Paul Ryan noticed.

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Ryan first spoke at a tea party rally in 2009 in Madison and recently spoke at a rally in Racine.

"These were not traditional standard Republican rallies," he said..."Before this cycle, before 2009, I had never seen those yellow flags, 'Don't tread on me.' It's definitely different, the enthusiasm is palpable."

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