Steele at the RNC: ‘Change Comes in a Tea Bag!’
UPDATE: Steele deviated a bit from his prepared remarks, and I’ve changed the text to reflect that.
In his speech to Republican National Committee state chairmen, Michael Steele aligns the party with the “Tea Party movement”:
You know it’s real. You can see it, and you can feel it. This change, my friends, is being delivered in a teabag. And that’s a wonderful thing.
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