Did the Tea Party Movement start when Sarah Palin posted a facebook message that Obamacare has Death Panels?

[Just Sayin]

No, the Tea Party started when the Koch Brothers started writing checks and Fox News turned itself into a 24 hour a day Tea Party infomercial.

People believed the death panel bs because unfortunately about 30-40% of Americans are very unintelligent people who I wouldn't trust to make a ham sandwich properly. I think social media is important but most Tea Partiers are in their late 60's to early 70's and have never used Twitter before in their lives. They found out about it because Fox News covered her drivel as if it had a degree of merit. Tea Partiers get their information through traditional media so I dont think the fact that Palin Tweeted it as opposed to going on Fox and saying it made any difference