Tea Party Federation Kicks Out Group Over Racist Writing

I am sorry that you interpret it this way, but I have never seen it work like that. I do like how you have been able to twist the facts in such a way that you now believe that black people are actively discriminating against white people (reverse discrimination), that spin is priceless. Wrong, but priceless.

 

Yeah, how could anyone possibly get the idea that you tea baggers may be opposed to Obama for any reason other than his policies?

 

I'll bet your seemingly unending font of cliches is very popular at your tea parties.

 

Thomas Sowell writes well :

[rquoter]Credit card fraud is a serious problem. But race card fraud is an even bigger problem.

Playing the race card takes many forms. Judge Charles Pickering, a federal judge in Mississippi who defended the civil rights of blacks for years and defied the Ku Klux Klan back when that was dangerous, was depicted as a racist when he was nominated for a federal appellate judgeship.

No one even mistakenly thought he was a racist. The point was simply to discredit him for political reasons-- and it worked.

This year's target is the Tea Party. When leading Democrats, led by a smirking Nancy Pelosi, made their triumphant walk on Capitol Hill, celebrating their passage of a bill in defiance of public opinion, Tea Party members on the scene protested.

All this was captured on camera and the scene was played on television. What was not captured on any of the cameras and other recording devices on the scene was anybody using racist language, as has been charged by those playing the race card.

When you realize how many media people were there, and how many ordinary citizens carry around recording devices of one sort or another, it is remarkable-- indeed, unbelievable-- that racist remarks were made and yet were not captured by anybody.

The latest attack on the Tea Party movement, by Ben Jealous of the NAACP, has once again played the race card. Like the proverbial lawyer who knows his case is weak, he shouts louder.

This is not the first time that an organization with an honorable and historic mission has eventually degenerated into a tawdry racket. But that an organization like the NAACP, after years of fighting against genuine racism, should now be playing the game of race card fraud is especially painful to see.
Some critics of the Tea Party have seized upon banners carried at one of its rallies that compared Obama with Hitler and Stalin. Extreme? Yes. But there was nothing racist about it, since extreme comparisons have been made about politicians of every race, color, creed, nationality, ideology and sexual preference.

Some Obama supporters have long regarded any criticism of him as racism. But that they should have to resort to such a banner to bolster their case shows how desperate they are for any evidence.

Among people who voted for Barack Obama in 2008, those who are likely to be most disappointed are those who thought that they were voting for a new post-racial era. There was absolutely nothing in Obama's past to lead to any such expectation, and much to suggest the exact opposite. But the man's rhetoric and demeanor during the election campaign enabled this and many other illusions to flourish.

Still, it was an honest mistake of the kind that decent people have often made when dealing with people whose agendas are not constrained by decency, but only by what they think they can get away with.

On race, as on other issues, different people have radically different views of Barack Obama, depending on whether they judge him by what he says or by what he does.

As Obama's own books point out, he has for years cultivated a talent for saying things that people will find congenial.

You want bipartisanship and an end to bickering in Washington? He will say that he wants bipartisanship and an end to bickering in Washington. Then he will shut Republicans out of the decision-making process and respond to their suggestions by reminding them that he won the election. A famous writer-- Ring Lardner, I believe-- once wrote: "'Shut up,' he explained."

You want a government that is open instead of secretive? He will say that. He will promise to post proposed legislation on the Internet long enough for everyone to read it and know what is in it before there is a vote. In practice, however, he has rushed massive bills through Congress too fast for anybody-- even the members of Congress-- to know what was in those bills.

Racial issues are more of the same. You want a government where all citizens are treated alike, regardless of race or ethnicity? Obama will say that. Then he will advocate appointing judges with "empathy" for particular segments of the population, such as racial minorities. "Empathy" is just a pretty word for the ugly reality of bias.

Obama's first nomination of a Supreme Court justice was a classic example of someone with "empathy" for some racial groups, but not others. As a Circuit Court judge, Sonia Sotomayor voted to dismiss a case involving white firefighters who had been denied the promotions for which they qualified, because not enough blacks or Hispanics passed the same test that they did.

A fellow Hispanic judge protested the way the white firefighters' case was dismissed, rather than adjudicated. Moreover, the Supreme Court not only took the case, it ruled in favor of the firefighters.

Obama's injecting himself into a local police matter in Massachusetts, despite admitting that he didn't know the facts, to say that a white policeman was in the wrong in arresting a black professor who was a friend of Obama, was more of the same. So is Obama's Justice Department overlooking blatant voter intimidation by thugs who happen to be black.

There is not now, nor has there ever been, anything post-racial about Barack Obama, except for the people who voted for him in the mistaken belief that he shared their desire to be post-racial. When he leaves office, especially if it is after one term, he will leave this country more racially polarized than before.

Hopefully, he may also leave the voters wiser, though sadder, after they learn from painful experience that you can't judge politicians by their rhetoric, or ignore their past because of your hopes for the future. Voters may even wise up to race card fraud.[/rquoter]

 

so john lewis is a liar, obama is to blame for the new black panthers case being dismissed under bush, and it's his fault that the republicans have become the party of no without ever formulating their own ideas?

you're correct. thomas sowell writes well...for a r****d.

 

I think you're on to something but you're not doing a great job making the case for your point. I think the NAACP has a role, but it's not in policing what people say or ensuring quota's - it's now about empowering minorities who come from disadvantaged backgrounds.

They should spend the money they raise on individuals more - through scholarships, work programs, etc. They should help fight injustice as it still appears - because it does still appear...but going after groups for saying things like "nappy headed hoes" is just a waste of money and effort.

 

Would it surprise you if he didn't?

 

Your attempts at rebuttal are feeble, Batman. You are -- or were -- a writer. But, now, you have been reduced to eeking out insults that fall flat. I wish you were once again able to respond with ideas, humor, logic ... something interesting and worthy for fellow posters to read and then comtemplate. Until then you will just be .... Jones.

 

nothing better than complaining to someone about their insults while insulting them.

 

Jones was once a force with ideas and expressive displays of wit. Yes, I am trying to remind him of what he once was and could be again. It appears he now only understands insult, so I am trying to communicate with him in that language.

 

iow, you're a hypocrite.

 

How so?

 

What do you want them to do when someon says "nappy headed hoes". those instances are few and far between, I don't think anyone of us really knows what the NAACP spends its day to day activities on.

I think their very existence bothers some people but they are not just going to go away because times have changed. for all we know they maybe changing their mission.

 

Please explain why my comparisons are "extreme and off base." Both the NAACP and KKK are predicated on the perpetuation of racism.

 

call us when the naacp lynches white people.

 

because you criticize someone for doing something you do in the very same post where you criticize that person.

i can't believe i just had to explain that. wait, yes i can.

 

I am not calling for disbanding the NAACP. I am calling for a change in their political tactics. Will they "empower minorities" like Asians now or Caucasians in the future? Shouldn't we just be worried about empowering the "disadvantaged" period -- regardless of race?

 

The station fired Imus because of outrage by viewers of all races and political philosophies. Where is your mention of the New Black Panther who was calling for the murder of "cracker" babies?

 

did the new black panther have his own nationally syndicated radio show? you aren't very good at this comparison thing are you?