Posted on 10/20/2010 6:21:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The NAACP is calling on Sarah Palin and Dick Armey to forcefully denounce what the civil rights group calls racism in the ranks of the tea party movement.
In a call with reporters to tout a new report on some tea partiers' ties to hate groups, NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous slammed the former Alaska governor for working with the Tea Party Express, whose now-expelled leader, Mark Williams, ignited a firestorm earlier this year after a string of racist and anti-Muslim comments.
In response to a question from The Upshot, Jealous charged that the Tea Party Express, a prominent tea party group run by a California GOP consultant, has yet to fully hold Williams responsible for his remarks.
"Palin is out there with Tea Party Express, which hasn't held Williams to account," Jealous said, adding that Palin should "distance herself from Tea Party Express until they've held Williams accountable."
Williams has referred to Allah as a "monkey God." And in July, after the NAACP passed a resolution condemning racism in the tea party movement, Williams penned an online mock-letter, written in the voice of Jealous, suggesting that blacks were happier under slavery. The Tea Party Express denounced the letter and ousted Williams from the group's leadership soon after. Williams has since apologized for the letter and had it removed.
Earlier this week, Palin helped launch the Tea Party Express's latest bus tour with a speech in Reno, Nev...
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I am so sick of this constant whiny bull$hit and furthermore I don’t give a God damn. Whatever power this racist stuff had it’s over and done with and way overplayed. Means nothing. NAACP should put that in their pipe and smoke it. NO ONE CARES!
The NAASLCP (National Association of Stupid Liberal “Colored” People) needs to take their racist trash talk and STFU. What a bunch of ignorant macaroons!
The NAASLCP (National Association of Stupid Liberal Colored People) needs to take their racist trash talk and STFU. What a bunch of ignorant macaroons!
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AMEN....I am so over this racist stuff....why do we even listen to these people? Insignificant blathering from people who apparently will ever evolve from a place in a distant past. Either move forward or risk being left behind.
Of course the TPX already somewhat shamefully threw Williams under the bus - didn’t do them a lot of good. Give the the NAACP the slightest leeway and it only emboldens them.
Who’s that lady in red with Jim Thompson?
What a GREAT pic!
Thanks for posting it!
(I snagged it, BTW)
*evil grin*
When is the NAACP going to condemn the racists in their own organization?
(((( MS.BEHAVIN ))))
I saved it, too.
I’ll ping you when the video is posted of her kissing Jim on his cheek!
two words in my post are double underlined pointing to advertisements. What is this about?
(((onyx))))
Thanks so much!
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