Don’t bother. Let them play in the shallow end of the pool. For every positive they generate, they are creating 100 negatives.
To the extent that it keeps the New Black Panther/Holder/JustUs-dept story in the top fold, I’d hope they keep it up. The claim rings hollow, and normal folks see that as plain as day.
I think they can sue “Think Progress” for that lovely video they just posted about racism in the Tea Party. Unfortunately, it featured mostly Libs pretending to be tea partiers. OOPS!
There is no head of the TEA party, no Institution of the TEA party...
How can they sue?
Don’t give them (or Obama) the publicity. Keep working on November and 2012.
It would be more productive to point out obvious racism in the NAACP accusation. There are more blacks in the Tea Party than whites in the NAACP, I would think.
I think proving group defamation is pretty difficult in the courts. An individual within the Tea Party who is personally defamed would have a better chance.
Public figure.
Let them talk: it’s the best advertising Republicans have right now.
No. There is no “Tea Party” any more than “Cyclists” could sue for libel over “hogging the roads”. it’s an inclination, not an incorporation.
I dont there is a lawsuit here. The tea party umbrella is so large that the racism charge cannot be understood to apply to a particular person or group. The general concept in libel law is that a group larger than 25 people cannot sue for defamation (for example “all Walmart clerks are crooks” is not actionable as I understand the law.)
A named organization might be able to sue (e.g. a specific nonprofit organization) but in this case there are hundreds of tea party groups. The resolution does not single out a specific group.
Please understand I am not a lawyer, just someone who has been reading the paper for a long time.
Left out a word. That should say I dont think there is a lawsuit here.
NAACP = The Black KKK. They can’t help but step in it.
Did the NAACP call anyone racist by name?
If someone or someones are claiming to BE the organization, I think we all know they are wrong. There is no Organization and we don't want an organization.
We are only a spontanious group of people who just show up, and if some of those people just show up who happen to be a LEFTIST to make us look bad, not our fault.
WE have NO leaders. That fact is what is driving the LEFT crazy, they can't find out who we really are, rofl.
OK, yes there are those that do the planning for the events, but thats all they are, Event PLANNERS.
Probably not since the Tea Party is a grassroots organization that has no official leadership or organization. It would be like water trying to sue land . . . .
They can sue, but they need to show some damages. Being discredited by the NAACP is an honor, not a discredit. They increased the value of the Tea Party.