“You’d think they would state in their ultimatum what Mark Williams did wrong, for the sake of casual watchers.”
I found this:
“Tea Party Express spokesman Mark Williams fired an unexpected response to a challenge from CNN contributor Roland Martin.
Asked to tell racists “you’re not welcome” in the tea party, Williams replied, “Racists have their own movement. It’s called the NAACP.”
The exchange came on Wednesday’s edition of CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.” A day earlier, the NAACP passed a resolution condemning the tea party for tolerating racism.”
at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/14/mark-williams-tea-party-express-naacp-racist_n_646989.html
Asked to tell racists “you’re not welcome” in the tea party, Williams replied, “Racists have their own movement. It’s called the NAACP.”
That is EXACTLY the response he should have. Roland Martin? Seriously? Screw him.
You can read what Williams wrote at http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/18/tea.party.imbroglio/
I have to disagree with the way he chose to make his point.