Posted on 07/18/2010 11:13:40 AM PDT by kristinn
A co-founder of Tea Party 365 today denounced what he called the NAACP's "selective racism," claiming that the organization was condemning figures who are not part of the Tea Party movement.
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Webb said self-policing is the right and responsibility of any movement or organization and added, "That is what we do." He said Williams has been expelled from the National Tea Party Federation, "because of the letter that he wrote which he, I guess, may have considered satire but which was clearly offensive."
In the letter posted on marktalk.com but since removed, Williams wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln in the voice of blacks decrying emancipation, saying that slavery was "a good gig. Three squares, room and board, all our decisions made by the massa in the house."
"I denounce any acts that I see many leaders do," said Webb, but suggested that for Jealous to say such acts were representative of millions of Tea Party members is "blatantly false."
Webb said the NACCP is "simply playing the race card."
Jealous thanked Webb for talking publicly against such racist comments by organization members. "You are the only national Tea Party leader who I've seen come out and publicly state the things that you stated, and taking on Mark Williams was much appreciated...
"But you're also being disingenuous, when you say that a man who is a founder of Tea Party Express, who is on TV as a national spokesman, hasn't been a Tea Party leader. He absolutely was. He was the day that he wrote that vile note penned in my name saying that President Lincoln was the biggest racist ever because slavery was a good gig. Thank you for following through.
"I sort of did you a favor to draw this guy out!" Jealous added.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
And here is a thread about the CNN story.
Don't fall for the MSN calling any group the Leaders of The Tea Party Movement.Tea Party Federation kicks out Williams over blog post
The TPM is alive and well and this little stunt by the MSM (using the "colored" organization NAACP's racist talking points) will backfire on them.
The NAACP is racist as well as segregationist.
That dog won’t hunt.
BUMP!!
But I have to take exception with your claiming to be the Tea Party Leader. That’s because I’m the REAL TEA PARTY LEADER, like you said, along with a few million others.
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Hmmmm ..?? I don’t get that impression at all. What I see is somebody stepping up and setting rules and making them stick. When you do that .. it stops people like Mark from infiltrating into your organization and destroying it.
To me .. it seems like Mark was the one trying to divide; basically because he was being proven to be not serious about the impact of the Tea Party movement.
I wondered what was going on when Mark suddenly quit - I’m sorry he took that path. I think it will always taint him.
Hmmmm ..?? Good grief! .. if we do THAT !! They will say WE’RE AGAINST FREE SPEECH. Brilliant!!
The Dale Robertson character with the sign with the N-Word from 2009 Is a self promoter who has tried to glom onto the Tea party movement by buying a domain teaparty.org and soliciting donations.
I am afraid there are some "Patriot For Bucks" types hanging around.
Isn’t “leadership” fun? What the Tea Party Express types don’t “get” ... as soon as you stick your head above the horizon to take credit for leadership, it gets shot off. THe neat thing about the tea party is they can’t “find” us ... we are everywhere. I look at being a “tea party leader” about the same way I think about my “concealed carry permit”. Nobody knows I’m “armed” ... mentally and physically! :-)
If they're drying to divide, they're all wet.
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