Posted on 07/12/2010 12:52:55 PM PDT by maggief
First Lady Michelle Obama brought renewed energy to the NAACP today, delivering the keynote speech at the annual convention one day before the nation's largest civil rights group is expected to condemn what it calls racist elements in the Tea Party movement.
The nation's largest and oldest civil rights organization will vote on the resolution Tuesday during its annual convention in Kansas City, Mo. In addition to jobs and the economy, anti-Tea Party activism has been a large focus of the gathering, which conservative leaders say is driven solely by a political agenda.
The resolution is part of the movement to realign people against the Tea Party, which has emerged as a strong grassroots, albeit fragmented, force across the country.
"We have to close the enthusiasm gap," NAACP president Ben Jealous said in an interview with the Associated Press Friday. "The danger of the Tea Party is that people see them and think about periods in history when groups like them were much more powerful than they are now, and so a lot of what we spend energy doing is explaining to people what reality is, and that the reality is that the majority from 2008 still exists."
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in coordination with 170 other groups, including labor unions, is planning a protest march in Washington, D.C., Oct. 10 as the next step in building momentum against the Tea Party.
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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson [Obama], “Princeton Educated Blacks and the Black Community,” page 2
http://www.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_1-251.pdf
“170 other “groups”.
Now that should be an interesting list.”
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It’s going to be a laff-riot.
To gin up any numbers, the march will require the full rainbow coalition of leftoid wackos and street-corner ranters (recall the street carnival photos of your average Bezerkely anti-war march).
Maybe the organizers will be able to get them to carry the pre-printed signs to try and get them to stay on message but you can bet a great “diversity” of causes will be represented nevertheless.
Oh, and our black bruthas are likely to be in the minority. Just like the recent Oakland smashfest.
She never said that.
Google “Obama race war”. Apparently a lot of people think it could happen.
I would be willing to bet dollars to donuts that the “N” word is spewed 1000 time more often at the NAACP meetings than at all other Tea Party gathering combined.
Stop trying to help us.
By jove, you're right! I stand corrected.
Guess it just SEEMS like more because of current events.
The biggest danger to the country at present comes from the Obama Administration and its idiot policies.
Roslyn should sit down with Michelle and give her some ideas on dressing for success.
Can you imagine us having “The Congressional White Caucus”, the “National Association of White People”, the Miss White America Beauty Pageant, the “New Ku Klux Klan Party”, the “White Chamber of Commerce”, “WET, White Entertainment Television”, and the list goes on and on. Watch the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR93jOPTvdI
I'm not one of them. But I do think that if Obama loses in 2012 there will be large scale riots in urban areas.
Looks like a two-way tie for the ButtUgly trophy.
Yes. A resolution coming from a race-based organization concerning racism, is kind of, uh, a bit of projection?
Makes you wonder why they have to resort to lies. This is another Tawana Brawley moment.
Smart Americans of African descent will decry the fact that their ancestors were slaves, but will thank GOD that they were BORN FREE in the USA
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No kidding! If I were African/American I would get down on my knees and kiss the American ground I walk on and thank God that “way back when” an ancestor was a slave. However I am against reparations in any way, shape or form unless all Americans who had ancestors perish during the Civil War are paid too.
Or a white person with a baton who prevents voters from voting who also runs around saying kill all n*****S and their babies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9DcvRAHLVs
It’s the black version of the KKK
btw, this guy is a lawyer. How come is says “earf” for earth around 2:15
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