Posted on 07/14/2010 1:04:43 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Some African-American tea party candidates are displeased by a resolution that the NAACP approved on Tuesday calling the grass-roots conservative movement “racist.”
“I have not experienced the charges of racism that the NAACP is touting,” Vernon Parker, an African-American tea party congressional candidate in Arizona, told POLITICO.
Parker, former mayor of Paradise Valley, said that he has never felt out of place at a tea party rally because of the color of his skin.
“When I go to tea party events, people don’t look at me any differently,” he said. “They didn’t judge me on the color of my skin, quite frankly, they judged me on my principles."
"The NAACP should be concerned about bringing jobs to people in depressed areas,” he added, “not the tea party.”
Tim Scott, a GOP congressional nominee in South Carolina, echoed Parker’s sentiments in a statement.
“I believe that the NAACP is making a grave mistake in stereotyping a diverse group of Americans who care deeply about their country and who contribute their time, energy and resources to make a difference,” Scott said.
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““When I go to tea party events, people don’t look at me any differently,” he said. “They didn’t judge me on the color of my skin,...”
But Lib-O-Crats do.
For the Dems its all about race. Its always about race. They can’t separate race from the individual and they can’t imagine anyone else can either. A Dem can’t imagine a world in which race doesn’t matter.
For us, its very simple. If you love what we love, you are one of us.
“Americans need to know that the tea party is a color-blind movement that has principled differences with many of the leaders in Washington, both Democrats and Republicans.”
You sure cant say that about the Racists at the NAACP or PravdABDNC.
Pray for America
Tea Party could have hundreds of African American candidates and the bigots at the NAALCP would still label them racist.
Dammed lying liars all of them.
Just off the top of my head:
Akindele Akinemi, Donald Allen, Terry Anderson, LaShawn Barber, Michelle D. Bernard, Ken Blackwell, Deneen Borelli, Janice Rogers Brown, Rev. C. L. Bryant, Herman Cain, Ward Connerly, Lurita Doan, Larry Elder, Charles Evers, Rev. Michel J. Faulkner , Day Gardner, James Golden - aka Bo Sneardley, Andre Harper, Isaac Hayes, Amy Holmes, Bishop E.W. Jackson Sr., Harry R. Jackson, Jr., Kevin Jackson, D.K. Jamaal, Alex-St. James, Alan Keyes, Dr. Alveda King, Don King, Yaphet Kotto, Karl Malone, Lloyd Marcus, Kevin Martin, Angela McGlowan, Christopher Metzler, Nadia Naffe, Star Parker, Bob Parks, Charles Payne, Rev. Wayne Perryman, Jesse Lee Peterson, Joseph C. Phillips, Alonzo Rachel, Condaleeza Rice, Francis Rice, Reihan Salam, Sonja Schmidt, Donald E. Scroggins, Thomas Sowell, Michael Steele, Shelby Steele, Carol Swain, Lynn Swann, Clarence Thomas, Robert Traynham, Sheryl Underwood, Tara Wall, Lt. Colonel Allen West, Walter Williams, Dr. Anne Wortham
I think the NAACP just shot itself in the foot.
Their denunciations only have power if the victim in question cowers and wilts. This, to put it mildly, is not happening. The Tea Party is hitting back hard and the NAACP will be a laughingstock.
Here In Michigan’s 7th district we have a mixed race candidate running as a conservative tea party candidate. He’s not someone I would vote for but his name is Greg Merle.
NAACP ... slaves to the Democrat Party
Of course the media loves it!
And that is why the Tea Party needs to fight back. Stop letting them define us.
It is exactly the technique used to keep black Americans banished to a life of perpetual poverty on the liberal plantation.
It's concise and accurate and if you see things through this prism, you will always know why they say what they say (like Krugman's recent ecomonic nonsense).
Have a look.
Eight Commandments of the Liberal Left recast from Irving Janis (Yale) groupthink behaviors.
I
Thou shalt create an illusion of invulnerability shared by most members to foster excessive optimism and encourage extreme risks taking
II
Thou shall not allow any member to question the group's inherent morality, instead members shall be encouraged to ignore the ethical or moral consequences of their decisions
III
Thou shalt promote collective efforts to rationalize in order to discount warnings, or other information that might lead members to reconsider their assumptions before they recommit themselves to their assumptions
IV
Thou shalt reinforce stereotyped views of enemy leaders as too evil to warrant genuine attempts to negotiate, or as too weak and stupid to counter whatever risky attempts are made to defeat their purpose
V
Thou shalt self-censor any deviation from the apparent group consensus, inclining each member to minimize the importance of their doubts and counterarguments
VI
Thou shalt create and maintain a shared illusion of unanimity concerning judgement conforming to the majority view
VII
Thou shalt apply direct pressure on any member who expresses strong arguments against any of the group's stereotypes, illusions, or commitments, making clear that this type of dissent is contrary to what is expected of all loyal members
VIII
Thou shalt appoint mindguards to protect the group from adverse information that might shatter their shared complacency about the effectiveness and morality of their decisions.
Eddie01 circa '98
There it is folks, the heart and sole of the lefts corrupt behavior.
Print it out, make T-Shirts, do a youtube video... it'll probably go viral.
NAACP ... still on the Democrat Plantation
The NAACP should be countered at every turn.
“When I go to tea party events, people don’t look at me any differently,” he said. “They didn’t judge me on the color of my skin, quite frankly, they judged me on my principles.”
Or to borrow a phrase - they judged him by the content of his character not the color of his skin.
Couple that with the morong from the White House yesterday saying Al Qaeda was racist and you have “TEA Party” “Al Qaeda” and “racist” in people’s heads.
That is completely intentional. Without question.
NAACP - Today’s Klan With A Tan
Nor have I. But truth to the left is meaningless.
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