Posted on 7/15/2010, 7:31:36 PM by Free ThinkerNY
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R) tweeted Thursday morning that dialogue could lessen the growing tensions between the NAACP and the Tea Party movement.
Those tensions have grown since Tuesday, when delegates to the NAACP convention in Kansas City approved a resolution that calls on “all people of good will to repudiate the racism of the Tea Parties and to stand in opposition to its drive to push our country back to the pre-civil rights era.”
It refers specifically to instances where Tea Partiers yelled racial slurs at black members of Congress while protesting the healthcare overhaul in March.
Since the vote, Tea Party leaders have leveled similar accusations back at the NAACP.
While fielding criticism from CNN political analyst Ronald Martin on Wednesday, Tea Party Express spokesman Mark Williams said that "racists have their own movement. It's called the NAACP."
Gingrich, via Twitter, took a different tone:
The naacp has opened up a wonderful opportunity for the tea party movement. Local tea party leaders across america should reach out
If tea party leaders contact local naacp chapters and offer to cohost local townhalll meetings a wonderful dialogue could begin
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Newt, please, just shut up. Demagogues don’t care about dialogs.
My opinion only but seriously shut up Newt! All of a sudden he is interested in the Tea Party, really. He grates on me...
And on another note, anyone else hear Ben Stein on LK last night. Awful. “I think the Tea Party is bad for Republicans....” “They are not racist but....”
ugh ugh and double ugh
NAACP is part of the problem. Thanks to their support of liberal democrats, their constituency is held down and treated like dirt.
This is idiotic newt. The NAACP knows full well the Tea Party is not racist, and know that the charges against the Tea Party have been trumped up, so why should the Tea Party dialogue with these lying scuzzballs?
Newt, Newt. Go write a book, or go to confession.
Newts goal/job is for the establishment to co op the Tea Party movement and render it impotent and a meaningless cog in the machine.
Take a hike Newt.
Newt Squishrich.
Newt, you are an idiot. The NAACP has a political agenda. It includes demonizing the Tea Party movement, which is opposed to Obama’s policies, and will be a power force in the upcoming midterms.
Go away Newt.
Newt, you are an idiot. The NAACP has a political agenda. It includes demonizing the Tea Party movement, which is opposed to Obama’s policies, and will be a powerful force in the upcoming midterms.
Gee Newt, can we get some of the Shabazz boys to moderate too?
I am amazed at how out of touch with reality these “Leaders” are. WTF!!
Well, kum-bay-frikken-yah.......
Here’s your national GOP/RINO...
For once the NAACP is actually on the run backing off of their attack. There is a real opportunity to marginalize this race baiting group once and for all and this POS RNC/RINO Gingrich tries to insinuate himself into this.
Sun Tzu would have executed him on the battlefield if he would have called for quarter...
Screw you Newt!
Riiight, Newt. The racists continue to lie about the Capitol protest, have no proof whatsoever despite Brothah Jesse and son walking around with camcorders just praying to stir up something nasty. Why would anyone trust them to have a fair discussion about race?
As long as that dialogue includes telling the naalcp to take a long walk off a short pier, I’m all for it.
Newt, this only shows why you are such an idiot. Oh, BTW, how’s that global warming thing with Pelosi working?
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