Posted on 08/31/2011 11:46:44 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
ea Party Rep. to Black Caucus members: 'Get a grip' By Alicia M. Cohn - 08/31/11 01:56 PM ET
A Republican member of the House Tea Party Caucus on Wednesday countered recent inflammatory remarks by members of the Congressional Black Caucus against the Tea Party.
"I'm a TEA Party caucus member and have spoken at two tea party rallies. I am also NOT a racist. Maxine & Andre - get a grip," Rep. Dennis Ross (R-Fla.) tweeted.
Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) both directed harsh remarks at the Tea Party movement last week.
Carson accused the Tea Party members in Congress of wanting to see blacks "hanging from a tree."
Waters said at an event in California, "The Tea Party can go straight to hell."
Democratic members of the CBC ramped up the anti-Tea Party rhetoric in late August, with members such as Waters and Carson speaking at events in their home districts.
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), another Black Caucus member, identified the Tea Party as "the real enemy."
In response, Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), the only Republican member of the group and also a member of the Tea Party caucus, said he is "reconsidering" his membership in the Black Caucus.
Desperation, lowest common denominator, racial pandering, outright lies, the usual RAT tactics.
Belatedly: I now understand why West joined the Black Caucus.
It was to publicly leave it when it did something this racist and cretinous.
Go for it West!
Carson is a Muslim...this factoid is rarely mentioned. Black Muslims have long desired racial warfare in the US...
I am cutting these idiots a little slack, can you blame them for starting to freak out? Their black hero, the first black president, a failed one termer ?
ROFL
I would probably be freaking out if I were them too!
Instead of “get a grip”, which can be interpreted many ways,
they should say
“get back to us when you actually want to discuss the issues at hand instead of using the race card to avoid having that discussion”
>Maxine & Andre - get a grip
That’s a metric ton of restraint. Perhaps it could have been followed by a “Defcon 4” paragraph on their responsibility as adults and leaders in this country.
He is merely, and totally, a magnified reflection of the racism and (lack of) mentality that wedged him into office.
Just preachin' to their racist, ignorant, gov't-teat sucking choirs.
‘Get a grip’
i like that! K.i.s.s.
hey Andre,
grip this:
Which is the Real ‘Racist’ Party: Fifteen Questions for Democrats
http://bigjournalism.com/fross/2010/02/08/which-is-the-real-racist-party-fifteen-questions-for-democrats/
Great Moments in Democrat Racist History - FDR
http://theblacksphere.blogspot.com/2009/04/great-moments-in-democrat-racist.html
Was it "civil discourse" when democRAT VP Joe Biden called Tea Party members 'terrorists'?
Was it "civil discourse" when democRAT congresswoman Maxine Waters said Tea Party members could "Go straight to hell"?
Was it "civil discourse" when Andre Carson (D-Ind.) said, "Some of these folks in Congress right now would love to see us as second-class citizens. Some of them in Congress right now of this Tea Party movement would love to see you and me ... hanging on a tree. "
I hope President Obama clarifies his request son because it seems his fellow democRATs have no idea what the definition of "civil" is.
The CBC needs to be advised that flogging the race card when you don’t have any answers or any solutions to the economic problem just won’t wash anymore.
The Black caucus can’t cover their inability to come up with ideas for good governance by yelling race. It’s over and the more it is screamed, the less people will listen.
In the meantime be sure to hear Congressman Alan West comments here:
Get a grip? How about Kiss my Lily White Ass, instead?
GO WATERS! GO CARSON!
The tea party is not racist but the segregated congressional black cacus is racist and they love raical violence, too.
The Tea Party is not white only. The CBC is black only. The Tea Party has not targeted blacks for violence and with race hate doctrines. The socialist CBC has does all this to white Americans.
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