NAACP vs. Tea Party: Racism Debate Heats Up as Sarah Palin Joins the Fray

[RamboLiberal]

Source: ABC News

The NAACP's resolution condemning what it calls racist elements within the Tea Party is drawing fire from top Tea Party supporters, including Sarah Palin, as the civil rights group's president insists the party needs to "expel racists from the ranks."

"For more than a year we've watched as Tea Party members have called congressmen the N-word, have called congressmen the F-word. We see them carry racist signs and whenever it happens, the membership tries to shirk responsibility," NAACP President Ben Jealous said in an interview with ABC News. "If the Tea Party wants to be respected and wants to be part of the mainstream in this country, they have to take responsibility."

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Former Alaska Gov. Palin , a vocal advocate of the Tea Party movement, jumped into the heated race debate Monday night, assailing the NAACP resolution as an example of "typical divisive politics that is so absolutely unnecessary."

"The Tea Party movement is a beautiful movement, full of diverse people, diverse backgrounds," Palin said on Fox News' "Hannity." "It's very unfortunate that they are taking this tactic because it's a false accusation that Tea Party Americans are racist. Any good American hates racism. We don't stand for it. It is unacceptable."

Palin in turn called on President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama to "repudiate" the resolution and "set the record straight."



Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/naacp-tea-party-race-debate-heats-sarah-palin/story?id=11153935

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IMHO President Obama and Michell ought to call on Sarah Palin to "repudiate" every damn racist tea party sign and slogan.

[Gormy Cuss]

1. The only diversity among the tea baggers is in the color of their clothing.

[alp227]

24. LOL! Mychal Massie and Tim Scott beg to differ

Massie leads the org Project 21 that associates with the TPM. He was interviewed on NPR in April.

Tim Scott, a black Tea Party conservative, won a US House primary last month. Regarding the NAACP statement, Scott said "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."

Still...why is Scott so blind to those "Obama the jungle boy" and "Niggar" and "birth certificate" signs? Rather than attack the messenger he should try addressing the problem.

[Mad_Dem_X]

28. +1

[Boojatta]

30. What about the diversity of news sources?

Palin reads all of the newspapers, digests the information, and then excretes it in vocal advocacy for the Tea Party movement.

[LynneSin]

41. and brand of teabags they dangle from their very diverse hats

I hear those that wear Baseball hats prefer Lipton Tea Bags whereas those that wear tricot hats think that Acme's own brand of teabags work best.

[louis-t]

2. You mean Sarah "I don't mess with no black guys" Palin?

[meegbear]

3. Sarah Palin - an example of "typical divisive politics that is so absolutely unnecessary."

[Erose999]

38. I think errors in subject/verb agreement are "completely unnecessary". Mrs. Palin should

apologize to me for her egregious grammar.

[RamboLiberal]

4. Hey Sarah darling "Repudiate" This

[Faygo Kid]

5. She knows exactly what she is doing: Demagoguing.

It's worked many times before to put unscrupulous people in office and to keep them in power.

[aka-chmeee]

10. I don't disagree, but do ya think she can say it or spell it? nt

[Cheap_Trick]

6. I can take a random dump that's a more "beautiful movement" than the tea party. nt

[arbusto_baboso]

47. A "random dump"????

I'd rather you actually did so in a marked lavatory facility rather than just randomly relieving yourself wherever you happen to be.

[Grassy Knoll]

7. Good for the NAACP.....

It's about time, and Miss Quitty pants, you are so irrelevant any more.

[RamboLiberal]

9. I love that - "Miss Quitty Pants"

[rurallib]

8. back in my day the racists were proud of what they stood for.

[BlueIdaho]

11. Yeah Sarah, that's why they're buying "I'm a Racist" T shirts... nt.

[Bitwit1234]

12. Palin, she justs has to stumble, bumble into everything doesn't

she. What's her credentials on this, since according to the tea bags she is and expert on anything and everything.

[ananda]

13. Umm.. without the racists, there wouldn't be a Tea Party.

LOL

[TerribleLarryDingle]

14. Her involvement

only proves the charges of racism are true.

[dem mba]

15. nope, no racism here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8739720

[True_Blue]

25. Yikes!

Worst of all, they don't even realize they're racists.

[shanti2]

16. Yeah right Sarah

These men and women wearing and carrying racist shirts and
signs are so beautiful....I have a strong feeling Michelle
Obama is NOT going to repudiate the NAACP and you know what,
NEITHER AM I! And I am a sad white woman living in Richmond VA
with racists are around me.

[livetohike]

22. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[David__77]

17. Get it, Obama is responsible for the NAACP because he's Black...

These fascists should be skewered.

[HipChick]

34. +100

[Raschel]

18. Behold the diversity: (from a freeper's site at that)

[Canuckistanian]

27. Yes, there's every shade of white in that pic

It's a veritable "white rainbow"
:rofl:

[SwampG8r]

29. there is a

black woman there
see if you can find her
wheres waldo?

[Raschel]

32. It's hard to tell if that person is Black. I'm gonna go with no.

If it is she's a real ignoramus.

[SwampG8r]

48. i think ignoramus

the more i look the more i see her

[Canuckistanian]

46. False alarm

It's a package of Aunt Jemima pancake mix.

[centerdem]

19. Palin a clown in a comedy flick?

Thats what America thought of Hitler and the nazis in the early 30's. Later they found out he wasn't joking and it wasn't funny.

[IDemo]

20. I call on Palin to jump-rope and bark like a dog

But who could tell the difference?

[MadMaddie]

21. I applaud the NAACP this is the

fight they should be fighting.

The Teabaggers and Palin are going to have a problem, see they don't know how to fight with facts. They only know bullying, harrassing and intimidating. Geeze that sounds so much like the KKK......

The Teabaggers are going to step over the line......

Just sayin.....

[6000eliot]

23. Why doesn't she just call them "uppity" and get it over with?

That's the subtext of her condescending message.

[Javaman]

26. "The Tea Party movement is a beautiful movement".

It's a movement alright...

Just let it sink in, the giggling will start soon.

[Brewman_Jax]

31. Of course, Palin and the teabaggers "hate" racism...

except when it works for them, which is most of the time. :(

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[HiFructosePronSyrup]

35. You don't think the teabaggers are racist?

How about the KKK? They're just a poor innocent mostly white group too, right?

[Viking12]

36. Hey look everybody, Sean Hannity is posting on DU!

[B Calm]

37. I think we are all racist to some extent. It's the people who won't admit

that they're racist who are the worse. They're like alcoholics who think they don't have a problem with drinking.

[Ganja Ninja]

39. The problem for the Teabaggers is that their retoric is so extreme and off the wall that...

people have to speculate on what's really motivating it.

[B Calm]

40. The only thing that could be motivating them is stupidity and racism.

[Ganja Ninja]

43. Yup. They try to hide the racism but the stupidity gives them away. n/t

[EstimatedProphet]

42. Palinworld: Teabaggers are diverse! Look how many shades of white there are as members!

[Erose999]

44. So Palin is asking the Obamas to criticise the NAACP? Like Obama is their leader?

Thats the attitude I get from a lot of White conservatives... that Jackson/Sharpton/Obama/LeBron or any other controversial Black person speaks for the whole race.

Edit: Its like Black culture is so alien to them that they adopt a "take me to your leader" mentality when they deal with it, lol.

[Wise Child]

45. I remember the moment I formed my opinion on Palin when

She said "That a mayor actually does work". (and an urban community organizer doesn't)

I instantly saw the racial implications of that.

I don't think I got so mad at a politician - so quickly.