Report Details Tea Party Ties with Hate Groups

[Coup]

NEW YORK, Oct 21, 2010 (IPS) - Asserting that "the majority of Tea Party supporters are sincere, principled people of good will", the head of the National Association of Colored People (NAACP) and other U.S. civil rights leaders are calling on the populist political grouping to purge itself of known racists lest they influence the direction of the movement.

The Tea Party is a loose association of independent groups or chapters that emerged in 2009. It lacks a single leader or spokesperson, and in general, focuses on lower taxes, illegal immigration, and less government involvement in the lives of ordinary citizens.

The groups that comprise the Tea Party have not put forward any policy proposals for achieving these goals. Its supporters are overwhelmingly white. In the upcoming Nov. 2 congressional elections, the Tea Party has backed some 138 candidates ? every single one a Republican.

In a conference call with journalists, NAACP President and CEO Benjamin T. Jealous applauded some Tea Party factions for taking the first steps to ensure that racists and bigots do not corrupt the movement's credibility.

"These are welcome first steps," he said. "They promote diversity and acknowledge the inherent perception problem that plagues the Tea Party: that while many of its leaders are motivated by common conservative budget and governance concerns, for too long they have tolerated others who espouse racism and xenophobia and, in some instances, are formally associated with organiSations like the Council of Conservative Citizens - the direct lineal descendant of the White Citizens Council."

However, he said, this work is incomplete.

"These groups and individuals are out there, and we ignore them at our own peril. They are speaking at Tea Party events, recruiting at rallies and in some cases remain in the Tea Party leadership itself," he said.

"The danger is not that the majority of Tea Party members share their views, but that left unchecked, these extremists might indirectly influence the direction of the Tea Party and therefore the direction of our country: moving it backward and not forward."

In a telephone news conference Wednesday, the NAACP endorsed a report by the Kansas City-based Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, an independent civil rights advocacy organisation. The report, "Tea Party Nationalism", details various associations between Tea Party organisations and acknowledged hate groups in the United States.

"The Tea Party movement has unleashed a still inchoate political movement who are, in their numerical majority, angry middle-class white people who believe their country, their nation, has been taken from them," the report says.

While many Tea Partiers joined the movement out of genuine concern for the well-being of the country, there is a substantial body of evidence suggesting that professional lobbying firms, mostly in Washington, D.C., have provided many of the Tea Party's organising and publicity skills, and that wealthy individuals and corporations have made substantial money contributions to the movement.

In an addendum, the report provides details of local Tea Party leaders who the report's authors say have "direct ties to white supremacist groups".

The report says: "The TeaParty.org faction is led by the executive director of the Minuteman Project, a nativist organization that has in the past been associated with the murder of migrant Mexican workers as part of its vigilante 'border operations.' Roan Garcia-Quintana, 'advisor and media spokesman' for the 2010 Tax Day Tea Party and member of ResistNet, also serves on the National Board of Directors of the Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC), the lineal descendent of the Council of White Citizens. In Texas, Wood County Tea Party leader Karen Pack was once listed as an 'official supporter' of Thom Robb's Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, a modern-day white supremacist organization."

The report examines the six national organisational networks the authors conclude are at the core of the Tea Party movement: FreedomWorks Tea Party, 1776 Tea Party, Tea Party Nation, Tea Party Patriots, ResistNet, and Tea Party Express.

It says that leaders of all but one - FreedomWorks, a lobbying group in Washington headed by Dick Armey, a former Republican House majority leader - have raised questions about President Barack Obama's birth certificate or have ties to white supremacist groups.

Jealous said that, in backing the report: "We're not attacking the Tea Party. We're not calling the Tea Party racist. We are asking them to repudiate the racists in their midst. We have challenged Democratic Party in the same way. We challenged Republicans when they embraced the old Dixiecrats."

But not everyone agrees. One who doesn't is Bruce Fein, a well-known conservative lawyer who served as an associate deputy attorney general in the Department of Justice under President Ronald Reagan. He told IPS, "The British had their Papal Plots, Joe McCarthy had his Communists, and now the NAACP has its ostensible racists as scapegoats to distract attention from serious issues."

He added, "The glorious civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s was chronically maligned by ad hominem attacks on its leadership and their associations based on flimsy or concocted evidence. It is disturbing to see the NAACP parrot the demagoguery that was employed against it."

The national attention sparked by the NAACP call this summer for the Tea Party to repudiate racist elements within the group inspired the Tea Party leadership to purge some outspoken racist elements, including Tea Party Express chairman Mark Williams.

The report concludes that members of groups such as the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC) - once known as the segregationist White Citizens Councils - have infiltrated tea party chapters. The CCC is opposed to actions designed to "mix the races of mankind". It also notes that contributors to Stormfront.org," a white nationalist Web site, have written of "infiltrating" Tea Party events.

[Vendzilla]

I guess they didn't see this
http://www.examiner.com/post-partisa...gns-not-racist

Any group that promotes a race should be disbanded, like the NAACP

[IllTestYourGirls]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

I guess they didn't see this
http://www.examiner.com/post-partisa...gns-not-racist

Any group that promotes a race should be disbanded, like the NAACP

The NAACP is not a hate group, they just judge you by the color of your skin.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls

The NAACP is not a hate group, they just judge you by the color of your skin.

I don't think there is a difference

[Coup]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

I guess they didn't see this
http://www.examiner.com/post-partisa...gns-not-racist

lol

tell me how not racist signs disproves most tea party orginizations have racist group ties and even racist group leaders in leadership roles in those organizations?

[Coup]

[PornoMonster]

Originally Posted by Coup

Did you even watch or LISTEN to this??

[Coup]

Originally Posted by PornoMonster

Did you even watch or LISTEN to this??

Did you?

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by Coup

lol

tell me how not racist signs disproves most tea party orginizations have racist group ties and even racist group leaders in leadership roles in those organizations?

Guess you didn't read the piece, it clearly states

The teabag obsessed Obama apologists at MSNBC and the New York Times will no doubt be bitterly disappointed to learn that despite the breathless hype, racism no more typifies the tea party movement than honest unslanted analysis typifies their political coverage.

The NAACP is just on the A train

[sortie]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

I guess they didn't see this
http://www.examiner.com/post-partisa...gns-not-racist

Any group that promotes a race should be disbanded, like the NAACP

ucla-study-most-tea-party-signs-not-racist

[american pervert]

a couple of racist people that belong to a party does not make it racist.

how many black panthers support the NAACP?

[sortie]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

I guess they didn't see this
http://www.examiner.com/post-partisa...gns-not-racist

Any group that promotes a race should be disbanded, like the NAACP

Do you think the NAACP should have never been formed?

And if so please explain why this group should have never had a place
in American history.

I just want to be informed since I'm not that knowledgeable about it.

[sortie]

Originally Posted by american pervert

how many black panthers support the NAACP?

Don't ask, just tell.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by sortie

Do you think the NAACP should have never been formed?

And if so please explain why this group should have never had a place
in American history.

I just want to be informed since I'm not that knowledgeable about it.

I think it had it's time and that time has gone, it's outdated

[Coup]

i think it's interested that so many hate mongers have risen to high ranks with in the tea party.

[sortie]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

I think it had it's time and that time has gone, it's outdated

Please answer the question.

Thanks

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by Coup

i think it's interested that so many hate mongers have risen to high ranks with in the tea party.

Name one and show proof!

Your such a fucking idiot

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by sortie

Please answer the question.

Thanks

I did, do you need translation?

[sortie]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

I did, do you need translation?

Do you think the NAACP should have never been formed?


That's a yes or no question.

Please answer it.

Thanks

[Coup]

it's really no surprise that the tea party is full of racists.

[Coup]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Name one and show proof!

Your such a fucking idiot

He's the founder of teaparty.org

http://www.teaparty.org/appearances.php

[sologirlcontent]

Obama 2012..period

[Dcat]

Originally Posted by Coup

i think it's interested that so many hate mongers have risen to high ranks with in the tea party.

"i think it's interested" how you manage to type and breath at the same time.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by sortie

Do you think the NAACP should have never been formed?


That's a yes or no question.

Please answer it.

Thanks

Just how fucking stupid are you?
By saying it had it's time, I was saying Yes, it should have been formed by the 3 white people that formed it, but I don't believe that it's relevant anymore

[Coup]

Originally Posted by Dcat

"i think it's interested" how you manage to type and breath at the same time.

i think it's interesting that you completely deny clear evidence

[Coup]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=epMresVAoRo#t=3m01s

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by Dcat

"i think it's interested" how you manage to type and breath at the same time.

I think he holds his breath when he types, cuts off the O2 to his head

[Coup]

•The St. Louis-based Council of Conservative Citizens, the largest white nationalist group in the country, has both led and promoted tea party protests. Roan Garcia-Quintana, a member of ResistNet who served as media spokesman for a 2010 Tax Day Tea Party in South Carolina, is on the national board of directors for the Council of Conservative Citizens.

•Clayton Douglas, a former information officer for the New Mexico Militia, is a member of the ResistNet tea party. He uses his profile on the ResistNet website to advertise his own “Free American” website, on which he promotes anti-Semitism.

•The Wood County Tea Party in Texas is led by a woman who used to be involved with the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.

•The 1776 Tea Party — also known as TeaParty.org — is led by Stephen Eichler, executive director of the Minuteman Project, an anti-immigrant border patrol group often referred to as vigilantes.


– Mark Williams, former chairman of the Tea Party Express, not only wrote racist screeds, he made death threats against President Obama,
– Billy Joe Roper, a member of the ResistNet Tea Party who also happens to be the founder of the overtly racist White Revolution organization, indulging in “Nazi glamorization” with his eulogy for William Pierce, author of The Turner Diaries, the notorious race-war blueprint.

[Coup]

Tea Partiers are more likely than white people generally to believe that ?too much? has been made of the problems facing black people: 52% to 39%,
Of those who strongly disapproved of the Tea Party, 55% agreed with the statement that black people were ?VERY hard working.? Of those who strongly approved of the Tea Party, only 18% agreed with the statement that black people were ?VERY hard working.?
68% of the Tea party ?approvers? believed that if only they would try harder, then black people would be as well off as white people. That number fell by almost half, to 35%, when the ?disapprovers? answered it.

[Coup]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=epMresVAoRo#t=11m21s

[sortie]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Just how fucking stupid are you?
By saying it had it's time, I was saying Yes, it should have been formed by the 3 white people that formed it, but I don't believe that it's relevant anymore

I'm stupid enough to have enjoyed watching you struggle to admit
that the NAACP should have been formed.


It was like pulling teeth. Face it, you have issues with black people.

90% of your post here has something to do with race and then you try to
pretend that race doesn't matter when it's seems that race is the only
thing that actually matters to you.

[Coup]

Originally Posted by sortie

90% of your post here has something to do with race and then you try to
pretend that race doesn't matter when it's seems that race is the only
thing that actually matters to you.

[sortie]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

but I don't believe that it's relevant anymore

You know, the only reason I think it's still relevant is because of the likes
of you. I mean, you would completely re-write and distort the hell out of
black history if groups like the NAACP were not around to point out your
distortions of reality.

You are here ranting every day about race and advocating for the
end to groups that advocated against racism.

[Coup]

racist tea party billboard



http://chattahbox.com/us/2010/10/13/...ist-depravity/

[Coup]

Tea Klanners lol

[GatorB]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

I guess they didn't see this
http://www.examiner.com/post-partisa...gns-not-racist

Any group that promotes a race should be disbanded, like the NAACP

God you're a fucking moron.

[Coup]

http://teapartynationalism.com/index... 10&Itemid=290

[Coup]

shameful

[SallyRand]

Originally Posted by Coup

racist tea party billboard



http://chattahbox.com/us/2010/10/13/...ist-depravity/

Now don't blow a gasket on me here but that billboard shows caricatures of Obama. Politicians, presidents and all sorts of people are frequently caricatured, so what I'm wondering is why you consider such cartoons of Obama to be "racist". Does Obama have some special immunity? What makes him so special that caricatures of him are by perforce "racist"?

Does the term "racist" apply automatically to such caricatures and if so, are similar caricatures of Caucasian, Latino, Asian or even Eskimo politicians inherently "racist" by your definition of the term?

[GatorB]

Originally Posted by SallyRand

Now don't blow a gasket on me here but that billboard shows caricatures of Obama. Politicians, presidents and all sorts of people are frequently caricatured, so what I'm wondering is why you consider such cartoons of Obama to be "racist". Does Obama have some special immunity? What makes him so special that caricatures of him are by perforce "racist"?

Does the term "racist" apply automatically to such caricatures and if so, are similar caricatures of Caucasian, Latino, Asian or even Eskimo politicians inherently "racist" by your definition of the term?

When is the last time you saw Mexican in a sombraro with a belt of ammo on him?

[12clicks]

hahahaha. man, if this is all the left and the racist NAACP have, they're going down in flames.

[BlackCrayon]

Originally Posted by american pervert

a couple of racist people that belong to a party does not make it racist.

how many black panthers support the NAACP?

of course it doesn't but if hate groups are using the tea party rallies to promote their agenda, hand out literature, etc thats not good either.

[SallyRand]

Originally Posted by GatorB

When is the last time you saw Mexican in a sombraro with a belt of ammo on him?

Stereotypical perhaps but still not "racist". And that should be "sombrEo".

The Racist Hypocrisy of the NAACP

by Jennifer Burke (A Black Woman)

http://www.redcounty.com/content/racist-hypocrisy-naacp

"Racism. The mere word conjures up immediate thoughts of Ku Klux Klan members in white sheets and covered faces lynching a black person simply because of their color. It brings to mind images of ?whites only? and ?coloreds only? signs on water fountains because one ethnicity was deemed to be dirty and beneath another simply because their skin was darker. It makes one think of discrimination, alienation, and rejection based not on one?s intelligence, talent, or experience, but rather on the color of a person?s skin.

Racism has been a thread in the fabric of our nation for many years; a thread that the Democrat party has had a heavy hand in weaving. From the formation of the KKK to the Jim Crow laws to the modern day enslavement of the black community in the form of welfare programs, the Democrats have had an undeniable hand in the way of racist policies that continue to be at the heart of destruction of the American dream and all that it stands for. Yet, rather than owning up to the reality of the outcome of their objectives, they have chosen instead to practice ?revisionist history? in rewriting the reality of their legacy rooted in racism and, instead, labeling the Republican Party as the party full of racists.

If you look at the ethnic breakdown of those who claim one party over another, you can see that the Democrats have done a great job in the art of revisionist history. The black community tends to overwhelming vote Democrat. Delving into the negative impact the party?s policies have had on the black community, one has to wonder why. In my own humble opinion, the answer to this question lies squarely in one name: John F. Kennedy, Jr.

It comes as a surprise to some since I possess such strong conservative principles and proudly state that I am a Conservative Republican, but I also happen to be one who is a black woman. Although I am a native of Texas, I spent a lot of time in a small town in Louisiana when our family visited my grandfather, great aunt, and great uncle. I distinctly remember not only in their households but in my own, pictures of JFK on the wall or sitting on the mantle. The singular act of his introduction of the Civil Rights Act obviously created a strong allegiance of the black community to the Democrat party. When Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, he went down in history as a martyr for the cause of equal rights and opportunity for all. What the minority communities of today have lost sight of, due again to revisionist history, are the racist statements and traditions that have followed.

What blacks today need to realize and accept is that these are not your father?s Democrats (and frankly, those weren?t so great either with the racist policies inherent within them that I mentioned previously). Let?s not forget, it was Democrat Senator Robert Byrd from West Virginia, former Kleagle/Recruiter in the Ku Klux Klan considered disturbingly as ?the conscience of the Senate?, who filibustered the Civil Rights legislation. We have been made to believe by Bill Clinton, ridiculously referred to by some as the first black President, that Byrd only joined the Klan to get elected. But, let?s not forget Byrd?s membership in and recruitment for the KKK was during a time when lynchings of blacks were prevalent and the police largely looked the other way. Upon JFK?s death, the Civil Rights Act was signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. He is reported to have said regarding this bill and its policies, ?I?ll have them n*g**rs voting Democrat for the next 200 years.? How prophetic and true those words have unfortunately come to be.

In gaining an understanding of the disconnect between which party?s policies are detrimental and downright destructive, one only has to look at the practice of revisionist history of Democrats and its entourage; the mainstream media and front groups such as the formerly esteemed NAACP.

With real racism in our midst at multiple levels and against various ethnic groups, it is shameful that the NAACP has found it suitable to cry racism against the Tea Party. What are they guilty of? Possessing a basic belief in and support of the very backbone of what has made this nation a beacon so bright that many around the world have longed to be a part of it: limited government, individual responsibility, free markets, and the Constitution.

On July 13, 2010, the NAACP voted in favor of a resolution denouncing the Tea Party as racist. In the words of the NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous, "We take no issue with the Tea Party movement. We believe in freedom of assembly and people raising their voices in a democracy. What we take issue with is the Tea Party's continued tolerance for bigotry and bigoted statements.? Jealous went on to accuse the tea party of bigotry, homophobia and anti-Semitism calling for leaders to denounce such statements by its members.

Their evidence? Unsubstantiated claims of racist epithets being supposedly hurled at members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Reps. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Andre Carson (D-Ind.),at a Tea Party protest following the vote on the unconstitutional health care bill. Unsubstantiated claims of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) being spit upon at the same rally. Unsubstantiated claims of Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) being met with anti-gay chants at the same rally.

Andrew Breitbart, founder of biggovernment.com and bighollywood.com, offered a $100,000 reward for video or audio evidence to substantiate these claims. To this day, despite heavy press coverage, no evidence has been produced. In fact, each of these claims continues to be spoken of as truth despite clear evidence to prove it. I guess, in spite of the rule of law legal system which the NAACP typically rails against as unfair to black criminals, when it comes to Tea Party members, they are guilty until proven innocent.

What astounds me even more about this false accusation and cry of racism, anti-Semitism, and bigotry against the Tea Party movement by the NAACP is the fact that the NAACP has had not one, but two, of the biggest racist, anti-American, and anti-Semites on this earth as speakers at their conferences. Jeremiah Wright, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, the Black Liberation Theology church that the Obama?s attended for over 20 years, was their keynote speaker at a conference in 2008. Louis Farrakhan, leader of the racist, anti-Semitic, anti-American group Nation of Islam, was a speaker in 1997.

Just recently, a video surfaced of a staff member of the Dept. of Agriculture, Shirley Sherrod, speaking at an NAACP group, where she openly admits that she injected race into her position by choosing not to assist a white farmer facing bankruptcy and the loss of his farm as much as she could have. Instead, she took him to a lawyer, ?one of his own kind? so that he would at least have something good to say about her. Ms. Sherrod went on to say that she realized it wasn?t all about race, but class warfare in the haves vs. the have nots (as if that is any better). The fact that the NAACP flip-flopped on its original position denouncing her racist statement to then supporting her shows an extreme lack of judgment, ethics, and principles in opposition to racism. It also indicates a disturbing perspective on the part of the organization and its members rooted in a belief system that it is okay to pit Americans against each other.

Despite the NAACP now saying that Ms. Sherrod?s story was taken out of context and that the white farmer?s farm was indeed saved, the fact is, she did infuse race into the equation of her job which should be one that is color-blind. Even more telling is the reaction of members of the NAACP in the audience. The clapping and cheering for her actions is evidence that there is something very wrong with a group who claims to be for equal rights having a history of speakers, and members who applaud them, who stand for exactly the opposite.

For an organization that has attacked as racist a grassroots organization of Americans who simply believe that their freedoms and the Constitution are being trampled upon to have individuals who spew vile, racist statements and obviously believe that racism is okay if it is projected onto individuals who happen to be white is beyond hypocritical. It is shameless.

Racism, counter to what the NAACP would have you believe, is a two way street. The definition according to Merriam-Webster dictionary is ?a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race?. The supposed evidence of their accusation of racism against the Tea Party movement does not remotely adhere to the definition of what racism truly is. The reality is the cry of racism has been a long standing tactic to silence opposition by shame and denigration.

Continued:

[SallyRand]

Jennifer Burke (A Black Woman), continued:

I am a proud Tea Party member who happens to be a black woman. Unlike Hilary Shelton, Senior Vice President for Advocacy for the NAACP who was recently caught on tape lying about his alleged Tea Party experience, I have both attended and spoken at Tea Party rallies. Never once have I felt afraid. Never once have I witnessed pervasive racism. Never once have I heard speakers use language that was racially divisive. I, as my fellow black Conservative tea party participants can also attest, have simply seen a group of people who believe that the integrity of our nation and the foundation upon which it was built is under attack by far left Progressives who have infiltrated the Democrat party and changed the landscape of their agenda for the worse.

I believe in the foundation of this country; the Constitution. I believe that we are a nation based on rule of law, not that of feelings. I believe that we have the right to pursue happiness, but that happiness is not guaranteed. I am for individual liberties, limited government, and real “hope” that lies at its very core in the notion that we all, despite our color or upbringing, can rise up to achieve what we dare to dream and, even more importantly, what we dare to work towards.

Neither I nor my fellow tea party members will be silenced for we believe that the very core of our nation is being attacked and dismantled. The cry against the movement as racist simply serves as an indicator of the power of its existence and the fear it has instilled in Progressives and their organizations. This fear takes root in the fact that we who believe in the foundation upon which this country was built are willing to stand up and fight for it. As one of the rallying cries of the movement that has come to fruition says…..We are not racist. We are not violent. We are just no longer silent!"

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by sortie

I'm stupid enough to have enjoyed watching you struggle to admit
that the NAACP should have been formed.


It was like pulling teeth. Face it, you have issues with black people.

90% of your post here has something to do with race and then you try to
pretend that race doesn't matter when it's seems that race is the only
thing that actually matters to you.

Where did I struggle? You struggled to come up with the race card, you're the racist in my book

Originally Posted by sortie

You know, the only reason I think it's still relevant is because of the likes
of you. I mean, you would completely re-write and distort the hell out of
black history if groups like the NAACP were not around to point out your
distortions of reality.

You are here ranting every day about race and advocating for the
end to groups that advocated against racism.

I do so when they use that platform to promote racism, it's groups like that that are calling the Tea Party Racist in hopes of derailing their movement for the Democrat's, but you're too fucking stupid to see that

Originally Posted by GatorB

God you're a fucking moron.

And this is the best you can offer to the conversation? What are you, 12?

[Coup]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Where did I struggle? You struggled to come up with the race card, you're the racist in my book



I do so when they use that platform to promote racism, it's groups like that that are calling the Tea Party Racist

The NAACP did call the tea party racist as a whole. it just shed light on it's racist group ties.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by Coup

The NAACP did call the tea party racist as a whole. it just shed light on it's racist group ties.

they did call them as a whole? I didn't see that, or do you even read what you write?

[candyflip]

These guys are getting ready for a race war!!!!!

In this shed in the middle of the Arizona desert, the White Knights of America are hosting a festival of white supremacist skinhead culture. Here and across the country, white power groups say they are energized and growing. For them, Obama?s election and the economic meltdown are wake-up calls for white America and catalysts for the coming race war. They say white pride is their only defense in an insecure and changing world.

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/1...sa_the_rise_of

[GatorB]

[QUOTE=SallyRand;17631487]Jennifer Burke (A Black Woman), continued:

I am a proud Tea Party member who happens to be a black woman. I appreciate they let the mentally handicapped be a part of their organisation[QUOTE]

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by GatorB

Having problems with the whole quote thingy?