What? No mainstream media covering this? Shocking!

[kandrathe]

The issue of rascism has permeated a lot of factions within the Tea Party from the birthers to the signs people carry at their rallies to Glenn Beck saying Obama hates white people.

I've seen some allegations, although very little hard evidence that this has permeated, or is a rampant thing. Would we characterize the Democratic party by the actions of the New Black Panthers? Would we characterize Christians by the actions of Phelps? The platform of the Tea Party is not racist.

Calling Obama or the NAACP rascist is a way of alleviating and obfuscating the rascist elements within the Tea Party as well as attempting to make opponents less likely to call them out for these issues.

I agree that some do-gooder conservatives (Breitbart, Hannity, et.al.) are making hay from the NAACP's politically motivated action. The liberal tactic of slanderously branding a vast category of millions of people (or even selected ones) racist is as reprehensible as is the trash tactics used by the Breitbarts, and Hannity's out there. I don't know by Breitbart, or Hannity are doing this, the NAACP accusation is false, and until there is actual evidence it remains a vicious lie.

“The racism accusation by the likes of the NAACP has been proved false time and again. Earlier this year, Democrats smeared tea party activists by claiming members of the Black Caucus were spit on and called the n-word as they paraded through a crowd of tea partiers,” he added. “Their blatant lie was proved false by overwhelming evidence from multiple video cameras that recorded the event.”

For example, Arizonans are branded as racists (boycott Arizona) for wanting border security to keep out drug smugglers, kidnappers, and violent criminals. The US government, along with a half a dozen foreign nations are joining in lawsuits against a State. Not because the State objects to the Federal law, but because the State copied the Federal law and wants it enforced. This is the rare case when the Federal government selectively refuses to enforce it's own laws, causing the citizens of the State to suffer.

The Tea Party movement is not a third party movement, but rather a set of principles regarding establishing the constitutionality of law (not fuzzy, but clearly), reducing the burden of government, and increasing personal liberty and prosperity. They seek to hold their candidates, Republican or Democrat more accountable to serving the interests of the people, and not special interests. I've heard it said that the Tea Party doesn't endorse candidates, but rather the candidate needs to choose to endorse the principles of the Tea party. It's the Democrats and the Republicans that use division and discord as political weapons.

So, is it possible a vast majority of the Georgia KKK endorse the Tea Party principles? Sure. But, the logic of reversing that to mean the Tea Party are all Klansman is absurd. And... Had the NAACP made a resolution asking the Tea Party to affirm "Civil liberties for all, regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, creed, etc.", I'm sure it would have been better received. Calling on the Catholic church to be more accepting of homosexuality, is a far cry from condemning it for its inherent bigotry.