For JTF's Reading Pleasure: "What is the Tea Party"

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Have you watched the full, unedited, video? Yes or no.

Did you know that the farmer's wife has spoken out in defense of Ms. Sherrod?

No I have not seen the entire video. I personally don't think what she sad was all that bad, but saying she sent the farmer to a white lawyer just because he was white is a little iffy.

I'm not saying the NAACP is a bad thing. Obviously it's not. But at the same time, they can find racism in a greeting card. Society nowadays is so uber-sensitive.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by GMScud

No I have not seen the entire video. I personally don't think what she sad was all that bad, but saying she sent the farmer to a white lawyer just because he was white is a little iffy.

I'm not saying the NAACP is a bad thing. Obviously it's not. But at the same time, they can find racism in a greeting card. Society nowadays is so uber-sensitive.

True about the NAACP. I think what started all of this was their statement calling on the Tea Party to denouce the racist elements within it. This was conservative retaliation, if you will.

I've been extremely critical of the NAACP for years and have felt they need to hit the restart button and move away from the civil rights struggles of the 60s. I'm not sure if this incident helps them or hurts their cause, but it sure is hell keeping them in the news, and nowadays that's not a bad thing.

I will say that I think Fox takes a blow from this, if that's at all possible. Simply because they are at the center of this firestorm and the other major networks have begun to tell the whole story, put it's proper context to it, and air critical interviews of Ms. Sherrod and the farmer and his wife. I don't think Fox viewership will suffer, but their reputation as a credible news organization has definitely taken a step backwards. I look for protests and maybe even lawsuits in the coming days.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

True about the NAACP. I think what started all of this was their statement calling on the Tea Party to denouce the racist elements within it. This was conservative retaliation, if you will.

I've been extremely critical of the NAACP for years and have felt they need to hit the restart button and move away from the civil rights struggles of the 60s. I'm not sure if this incident helps them or hurts their cause, but it sure is hell keeping them in the news, and nowadays that's not a bad thing.

I will say that I think Fox takes a blow from this, if that's at all possible. Simply because they are at the center of this firestorm and the other major networks have begun to tell the whole story, put it's proper context to it, and air critical interviews of Ms. Sherrod and the farmer and his wife. I don't think Fox viewership will suffer, but their reputation as a credible news organization has definitely taken a step backwards. I look for protests and maybe even lawsuits in the coming days.

While they did that they never denounced the black panthers for their White cracker stuff and they also supported the same guy when the government was making a case against him. You know the case about intimidation at the poles. The NAACP has no room to call out another group on race issues. I also like how you blame this on the coservatives and not the person who made the comments and the people who cheared her when she said that.
NAACP direct tie to Black Panthers - Washington Times

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by firstdown

While they did that they never denounced the black panthers for their White cracker stuff and they also supported the same guy when the government was making a case against him. You know the case about intimidation at the poles. The NAACP has no room to call out another group on race issues. I also like how you blame this on the coservatives and not the person who made the comments and the people who cheared her when she said that.
NAACP direct tie to Black Panthers - Washington Times

I'm not going to nitpick about the NAACP, especially an article from the Washington Times.

This story is about a forty-three minute video that was materally altered down to a couple minutes. Yeah, she said what you heard but the context of her speech is extremely important here. And I never blamed conservatives, I put this one squarely on Fox News and Andrew Breitbart. As matter of fact Glenn Beck, of all people, is calling on the Administration to reinstate her. Glenn effen Beck!!!

If the farmer and his wife didn't think she said or did anything racist, then I think that should be enough to clear the air and give the woman her job back.

[Trample the Elderly]

What does this have to do with the Tea Party? Since when is taxing, spending, and borrowing the nation into a early insolvency grave about race?

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

What does this have to do with the Tea Party? Since when is taxing, spending, and borrowing the nation into a early insolvency grave about race?

Or about Dems vs GOP...both are equally guilty

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Or about Dems vs GOP...both are equally guilty

Damn skippy!

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Or about Dems vs GOP...both are equally guilty

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

What does this have to do with the Tea Party? Since when is taxing, spending, and borrowing the nation into a early insolvency grave about race?

If these two views can coalesce and bring true change to the political landscape, we could see a renewal of the United States. Unfortunately, the established Democratic/Republican hegemony really will work to scatter and dilute any who bring this message forward.