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Mark Williams Of Tea Party Express Calls NAACP, 'Racist'
NAACP "Vile Racist Group" Mark Williams of Tea Party Express Says
A prominent spokesperson for the Tea Party Express, Mark Williams says the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is a bigoted, racist organization whose time has passed.
"You're dealing with people who are professional race-baiters, who make a very good living off this kind of thing. They make more money off of race than any slave trader ever. It's time groups like the NAACP went to the trash heap of history where they belong with all the other vile racist groups that emerged in our history," Williams said.
Delegates at the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Kansas City yesterday passed the resolution calling on the Tea Party to expel its racist elements, but the group will reportedly not release the final version of the resolution until its board passes it in October
According to the progressive media site Media Matters for American, Mark Williams is known for his controversial comments on behalf of the Tea Party inlcuding;
- called Obama, "Our Half White, Racist President"
- called Obama "the former Barry Soetoro, Indonesian Muslim turned welfare thug turned anointed."
- listed former President Jimmy Carter and Obama as "21st century Nazis"
Williams also has a tendency to call political opponents "faggot," such as when he saidformer President Carter is a "creepy little faggot."
Sarah Palin has also come out against the NAACP and defended the Tea Party from charges of racism and bigotry. Sarah Palin posted a statement providing her perspective about the NAACP resolution.
The only purpose of such an unfair accusation of racism is to dissuade good Americans from joining the Tea Party movement or listening to the common sense message of Tea Party Americans who simply want government to abide by our Constitution, live within its means, and not borrow and spend away our children’s futures. Red and yellow, black and white, this message is precious in all our sights. All decent Americans abhor racism. No one wants to be associated with any organization that is in any way racist in sentiment or origin. I certainly don’t want to be. Thankfully, the Tea Party movement is not racist or motivated by racism.
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at 10:32 on July 14th, 2010
The Tea Party's unwillingness to even address the racism in its own ranks makes this statement of theirs meaningless.
at 12:04 on July 14th, 2010
Absolutely
at 14:13 on July 14th, 2010
Utterly meaningless, Jordan.
at 11:34 on July 14th, 2010
The Tea Party denounces the NAACP as just another hate group who's membership calls black people who support freedom "uncle Toms."
The NAACP should be ashamed of how they have turned the principles of such honorable men as Martin Luther King stood for, to nothing more than a organization calling Hallmark cards racist because it had "black hole" written on it. The NAACP is today nothing but an organization full of bums, calling anything that moves racist, so as to keep the money flow coming in.
at 12:03 on July 14th, 2010
Not being a member of the organization, I can say only that most organizations lose their way and purpose over time. However, they will fight for the life of them to stay in business.
at 12:50 on July 14th, 2010
Pot calling kettle black?
at 15:05 on July 14th, 2010
Is it the pot calling the kettle black or the kettle calling the pot white? Sounds to me like racism is the element burning both empty vessels sitting on the same stove.
at 19:47 on July 15th, 2010
The really sad part about the members that are a part of the Tea Party is the majority of them are really uneducated and the ones that have any sense of knowledge use them to increase there own wealthy and agenda. There leaders are getting richer on there backs. Sarah Phalin, Russ and all the other Republicans that they vote for are the first ones to laugh at them when they walk away. No matter how much there shown the truth they are blind to it and that shows more ignorance than anything else. If there is 6% of the wealthy and rich people in the United States, 94% of the the rest of us is either middle class, borderline middle class, and then poor. Now anybody that make less than 100,000.00 dollars which is considered borderline middle class which is a low percentage and thats along with being middle class at 200,000.00 plus. Now majority of the Tea Party Express need to ask themselves a serious question. Where do you fall into the being a Republican who represent the wealthy and rich. They don't represent you and that just common sense. There leaders constantly chant for CEO of the Banks, Wall Street, Oil Company, Insurance Company, and everybody that makes millions and those are something they don't even hide. This shows how much and bright in education and common sense that many of the Tea Party Express followers are. Its not about government but the racist views and the ignorance of the most uneducated part of most of the members with this organization. It was the rule of the same people that they are lead by the last 8 years that sent there jobs overseas, and sold out every part this country in all facets. Was George Bush and Dick Chaney white and they bent everybody over and gave it to them raw and without grease. Common sense tells anybody that what was destroyed in 8 years by anybody, can not be fixed in 2 or 4 years by anybody. Reality isn't something that most these same Tea Party members look at but while they was being milk for every dime by there leaders over the last 8 years. Frankly its basically that a man of color is in office and its just plain old fashion hatred by the majority of those which march with signs and those that are able to spend that much energy to come to rallies while others that are every color go to there 9 to 5 each day. This speak volumes about the agenda and the time they have on there hands to come with idiot ideals and being unable to use God given common sense. To me its very sad and most feel very sorry for majority of them because instead of using there minds to have better life themselve and shows how much many of them are losers and straight out racist. They feel like there owed something and are the first to be on line to be given a hand out because they are white. My word to all them is to get a life and be a productive part of life in a positive way and stop being a coward because life doesn't revolve around you and excuses are for losers. It's everybody fault but your own because if you place the energy into being a positive in society like it placed in spreading hatred for other because of skin color then maybe you wouldn't be in the position to being out there making a complete fool of yourself and showing how much you lack in a education and class.
at 12:17 on July 18th, 2010
Unfortunately your statement is a fail from the first sentence. Surveys have shown that tea party people are more educated and make more money than you think. A zogby poll conducted by James Carville and Stan Greenburg showed that liberals are clueless on economic issues while tea party conservatives scored the highest. Go figure that you worthles racebaiter.
at 21:10 on July 16th, 2010
Source: thinkprogress.org
at 10:41 on July 17th, 2010
An excerpt from Mark William's letter to President Lincoln:
Source: tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com
It seems, after coming under scrutiny for his posted racist letter to President Lincoln, Mr. Williams' role in the TEA Party Express is being downplayed.
Source: tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com