Bigdogg;430149 wrote:

Writerbuckeye;430098 wrote:Who is this "they" you are accusing of fabricating a story?

So now you are saying Andrew Breitbart and Fox News did not purposply distort the story?


Here is the press release from the NAACP website. Once again you failed to check the facts.

http://www.naacp.org/press/entry/naacp-delegates-unanimously-pass-tea-party-amendment/

NATION’S OLDEST AND LARGEST CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS ASK TEA PARTY TO REPUDIATE RACIST FACTIONS

(KANSAS CITY, MO) – Over 2,000 NAACP delegates today unanimously passed a resolution—as amended—called “The Tea Party Movement,” asking for the repudiation of racist Tea Party leaders.

The resolution condemns the bigoted elements within the Tea Party and asks for them to be repudiated. The NAACP delegates presented this resolution for debate and passage after a year of vitriolic Tea Party demonstrations during which participants used racial slurs and images. In March, members of the Congressional Black Caucus were accosted by Tea Party demonstrators and called racial epithets. Civil rights icon John Lewis was spit on, while Congressman Emanuel Cleaver was called the “N” word and openly gay Congressman Barney Frank was called an ugly anti-gay slur.

“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. The time has come for them to accept the responsibility that comes with influence and make clear there is no place for racism & anti-Semitism, homophobia and other forms of bigotry in their movement,” stated NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous. “Last night after my speech, I was approached by an African American member of the NAACP and the Tea Party. He thanked me for speaking out because he has begun to feel uncomfortable in the Tea Party and wants to ensure there will always be space for him in both organizations. I assured him there will always be a place for him in the NAACP. Dick Armey and the leadership of the Tea Party need to do the same.”

The resolution was amended during the debate to specifically ask the Tea Party itself to repudiate the racist elements and activities of the Tea Party. It comes on the heels of NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous’ announcement of the “One Nation, Working Together” Movement culminating with a national march on Washington on 10-2-10.

The resolution will now go to the NAACP National Board of Directors for a full vote when they meet in October 2010 in Baltimore, MD. A formal copy of the resolution will be released at that time

Yes I am saying they did not purposely distort the story. I have already said that Breitbart got the tape, already edited, and didn't do his due diligence (if he wants to be considered a journalist) by checking it out before running with it. But honestly, he's not guilty of doing anything more than many mainstream reporters do every day --- and one prime example is the ALLEGATION of Tea Party protestors spitting on and calling black congressional members the "n" word, as often as 13 times. That was NEVER verified by any news organization, but it was reported by all of them.

And my facts on the NAACP were fine. Look at the example they used for the resolution. The very same story that was never, EVER proven to be true, but was reported by all the media as fact; despite the fact that all the video from that event show no such thing happened.

isadore;430188 wrote:1. Andrew Breithart has permanently lost any credibility. He is either unbelievable incompetent or a purposeful bigoted, lying scumbag.

isadore;430188 wrote:2. Anyone not blinded either by physical disability or partisan hatred watching the video of Congress people walking up the Capitol steps can see Representative Cleaver being spit on by an unrepentant tea party racist.

isadore;430188 wrote:3. Anyone with an appreciation of the sacrifice and integrity of John Lewis and other black congressman and civil rights martyrs would accept their statements that they were called racial epithets as they walked up the those steps. Of course Andrew Breithart disagrees.

isadore;430188 wrote:4. Any organization that endorses candidate that wants to repeal parts of the most vital civil rights legislation in the last 140 years, should have their attitudes on race questioned

isadore wrote:Any organization that endorses candidate that wants to repeal parts of the most vital civil rights legislation in the last 140 years, should have their attitudes on race questioned

major sparks wrote: Really? What candidate and can you source this candidates statement that he/she wants all of civil rights legislation repealed.

isadore;430413 wrote:Lets see comparing Andrew Breibart to the NAACP. One is a waste of human flesh, one has helped American fulfill the promise of its founding documents. Mr. Breibart is lying demagogue with no positive contributions to our society. The NAACP played a major role in ending the greatest injustice of the 20th century, the American Apartheid.

isadore;430413 wrote:I am sorry to see you have so little faith in the proven qualities of some of your fellow men. I am sure that is not the first time Lewes heard n____. He heard it at the sit-ins, he heard it at the Freedom Rides, he heard it at the Selma March. But of course I am sure there were some states rights advocates arguing then he was lying about it. And now again he hears it on the steps of the US Capitol. And there are so many to claim it never happened.

majorspark;430343 wrote:Really? What candidate and can you source this candidates statement that he/she wants all of civil rights legislation repealed.

isadore;430461 wrote:^^^^^
Why don’t you show me that big long list of state powers found in the Constitution, that would be interesting. States Rights was used to defend slavery. The traitors who brought on the Civil War used states rights doctrine. That war answered the question which government our people granted sovereignty.
But states rights continued to have a pernicious effect on our nation as it was used as a defense for the American apartheid. Racists like Rand Paul continue to use it to the present.

Footwedge;430508 wrote:Rand Paul is not a racist at all.

isadore;430610 wrote:sure, he is the epitome of enlightened race relations, as he pushes to resegregate public accomodation. He is a chip off his old daddy's racist block

majorspark;430484 wrote:The NAACP has lost its way. A once great organization has now become an organization that focuses on promoting left wing political ideologies under the guise of promoting racial equality. They are now nothing more than a political arm of the left. Their primary objective today is to advance leftist policies. They will gladly stand by in silence mumbling terms like Oreo, Uncle tom etc. while the advancement of colored people like Clarence Thomas are challenged. Yes the NAACP opposed his nomination and threatened anyone of their local branches that disagreed with them with forced resignations.

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/09/us/naacp-battle-over-thomas.html
No, I am skeptical of the words that come out of any politicians mouth. No man is beyond reproach. I do find it interesting you left out my reference above to recent actions against Charlie Rangel. A decorated war hero with proven qualities that deserve the highest of honers. Yet even one of such honor has succumbed to the wiles of power.

Twist and turn as you will. You failed to answer my question above. I can't comment on your generalities. If you want to make accusations name names. Provided source detail of what you are referring to and I will make judgment.

majorsparks wrote:They will gladly stand by in silence mumbling terms like Oreo, Uncle tom etc. while the advancement of colored people like Clarence Thomas are challenged.

isadore wrote: Any organization that endorses candidate that wants to repeal parts of the most vital civil rights legislation in the last 140 years, should have their attitudes on race questioned

major sparks wrote: Really? What candidate and can you source this candidates statement that he/she wants all of civil rights legislation repealed

CenterBHSFan;430618 wrote:This thought is based on your idea of what states would do if they stood up to the federal government.
Pure conjecture.

Which governor, senator, or representative from which state, do you think would propose/sign legislation to desegragate their respective state?

isadore;430461 wrote:^^^^^
Why don’t you show me that big long list of state powers found in the Constitution, that would be interesting. States Rights was used to defend slavery. The traitors who brought on the Civil War used states rights doctrine. That war answered the question which government our people granted sovereignty.
But states rights continued to have a pernicious effect on our nation as it was used as a defense for the American apartheid. Racists like Rand Paul continue to use it to the present.

Writerbuckeye;430670 wrote:James Madison, the Father of our Constitution, clarified the authority of the federal government in the Federalist Papers #45:

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State."

I figure one of the founding fathers could say it much better.

BoatShoes;430871 wrote:A man he wrote those papers with disagreed whole-heartedly

Writerbuckeye;430446 wrote:The federal government needs a good enema of legal proportions to bring us back a little closer to our roots and the role of the states as the founding fathers intended...for our own protection.

Writerbuckeye;430670 wrote:James Madison, the Father of our Constitution, clarified the authority of the federal government in the Federalist Papers #45:

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State."

I figure one of the founding fathers could say it much better.