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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/08/31/2011-08-31_andre_carson_indiana_democrattea_party_pols_wou ld_like_to_see_black_people_hangi.html
A leading member in the Congressional Black Caucus is under fire after accusing Tea Partiers representatives of seeing African Americans as "second-class citizens" who would like nothing more than to see them "hanging on a tree."
Video that surfaced Tuesday shows Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.) delivering the shocking remarks at a Aug. 22 jobs event in Miami sponsored by the caucus.
"We have seen change in Congress. … The Tea Party is stopping that change," Carson says in a video montage posted on conservative radio host Glenn Beck's site, TheBlaze.com.
"This is the beyond symbolic change," Carson continues. "This is the effort that we are seeing of Jim Crow. Some of these folks in Congress would love to see us as second class citizens. Some of them in Congress of this Tea Party movement would love to see you and me … hanging on a tree."
Carson's spokesman did not immediately return requests for comment.
His office confirmed to The Huffington Post that the 36-year-old politician made the remarks, arguing they were in response to Congress' failure to improve the economy.
"The Tea Party is protecting its millionaire and oil company friends while gutting critical services that they know protect the livelihood of African-Americans, as well as Latinos and other disadvantaged minorities," Jason Tomcsi said.
"So, yes, the congressman used strong language because the Tea Party agenda jeopardizes our most vulnerable and leaves them without the ability to improve their economic standing," Tomcsi added.
Jenny Beth Martin, spokeswoman for the Tea Party Patriots --the nation's largest Tea Party organization -- called Carson's remarks "ridiculous" and "outlandish."
"Unfortunately we've seen since right before debt limit was increased, this was becoming status quo for members of congress," Martin told the Daily News. "It's ridiculous. They're offending millions of Americans who want nothing more than to see fiscal responsibility restored to our country. That's what we want. They are making these comments to distract people from the real issue at hand."
The 36-year-old lawmaker's comments are just the latest the caucus has hurled at the Tea Party.
Black Caucus member and 11-term Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) came under the microscope earlier this month when she said the "Tea Party can go straight to hell" at a jobs forum in the Golden State.
gotta love it when your a minority...you can say anything....and get away with it...
Ya wonder why the race division keeps on propagating...
You can't have equality when condoning unequal practices...based off of race, religion, etc, etc...
I stole that, some one here said something very similar on another thread...
greenberetTFS
08-31-2011, 10:24
It's sad that the Black community has this attitude about the Tea Party movement,if that remark isn't racist than what is it?.....................:(
Big Teddy :munchin
Badger52
08-31-2011, 11:50
Call attention to something they fear they might lose (like any current "entitlement").
Point to someone who is to blame for it and make them afraid.
Tell them that you know the answer and can make it better.
This is Playbook-101, and they are running it. It's all in the chapter "How to Engender & Maintain Class Warfare.
Stargazer
08-31-2011, 13:19
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/08/31/2011-08-31_andre_carson_indiana_democrattea_party_pols_wou ld_like_to_see_black_people_hangi.html
A leading member in the Congressional Black Caucus is under fire after accusing Tea Partiers representatives of seeing African Americans as "second-class citizens" who would like nothing more than to see them "hanging on a tree."
Video that surfaced Tuesday shows Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.) delivering the shocking remarks at a Aug. 22 jobs event in Miami sponsored by the caucus.
Those from the fine state of Indiana are no strangers to the intelligent statements of those 'statesmen like' representatives from the "Carson" family. I'll just leave it at... "stupid is, as stupid does." :rolleyes:
USANick7
08-31-2011, 15:12
I think the dems are making a big mistake going after the tea party. In the end it millions of regular people. Its not like they are attacking a PAC or something.
I think the dems are making a big mistake going after the tea party. In the end it millions of regular people. Its not like they are attacking a PAC or something.
Concur.
They know they're in trouble because of the ineptitude of their current candidate, so they go to the next step in the battle plan-destroy the competition.
They're afraid of the Tea Party, just as they're afraid of Rick Perry.
Why do you think Richard attacks him at every opportunity, gosh!
I think the dems are making a big mistake going after the tea party. In the end it millions of regular people. Its not like they are attacking a PAC or something.QP USANick7--
FWIW, I agree.
IMO, the evidence suggests that the Democratic party is attempting to make the 2012 elections a national referendum on the Tea Party movement (TPM).
The TPM could turn this approach on its head by identifying and neutralizing the fire eaters within its ranks and also by addressing thoughtfully the opposition's accusations of racism. ("States rights" means drastically different things to different cohorts.)
...just as they're afraid of Rick Perry.
Why do you think Richard attacks him at every opportunity, gosh!
I'm not afraid of Rick Perry - but I am afraid that there are enough people who know little to nothing of him and will push to have him run as the Republican candidate for POTUS. I'd be 100% in support of Perry running for Congress (as long as it wasn't my district) to get him out of Austin - but for POTUS... :eek:
If the general election is between Obama and Perry, I'm gonna have a case of the red chapped @$$ at an electorate that forced me to vote for Perry as being the least smelly of the polecats on the ballot.
This pic of a pickup from Longview, Texas, pretty much sums up how many here in The Lonestar State feel about the pride of the Aggies.
Richard
I'm not afraid of Rick Perry - but I am afraid that there are enough people who know little to nothing of him and will push to have him run as the Republican candidate for POTUS. I'd be 100% in support of Perry running for Congress (as long as it wasn't my district) to get him out of Austin - but for POTUS... :eek:
If the general election is between Obama and Perry, I'm gonna have a case of the red chapped @$$ at an electorate that forced me to vote for Perry as being the least smelly of the polecats on the ballot.
This pic of a pickup from Longview, Texas, pretty much sums up how many here in The Lonestar State feel about the pride of the Aggies.
Richard
lololol
Surgicalcric
08-31-2011, 16:04
...the Democratic Party agenda jeopardizes our most vulnerable and leaves them without the ability to improve their economic standing," Tomcsi added...
Thats more like it...
Crip
greenberetTFS
08-31-2011, 16:12
I'm not afraid of Rick Perry - but I am afraid that there are enough people who know little to nothing of him and will push to have him run as the Republican candidate for POTUS. I'd be 100% in support of Perry running for Congress (as long as it wasn't my district) to get him out of Austin - but for POTUS... :eek:
If the general election is between Obama and Perry, I'm gonna have a case of the red chapped @$$ at an electorate that forced me to vote for Perry as being the least smelly of the polecats on the ballot.
This pic of a pickup from Longview, Texas, pretty much sums up how many here in The Lonestar State feel about the pride of the Aggies.
Richard
Richard,
Do you realize your coming off as really "Hating" this guy!!!!!!........:rolleyes::eek:
Big Teddy :munchin
http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/31/rep-west-to-reconsider-cbc-membership-if-tea-party-bashing-not-condemned/
In response to recent comments made by Indiana Democratic Rep. Andre Carson and California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters that denigrate the tea party movement, Florida Republican Rep. Allen West — a member of both the Congressional Black Caucus and the Tea Party Caucus — sent a letter to CBC Chairman Emanuel Cleaver Wednesday requesting that the body condemn such remarks.
“As Chairman of the CBC, I believe it is incumbent on you to both condemn these types of hate-filled comments, and to disassociate the Congressional Black Caucus from these types of remarks. Otherwise, I will have to seriously reconsider my membership within the organization,” West wrote. (OPINION: Andre Carson:Serial racebaiter)
The freshman congressman declared, “It is unconscionable when a fellow CBC Member, Congressman Andre Carson, comes to South Florida and claims that some in the Tea Party would love to see black Americans ‘hanging on a tree.’ It is appalling to hear another CBC colleague, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, say ‘The Tea Party can go straight to hell.’”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/31/rep-west-to-reconsider-cbc-membership-if-tea-party-bashing-not-condemned/#ixzz1WeXI0HZp
CBC Chairman Emanuel Cleaver
The Reverend....The former Mayor of KCMO............This is the same clown who walked through crowd with Pelosi and contrived he was spit upon and who is the 2nd cousin of one Eldridge Cleaver a former Black Panther.
The Reverend is a nice guy, in the past he only did what his handlers told him to do.
We'll see if West gets his wish.
The Reverend....The former Mayor of KCMO............This is the same clown who walked through crowd with Pelosi and contrived he was spit upon and who is the 2nd cousin of one Eldridge Cleaver a former Black Panther.
The Reverend is a nice guy, in the past he only did what his handlers told him to do.
We'll see if West gets his wish.How is the link of kinship to Eldridge Cleaver relevant?:confused:
Even the least amount of cursory research provides compelling evidence that the late Mr. Cleaver and the current representative of Missouri's fifth congressional district have little in common when it comes to political philosophies. (Compare this (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/race/interviews/ecleaver.html) to that (http://www.facebook.com/emanuelcleaverii).)
ddoering
09-01-2011, 04:10
gotta love it when your a minority...you can say anything....and get away with it...
Ya wonder why the race division keeps on propagating...
There is no money in "equality."
If you say some against the POTUS they say you are racist and attacking him because he is black.
Funny thing is, his policies, priorities, and leadership style is because he is black.
.........Funny thing is, his policies, priorities, and leadership style is because he is black.
I disagree - his polices, priorities and leadership style are because he is a liberal.
I disagree - his polices, priorities and leadership style are because he is a liberal.
Seems a lot like a national level attempt to use historically Chicago-style ward politics to me. ;)
Richard :munchin
Funny thing is, his policies, priorities, and leadership style is because he is black.QP ddoering--
I respectfully and strongly disagree with your assessment.
The current president has not consistently demonstrated many of the key features of African American political culture. Most notably, we are not seeing evidence of rigorous public debate that have echoed since the late eighteenth century. We are not seeing evidence of the creative energy this debate typically activates in the African American community either in a geographic sense or in a socio-economic sense. We are not seeing sustained efforts from the president to inform, to educate, or to persuade dissenters to change their views. We are not seeing any building of consensus. We are not seeing bold and decisive leadership.
Finally, and most tellingly, we are not seeing the level of patriotism that has historically been a key benchmark of African American political activity.
sotto voce] Does one ever wonder why hundreds of thousands of black Americans marched peacefully on Washington, D.C. in 1963 and not as a people, numerous and armed, twenty, forty-two, or a hundred years earlier? Could it be that the forbearance reflected a deeply held faith in, and widely shared commitment to the foundational principles of the United States?
Seems a lot like a national level attempt to use historically Chicago-style ward politics to me. ;)
Richard :munchin
That basically nutshells the actions of the administration as a whole.
GIANITUS
09-01-2011, 18:33
IMO, Obama has no intentions on "leading" America. He's taking his 4 (possibly 8) years to rapidly change this country into his vision... Socialist/Marxist/Communist, you name it.... basically something that will be almost irreversible for quite some time. Every piece of leftist legislation "has to be signed into law RIGHT NOW, OR ELSE IT'LL BE TOO LATE!"
Number one tool in their too box: RACE CARD! There has to come a time when the "race card" is going to wear out it's welcoming. I'm hoping it's sometime soon. The silent majority has to wake up and stop ignoring that we are rapidly descending as a true free capitalist nation.
Does remind me of a funny poster I saw... "It takes a Carter to get a Reagan!"
ddoering
09-02-2011, 12:56
QP ddoering--
I respectfully and strongly disagree with your assessment.
The current president has not consistently demonstrated many of the key features of African American political culture. Most notably, we are not seeing evidence of rigorous public debate that have echoed since the late eighteenth century. We are not seeing evidence of the creative energy this debate typically activates in the African American community either in a geographic sense or in a socio-economic sense. We are not seeing sustained efforts from the president to inform, to educate, or to persuade dissenters to change their views. We are not seeing any building of consensus. We are not seeing bold and decisive leadership.
Finally, and most tellingly, we are not seeing the level of patriotism that has historically been a key benchmark of African American political activity.
sotto voce] Does one ever wonder why hundreds of thousands of black Americans marched peacefully on Washington, D.C. in 1963 and not as a people, numerous and armed, twenty, forty-two, or a hundred years earlier? Could it be that the forbearance reflected a deeply held faith in, and widely shared commitment to the foundational principles of the United States?
Feel free to disagree. Its a free country because of the likes of us. I respect your differing opinion. The fact is, he was elected because he is black. He had no other expirience to hang his hat on. As a first term congressman he probably hadn't even figured out how to use the metro in DC yet. He is a product of his upbringing and of those he hangs around. And they are a stellar bunch as I'm sure we will all agree. From his spiritual advisor (Rev. Wright), to his terrorist professor friends he only has those views, and expiriences to guide him in his decisions.
http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/31/rep-west-to-reconsider-cbc-membership-if-tea-party-bashing-not-condemned/
In response to recent comments made by Indiana Democratic Rep. Andre Carson and California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters that denigrate the tea party movement, Florida Republican Rep. Allen West — a member of both the Congressional Black Caucus and the Tea Party Caucus — sent a letter to CBC Chairman Emanuel Cleaver Wednesday requesting that the body condemn such remarks.
“As Chairman of the CBC, I believe it is incumbent on you to both condemn these types of hate-filled comments, and to disassociate the Congressional Black Caucus from these types of remarks. Otherwise, I will have to seriously reconsider my membership within the organization,” West wrote. (OPINION: Andre Carson:Serial racebaiter)
The freshman congressman declared, “It is unconscionable when a fellow CBC Member, Congressman Andre Carson, comes to South Florida and claims that some in the Tea Party would love to see black Americans ‘hanging on a tree.’ It is appalling to hear another CBC colleague, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, say ‘The Tea Party can go straight to hell.’”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/31/rep-west-to-reconsider-cbc-membership-if-tea-party-bashing-not-condemned/#ixzz1WeXI0HZp
I am starting to hope that Mr. West throws his hat in the ring. If not now, in 2016 at the least.
greenberetTFS
09-02-2011, 15:22
I am starting to hope that Mr. West throws his hat in the ring. If not now, in 2016 at the least.
Totally agree with you he sounds better and better every time he speaks........;)
Big Teddy :munchin
I am starting to hope that Mr. West throws his hat in the ring. If not now, in 2016 at the least.He wont' do it now, not enough "name" recognition. They (Repubs and/or Tea Party) would have too give West the chance to be a "key" speaker at a convention.
The POTUS speech at the 04 DNC put him on the map!
Stay safe.
...... They (Repubs and/or Tea Party) would have too give West the chance to be a "key" speaker at a convention.......
The Tea Party portion of the Republican Party would put him up. To bad the Republican leadership likes him about as much as they like the Tea Party as a whole.
The "Wait your Turn Party" says "All you Tea Party folks, that includes you Mr West - end of the line."
Badger52
09-06-2011, 12:52
LINK (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/06/tea-party-groups-condemn-hoffa-sob-remark/)
"I know you'd like to focus on language -- that's not what the American people are focused on," [DNC Chairwoman] Wasserman Schultz told Fox News on Tuesday.
Sure glad they let Sarah's "reload" remark get a pass...
:rolleyes:
How is the link of kinship to Eldridge Cleaver relevant?:confused:
Even the least amount of cursory research provides compelling evidence that the late Mr. Cleaver and the current representative of Missouri's fifth congressional district have little in common when it comes to political philosophies. (Compare this (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/race/interviews/ecleaver.html) to that (http://www.facebook.com/emanuelcleaverii).)
Fair enough. At this point I would say guilt by association, but after the Reverends behavior during Healthcare Victory Walk one could imagine there may be some anti-social genetics in the Cleaver bloodline....though that could have been shaped by childhood experiences, education and Afro-centric folklore.
As for his political philosophies, I don't know that anyone actually knows. While he was Mayor much of what he did was skillfully crafted by handler(s). He is a lot like Obama in that he was a community organizer of sorts, he came out of nowhere, his election win surprised many.........and he had at least one Angel who made that happen and then owned him throughout his term as Mayor.
Personally I always thought EC was a puppet with good intentions and I kind of felt sorry for him being lead around like a dog on a leash. But after his little spat in on the walk it seemed to me he has transgressed to mob mentality and a trouble maker.
On a side note, Tea Party member and member of the CBC, Congressman Allen West will be speaking soon. Should be interesting.
--------BT---------
Congressman West to serve as honorary host for CBC Foundation event, ""African- Americans in the Military: Past, Present and Future."
What: As part of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference, Congressman West will serve as the honorary host for an informative and interactive discussion addressing the following:
Is the military a positive career choice for African-Americans? Why or why not?
What is causing the decline of African-Americans joining the military?
Why aren't more African-Americans making it into the military's top ranks?
Why are black officers less likely than white officers to serve in Special Forces and other elite combat teams?
How can the military and Congress increase the number of African-Americans serving in the military?
When: Thursday, September 22, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Where: Washington Convention Center, Room #143-A
Panel: Rep. Allen West, Lieutenant General Julius Becton, Jr., Lieutenant General Thomas P. Bostick, Command Sergeant Major Victor Angry, Brigadier General Marcia Mahan Anderson
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Angela Sachitano
September 20, 2011
Communications Director
(202) 731-1778
The event will be moderated by journalist Crystal Wright. Media is welcome to attend. Please RSVP by contacting Angela Sachitano, Communications Director at 202-226-2149.
greenberetTFS
09-21-2011, 00:42
Why are black officers less likely than white officers to serve in Special Forces and other elite combat teams?.......:eek:
I don't believe that this statement is true, maybe 50 years ago when I was in, but I can't accept that it's true now.......:confused:
Big Teddy :munchin
On a side note, Tea Party member and member of the CBC, Congressman Allen West will be speaking soon. Should be interesting.
--------BT---------
Congressman West to serve as honorary host for CBC Foundation event, ""African- Americans in the Military: Past, Present and Future."
What: As part of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference, Congressman West will serve as the honorary host for an informative and interactive discussion addressing the following:
Is the military a positive career choice for Black-Americans? Why or why not?
What is causing the decline of Black-Americans joining the military?
Why aren't more Black-Americans making it into the military's top ranks?
Why are black officers:cool:;) less likely than white officers to serve in Special Forces and other elite combat teams?
How can the military and Congress increase the number of Black-Americans serving in the military?
When: Thursday, September 22, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Where: Washington Convention Center, Room #143-A
Panel: Rep. Allen West, Lieutenant General Julius Becton, Jr., Lieutenant General Thomas P. Bostick, Command Sergeant Major Victor Angry, Brigadier General Marcia Mahan Anderson
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Angela Sachitano
September 20, 2011
Communications Director
(202) 731-1778
The event will be moderated by journalist Crystal Wright. Media is welcome to attend. Please RSVP by contacting Angela Sachitano, Communications Director at 202-226-2149.Fixed the language.:cool:
I'd love too be in attendance.....:lifter
Stay safe.
I think meeting Lieutenant General Julius Becton, Jr., would be very cool, I can see why Congressman West would ask him to join the panel.
http://terminallance.com/2010/01/19/terminal-lance-5-race-card/
Speaking at the Congressional Black Caucus annual awards dinner in Washington Saturday night, President Obama made a verbal boo-boo.
While defending his call for the rich to pay more in taxes, the president said he didn’t mind people calling him a class warrior for merely asking a billionaire to pay the same tax rate as a Jew. Whoops!
The president meant to say “janitor” instead of “Jew,” and he immediately corrected himself. After all, he doesn’t need any more problems keeping Jewish voters enthusiastic about his re-election bid.
In fairness, though, you could interpret the president’s gaffe as a positive: Wasn’t he just suggesting that for some reason Jews were being unfairly targeted with higher taxes, and he wanted to make billionaires pay the same rate?
Maybe, maybe not.
“When you start saying, at a time when the top one-tenth of one percent have seen their incomes go up four or five times over the last twenty years, and folks at the bottom have seen their incomes decline, and your response is that you want poor folks to pay more? Give me a break!
“If asking a billionaire to pay the same tax rate as a Jew — as a janitor — makes me a warrior for the working class, I wear that as a badge of honor.”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/25/obama-gaffe-president-says-billionaires-should-pay-the-jew-tax-rate/#ixzz1Z8dE8d9h
In fairness, though, you could interpret the president’s gaffe as a positive: Wasn’t he just suggesting that for some reason Jews were being unfairly targeted with higher taxes, and he wanted to make billionaires pay the same rate?
Unfortunately, some Jews do feel this way, since the de-facto standard is to send children to private religious schools, at the same time paying usually outrageous(Nassau County anyone?) property taxes and various federal taxes which don't necessarily benefit them due to the separation of church and state. Hence, some under report or don't report at all; I know of more individuals than I would like who have done some time for tax evasion and/or wire fraud...
My .0002 YMMV
BrokenSwitch
09-27-2011, 12:59
He's been around Biden too long.