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Title: The Tea Party Is All About Race
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Published: Mar 6, 2010
Author: Bob Cesca
Post Date: 2010-03-06 17:30:33 by Ferret Mike
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I was going to open this piece with an analogy about the tea party groups and why they're treated seriously by the press and the Republicans. The analogy would go something like: "Imagine [insert left-wing activist group here] getting a serious profile in a mainstream newspaper, and imagine serious Democratic politicians appearing at their convention." The problem is, when I really evaluated what the various far-left activist groups are all about and compared them with the tea party movement, there really wasn't any equivalency. At all. Because when you strip away all of the rage, all of the nonsensical loud noises and all of the contradictions, all that's left is race. The tea party is almost entirely about race, and there's no comparative group on the left that's similarly motivated by bigotry, ignorance and racial hatred. I hasten to note that I'm talking about real racism, insofar as it's impossible for the majority race -- the 70 percent white majority -- to be on the receiving end of racism. That is unless white males, for example, are suddenly an oppressed racial demographic. But judging by the racial composition of, say, the Senate or AM talk radio or the cast members playing the Obamas on SNL, I don't think white people have anything to worry about. This isn't an epiphany by any stretch. From the beginning, with their witch doctor imagery, watermelon agitprop and Curious George effigies, the wingnut right has been dying to blurt out, as Lee Atwater famously said, "nigger, nigger, nigger!" But they can't. Strike that. Correction. TeaParty.org founder Dale Robertson brandished a sign with the (misspelled) word "niggar." So they're not even as restrained as the generally unstrung Atwater anymore. Most of the time, they merely imply the use of the word. Rush Limbaugh referring to the president as a "black man-child," for example. Every week, a new example pops up on the radio and somehow the offenders are able to keep their job while Howard Stern is fined for saying the comparatively innocuous word "blumpkin." Limbaugh, on the other hand, can stoke racial animosity on his show by suggesting that health care reform is a civil rights bill -- reparations -- and no one seems to mind. And no, the impotence isn't an adequate Karmic punishment for Limbaugh's roster of trespasses. The tea party is an extension of talk radio. It's an extension of Fox News Channel. It's an extension of the southern faction of the Republican Party -- the faction that gave us the Southern Strategy, the Willie Horton ad, the White Hands ad and the racially divisive politics of Lee Atwater and Karl Rove. It's an extension of the race-baiting and, often, the outright racism evident in all of those conservative spheres. But unlike the heavy-handedness of Dale Robertson and others, the tea party followers are generally more veiled about why they're so outraged by our current president. In the New York Times this past weekend, David Barstow profiled a teabagger from Idaho: But all that was before the Great Recession and the bank bailouts, before Barack Obama took the White House by promising sweeping change on multiple fronts, before her son lost his job and his house. Mrs. Stout said she awoke to see Washington as a threat, a place where crisis is manipulated -- even manufactured -- by both parties to grab power. Now you might be saying to yourself, I don't see the racism here. But if you eliminate all of the reasons for Stout's participation in the tea party movement as being contradictory or nonsensical, all that's left is race. Let's deconstruct. She claims to be against the bank bailouts, but the tea party is against the president's bank fee designed to recover the TARP money. They also appear to be against financial regulatory reform. None of this makes any sense. If tea partiers are against the bailouts, basic logic dictates that they ought to be in favor of getting the money back. Or do they prefer that the banks keep the money and orchestrate further meltdowns? Honestly, I'm not even entirely sure they realize that the bailouts and the recovery act (stimulus) are two different things. But they're also against the recovery act -- you know, whatever that is. She also told the New York Times that she's tired of politicians "manufacturing crisis." Right. Three things here. First, where was she -- where were the teabaggers -- when the far-right endorsed and supported a massive increase in the size of government, unitary executive power grabs and unconstitutional measures fueled by fear-mongering over the very remote threat of terrorism? Crickets chirping. The odds of being killed in an airborne terrorist attack are literally 1 in 10 million. You're much more likely to kill yourself than to be killed by a terrorist. Second, I refuse to believe that health care is a "manufactured crisis." People are going broke and dying every day. Even the most conservative estimates show that there are 9/11-level casualties each month due to a lack of adequate health insurance. The horror stories are readily available online. Just Google "health insurance horror story" and see how manufactured the crisis is. Third, look at any bar graph of the economy as of one year ago or any basic jobs number and tell me if the crisis is manufactured. Hell, Pam Stout's son lost his house! How can she possibly suggest the economic crisis was manufactured? I hate to single out one person, but Stout's incongruous anger is indicative of the entire movement. From the outset, the tea party was based on a contradictory premise (the original tea party was a protest against a corporate tax cut). And when you throw out all of the nonsense and contradictions, there's nothing left except race. There's no other way to explain why these people were silent and compliant for so long, and only decided to collectively freak out when this "foreign" and "exotic" president came along and, right out of the chute, passed the largest middle class tax cut in American history -- something they would otherwise support, for goodness sake, it was $288 billion in tax cuts! -- we're left to deduce no other motive but the ugly one that lurks just beneath the pale flesh, the tri-corner hats and the dangly tea bag ornamentation. Irrespective of whether the president passed a huge tax cut or went out of his way to bring Republicans into the health care process, the seeds of racial animosity from the far-right were sown during the campaign. In those lines waiting for then-vice presidential candidate and current tea party heroine Sarah Palin, their loud noises spread the pre-scripted lies, lies that entirely hinged on the president's African heritage. A white candidate would never be accused of being a secret Muslim. A white candidate would never be accused of being a foreign usurper. Only a black candidate with a foreign name would be accused of "palling around with domestic terrorists." In the final analysis, when you boil away all of the weirdness, it becomes clear that the teabaggers are pissed because there isn't yet another doddering old white guy in the White House -- like they're used to. That's what this is all about. By way of a postscript, one of the many faceless radio talk show wingnuts, Jim Quinn, this week called President Obama a "Kenyan wuss" who should be "slapped silly." The Kenyan lie and the "slap silly" insult aside, this president is no wuss. You know how I know? He's a black man who ran for president and won despite the growing mob of gun-toting militant white bigots like Jim Quinn who are sucking air in America. President Obama achieving this despite the hatred and threats against him takes serious guts. Guts that Jim Quinn and the tea party movement will never understand. Don't miss the premiere of the Bob & Elvis Show. Thursday morning at 10 a.m. EST on iClips.net. Follow the show on Twitter: @BobandElvisShow Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog! Go! Bob Cesca on Twitter
SANDPOINT, Idaho -- Pam Stout has not always lived in fear of her government. She remembers her years working in federal housing programs, watching government lift struggling families with job training and education. She beams at the memory of helping a Vietnamese woman get into junior college.
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#1. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
I hasten to note that I'm talking about real racism, insofar as it's impossible for the majority race -- the 70 percent white majority -- to be on the receiving end of racism. That is unless white males, for example, are suddenly an oppressed racial demographic. But judging by the racial composition of, say, the Senate or AM talk radio or the cast members playing the Obamas on SNL, I don't think white people have anything to worry about. Big load of crap in two paragraphs. According to this $#it/drivel blacks can't be racists. Some of the worst racists in the US are in fact black (Jackson, Sharpton, Farrakhan, and of course Jeremiah Wright, Obama's homeboy "preacher" who preaches hate). And those are just a few examples. There are probably as many black racists per capita, or as a percentage of the population, as there are in the white population.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Let's try to cover up the fact that obama is as bad if not worse than bush. I know, let's say anytime somebody points out the horrible things obama is doing (helping rich bankers steal our tax dollars, starting more wars, further erosion of the Constitution, more gutting of the economy, screwing over small businesses etc) let's call them a racist. What a load of crap by Cesca.
A real freakin' Sherlock Holmes! Master of the obvious. Of course people die every day. They do so everywhere, not just in the United States. I hope someone informs the ignorant poltroon who wrote this idiot screed about it.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. At least he got one thing right.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Not a "secret" since he admitted it.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Indeed it is. It could be characterized as a stinking pile of garbage or week old dead fish.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. A##hole lost me right there. Nitwit just doesn't get it.
Obama is a moron who never attended Columbia University. He was on the CIA payroll and they got him a phony diploma and admission to Harvard Law. I know for a fact that 2% of all Harvard students are selected due to their ties to the Military Industrial Complex. Obama's total budget and off budget for last year was 1.885 trillion dollars. Obama will run the total debt of the US up to 14 trillon dollar's after the first year of his admin and up to 20 trillion dollars by the end of his fourth budget by 10-1-2013.
The Truth of 911 Shall Set You Free From The Lie
Obama is a bigger nothing than Bush (either of 'em). Who woulda ever thunk it?
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Good. The same thing can be said about the "liberals" too. They have done it for years. When all else fails, play the race card. Right. Fuck you. If the tea party is about race, then turnabout is fair play. Let it be all about race. It is just more blowback. It seems people are getting fed up with this diversity and tolerance crap, as it is defined by the fucktard liberals. By way of a postscript, one of the many faceless radio talk show wingnuts, Jim Quinn, this week called President Obama a "Kenyan wuss" who should be "slapped silly." I'll go further than that. Obama is a lying sack of shit Kenyan nigger. Click for Privacy and Preparedness files Live free or Then, there's that to consider.
The Black voting block (97% vote for fellow Blacks) is a comparative group.
The only ones not allowed to support their race is whites. There is a reason for that. We built it, and they want it. For the results, look at Africa. Or look closer to home where cities are being run into the ground by niggers, one neighborhood at a time. I know it's not PC, or even nice, to just come out and say this. I don't care. I've been called many things, and sometimes it was justified, but no one has ever called me PC.
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files Live free or All in all, we should have chopped our own cotton. Our open borders, and our insane immigration policies are killing our country - one 'hood at a time.
that "welcome to kenya" sign is about 99% probability photoshopped.
I'd say it's 100%. It's the exact same background. You're right on this.
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files Live free or ...assuming it's not some really sneaky "double/double" disinfo ploy... not that it makes any difference, at this late stage...
Yeah. Sucks, don't it?
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files Live free or This can also be said about all the illegal spics who were allowed to come here by every administration since Ike. Then all the jew bankers got (stole) all the money and there is nothing left to rebuild the infrastructures of our cities and neighborhoods, which go along way attracting businesses that pay a living wage.
I think it's shopped. I don't remember where I got that pic and that makes the source questionable. But whoever did it did a good job. You're right also, it doesn't make a difference now. It still sucks though.
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files Live free or The only mexicans I've dealt with were at loading docks and landscapers. Say what you will, but they work hard. They don't play. I personally dont blame them for wanting a better life because they work for it. The problem is, they drive wages down for everyone else. But I also know that they have a gang problem too. I just have no experience with them. If I lived in the same area and had to deal with them or their neighborhoods, I'm sure I would be singing a different tune.
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files Live free or We could certainly use another Operation Wetback today. I like Ike.
But I also know that they have a gang problem too. I just have no experience with them. If I lived in the same area and had to deal with them, I'm sure I would be singing a different tune. Excellent and true points all. It's just that so many are here illegally.
Indeed you would. They live in dwellings packed in like sardines and leave the place looking like a dump.
Yes we could and a jew back too!
gotta be part of the israeli american plan, seeing as how haim saban, the "i'm a one issue guy, and that issue is israel" guy, bought univision, the biggest spanish-speaking tv network in america.
You are a fountain of knowledge! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haim_Saban I never heard of the jew bastard before. I do think the trail leads back to the jews though. They are masters at manipulating groups. You can do that when you control the media. WEll, all of the media except for the internet. Thank God for the internet.
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files Live free or What makes you so sure they don't control the internet? They are taking it over too. Little by little and the clout they have with the pols, it will be totally in their control sooner than you think.
So give me the tea I got coming, darkie!
“we were respected as the most disinterested and charitable nation in the world.” - Robert A. Taft
Because when you strip away all of the rage, all of the nonsensical loud noises and all of the contradictions, all that's left is race. The tea party is almost entirely about race, and there's no comparative group on the left that's similarly motivated by bigotry, ignorance and racial hatred.
Lord Acton
#2. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
#3. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
People are going broke and dying every day.
Lord Acton
#4. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
this "foreign"...president
Lord Acton
#5. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
A white candidate would never be accused of being a secret Muslim.
Lord Acton
#6. To: bush_is_a_moonie (#2)
What a load of crap by Cesca.
Lord Acton
#7. To: Ferret Mike, all (#0)
The tea party is almost entirely about race, and there's no comparative group on the left that's similarly motivated by bigotry, ignorance and racial hatred.
#8. To: Ferret Mike, bush_is_a_moonie, James Deffenbach (#0)
#9. To: Horse (#8)
Lord Acton
#10. To: Ferret Mike, James Deffenbach, bush_is_a_moonie, all (#0)
Because when you strip away all of the rage, all of the nonsensical loud noises and all of the contradictions, all that's left is race. The tea party is almost entirely about race, and there's no comparative group on the left that's similarly motivated by bigotry, ignorance and racial hatred.
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#11. To: PSUSA (#10)
I'll go further than that. Obama is a lying sack of shit Kenyan nigger.
#12. To: All (#7)
The tea party is almost entirely about race, and there's no comparative group on the left that's similarly motivated by bigotry, ignorance and racial hatred.
#13. To: Lod (#11)
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die kill ~~ Me
#14. To: PSUSA, all (#13)
#15. To: PSUSA (#10)
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#16. To: groundresonance (#15)
die kill ~~ Me
#17. To: PSUSA (#16)
You're right on this.
#18. To: Lod (#14)
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#19. To: PSUSA (#13)
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We built it, and they want it. For the results, look at Africa. Or look closer to home where cities are being run into the ground by niggers, one neighborhood at a time.
#20. To: groundresonance (#17)
die kill ~~ Me
#21. To: LACUMO (#19)
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#22. To: LACUMO, all (#19)
This can also be said about all the illegal spics who were allowed to come here by every administration since Ike.
#23. To: PSUSA, all (#21)
The only mexicans I've dealt with were at loading docks and landscapers. Say what you will, but they work hard. They don't play. I personally dont blame them for wanting a better life because they work for it. The problem is, they drive wages down for everyone else.
#24. To: PSUSA (#21)
I'm sure I would be singing a different tune.
#25. To: Lod (#22)
We could certainly use another Operation Wetback today.
#26. To: PSUSA (#21)
The problem is, they drive wages down for everyone else.
#27. To: groundresonance (#26)
die kill ~~ Me
#28. To: PSUSA (#27)
WEll, all of the media except for the internet. Thank God for the internet.
#29. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
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