Quote from bugscoe:
And the wheels on the bus go round and round...
Let's keep moving those goals posts so we can avoid the reality I keep smacking you with. And let's make this an issue that hangs on the balance of, not what is said, but what "credible" means as defined by you. And let's keep the focus on me so you can target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize It.
Here is David Gregory trying to make a case for racism in the tea party. Notice the emphasis on the key words, anti-Semites, racists, bigots, hard-core white nationalists, (white) protesters, ideological white supremacy...
DAVID GREGORY, HOST: But, you know, it's--is that point, there are a lot of folks who, supported by the tea party, in the tea party, say, `Oh, there's a mainstream movement.' But there are others who say it is anything but. As a matter of fact, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights and the NAACP are releasing a report this coming week. And here it is, I'll show it on the screen. The "Tea Party Nationalism, a critical examination of the Tea Party movement and the size, scope and focus of its national factions." And there are some serious charges that I want you to respond to. "The result of this study contravenes many of the Tea Parties' self-invented myths, particularly their sole concentration on budget deficits, taxes, and the power of the federal government. Instead, this report found Tea Party ranks to be permeated with concerns about race and national identity and other so-called social issues. ... Tea party organization have given platforms to anti-Semites, racists and bigots, Further, hard-core white nationalists have been attracted to these protests, looking for potential recruits and hoping to push these (white) protestors toward a more self-conscious and ideological white supremacy." If you're senator, do you think these elements in the tea party need to be dealt with and need to be rebuffed?
The obsession with race lies with the democratic party and all of their bootlicking lackeys in the media. Period.