Andre Carson says "TEA Party wants blacks hanging from trees.

[Nukeman]

This guy is a piece of work. He is the one being a jackass. He paints with a broad brush.



A top lawmaker in the Congressional Black Caucus (http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/CongressionalBlackCaucus) says tea partiers on Capitol Hill would like to see African-Americans hanging from trees and accuses the movement of wishing for a return to the Jim Crow era.
Rep. Andre Carson, a Democrat from Indiana who serves as the CBC’s chief vote counter, said at a CBC event in Miami that some in Congress would “love to see us as second-class citizens” and “some of them in Congress right now of this tea party movement would love to see you and me ... hanging on a tree.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/62396.html#ixzz1WcHSh3wx




Here is what is sent him


Mr. Carson, I must say I take extreme offense to your characterization of "TEA Party" members as racist wanting a return to "Jim Crow" laws and lynching. How dare you paint with such a broad brush. You sir are what is wrong withthis country currently. You dont want to see that the piggy bank is empty and want to continue on a unsustainable spending spree. You sir are the one being bigoted and racist towards the TEA Party considering it is a grass roots organization made up mostly of middle class Americans. You disgust me with your vulgar rhetoric.. Do Indiana a favor and QUIT!!

[Little-Acorn]

You know the leftist fanatics are losing huge, when they resort to this kind of rhetoric.

Notice how we're hearing more and more of it lately? :D

[Gaffer]

Wait until the violence starts. It's not just painting with a big brush. This is to inflame the masses. When the libs can't shout you down or intimidate you they will turn to violence.

[Little-Acorn]

And this person is an elected representative in the Congress of the United States, with the power to help make laws binding on the rest of us.

Do you suppose he's aware that the people who "hung black people from trees" back in the post-civil-war days, were Democrats to a man?

[Gaffer]

And this person is an elected representative in the Congress of the United States, with the power to help make laws binding on the rest of us.

Do you suppose he's aware that the people who "hung black people from trees" back in the post-civil-war days, were Democrats to a man?

He has no clue. He probably thinks Lincoln was a democrat.

[KartRacerBoy]

He has no clue. He probably thinks Lincoln was a democrat.

Nowadays he would be a democrat.

[Gaffer]

Nowadays he would be a democrat.

No he'd be a Tea party member.

[ConHog]

Nowadays he would be a democrat.


actually, on further reflection you are correct. Lincoln would be a Democrat today. He'd be on the front steps screaming about how he cared about the plight of the black man, all the while all he would really be doing is using their story to further his own agenda. Good point KRB. I shall rep you for that.

[KartRacerBoy]

actually, on further reflection you are correct. Lincoln would be a Democrat today. He'd be on the front steps screaming about how he cared about the plight of the black man, all the while all he would really be doing is using their story to further his own agenda. Good point KRB. I shall rep you for that.

I'm serious. The southern Dems controlled the Democratic party up until the civil rights movement in the 60s. The southern Dems opposed that movement while the Republicans supported it. Those same southern Dems then abandoned the party and moved to the Republicans slowly but surely. Now the south is generally a Republican stronghold.

Would Lincoln's beliefs be identical to modern Dems? Of course not. Before becoming president he was in the Whig party and the times economic times called for policies much different than today. The man's views evolved with circumstance.

[ConHog]

I'm serious. The southern Dems controlled the Democratic party up until the civil rights movement in the 60s. The southern Dems opposed that movement while the Republicans supported it. Those same southern Dems then abandoned the party and moved to the Republicans slowly but surely. Now the south is generally a Republican stronghold.

Would Lincoln's beliefs be identical to modern Dems? Of course not. Before becoming president he was in the Whig party and the times economic times called for policies much different than today. The man's views evolved with circumstance.

In all seriousness, if Lincoln were around today, he'd be an independent. I don't think he'd approve of either party. And he'd for damn sure think the President didn't have enough power.

[logroller]

In all seriousness, if Lincoln were around today, he'd be an independent. I don't think he'd approve of either party. And he'd for damn sure think the President didn't have enough power.

Conjecture on his party affiliation is moot; but I guarantee you he'd be incensed by the popularized ignorance of our society; characterized ever so poignantly by Carson's comments in the OP. Back in Lincoln's day,(well, maybe a little before) such comments would assuredly bring about a challenge to duel; though a question as to Andre Carson's character would likely preclude him from participating-- as you must have character (not just be one)in order to defend it.

[ConHog]

Conjecture on his party affiliation is moot; but I guarantee you he'd be incensed by the popularized ignorance of our society; characterized ever so poignantly by Carson's comments in the OP. Back in Lincoln's day,(well, maybe a little before) such comments would assuredly bring about a challenge to duel; though a question as to Andre Carson's character would likely preclude him from participating-- as you must have character (not just be one)in order to defend it.

Absolutely agree. I would say that most Pre WWII Presidents would be disgusted to see how uneducated and uninterested our population is.

[red states rule]

Is anyone surprised that an MSNBC "reporter" moderated this debate and failed to mention this comment on her show for DAYS after the event?





On Tuesday, The Washington Post's Felicia Sonmez noted how MSNBC's Tamron Hall (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/rep-carson-tea-party-wants-to-see-african-americans-hanging-on-a-tree/2011/08/30/gIQAFztmqJ_blog.html) moderated the recent Congressional Black Caucus town hall where Rep. Andre Carson smeared the Tea Party by accusing them of wanting to bring back Jim Crow laws and endorsing the lynching of blacks. Former Obama aide turned NBC employee (http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/joy-ann-reid/) Joy-Ann Reid also attended the CBC event, but omitted Rep. Carson's attack from her report.


Hall anchored her 2 pm Eastern hour program from Miami on both August 22 and August 23, but as the 23rd was also the day East Coast earthquake struck, she covered the aftermath of that tremor for the entire hour, mentioning the CBC event only in passing. She hasn't mentioned it on-air since that day.

In addition to Hall, the RealMReynolds blog on Wednesday (http://realmreynolds.com/2011/08/31/media-neglects-to-report-rep-carsons-comments/) pointed out that Reid, the anchor's colleague in the NBC family (as managing editor for TheGrio.com), live-Tweeted the CBC town hall. The former Obama 2008 campaign press aide, who bashed Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2011/08/09/msnbc-features-ex-obama-aide-bashing-crazy-loopy-bachmann-defends-ne) as "crazy" and "loopy" earlier in August, and defended Newsweek's "queen of rage" cover of the Indiana congresswoman, actually highlighted Rep. Carson's lynching attack against the Tea Party (http://twitter.com/#!/TheReidReport/status/105790374076874753) in a Tweet (while admitting she didn't know his name), but neglected to mention it in her report on TheGrio.com (http://www.thegrio.com/politics/rough-night-for-white-house-tea-party-at-cbc-town-hall.php). She did mention other attendees attacks on the conservative grassroots movements, including Rep. Frederica Wilson ("the enemy is the Tea Party"), Jesse Jackson (who, like Carson, likened the Tea Party to segregationists), and Rep. Alcee Hastings.



Read more: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2011/08/31/msnbcs-hall-moderated-cbc-event-where-rep-carson-blasted-tea-party#ixzz1Wha7iI3a

[Kathianne]

and from The Examiner:

http://www.examiner.com/tea-party-in-boston/the-left-could-take-lessons-civility-from-the-tea-party



The left could take lessons in civility from the Tea Party
[/URL] [URL="http://www.examiner.com/tea-party-in-boston/peter-ingemi"]Peter Ingemi (http://www.examiner.com/tea-party-in-boston/peter-ingemi)


Monday evening at Fitchburg State University (http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/) the three candidates running for Mayor of Fitchburg Massachusetts (http://www.ci.fitchburg.ma.us/) gathered for a candidates forum (http://datechguyblog.com/2011/08/30/twin-city-tea-party-mayoral-forum-fitchburg-state-university/). For just over two hours Mayor Lisa Wong (D), Ward 5 Counselor Joseph Solomito (D) and independent Kevin Lynch made their case to the crowd of 120 citizens in attendance.


Candidates were allotted a block of time split between their statement and questions taken from the crowd via volunteers with mikes in the audience.. Both the college and local cable networks covered the event, as did the local paper (http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/ci_18786655?IADID=Search-www.sentinelandenterprise.com-www.sentinelandenterprise.com#ixzz1WWEjmPKL). Many vital local issues from crime to street lights to the current police contract where discussed. All in all it was an important but totally unremarkable bit of civic activity. Nothing you might not see in any city in the nation.


. …except it was, if Vice President Joe Biden (http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/biden-tea-party-terrorists/) and representative Andre Carson (http://hotair.com/archives/2011/08/31/video-tea-party-wants-to-see-minorities-hanging-on-a-tree-at-war-with-a-black-president/) (D-IN) are to be believed hosted by a group of Terrorists who would love to see black Americans “hanging from a tree (http://www.conservativecommune.com/2011/08/democrat-turns-up-the-civility-with-vile-racist-attack-on-tea-party/)”.


Yes it was a tea party group, specifically the Twin City Tea Party (http://twincityteaparty.org/) that hosted the event. Its president Justin Brooks rather than having the normal monthly meeting invited the mayoral candidates to have the floor and present themselves to the voters they hoped to represent...




...Meanwhile a “Kitchen Table Talk held today at Oak Bend branch of the St. Louis Public library and hosted by Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) ended quite differently. Not only were no questions answered but the event had to be closed down and police called when a Tea party member was assaulted and a 2nd injured (http://cryliberty.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/tea-partiers-assaulted-at-senator-mccaskills-kitchen-table-talk-townhall-meeting/) by two men in the crowd for taking pictures of a public event in a public building hosted by a public figure.


It would appear perhaps the Democratic Party rather than attacking the Tea party as violent racists and bigots might instead consider having Senator McCaskill's staff give Mr. Brooks a call. Perhaps he can give them a lesson from the tea party on how to run a civic event that's civil as wel (http://www.conservativecommune.com/2011/08/compare-and-contrast-left-in-wisconsin-vs-tea-party-in-massachusetts/)l.

[KartRacerBoy]

Absolutely agree. I would say that most Pre WWII Presidents would be disgusted to see how uneducated and uninterested our population is.

Read "American Collosus: An Economic History of America from 1865 to 1900." I think you overestimate the old American populace. In fact, the electorate was more uneducated in pre-WW2 times. The farther back you go, the less educated they generally were. I don't know about "interest," but imo if you have an uneducted opinion, your vote is more likely to be a reflection of emotion and prejudice. Education doesn't eliminate it entirely (I've known plenty of highly educated bigots, for example), but it certainly reduces it.

Frankly, I think the USA is so different from what Lincoln knew, he wouldn't know what party to pick.

[red states rule]

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