Hey Stew, I missed this one but Olberman is very insightful and usually calls this kind of thing well in advance of others.
Respectfully I disagree it's at the heart of the Tea Party movement. I'm very active locally and you'd find no hatred or racism in my heart. And I'm certainly compassionate for people in need and help where I can. It's my position that charity should be freely given and not government mandated. So when you make the kind of statement you did here, it's just as narrow-minded of those individuals who choose to make those racial outbursts and hateful statements. It is not the whole, or even the majority of Tea Party attendees.
That ANYONE can defend things so fundamentally wrong and unacceptable makes me sick. No excuses are good enough for the behavior that Keith Olbermann describes in his comments.
Even the resident Republican on The View is appalled by the latest happenings. It's shameful when elected officials lose focus. If they don't like a piece of legislation they should work towards making it better not name calling. By the way, our politicians fall into the same traps ... it seems to be universal.
Since this was posted to the Voice of Reason group, I will ask what I consider a reasonable question or two:
What does a sixteen year old in New Jersey have to do with the tea party thing? And, did any of the offenders identify themselves with the tea party crowd?
I have been under the impression that the tea folks were pretty much fed up with Republicans as well as Democrats. If that's the case, then why would these offenses reflect at all on the Republican party?
Whoever did these things are an embarrassment to their affiliations, whomever they may be. Until I see some indication outside of a partisan rant, I will consider the connection to the tea party movement and/or the Republican party as contrived. I would give equal weight to the argument that the offenders were liberal plants. That may not be true either, but, so far, I have not seen any evidence either way.
Patrick - Your suggestion that the offending "Teabaggers" were liberal plants is ridiculous.
That type of tactic is used by conservatives, not liberals.
The Republican's darling - Sarah Palin, campaigned with John McCain this week.
Dressed in what looked more appropriate as a biker's outfit than business attire, Palin declared that the Tea Party is "a beautiful grassroots movememnt that is putting government back on the side of the people .... Everybody here supporting for John McCain, we're all part of that tea party movement."
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