{"id":3297,"date":"2010-07-15T09:50:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T15:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/the-company-they-keep\/"},"modified":"2010-07-15T09:50:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T15:50:52","slug":"the-company-they-keep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/the-company-they-keep\/","title":{"rendered":"The Company They Keep"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regarding yesterday\u2019s mjh’s blog \u2014 The Asshat of History<\/a>: Ugh. This guy is as bad as you would imagine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Be sure to read EJ Dione regarding what the NAACP is really saying about the Madhatters.<\/p>\n

E.J. Dionne Jr. – What the NAACP is really asking on racism within the Tea Party<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here’s what Ben Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, asked of the Tea Party during a speech at the civil rights group’s convention in Kansas City, Mo.: "Expel the bigots and racists in your ranks or take the responsibility for them and their actions. We will no longer allow you to hide like cowards<\/a>." <\/p>\n

The NAACP is doing what conservatives have done for decades<\/strong> in demanding that liberals and progressives separate themselves from left-wing extremists<\/font> who trashed America, burned flags and praised foreign dictators. The racists are the Tea Party’s flag-burners. It’s fair to ask the democratic left to condemn extremism. It’s fair to ask the same of the democratic right. (Note the small "d.") <\/p>\n

When I reached Jealous by telephone, he went out of his way to emphasize that his group is not making a blanket charge of racism. "We have never called the Tea Party racist," he said. "We know there are black Tea Party members, and we want black people to feel comfortable taking leadership positions in all parties in this country." <\/p>\n

But speaking of Tea Party leaders, he added: "We’ve seen the signs, we’ve heard the slurs, and all we’re asking is for you to act responsibly and say there’s no space for bigots in the Tea Party." <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

E.J. Dionne Jr. – What the NAACP is really asking on racism within the Tea Party<\/a><\/p>\n

And, Yes, there is racism in the Tea Party movement.<\/a><\/p>\n

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ThinkProgress has produced a short video demonstrating the vile racism that has been exhibited at some Tea Party events: <\/p>\n

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DENNIS: The Tea Party does not focus on the pigment of people\u2019s skin.<\/strong> […] <\/p>\n

TEA PARTY ACTIVIST1: He\u2019s too black to be President. <\/p>\n

TEA PARTY ACTIVIST2: I\u2019m a proud racist, I\u2019m white. <\/p>\n

TEA PARTY ACTIVIST3: Afro-Leninism! Coming to you on a silver platter, Barack Hussein Obama! <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Regarding yesterday\u2019s mjh’s blog \u2014 The Asshat of History: Ugh. This guy is as bad as you would imagine. Be sure to read EJ Dione regarding what the NAACP is really saying about the Madhatters. E.J. Dionne Jr. – What the NAACP is really asking on racism within the Tea Party Here’s what Ben Jealous, … Continue reading The Company They Keep<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}