BOSTON – The tea party movement is returning to the city from which its revolutionary spirit was born, with Sarah Palin headlining a final rally before the activists’ cross-country tour culminates in Washington on Tax Day.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Frustrated by recent political setbacks, tea party leaders and some conservative members of the Oklahoma Legislature say they would like to create a new volunteer militia to help defend against what they believe are improper federal infringements on state sovereignty.
Three Democratic congressmen — all black — say they heard racial slurs as they walked through thousands of angry protesters outside the U.S. Capitol. A white lawmaker says he heard the epithets too. Conservative activists say the lawmakers are lying.
Recently the head of Fox, Rupert Murdoch was asked if Fox News should be supporting the Tea Party. He replied: No, I don’t think we should be supporting the tea party or any other party. I’d like to investigate what you’re saying before I have any…
From Color Of Change Tell the GOP: Stop inciting and supporting hate This weekend, anti health care protesters shouted racist and homophobic slurs at Black and gay members of Congress. It’s not the first time we’ve seen such hatred. For over a year, the Republican Party has done little to stop the violent rhetoric, racially […]
There is a good article about the recent GOP/Tea Party health care protests in the New York Times. It traces the roots of the disrespectful anger of the Tea Party directly to GOP strategists and pundits. Writer Bob Herbert takes on the Tea Party protesters and their disrespect of Blacks, gays and the handicapped and […]
From the LA Times: As Virginia Thomas tells it in her soft-spoken, Midwestern cadence, the story of her involvement in the “tea party” movement is the tale of an average citizen in action.
WASHINGTON D.C.- President Barack Obama has addressed the accusations of racism in the Tea Party in a new book, “Family of Freedom: Presidents and African Americans in the White House,” written by Kenneth T. Walsh. RELATED: Top 9 Black reality TV personalities U.S. News reports: But Obama, in his most candid moments, acknowledged that race […]
