dark tea

[Plane]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128624203

CONAN: But you agree, again, with the message, if not sometimes the way the message is delivered.

ANGELA: I believe that it's shown in an ugly light on television, and it's not really the way that it is. I think that there's plenty of Tea Party people that would love to see the black community come in and be cohesive and work together with them. And that would be great. They segregate themselves constantly themselves, and we don't do it to them. They just chose to. And it's not that way anymore. We need to work together. I have tons of friends that would want that and would love that. And it just isn't happening. So, you know, maybe that part can change.

Ms. NELSON: I actually agree with her. And again, articles are edited and things get, you know, taken out that you would like to have in. And I think if anybody were really to read my piece in context, obviously, what I'm saying to the African-American community is don't let the bad actors keep you from the principles that may apply, that may help your life. But more importantly, I would love to see us come together, too. And you can tell from the tone of the way I always write...

CONAN: Mm-hmm.

Ms. NELSON: ...I don't get into name callings and things like that. I don't agree with that. And I'm disappointed that the Tea Party isn't more inclusive. As I said, it's 77 percent Caucasian by the numbers that I've seen in the Gallup poll, which means that 23 percent of it is people of color, presumably. That's the assumption we have to make, right?

CONAN: Mm-hmm.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
Nationality:   
noun: American(s)
adjective: American
 
Ethnic groups: 
white 79.96%, black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61% (July 2007 estimate)

So is the Tea Party, in purportion ,(a little) less white than the population at large?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_people

The notion of blackness can also be extended to non-black people. Toni Morrison once described Bill Clinton as the first black president,[62] because of his warm relations with African Americans, his poor upbringing and also because he is a jazz musician. Christopher Hitchens was offended by the notion of Clinton as the first black president noting "we can still define blackness by the following symptoms: alcoholic mothers, under-the-bridge habits...the tendency to sexual predation and shameless perjury about the same"[63] Some black activists were also offended, claiming Clinton used his knowledge of black culture to exploit black people like no other president before[64] for political gain, while not serving black interests. They note his lack of action during the Rwanda genocide[65] and his welfare reform which some claim led to the worst child poverty since the 1960s[66] along with the fact that the number of black people in jail increased during his administration.[67]

The question of blackness also arose in Democrat Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Commentators have questioned whether Obama, who was elected the first black President of the United States, is black enough, as his mother was white American, and his father was a black Kenyan immigrant.[57][59] Obama refers to himself interchangeably as black and African American.[68]

[Xavier_Onassis]

Look at the photos of any Tea Party rally. There is NO WAY that 23% of those people are anything other than White.

[BT]

Look at the number of blacks at a garage sale, is it proportional to the population or proportional to the neighborhood?

You and some of the liberal media are trying to portray the Tea party as exclusive and it certainly isn't. Anyone can attend their rallies.

[Kramer]

Look at the photos of any Tea Party rally. There is NO WAY that 23% of those people are anything other than White.

have you ever been to a tea party event? Fuck no you haven't!

I have, so shut the fuck up!

[Xavier_Onassis]

You and some of the liberal media are trying to portray the Tea party as exclusive and it certainly isn't. Anyone can attend their rallies.

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OF COURSE anyone CAN attend. But look at the photos and videos of Tea party rallies. The people are nearly all  White.

Exclusive would indicate that some people are forbidden to attend. No one I know says that.
As for Kramer, he sees what he wants to see and heard what he wants to hear.

[sirs]

MOST of the country is white.  Why wouldn't a tea party rally have a majority of white?? 

And as Plane indicated, it appears there's actually a higher % of blacks at tea party rallies, than populate the country.

[BT]

OF COURSE anyone CAN attend. But look at the photos and videos of Tea party rallies. The people are nearly all  White.

If anyone can attend a rally then the Tea Party is not racist, as so many have tried to portray it. The simple fact that blacks have attended the rallies and felt welcome shows the depth of the lie.

[sirs]

The Tea Party, as its namesake references, was born, NOT due to the election of the 1st black president, but out of a completely out of control governmental spending monster, known as Washington DC, and facilitated by a president, who happens to be black.  It's normal folks, young & old, black & white & every other minority, that grasps what a budget is all about, and the need to adhere to it, especially when times are tough

The idea that their grass roots message resonates with so many across the country, is what scares the snot out of the elites running the status quo in DC, and their minions in the MSM.  Its why the lie of them being racist needs to be perpetuated, since if the lie can be told often enough, perhaps people might start to believe it.  Maybe not a majority, but enough to effect the majority.  At least that's the tactic, being driven by the left and liberal dems

[Plane]

Tea Party supporters skew right politically; but demographically, they are generally representative of the public at large. That's the finding of a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted March 26-28, in which 28% of U.S. adults call themselves supporters of the Tea Party movement.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/127181/tea-partiers-fairly-mainstream-demographics.aspx