Posted by
Tom L. on Saturday, July 17, 2010 11:07:33 AM
NAACP head Ben Jealous’ current spin on the yet unreleased Tea Party resolution; “The unanimously passed resolution demanded that the leadership of the Tea Party repudiate its racist elements and make it clear that there is no space in the organization for bigotry.”
If the main point of the resolution is truly asking the Tea Party to repudiate its racist elements the spin/discussion on the resolution has not been this, but rather that the Tea Party is racist. If that is the main point, why won’t the NAACP release the “unanimously passed resolution”. We know the NAACP Directors need to vote on it, but if you are going to shout racism, you at least have a responsibility to release your resolution. If that is the main point, why not just say it; pass a resolution calling on the Tea Party, the NAACP, the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, the New Black Panther Party, various unions, etc. to repudiate their racist elements.
And one minor point, even before the resolution the Tea Party has repeatedly done this. Has the NAACP?