Pot calls the kettle... oh, never mind
I get the point of the NAACP resolution, and my knee-jerk response is sympathetic. But I don't believe their efforts will help bring racism to light. For one thing, diehard conservatives will argue that the black community is showing "blind loyalty" to President Obama that is less than color-blind. They will argue that heated opposition to big government wouldn't seem to racist to many blacks if so many blacks weren't already unwaveringly behind a candidate who shares their skin color.
And they will have a point.
This is not to say that the Tea Party is above reproach. They strike me as a nasty bunch, and I'm suspicious about why they didn't bring guns to protests against Bush's big spending or his Wall Street bailouts. Still, until the bigot wing of the Tea Party gets truly violent, you won't see the mass of them bothering to condemn that wing.
Gee....you are certainly knowledgeable. Please do some research regarding the first Tea Party event. If I am NOT mistaken, it was during the term of President Bush. See my other comments regarding your editorial in "letters to the editor" which was submitted today. Suffice to say if it were not for the current "nasty bunch" of Tea Party attendees and others like them, you would not be enjoying the freedoms you have today.
KKaylak, please post some links here defending the notion that the Tea Party movement was active before Obama's presidency. Thanks in advance.