Fox News correspondent Carl Cameron, in conversation at the Netroots Nation convention, said his network blew up the Shirley Sherrod story, that Senate candidate Sharron Angle is "always seems confused," and agreed that his network boosts the Tea...
At its 101st annual convention, the NAACP adopted a resolution "calling on Tea Party leaders to repudiate those in their ranks who use racist language...
(CNN) – A national Tea Party group responsible for the conservative movement's first national convention is out with a statement Monday responding to the weeklong controversy about claims of racism within the movement's ranks. "As most of you are aware, one of the leaders in the tea party movement posted a controversial blog many took [...]
Washington (CNN) – The top Republican in the Senate sought Sunday to stay out of the weeklong war of words between the NAACP and the Tea Party movement. At its annual convention last week, the longstanding civil rights organization passed a resolution that called on the conservative grassroots movement to repudiate racism within its ranks. [...]
Good for the NAACP. We need an honest conversation about the role of race and racism in the Tea Party. Thanks to a resolution passed this week at the venerable organization’s national convention, we’ll get it.
WASHINGTON — Good for the NAACP. We need an honest conversation about the role of race and racism in the Tea Party. Thanks to a resolution passed this week at the venerable organization’s national convention, we’ll get it. The minute you say there are racist elements in the Tea [...]
On Tuesday at the NAACP's (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) 101st annual convention being held in Kansas City, Missouri, the organization passed a resolution that condemns what it feels is rampant racism in the Tea Party movement. “We take no issue with the Tea Party. We believe in freedom of assembly [...]Show More Summary
The NAACP pulled its punch and did not flatly condemn the tea party as racist. The resolution it proposed at its national convention condemned...
In an effort, presumably, to stay relevant, the NAACP has taken on the Tea Party movement. At its annual convention, the organization adopted a resolution accusing the Tea Party of being racist: The country's largest civil rights organization...Show More Summary
The NAACP is about to vote on a resolution condemning the racist elements of the Tea Party movement, and Michelle Obama gave the keynote speech at the annual convention.
The nation’s largest and oldest civil rights organization willShow More Summary
Michelle Obama is at the annual NAACP convention today in lovely Kansas City, but she'll probably GTFO before tomorrow, when the organization could vote on a resolution condemning the Tea Party movement as "racist." More »
The NAACP is holding its national convention this week, where the group will propose a resolution “condemning racism within the Tea Party movement.”
At the organization’s national convention this week, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will propose a resolution “condemning racism within the tea party movement.” The resolution calls upon “all people of good will to repudiate the racism of the Tea Parties, and to stand in opposition to its drive to push [...]
Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT), who was ousted by conservatives at his state party convention, told AP back home that he thinks Tea Party forces that helped prevent him from even making the primary ballot will ultimately hurt the GOP this cycle. Liberated,...Show More Summary
LOS ANGELES--Political junkies might have heard recently that the Tea Party Nation had to cancel its July convention in Las Vegas because it was too...
Remember the Tea Party? For months there they were the star attraction in the media's persistent drive to cover the national political scene. Now it seems they are having problems mustering enough clout to convince party goers to hold a second national Tea Party convention. Show More Summary
And because, you know, it's hot in Vegas in July. To make the point bluntly: their stated reasons for moving the convention are bullshit, and CNN buried the real reason this is happening.... This should be a juicy media story about the staying power of the Tea Party movement. Show More Summary
The Tea Party Nation unity convention was all set for July 15th-17th in Las Vegas with Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle as keynote speaker. But it's been cancelled. Because the organizers have decided it will be too hot. Me neither.... Sharron Angle - Nevada Senate - Nevada - Las Vegas Nevada - United States
The National Tea Party Unity Convention is moving from July 15-17 to October for a number of bullshit reasons that obscure the real one—apparently, nobody wanted to come. Leave it to CNN to dutifully transcribe the bullshit reasons without applying one bit of skepticism. Here’s a good one: “The heat in Las Vegas in July is [...]
GOOD SEATS, STILL AVAILABLE.... In February, a right-wing group called Tea Party Nation organized its first national event, hosting a convention in Nashville, which wasn't well attended. About 600 attendees showed up -- less than half the total of the...