NAACP President Tries to Weasel His Way Out of Controversial Attack on Tea Party Patriots

NAACP President Tries to Weasel His Way Out of Controversial Attack on Tea Party Patriotsby Jim Hoft NAACP President Ben Jealous just tried to weasel his way out of the unpopular, controversial, and obviously political resolution passed at the organization’s convention this week. The former civil rights group attacked and smeared the tea party patriots at their convention in Kansas City. The Politico reported, via Free Republic: NAACP President Ben Jealous said Thursday that the resolution passed by the group on Wednesday does not call the tea party “racist.” The resolution the NAACP approved Wednesday at its annual conference in Kansas City alleges that the tea party has used racial epithets against President Barack Obama and has verbally and physically abused African-American members of Congress. A portion of the resolution does indeed characterize the behavior as “racist,” but Jealous said Thursday during an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that the resolution was not intended to condemn the entire movement as such. “We aren’t saying that the tea party is racist,” Jealous said. “What we’re saying is that with their increasing power comes an increasing responsibility to act responsibly…and to call out when they see those things on those signs.” Jealous argued that racist groups have embraced the tea party movement and said that what the NAACP would like to see one of the movements leaders – whether it be former House Majority Leader Dick Armey or former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin – denounce those elements of the tea party. “These sort of KKK type groups saying they like the tea party and want to be a part of it, it would just seem someone would call out and say we don’t want them to be a part of it,” he said. Asked if he thought members of the tea party are racially insensitive, Jealous responded: “No, not at all.” Unfortunately for Jealous, that is not what was reported on their awful resolution. The KC Star reported: The resolution, scheduled for a vote as early as Tuesday by delegates attending the annual NAACP convention in Kansas City, 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 our country back to the pre-civil rights era.” Jealous better start getting his facts straight. You can’t have it both ways, Ben. For the record… The former civil rights group does not even have the courage to post their resolution online. How weak. The NAACP leftists really ought to clean up their own racist mess before they start pointing fingers. My take: I thought that the NAACP was a lot more savvy than this. I mean what a stupid thing to do. With their diminishing membership, dwindling support from their white big-money supporters, WHY ANTAGONIZE WHITE MIDDLE AMERICA! Calling the Tea Party racists was a STUPID move. Hence the back peddling today.