St. Louis Teabaggers suggest ‘bigoted’ NAACP should be taxed

[Amerigo Vespucci]

St. Louis Tea Party suggests ‘bigoted’ NAACP should be taxed

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0713/st-louis-tea-party-suggests-bigoted-naacp-taxed/

An organization devoted to fighting for less government and less taxes drafted a resolution which condemned another group's proposed resolution and suggested that the IRS should reconsider its tax-exempt status.

"A Tea Party group in Missouri, reacting to the NAACP's plan to take up a resolution branding the conservative movement as 'racist,' has drafted a resolution of its own condemning the civil rights group for reducing itself to a 'bigoted' and 'partisan attack dog organization,'" FOX News reports.

The St. Louis Tea Party had an all-hands-on-deck response to the NAACP's reported plan to denounce the nationwide network of activists at its annual convention in Kansas City, Mo. The NAACP as early as Tuesday could take up language to "repudiate the racism of the Tea Parties" and stand against the movement's attempt to "push our country back to the pre-civil rights era."

In response, the St. Louis group drafted and fired off to the NAACP a resolution demanding the organization withdraw its "bigoted, false and inflammatory" statement. The missive accused the NAACP of resorting to political tactics and urged the IRS to reconsider whether it can continue to qualify for tax-exempt status.

At the St. Louis Tea Party blog, leader Bill Hennessy writes, "Normally, we ignore childish hostility from belligerent people and groups. But the NAACP today intends to condemn 20 million tea party activists as racists. The millions of good, decent, and loving Americans who have participated in Tea Party events deserve nothing less than our full condemnation of the NAACP’s hatred and lies."

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. The St Louis teabaggers are horrible

I just posted this piece on them:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8740744

[maxsolomon]

2. right after churches start paying

:nopity:

[FSogol]

3. Haw! 20 Million tea baggers! Not even in their wildest dreams.

:rofl:

[Roy Rolling]

6. fuzzy math

20 million? Their math is as suspect as their knowledge of the tax laws they faux protest. Read "For an antitax group, they don't know much about taxes" here:

http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/18/tea-party-ignorant-taxes-opinions-columnists-bruce-bartlett.html

[FSogol]

7. He meant 20 dozen. n/t

[niyad]

12. welcome to DU

[Roy Rolling]

4. The biggest lie

I think the biggest lie is in the last paragraph: "...NAACP today intends to condemn 20 million tea party activists..." The tea party are not "activists" they are devotees of loud-mouth, angry special interests masquerading as "the people." They are the foot soldiers for the most wealthy companies and special interests that are the cause of the problems they profess to fix. There would be no need for the tea party if they had not first screwed things up so completely with tea party folksy and simplistic solutions hiding sophisticated financial scams.

[Spazito]

8. Well said and Welcome to DU!

"They are the foot soldiers for the most wealthy companies and special interests". Yep, they are exactly that.

[blondeatlast]

5. Have they issued an opinion about the Heritage foundation and the Southern Baptist

Convention?

No? Of course they haven't. Any guesses as to why?

[HelenWheels]

9. Biggest laugh line

"good, decent, and loving". You've got to be kidding.

[Bitwit1234]

10. Hmmm then how about the bigoted "Focus on the Family"

and all the other right wing religious organizations that flame the Democrats.

[AsahinaKimi]

11. I hope the Tea Party never ever gains any

kind of power in this country. One can not imagine the horror as this country sinks faster then the Titanic.

[niyad]

13. think "the handmaid's tale" and you will have a pretty good idea

[MadMaddie]

17. Two words "Civil War"

They will try to shove their twisted religous fanatical tyranny on the population and will do it with violence. The top 2% will pull the strings....and sit back and watch it all happen.

[Dawson Leery]

14. 20 Million?

:wtf:

[Luminous Animal]

15. I thought the teabaggers touted themselves as a non-partisan organization?

[Catshrink]

16. Let's tax the Westboro Baptist Church & Fred Phelps