A study conducted by a UCLA grad student at the 9/12 taxpayer march on Washington contains some bad news for one of the mainstream media's favorite narratives: the old 'racist teabaggers' meme.
Conversely, quantitative observation showed that the alleged racism was not prominent at the rally, at least not as far as signage is concerned. And to think Obamacrats wasted all those race cards for nothin'.
A count of 250 tea party signs at the march showed most promoting a message of smaller government "touching on such topics as the role of government, liberty, taxes, spending, deficit and concern about socialism" according to the Washington Post's story on the examination.
Doesn't sound too much like racism - except for those die hard Obamabots who helpfully inform us that 'socialism' is code word for n----r. Of course, those guys criticizing the President's jumpshot is hidden code for racism, so there ya go.
The investigation showed only 25% of signs expressing antagonism towards the President himself, only 5% touching on the President's ethnicity or faith, and a piddly 1% promoting 'Birtherism'.
I presume the 1% was newly anointed 'birther' Jake Tapper, respected journalist of ABC News - or once respected until he had the temerity to mention the President's long form birth certificate the other day.
The teabag obsessed Obama apologists at MSNBC and the New York Times will no doubt be bitterly disappointed to learn that despite the breathless hype, racism no more typifies the tea party movement than honest unslanted analysis typifies their political coverage.
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CORRECTION: A line in this article previously stated that Jake Tapper "asked" for the President's birth certificate. That line has been changed to more accurately reflect Mr. Tapper's intent, which occurred during an exchange with David Axelrod. That exchange can be read in full by clicking here.
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UCLA study: Most tea party signs not racist
UCLA study: Most food not poisonous
"most are not" equals "some are"
UCLA study: Some tea party signs are racist
Most Liberals don't support communists and terrorists either but some certainly do
Keep calling us racist. Please, keep talking. We are regular Americans who go to work and treat people decently - and hate what our federal government has become. Bush, Obama, Clinton ... doesn't matter. The federal government is too big and will be the doom of us all. So, please keep disparaging the majority of decent Americans who want to end this madness. It will only make us more determined to vote out anyone who doesn't support OUR agenda. Keep waking this sleeping giant.
don't get mad at me because the UCLA study didn't go the way you wanted....the UCLA study found that Some tea party signs are racist, not me.
"Signs that express animosity towards Obama" does not equal "racist". The Tea Party movement is highly critical of President Obama and the Democrats because of their anti-American policies--this has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. Even the "Birthers" are not motivated by racism but by an honest desire to establish whether or not Obama is a natural-born citizen, a requirement to be President of the U.S.
Racists are purged from the Tea Party movement when any are discovered, racism is incompatible with the principles and values espoused by the Tea Party. For the vast majority of people that are opposed to Obama, the fact that Obama is half caucasian is not held against him. For the Tea Party, the fact that he is half black is a mere coincidence.
This cracked me up " ‘socialism’ is code word for n----r." Thanks for the laugh!
Every report I see of this study says that "some" of the signs are racist. Yet, in all the vids and pictures that accompany the reports, a racist sign is never shown. What gives? Don't tell me the reporters are just being tactful by not showing them. Of course, the impression the left wants us to have is that anything anti-Obama's agenda is racist. So that's probably the signs the reports are talking about.
Glenn Beck fill-in Doc (Michael) Thompson of WRVA 1140 AM Radio in Richmond, VA and 700WLW in Cincinnati, OH, says threatening to burn Qurans could be a "hell of a bargaining tool" with the Muslim world. Now he has blood on his hands. Doc Thompson is a Tea Party Darling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa4rSTSlCZ0
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201009100012
Tim McVeigh was a Christian terrorist but not all Christians are terrorist.
The KKK is a Christian terrorist organization but not all Christian organizations are terrorist.
A terrorist is the guy with the smallest bomb.
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