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The Tea Party leaders are more extreme than they seem. AP Photo David Becker
The following interview is the most revealing video I have seen demonstrating some of the extremist sentiments behind the Tea Party Express movement. In the interview Mark Williams, one of the chief organizers of the Tea Party protests, is interviewed by Anderson Cooper and other CNN panelists regarding his viewpoints.
Williams first tries to go on the offensive by saying that it is liberals who are calling Tea Party protesters Nazis. Cooper, who clearly did some good research, points out that it is in fact Williams who accuses President Obama of essentially being a Nazi. Williams is then forced to acknowledge that he in fact does list President Obama as a "21st Century Nazi" on his website because of Obama's alleged support of "fascism" and "socialism."
After being able to divert the subject for a while William's radical viewpoints again get exposed later in the interview. Cooper again quotes from William's blog in which he called President Obama a "Indonesian Muslim turned welfare thug" and a "racist in chief." Rather than backing away from those comments Williams actually stands by the quotes.
While I do not always agree with James Carville I believe he gets it right in this interview. Carville says we should listen to the view of people like Williams and support his right to free speech. If people really agree with the man after hearing all of these viewpoints then they can but most Americans I believe will reject the kind of extremism advocated by Williams. Some people in the Tea Party movement are genuinely concerned about the size of government but people like Williams clearly go too far in their advocacy.
Comments
Nothing extreme about the TRUTH which some of you people cannot face up to.
Witt needs to look into why people are upset, maybe they have good reason to be!
What truth ?
What truth ?
Let's hope we get more media exposure of who's really behind the "tea party" crowd.
Dennis
North American Destinations Examiner
If President Obama is an "Indonesian Muslim turned welfare thug" and a "racist in chief" then George Bush was an overpriviledged, draft-dodging, thumbsucker and the hopelessly imcompetent son-of-the-boss and drunkard. Talk about unqualifed. This guy couldn't even form complete sentences and couldn't manage his way out of shoebox. He has shame this country in a way that it will take 100 years to recover from.
yeah them people looks scary
On/off topic...
I'm not exactly sure why Beck keeps harping on Czars and this whole 'scary' Czar/Communism thing. The Communists kicked out the Czar. Is Beck saying he's a communist?
Mr. Ryan Witt,
Please watch your video.
None of your comments were found there.
You got the first crack at confusing your readers. Maybe you should stick more to the video?
To Truthmagnet (Obviously not an accurate description)
I saw this show, twice, and what is written in this article is true. Nut case Mark Williams actually said these things. Traitor & seditionist.
Extremists need to realize that democrats did not get this country in its present agonizing state, but the ones who are trying to revive it. So we could also call our president the Medical Director of THE Intesive-Care-Unit.
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