Slurs or Slander?

The Tea Party Movement: A multi-ethnic coalition of racist evil-mongers.

By now, most political junkies have heard the accusations:

The media claimed that members of the Congressional Black Caucus were called n*ggers and spat on by tea party protesters as they walked from the Longworth office building to the Rayburn office building. At least one report said that it was “a chorus” of racist hatred. Reporters from ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX News, (including Bill O’Reilly), MSNBC, etc. reported on this horrible story.

These actions have been repeatedly condemned by right-of-center media outlets.

But there's a big problem with these condemnations: We don't know what actually happened...

Rep. Andre Carson, Indiana Democrat, who is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, claims that "tea party" protesters hurled racial slurs at fellow CBC member Rep. John Lewis, Georgia Democrat. Mr. Carson said that "hundreds of people" were chanting, "Kill the bill," and he heard "at least 15 times" the "n – word" being thrown around.

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Many have suggested that we should take the Congressmen at their word. Really? Congressmen? Their word?

Even if the Congresspeople sincerely think they heard racial slurs from protesters on Saturday, I'd like to know what really happened. Too bad no one has any video recordings. Oh, wait...cameras were everywhere:

In fact, a video was later released that proved that there was no “chorus” of racist hatred and no one screamed the n-word. It was all a lie.

Now here is more proof.

There were several cameras filming the democratic representatives as they walked to the Rayburn Office Building. And, the representatives had at least two cameras filming the entire event. (It was almost as if they were expecting something to happen?)

Is there still a little wiggle room that would allow us to give members of the CBC some benefit of doubt? Maybe. But no one making accusations has named any names...no arrests were made. Many videos of the events, many photos...no slurs captured, no bad behavior chronicled.

NO HARD EVIDENCE.

Accusations as serious as these should not be taken lightly. If the accusations are based on a shred of truth, we need to know who the offenders are and who they are connected with so the blame can be appropriately assigned. Let the good people of the CBC review the tapes. Point out the offenders...or take back the accusations.

No slurs.

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Tea Party protesters deserve an apology.

Guards were right there. Was no one detained? Show me the person who was arrested. Otherwise, I’m assuming it’s a lie.”

Planting major falsehoods has been a favorite Alinsky strategy

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Rep. Maxine Waters Calls Conservative Protesters “Teabaggers” …Again

What I Saw at the Code Red Rally in Washington

It was an incredible day at the Code Red rally in Washington D.C. It was a restrained and compulsively neat crowd (end of speech chant: Pick up trash! Pick up trash!), but it was also an assertive, angry and impatient group.

The Democrats in Washington are apparently immovable, and that's really too bad. If the party in charge of D.C. keeps ignoring the people, the consequences are going to be ugly.

Pictures are worth thousands of words, so without further ado, here are the highlights of my visit to D.C. (click on images to enlarge):

Washington sheds a tear.

These truths are no longer self-evident.

Pony reform!

Code Pink at Code Red

Too brown to work at MSNBC.

Is someone having a Coffee Party?

Sending a message

Keeping the right-wing extremists in check

US Representative Mary Fallin (OK-5)

US Representative Michael McCaul (TX-10): "They still don't have the votes."

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God Bless America: What I Saw on the West Lawn Saturday

Democrats libel 'Kill the Bill' crowd

Media Lying About Racist Attacks

Weird: Black woman among those accused of hurling racial slurs at Congressional Black leaders

Manufactured Outrage of the Day: Left Horrified Over Alleged Slurs at D.C. Rally

Left Coast Rebel: San Diego's Kill the Bill rally

Michelle Malkin: Kill the Bill activists will return on Sunday.

Memeorandum

Kill the Bill: See You in Washington, D.C.

This is it. The House votes on the Senate health care takeover bill on Sunday. If the bill passes, the battle is over. The statists will have won. Forget about reconciliation, that's almost irrelevant at this point. Forget about repealing the bill after the November elections or in 2013. I wouldn't count on piecemeal destruction of ObamaCare in the Supreme Court either.

I can't take this sitting down. I'm flying out to Washington, D.C. tomorrow. I hope some of you can be there too. If you can't make it to D.C., please join me here. I will be live blogging through the day here at RightKlik.

Details on the rally:

Massive Code Red rally in Washington, DC at 12 noon on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the West Lawn of the Capitol:

Featured speakers at the Washington, D.C. Rally on Saturday will include:

Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann (MN)
Congressman Tom Price (GA)
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC)
Congressman Phil Gingrey (GA)
Actor & Conservative Jon Voight
Dr. Milton Wolf, Barack Obama’s second
cousin who opposes Obamacare
Colin Hanna, Let Freedom Ring
Jim Martin, 60 Plus
Phil Kerpen, Americans for Prosperity
Tim Phillips, Americans for Prosperity
Andrew Langer, Institute for Liberty
Kathryn Serkes, Doctor Patient Medical Association
Mark Skoda, Memphis Tea Party
Amy Kremer, Tea Party Express
Jennifer Hulsey, American Grassroots Coalition
FreedomWorks Representative
Ben Cunningham, Founder of the
Tennessee Tax Revolt
Darla Dawald, Grassfire Nation

...a major rally planned by multiple Tea Party groups voicing their opposition to the $2.5 trillion government takeover of health care.

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Washington, D.C.— Hands Off My Health Care, A Project of Americans for Prosperity®, is part of a grassroots coalition rallying on Capitol Hill on Saturday, March 20th at 12:00 noon in opposition to the health care overhaul that is expected to be voted on in the U.S. House on Sunday.

The noon Code Red Rally will feature speakers such as Rep. Michelle Bachmann, Rep. Joe Wilson, Rep. Tom Price, actor John Voight, Dr. Milton Wolf (President Obama’s second cousin who opposes Obamacare), and leaders from grassroots and issue organizations such as American Grassroots Coalition, Americans for Prosperity, Let Freedom Ring, 60 Plus, Tea Party Express, and many others. In addition to the rally, there will be a candlelight vigil around the Capitol on Saturday evening and a nationwide “virtual vigil” on BlogTalk radio sponsored by DoctorsandPatients.org.

“It is time for Washington to finally listen to the American people by voting to kill this bill,” said Phil Kerpen , AFP’s vice president for policy. “For an entire year, instead of creating jobs, this administration has distracted and divided the American people with wildly irresponsible and unpopular dead-end health care policies. This legislation will limit patient choice, increase bureaucracy, kill jobs, raise taxes, slash Medicare funding, create a system of rationing, and ultimately threaten our country’s financial solvency. American taxpayers, seniors, small businesses, minorities, and the middle class will suffer. This is not real reform and this bill must be defeated.”

What: Code Red Rally

When: Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 12:00 Noon EST

Where: West Lawn of the Capitol