MSNBC's Hall Moderated CBC Event Where Rep. Carson Blasted Tea Party
On Tuesday, The Washington Post's Felicia Sonmez noted how MSNBC's Tamron Hall moderated the recent Congressional Black Caucus town hall where Rep. Andre Carson smeared the Tea Party by accusing them of wanting to bring back Jim Crow laws and endorsing the lynching of blacks. Former Obama aide turned NBC employee Joy-Ann Reid also attended the CBC event, but omitted Rep. Carson's attack from her report.
During the August 22 town hall in Miami, Carson, a leader within the liberal Congressional Black Caucus from Indiana, actually apologized to Hall in the midst of his inflammatory remarks against the Tea Party:
REP. ANDRE CARSON, (D), INDIANA: Some of these folks in Congress right now would love to see us as second-class citizens. (audience members reply, "Yes!") Some of them in Congress right now of this Tea Party would love to see you and me- I'm sorry, Tamron- hanging on a tree. (audience members reply, "Yes!") Some of them right now in Congress are comfortable with where we were 50 and 60 years ago.
Hall anchored her 2 pm Eastern hour program from Miami on both August 22 and August 23, but as the 23rd was also the day East Coast earthquake struck, she covered the aftermath of that tremor for the entire hour, mentioning the CBC event only in passing. She hasn't mentioned it on-air since that day.
In addition to Hall, the RealMReynolds blog on Wednesday pointed out that Reid, the anchor's colleague in the NBC family (as managing editor for TheGrio.com), live-Tweeted the CBC town hall. The former Obama 2008 campaign press aide, who bashed Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann as "crazy" and "loopy" earlier in August, and defended Newsweek's "queen of rage" cover of the Indiana congresswoman, actually highlighted Rep. Carson's lynching attack against the Tea Party in a Tweet (while admitting she didn't know his name), but neglected to mention it in her report on TheGrio.com. She did mention other attendees attacks on the conservative grassroots movements, including Rep. Frederica Wilson ("the enemy is the Tea Party"), Jesse Jackson (who, like Carson, likened the Tea Party to segregationists), and Rep. Alcee Hastings.
On August 23, the day following the town hall, Reid appeared on MSNBC on the Jansing & Co. program, but focused on the jobs fair component of the CBC event, and mentioned the town hall only briefly.
In the broader mainstream media, the Big Three networks have so far punted on Rep. Carson's smear of the Tea Party, ignoring covering the event on their evening news programs on Tuesday and their morning shows on Wednesday.
[H/t: Matthias Reynolds on Twitter]
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TEA Party isn't the elites espousing from on high
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 5:22pm.
Some in the Congressional Black Caucus would like to see white Americans put in slave labor camps and their collective wealth taken and distributed amongst (African-American) minorities. Yes. They would. Just ask Obama's Rev. Wright.
Race card
Submitted by Blueoystercult on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 5:31pm.
In my job at a major library, I get the race card tossed in my face by blacks and hispanics all the time. My response is simple........"I do my job based on a persons actions, not their apperance" It works most of the time. Stand up to the race baiters my fellow Americans!
All too common happening.
Submitted by Bhaal on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 5:40pm.
I worked at retail store and had other "associates" use the race card on management when they were questioned about why it was taking 8 hours to do 2 hours of work. "You're just doing this because I'm black." was their response to management. Unfortunately it worked with most management since they were intimidated when it happened. To me this is reverse descrimination against the manager since they would not be able to say what they did if the manager had been black.
It seems as one of those
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 5:57pm.
It seems as one of those associates made it to be President of the USA.
Negative
Submitted by SamC on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 9:36pm.
Obama working in the private sector? I don't think so. Do they have government department stores yet?
Government Department Stores Are Called The PX.
Submitted by Avitar on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 10:36pm.
And they work pretty well in a lot of places.
USN calls them The Exchange
Submitted by amyshulk on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 11:20pm.
USN calls them The Exchange and Commissary
Ronald Reagan
and they are not allowed to make a profit
Submitted by kata on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 11:29pm.
items are sold at cost plus expenses to run the facilities.
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Submitted by Bhaal on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 5:39pm.
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Did it really happen...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 5:44pm.
...If the government controlled media doesn't report it?
Sad that in the 21st century some people cannot move forward...
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 5:51pm.
Racism exists everywhere in the world, it is not isolated to African Americans -- yet, they think they are the only race in the world that has gone through it. Maybe these so called leaders for the African American community need to take a trip overseas to African countries to experience first hand poverty, unequality and yes, racism. America and Americans are not perfect, we do have good and bad people here as in other countries. Oprah, Obama, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Carson, Maxine Waters, etc., would not be where they are in any other country but the United States. If they don't like this country, do us a favor and please move away where you think you belong.
No moderator was required at this event.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 6:30pm.
All the cretins were on the exact same page.
But if things get rough for Carson (LOL), he still has the Islamophobia card up his sleeve to play.
Remember way back ...
Submitted by Fredy on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 6:36pm.
Almost 2 months ago when NBC, CBS, ABC, et al, found the time to fraudulently attack Sarah Palin talking about obscure parts of Paul Revere's ride?
Brian Williams, and the crack team of expert liars on NBCNews, found time to cover that 'story' across 3 consecutive news casts.
What a useless bunch of tools these propagandists really are.
And Perry too....
Submitted by NeoKong on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 7:55pm.
Because he used the word "treason" when talking about Ben Bernanke.
I can only speak for myself,
Submitted by ant on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 7:10pm.
I can only speak for myself, but the only people I'd like to "see hanging from a tree" are members of Congress. What nerve, BTW, to host a job fair while sitting in what look to be thrones. How much did they cost?
Bachmann born in Iowa, now a MN congresswoman
Submitted by merly1 on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 7:17pm.
No Indiana connnection.......
EOM
What ought to be done is to
Submitted by jdhawk on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 7:24pm.
What ought to be done is to stop this state by state Jerrymandering in which political precincts are carved up to specifically give blacks a chance at office. They do this by ensuring an overwhelming black population in certain precincts. The result is a radical black leftist dimocRAT gets elected everytime.
If blacks had to get elected by all the people in a precinct not specifically designed to get them elected, you would get at least moderate black dimocRAT politicians.
The Voter's Rights Act should be amended to eleviate this problem or at least its interpretation should be changed.
Boy! What a row that would be!!!
voters rights
Submitted by American.Patriot on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 10:26pm.
should revert to the principle that landowners have the right to vote and no one else. this would eliminate a lot of this crap. matter of fact, landowners should vote as many times as they have property that is taxed. that would eliminate a lot of ghetto trash from voting
So agree
Submitted by egw1969 on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 11:30am.
I so agree with you. I believe only land owners should have the power to vote or for that matter run for office. That is what these laws are for now to make them pay. Of course if a person had to pass a test in English to vote say 20 questions about who represents them, that would weed out so many also.
travel advisory
Submitted by Rackie on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 7:32pm.
as far as I'm concerned the whole CBC can go straight to hell. Yesterday! Every big ass stupid hat, every goofy African scarf, every hair extension, every wig, every zoot suit, every lying, jive ass, phoney baloney race baiting huskster and every dumb ass thing they have ever said. And I mean EVER. Do not pass GO. Straight to hell.
Job Fair???
Submitted by Samaritan01 on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 7:57pm.
I wonder exactly how many jobs this "Job Fair" will generate? Anyone want to bet on the number "zero!!"
→ Andre Carson
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 8:18pm.
What really happened here?
Wasn't this supposed to be a panel on jobs?
Sans plans, Andre Carson lets loose with the only schtick he knows.
Poor Carson. His Muslim faith has taught him hatred.
Likely, he learned hatred long before he learned his faith.
From Where I Sit
Submitted by IrateNate on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 8:46pm.
The CBC and that ignorant sonofabitch Carson can go screw themselves. And I mean that sincerely.
Andre's rage
Submitted by WestHoustonGeo on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 9:10pm.
Hey Andre Carson,
Jim Crow Laws were invented by democrats. The hangin' klansmen were all democrats. Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. were Republicans.
Look it up.
Oh, and Andre? Come out of the closet and revel in your homosexuality! Keep your eye off those underage boys, though.
I listened to Mark Levin's
Submitted by amyshulk on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 9:10pm.
I listened to Mark Levin's reaction to this: http://www.therightscoop.com/levin-calls-out-cbc-members-spewing-violent...
Ronald Reagan
Simply a more graphic, strongly-worded version...
Submitted by krendler on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 9:31pm.
This is simply a more graphic, strongly-worded version of what high-profile Democrats and many in the MSM have been saying about the Tea Party of - on a daily basis - for the past 18 months.
andre carson
Submitted by theknight70 on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 10:01pm.
In a forum such as this, andre carson is allowed to make ad hominem statements about members of the Tea Party with not even a fraction of a shred of evidence and no one in the audience or on the panel to challenge him.
I wonder how he feels about Moammar Khadaffi's forces shooting Libyans who were Muslim, but were BLACK! They were shot because of the color of their skin!
How does he feel about muslim countries that still enslave BLACK Africans? I hear the crickets chirping. No comments about that, huh?
andre can just KMA!
I judge a person by the content of their character, not the color of their skin.
This sounds more like moron
Submitted by Thoreau on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 11:25pm.
This sounds more like moron bait for communists to me.
Ah...the power of TEA! It's working!!! We are winning!!!
Submitted by freedomguardian on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 2:40am.
Those moochers are desperate! They are worried that us tax payers might get away with stopping their years of plunder. As someone who is Taxed Enough Already, they can take their race card and stick it where the sun don't shine. The TEA Party has nothing to do with race! I'm tired of seeing my hard earned money wasted. We are going to take back this country and rescue it from sliding down into a cesspool of communism. They can kick and scream all they want, but those who work hard for their money like me are fighting to save the future of this country. This is a fight to save the free market capitalism that built this great nation and hold government officials accountable to the tax payers not the moochers.
Long live the TEA Party movement!!!!
I'm loving this! Remember in November!!!
The election will be about race.
Submitted by acaiguana on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 8:03am.
That's all they have left.
Sad.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
My favorite part
Submitted by dreamsincolor on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 6:24pm.
Is the fact that these know-nothings that haunt the halls of our government think the TEA party is a tangible fixed thing that can be somehow defined by those that don't even understand what it is.
Red and yellow, black and white the power lies not in the color but the idea.
In 2012, they will understand the power of revolution that is the TEA party.