A Disgusting Media Lie– TPM Publishes Bogus Story Citing Texas Racist As Tea Party Leader
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, February 12, 2010, 3:43 PM
Dale Robertson is a racist and a kook.
Robertson carried this “n*gg*r” sign at a Texas tea party in March of 2009 and was asked to leave… But he won’t go away.
Andrew Ian Dodge wrote about the Robertson problem at Pajamas Media:
Dale is very much not a hero to those who first encountered him in February of last year. He has been described as a fake, a con artist, and worse by frustrated tea party groups across the land. Houston’s, in particular, is so upset at being associated with the man that they sent out the following press release:
1. He is NOT a member of our Leadership team.
2. He owns a website with which we have never been affiliated.
3. He has never been a part of organizing any of the Tea Party rallies in the Houston area, or any other area that we can find.
4. We addressed some issues involving him back in April. Here it is on our website, where Mr. Robertson himself comments: http://houstontps.org/?p=318
5. We do not choose to associate with people that use his type of disgusting language.Robertson and his publicist encourage the MSM to consider it a mere squabble between various factions involved in the tea party movement. But quick research on the internet shows that no one in the actual tea party movement wants anything to do with the man.
Needless to say, left-wing sites have been repeatedly drawing attention to him as an example of racism in the tea party.
Even Mother Jones reported in January that Dale Robertson is not and never was a tea party leader and that the mainstream media had “lost its edge” in linking Robertson to the movement.
But, that won’t stop liberal media hacks from repeating this lie and smearing the Tea Party movement.
Today TPM Muckraker used this racist Texan again to smear the tea party movement.
‘Warning: Tea Party In Danger’: Leader Slams Palin As ‘Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing’
A prominent Tea Party leader from Texas is warning that the movement “is becoming nothing more than a wholly owned subsidiary of the Republican Party,” and slamming Sarah Palin as representing “a growing insider’s attack to the heart of the Tea Party.”
Dale Robertson, the founder of TeaParty.org, is just the latest Tea Partier to express concern that the movement is being hijacked by the GOP.
In a lengthy statement — entitled “Warning: Tea Party In Danger” — posted yesterday on the TeaParty.org homepage, Robertson instructs his felllow Tea Partiers to “[b]e alert to turncoats and deceivers being herded into the Tea Party by usurpers from the weakened Republican Party for the sole purpose of capturing our populist movement.”
TPM mentions further down in the story that there is a rift between Robertson and the Texas tea party movement. But they know better. They need to retract this story.
It is a complete lie… and they know it.
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Mats commented:
It’s in the good interess of liberals to pain the Tea Party as “racists”, specially after we saw in MS that the TP can extend well beyond the Republican party. In other words, the TP (Tea PArty) reasons to exist can atract america-loving democrat, even in states as blue as Massachussets.
No wonder liberals are scared. Scott Brown’s victory is still causing them to wake up at night screaming and soiling their beds.
Jayne on the left coast commented:
The left thinks if you tell a lie often enough it will become the truth.
Mats commented:
Mentalist,
Nice try in changing the issue.
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mentalist commented:
I thought the issue was about lying.
anyway dont’ bother trying to freely have a conversation with anyone it will just get deleted on this site, it’s pretty lame
Pat the First commented:
A lie repeated 3 times becomes the truth, unfortunately.
Chisum commented:
Mentalist,
Your comments are lame. Not to mention foul-mouthed.
Fuzzy commented:
Hmmm. . . are we sure this guy isn’t on Herr Rahm’s payroll? He’s more of a caricature than a person, no?
Mike W commented:
Why do I get the feeling that Robertson is really a libtard and has set out to discredit the Tea Party movement. He will be the LSM go to guy from now on.But leave it to the LSM to give him credit. Look how many IVAW turned out to have never been to Iraq and yet that did not stop the LSM from quoting them.
Tea Party For EVAH! commented:
Mr. Hoft,
You say the “liberal media” lies about the Tea Party Movement and its leaders. So where does the following quote come from?
“Leading figures in the burgeoning ‘tea party’ movement complain they are being ignored by the Republican National Committee, despite having already shown their clout in taking down moderate Republicans in a New York special House race and the Florida Republican Party hierarchy.
“‘I have called into the RNC many times, and they still haven’t called me back,’ said Dale Robertson, head of TeaParty.org, which he claims has upwards of 7 million members. ‘I’ve called them, lots of times. I called them this morning. I called them yesterday. It’s like they ignore you as they try to figure out a strategy on how to defeat you.’”
That’s right, it comes from the loathsome liberal rag, The Washington Times.
On January 19, 2010.
Three weeks ago.
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/19/some-tea-party-activists-feel-slighted-by-gop/?feat=home_headlines
You’ve got one tea party leader who’s trying to undercut the popularity of a rival tea party leader in order to advance himself. And a link to a dirty hippie website (which notes that Robertson has appeared on Fox News).
We’ve got the Washington Times.
Who would you trust?
kansas commented:
Charles Johnson uses this guy as an example of the Tea Party. He wouldn’t lie would he?
bg commented:
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gee, what took Dems so long to pull a stunt like
this, i was expecting it much sooner & larger..
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Pat the First commented:
Why did the WA Times go to this guy? Obviously, he is a nut. He claims to have 7M members. Anyone else seen anyone joining him when he shows up anywhere?
Taqiyyotomist commented:
Sad that lying is legal.
The source of all our problems, and the left’s most oft-used tactic.
Taqiyya: it’s not just for Muslims, it’s for all Satan’s children.
Sojourner commented:
fuzzy| #9
‘are you sure this guy isn’t on Rham’s payroll… more of a caricature..’
i was thinking the same.. he smacks of being more a fabrication than reality.. like a TParty “Ellie Light” the MSM would have had to invent if he hadn’t surfaced..think there’s more here than meets the eye.
ar05075 commented:
I bet if one dug deep enough it would be revealed that this clown is on Axelrod’s payroll.
wildwood commented:
There is this from his website. Does it seem likely that he was Navy and Marines? That he was first on the scene at 9/11 and in Afghanistan??
Initially Dale served his nation first as a U.S. Marine. After completing his duties with the Corps, he reenlisted into the U.S. Navy and became a U.S. Naval Officer. During his distinguished time of service, Dale’s Battle Group was first to the scene on 9/11 as well as first to launch an offensive in Afghanistan. He was stationed on the USS Sacramento which was the life blood of the Battle Group. He faithfully served our nation with Honor and Integrity, retiring after 22 years.
gus commented:
Mentalist, I love pu$$ies like you. Cry baby loser with nothing to say, and gets mad when his candy a$$ gets handed back to him.
Run along boy, your mama is calling you.
Joanne commented:
“But as for the cowardly, and faithless, and deprayed, and murderers, and fornicators, and poisoners, and idolaters, and all liars – their lot is in the lake burning with Divine fire: which is the second death.” Rev. 8:8
retire05 commented:
Wildwood, I knew something was fishy about the U.S.S. Sacramento. Now I know what it is: the USS Sacramento is a “replenishment” ship, i.e. it brings supplies to other ships. In 2001, during Operation Enduring Freedom, it was in the South Pacific and then in 2002 was in the Phillipine Sea.
The Sacramento is not a battle ship but a supplies ship. It’s history can be found on line and it was decommissioned in 2004 (if I remember correcctly).
No one who was assigned to the Sacramento every saw duty in the Persian Gulf. It would not have been relocated to New York on 9-11 and would not have been anywhere near Afghanistan.
I wonder if this clown is really a “phoney” soldier, like so many that have been outed recently.
Think I will dig a little deeper and see what I can find out about this guy. My brother is a Lt. Com. (USN-Ret). Must give him a call.
bg commented:
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OT.. ht Rush Limbaugh
Dem Sen. Rockefeller On Obama:
“He’s Beginning To Be Not Believable To Me”
guess Obama didn’t make himself clear enough..
Obama will bankrupt the coal industry
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gus commented:
Tim McVeigh, Benedict Arnold and Jeremiah Wright served in the military.
Do they REPRESENT CONSERVATISM or the TEA PARTY MOVEMENT? No.
I’d remind you wildwood, that John Kerry Kohn Heinz was a traitor who himself served.
Robertson is a freak. Nothing more.
Fine ONE SINGLE CONSERVATIVE that backs him.
You can’t.
It’s a lie.
wanumba commented:
“During his distinguished time of service, Dale’s Battle Group was first to the scene on 9/11 as well as first to launch an offensive in Afghanistan.”
……………..
Can’t make any sense of that info. As a Naval Officer? Does that mean he was working office duties at the Pentagon on 9/11?
Doesn’t say HE was first to an unspecified scene, just his “Battle Group.”" What’s that?
The Navy was flying into Afghanistan, wasn’t it from the media’s favorite Naval aircraft carrier the “Diego Garcia.” (gratuitous dig at the media, which is okay since the media is somehow wrapped up with this).
The guy is tactically vague on details, but extremely adept at being the only one the MSM wants to take a picture of at a Tea Party rally.
newton commented:
“I wonder if this clown is really a “phoney” soldier, like so many that have been outed recently.
Think I will dig a little deeper and see what I can find out about this guy.”
You might well be on to something here. A blogger recently caught an absolutely phony soldier here in Houston – who was arrested by the FBI last week.
People seem to underestimate the blogosphere for some reason. Big mistake! I think the TX blogosphere must put their efforts into finding the truth behind this man. If he’s a phony, he must be exposed publicly.
wanumba commented:
retire05
February 12th, 2010 | 3:12 pm | #22
“I knew there was something fishy about the U.S.S. Sacramento…”
…………
Saw that after I posted … can’t wait to hear what you find. This reeks.
avery commented:
What surprise me is that it took the Left this long to send one of their own out like that.
retire05 commented:
The Sacramento was a replenishment ship that refueled the U.S.S. Vinson in the South Pacific. The Sacramento was based out of Bremerton, Wash. so there would have been no reason to have it make the trip from the Pacific to the Atlantic seaboard on 9-11 when other ships of the same class would have been located at East Coast ports.
All I have been able to find (so far) is one news report that claims the Sacrament to have aided in Operation Enduring Freedom as support to the Vinson. It was decommissioned in 2004 and sold for scrap to a Texas company in 2008 when it was towed to Texas.
But I can’t find any information on the Sacramento being anywhere near New York after 9-11. And I can’t find Robertson’s name on any muster rolls for the Sacramento.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
Sic em boys!
newton commented:
retire05,
Was the Sacramento one of those preposition ships managed by the Military Sealift Command? Brementon, WA rings a strong bell!
If so, maybe you can e-mail me and tell me a little more about it.
My husband’s friends work (and have worked) as Port Engineers on those ships now and in the past. They may be very familiar with this guy if they have ever seen him there.
Radhost commented:
I have never heard of this guy, so I went to his website. I see he has the same image up, but with a different last word.
Are there two images or are either of the images doctored?
http://teaparty.org/
http://teaparty.org/images/188_DaleRobertsonSIgn2.jpg
Militant Conservative commented:
Sol Alinskys rules for radicals on display. If you cannot beat an opponent smear them. Not gonna work, Tea Party folks are not just bubbas. We span the spectrum of age and races. WE ARE AMERICA, can you hear us now!!!!
A55h073 commented:
Haha. Typical teabagger.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
#35 nyaaaaaaaashadddup
#33 Interesting observation.
Hey Jim, one or the other of these images has been photoshopped. Check comment #33.
newton commented:
#36
Those were Photoshopped. The word in question was erased and another added using a thick Crayon or Charcoal setting for a line or a freestyle draw icon.
That guy is obviously erasing his deeds. What else is he hiding?
Militant Conservative commented:
#35 Ha ha you know the opposition has nothing when resulting on venomous nasty smears. LOL
We have what you do not. success and a viable option. Your going down and you see it. LOL
Taqiyyotomist commented:
The sign (photoshopped, I zoomed in, can see it now) at his website also makes no semantic sense when the word “sinner” is in this “equation”.
The sign says, I think “Congress = Slaveowner, Taxpayer = that n word.”
I bet if you dig, he was a Paulian.
Entryism, it’s what’s for dinner!
Real-life moby or not, he needs to go.
down with dems commented:
It’s probably already been said, but he couldn’t even spell his racial slur correctly.
bg commented:
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heh, can’t imagine why they didn’t take a wide angle shot.. this guy is obviously alone.. also looks like he may be being asked to vacate the premises, that’s if it is indeed taken at a Tea Party rally location..
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retire05 commented:
Another odd thing about Robertson’s web site; it shows a photo of him in Marine uniform, and I would suspect it is the typical boot camp graduation photo. If you notice, there are no ribbons (even campaign ribbons) on his blouse.
He claims to have been a USN officer. Why would a 40′s something man who was a Naval office only offer up a photo of himself as a Marine boot graduate in his early 20′s? Would not the position of officer be more impressive than just being a ordinary grunt?
bg commented:
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Radhost @ 4:07 pm #33
great catch!! thumbsup
pic one
pic two
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newton commented:
retire05 #42
I think we’re going to need a little P.I. work done on him. There’s gotta be more to this man than meets the eye.
I tell ya, since I first heard about that man (rather recently), something just doesn’t seem right about him. I’m glad that the Tea Partiers in Houston have refused to have anything to do with him, but they need to have some strong sunlight over him. He’s bad news, all over.
Again, if he can Photoshop a photo where he obviously went down and dirty, then he may be hiding even more. There must be people who know him and tell us if he’s what he says he is, or if he’s a fraud.
newton commented:
bg #43,
The first one is real.
The second one is definitely erased and Photoshopped.
bg commented:
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ps re: bg #43
if one is real & one is not, i’m betting the one
with the correct spelling is the original..
then again, in a court of law, if one is a lie, the other can be seen as
a lie as well, ergo, both could very well have been be photo shopped..
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newton commented:
“i’m betting the one
”
with the correct spelling is the original..
It’s the Photoshopped one is the one that was doctored.
newton commented:
But again,
USMC Thomas commented:
The sketchy info he provides for his military service would raise red flags with any knowledgeable veteran. As noted earlier, why not a uniform photo of last rank held in Navy vs a Marine boot camp picture.
Valerie commented:
Meanwhile, an actual politician, this one a fiscal-conservative type Democrat, wants in to the teaparty.
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2010/02/12/dusty-joins-the-tea-party/
Guys, if this fellow is, as the reporter says, a fiscally conservative Democrat, he ought to get the teapartyers’ support, and maybe they get the happy choice between two candidates who will support their goals.
newton commented:
“USMC Thomas
February 12th, 2010 | 6:04 pm | #49 ”
Then, we need to alert Milbloggers. Maybe they can help us here.
CDR Salamander may be a good start.
wanumba commented:
Okay. The message on the sign is Congress is reducing taxpayers to slaves, using blunter language.
“Sinner” doesn’t make sense at all, but alluding to the degraded state of slavery by exploitative taxation makes perfect sense with the rest of the message.
wanumba commented:
SO, I’m confused. Is the guy actually a racist or just made a very blunt sign regarding a Congress that is bent on taxing the people into servitude?
He might be guilty of being just media clumsy, not racist.
theMachiavellian commented:
The picture at his Teaparty.org site looks photoshopped.
His website has the look of the conspiracy theory type weirdo. All that is missing is a flashing banner. You’ve seen them and his looks exactly like them, crowded, with a ton of items in the side columns.
Then the “about us” page says all you need to know. He describes himself as a hero. People who are full of themselves call themselves heroes. Humble he is not.
Plus he refers to himself about as much as Obama does.
The tea party movement is about individuals, who normally eschew group movements, coming together as individuals against what they see as threats to our constitution and republic.
This guy is promoting a cult of personality.
Then click the “to join” link ( http://teapartyorg.ning.com/ ), right now he has 94 members!
Then look at the donation levels. $5000!?
Compare his site to the legitimate local Cincinnati Tea Party site: http://www.cincinnatiteaparty.org/about_us.htm
Definitely follow up on his military claims. If true, they are unusual.
bg commented:
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OT.. message from a real soldier..
John Kriesel @ 3:04 pm #38
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Sojourner commented:
There seems an incongruity between Mr. Robertson’s claimed academic credentials (ie..a second degree from University of Washington in Poli Sci) and rudimentary mechanics & conventions of writing..one would expect that Mr. Robertson, with a UW ‘degree’ and ‘scholastic focus on the Constitution’ would know how to use spellcheck at the very least.. the mismatch between stated level of education and control of basic textual writing is very odd.
A Word From The Founder
http://www.teaparty.org/aboutus.html
Kendra commented:
After taking both images into Photoshop, I fully believe that the one on his website is the doctored one. It’s also the only one of that version I’ve been able to find. A large version image of the racial slur does not look doctored but if you look at the “sinner” version, the word “sinner” extends all the way to the edge of the sign. The racial slur sign definitely has the word written on a white paper and taped to the sign. But the edge of the sign is clear and there is no writing there. Also, the doctored version (sinner) still has the silver tape at the bottom.
This guy is definitely a nutjob.
Leroy Washington commented:
The republican party is about to destroy the Tea Party movement.
Just like Hatch and Gingrich destroyed or corrupted the lives and careers of the freshmen representatives who were swept into office in 1994 under similar circumstances.
It’s all about the money and the graft. True Believers are a thorn in their side and are not tolerated.
Mike commented:
This blog deleted a LOT of comments on this from yesterday. All by people with valid points against the neocon take over of the Tea Party. None of them were offensive in any way, just good discussion. Gateway Pundit is apparently a PR organ. Beware!
bg commented:
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Robert @ 12:40 am #58
this is what i got when i clicked on your Link here Page 43.
This Connection is Untrusted
You have asked Firefox to connect securely to http://www.navsup.navy.mil, but we can’t confirm that your connection is secure.
Normally, when you try to connect securely,
sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are going to the right place. However, this site’s identity can’t be verified.
..
bg commented:
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Mike @ 10:46 am #60
don’t see it, maybe you’re in the wrong thread, or
you got your blogs confused, happens you know..
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bg commented:
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ps re: bg #62
there’s a simple way of telling whether or not posts have been deleted..
i always copy & paste at least two of my (&/
or someone else’s) posts with all the info ie:
[bgNo Gravatar
February 12th, 2010 | 2:22 pm | #13
ValerieNo Gravatar
February 12th, 2010 | 6:10 pm | #50
bgNo Gravatar
February 12th, 2010 | 8:12 pm | #55]
if the # changes, then i have a
case for posts being deleted..
but i have to say, when GP does delete a
post, most everyone is aware of the fact..
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USMC Thomas commented:
Robertson is a retired logistics Navy LT as he claims. Maybe he thought the Marine photo would make him appear more warrior-like opposed to a supply officer.
bg commented:
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attn: Mike @ 10:46 am #59
Robert @ 12:40 am #58 was deleted..
most likely because the link was not to be trusted..
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Incognito commented:
“Charles Johnson uses this guy as an example of the Tea Party. He wouldn’t lie would he?”
And Killgore Trout wouldn’t spew this same word, spelled out (correctly), all over some unsuspecting blog while its caretakers slept, either.
They’ve turned into a smear blog, and that’s about it. They put a pillow over the face of the Tea Parties since the movement started, and they’re pushing down as hard as they can, but the damned thing just won’t die. Don’t those pesky concerned American citizens, exercising their rights, know they’re supposed to follow Killgore Trout’s advice?