Anatomy of a Smear: Reconstructing the Black Caucus Tea Party Racist Hit Piece
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, April 3, 2010, 2:02 PM
On the afternoon of March 20th, members of the Black Caucus, the democratic party and state-run media collaborated on a fabricated story line to smear Capitol Hill tea party protesters as racists.
Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL) filmed the entire episode but found nothing.
Despite the fact that this fabricated story made headlines across the country, there has never been any proof that the reported incidents took place. There is currently a $100,000 reward offered to any of the members of the democratic-media complex to show proof that this racist incident actually occurred.
Dan Friedman writes:
Scary stuff, but gird yourself and read Doug Ross who’s meticulously detailed the Anatomy of a Tea Party Smear by the Democrat-Media Complex. In the process, he’s also exposed the ugly fact that discrediting Obama’s opposition with fabricated slander is now a tactic embraced by his supporters and his party. Where that will lead, nobody knows. But we’ll probably find out before the November election.
It’s time for the Black Caucus members and state-run media to apologize for slandering the tea party protesters.
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No Man commented:
False but justified.
fgh commented:
Why doesnt someone sue them?
They should be put in jail for inciting violence, slander, defamation of character etc.
bitterclinger commented:
It’s time for the Black Caucus members and state-run media to apologize for slandering the tea party protesters.
Don’t hold your breath.
NuckingFutz commented:
It’s time for the Black Caucus members and state-run media to apologize for slandering the tea party protesters
Did hell freeze over and I missed it????
Jo commented:
Obama is ordering the smear.
James Walleye commented:
C’om ..being around Negros, blacks, whatever for many years, I’m tired of the shouting..”hey g’rl”, whaazzup, etc” especially the shouting,the inappropriate shout-outs in the institution where I (we) work…so tired of it,the “dawg” pants, the greetings..”hey bro or hey sis” while ignoring me (you?) in the hallways…by the way, these folks of color are vetted, paid and (educated?)..Ebonics sucks and WILL hold down blacks..by the way, can anyone, anywhere point to a map and show me Africa-America?????Where on the map?
Not Intimidated commented:
How ironically sickening…
Plenty members of the Congressional Black Caucus were smeared as they peacefully protested 40 years ago.
These people who peacefully brought about change now use the same tactics that racists and haters used against them 40 years ago.
Well, learn from the CBC. Forty years ago they didn’t allow themselves to be goaded into violence. They sang “We Shall Overcome” and refrained from responding in kind.
The Tea Party needs to keep that in mind. By refusing to be baited, we shall overcome. It’s guaranteed.
Oh, and the people who smeared the black civil-rights movement? Democrats. The same people who smear the Tea Party civil-rights movement.
sliderblaze commented:
everyone at the protest and for now on, should just turn their backs to them as the walk past
sue commented:
Can these people be removed form office for fabricating this hateful story?
Steve commented:
THANK YOU for posting this! Should be required reading!!
Common Cents
http://www.commoncts.blogspot.com
No Man commented:
Next, they’ll kill someone and accuse the Tea Party.
TaSS commented:
“discrediting Obama’s opposition with fabricated slander is now a tactic embraced by his supporters and his party. ”
Now? Where have you been?
They’ve been doing it for years and getting away with it.
It’s worked so far because the story is on page 1 but the retraction, IF there is a retraction, is buried somewhere in no read land.
jainphx commented:
No Man= Unfortunetly I think without a doubt that you are right.
DocScience commented:
Pretty clear, it was a trolling setup that failed.
The tea party people just didn’t live down to the racist expectations of the racist black caucus.
The disappointed caucus members and their media enablers then fell back into the “let’s just make stuff up” mode.
After all, can’t let the facts get in the way of a good narrative.
Hedgehog commented:
Standard operating procedure for Communists. Apologize? Hell, they’re probably celebrating a successful operation. Drity tricks, disinformation, misinformation, lies and slander are the stock in trade for these people. They are disgusting.
manateespirit commented:
Sliderblaze, #10, great idea.
Ignore them. I like the visual of turning our backs on these race baiters. They won’t go away, but they won’t get a reaction either. Give them the silent treatment. Or sing “We Shall Overcome”. And what are we overcoming? False stories and smear tactics. I’m tired of being portrayed as a terrorist and a marginalized citizen. I’ve never been arrested, always paid my taxes, but I’ve reached my limit of being attacked for expressing my point of view and concerns.
jainphx commented:
manateespirit your reaction is multiplied by the millions every day. Nov. can’t come soon enough for me.
I drive for a small living (getting smaller every day) as a messenger to supplement my social security, and you would be astonished at the number of stickers that read, “Jan. 20th 2013 Obama’s last day” or “beep if you hate Obama”, or “My messiah is
in heaven not Washington”
There are more that I can’t print.
Not Intimidated commented:
Next, they’ll kill someone and accuse the Tea Party.
Really? They didn’t even bother to plant anyone in the Tea Party crowd to shout the n-word. They were too stupid to do that, but now you’re afraid they’ll actually start murdering people?
We need to get a grip and not let our imaginations run away with us. At this turning point in American history, we need to be smart, calm, restrained, and unflappable.
brian commented:
look as a liberal i pretty much never paid attention to this story from the get go. im not even sure why it was a story especially without a video. there are crazy people on both sides, so i expect a certain degree of nuttyness from the extremist. Look people we have REAL problems to solve here, and even discussing this case is just, well stupid.
Opus #6 commented:
I read that piece last night. Apparently he quoted another piece before it was actually published. Collusion, much?
Not Intimidated commented:
Look people we have REAL problems to solve here, and even discussing this case is just, well stupid.
United States Congressmen lied about American citizens, smearing them with the most vicious, demagogic rhetoric imaginable, simply in order to pass legislation, and you think even discussing it is stupid?
Wow. In reality your own opinion is incredibly stupid, because it shows that you lack all instincts for self-preservation. Why are you so willing to overlook a horrendous, probably unprecedented mass violation of ethics by our elected officials?
These are lawmakers, not TV actors. These are the people who write the legislation that determines the course of our lives. It’s absolutely vital to the functioning of our nation that they be kept as honest as possible.
What they did here is a huge thing, because it’s a conspiracy that included the press. Historically, the press is supposed to serve as a watchdog for the public interest.
Today, the press and the government are conspiring to lie about the motivations and actions of those who dissent against the government. That’s what they do in Third World dictatorships. We’ve not seen this before in our country.
If you’re not alarmed, you’re simply not intelligent enough to express an opinion on the topic.
You said last night you wouldn’t be coming back here, because we’re all just sheep. Well, we’re trying to fight this breach of ethics by our elected officials, and you’re telling us it’s not a big deal. You’re telling us we shouldn’t worry about it.
Who’s the real sheep here?
Valerie commented:
Brian, you may have had sense enough to ignore the story, but an awful lot of talking heads throughout our media picked it up and ran with it.
Make no mistake about it: this is not some vague nuttiness from anonymous extremists. This is intentional political slander by named people in high public office.
The Tea Partiers are not racists. They have a right to be heard, and they have a right to be heard without having a bunch of liars try to use racism as an excuse to ignore their legitimate concerns.
Some of the Tea Partiers are also tech-savvy enough to figure out how to crack open a public lie. They’ve done it in this case, just like others tore apart the crudely faked letter Dan Rather tried to use to influence a presidential election, and the many faked photographs from the latest war in Lebanon.
Since you don’t know the back story, here’s a summary telling their side of the story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCrss-bXSNo&feature=player_embedded
Chisum commented:
“Look people we have REAL problems to solve here, and even discussing this case is just, well stupid.”
Brian,
I hate to tell you this but you are a really lousy concern troll.
sliderblaze commented:
brian, that is part of the real problem, claiming a group of people as racists is one of the most dispicable things one can do, especially knowing our nations history, they get away with it all the time, except now. And you can thank your party for that history i might add
Arch commented:
First, there is no threat of violence against Liberals or minorities. The American people don’t want this monstrous health care system. The irresponsible deficit spending by a democrat Congress and democrat administration is destroying our country. We will talk until our message in received. Don’t like it? Resign!
Second, government has been growing since Bush 41 and we it reversed now. The most effective tool is the power of the purse which resides in the House of Representatives. Let’s add some badly needed adult supervision to Congress. Some budgets need to be zeroed out.
Third, Energy is an economic and national security issue. Congress should act as if they understand that. Remove all restrictions on energy exploration. Fast track nuclear power and environmental impact studies. Defund silly green projects. End ethanol in gasoline.
Finally, we need to stay in Obama’s face. He needs to stop “ruling” and try “governing” in the 32 months he has left unless we can impeach and convict him sooner.
One last question. What would the media do if someone formed a Congressional White Caucus. I think I know the answer, but why? What’s the difference? Racism is racism.
Militant Conservative commented:
Man up Democrat party. Your just wannabe’s. Cause some real damage and hate and discontent. Oh thats right you do not have the gonads for it. Come on, do it show us the superior intellect and vision for america.
powder is dry.
bg commented:
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guess the MSM missed this April 02, 2010 report (understatement, they probably covering it up as fast as they can via diverting our attention to the “racist not” attacks on the racist Black Caucus)..
Lawmakers ripped over 9/11 mosque fundraiser
[An anti-jihad watchdog group has slammed two U.S. lawmakers for breaking their oath to protect the country by agreeing to appear as special guests at a fundraising dinner Saturday night for a radical Saudi-funded mosque tied to the 9/11 hijackers and the Fort Hood shooter, among other Islamic terrorists.
Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Jim Moran, D-Va., have "trashed their oath to protect and defend the U.S." by agreeing to attend the annual banquet for Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center, a large mosque in Falls Church, Va., a suburb of Washington, according to the Virginia Anti-Shariah Task Force, or VAST.
The group also criticized Virginia Democrat Gov. Tim Kaine for agreeing to attend the event, while praising Democrat Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia for withdrawing from the event following complaints from concerned constituents.
[..]
“While brave young Virginia men and women are risking their lives to fight terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan, Connolly, Moran and Kaine are yucking it up with them and slapping each other on the back over at the Marriott,” charged VAST Chairman James Lafferty.
He noted that the three politicians’ campaign war chests are heavily funded by radical Islamists who support the mosque.
“Look at their Federal Election Commission reports,” Lafferty said. “These spineless politicians are owned and operated by the radical Islamists and their sinister front groups.”
Rep. Gerry Connolly
Indeed, according to the book, “Muslim Mafia,” Connolly and Moran have received thousands of dollars in donations from several Virginia Islamists under federal investigation for financing terrorism. In addition, the book reveals, Connolly received an $18,758 windfall from the Saudi government’s U.S. public relations firm while fighting to keep open a Saudi-owned madrassa in Northern Virginia also tied to terrorism.]
WAKE UP!!
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brian commented:
sooooo im guessing today we won’t be discussing any real issues but rather whining like 5yr old girls….fantastic!
Not Intimidated commented:
sooooo im guessing today we won’t be discussing any real issues but rather whining like 5yr old girls….fantastic!
What’s fantastic is your truly moronic insistence that it’s no big deal when the government and the press collude in trying to suppress political dissent.
Thanks for proving to us that you simply lack the intelligence to understand how important this is.
Arch commented:
Brian:
What “real” issues are we missing? The democrats are advocating Socialism, Communism, Fascism, Racism and class warfare. They want to destroy the US economy to promote government dependency. Those issues are real. Global warming and medical insurance reform are not.
What qualifies in your world as a “real” issue?
bg commented:
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brian @ 7:18 pm #32
as if you have a clue, judging from the caliber
of your posts, you don’t seem that much older..
at any rate..
re: discussing issues, waiting for your reply /sarc/ here..
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Not Intimidated commented:
Lower-case brian tries to tell you that this isn’t a real issue, but people who can actually think understand that it is. The good news is that we’re probably in the majority now.
Here’s what Paul Ryan has to say about this whole situation:
The Constitution and the consent of the people are all that stand between limited and unlimited government power. Zealous ideologues with the best of intentions brush aside the limits on power in order to get whatever they believe is good for the people … no matter what the people believe. Our system of freedom can survive an assault, but it won’t survive if the people are frightened, or angry, or asleep at the switch. A great Democrat, President Andrew Jackson, once said: “eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty.” We can thank our current leaders at least for this: they have awakened the nation to the danger of taking self-government for granted.
http://tinyurl.com/yegknsy
We are awake now. We are vigilant now. We will take back our country, and we will never let the government do this to us again. Count on it.
The Second American Revolution is underway. Stand up and be part of it.
brian commented:
wow, a personal attack, how original and unexpected. I can’t understand why so many people want to go after you all lol.
first of all arch $100 says you don’t even know what the hell socialism means judging by your use of the word, so please stop using big words that you clearly don’t understand.
last time i looked the tea party was the one that was 99% white and carrying racial slur signs at their rallies not the dems.
And yes, we have an evil plan to destroy the economy, we have a monthly meeting to further our plot. Such an intelligent and insightful comment and in no way makes you look like a dumb 5yr old whiny school girl.
And why am i not surprised that you toe the party line on global warming with your conspiracy theory that it’s all made up.
BTW insurance reform is also a right wing issue, the disagreement lies in how best to accomplish it, wow you don’t even know your own parties issues, thats hilarious.
and posting blogs and response that are petty and attacking is not discussing issues, but i would not expect someone like you to understand the difference.
and what the hell are you talking about NI? You nutjobs really think there is a government conspiracy to keep people from voicing their opposition? i wonder what its like to live in your conspiracy hate filled world.
Slappy commented:
brian
April 3rd, 2010 | 7:18 pm | #32
sooooo im guessing today we won’t be discussing any real issues but rather whining like 5yr old girls….fantastic!
Sure thing, little brian. You’re behavior does not exactly exemplify maturity, as you’ve wasted as much, if not more, time whining about the supposed “whining.” Congressional Democrats apparently engaged in a concerted effort to slander a large number of their fellow citizens by lying in an attempt to label them racists and stifle dissent so that they could pass a bill that we’re all going to pay for dearly for many years. However, that doesn’t rise to a “real issue” in your pea brain. Good job at illustrating perfectly how the average Leftist loves to use projection when tossing out insults. You don’t like the facts so you insult others and ignore the evidence. Pelosi would be proud.
BTW, if you don’t like it, go someplace else or comment in one of the other threads…you know, like a mature person would do that was bothered so much by this topic, you intellectual coward.
Not Intimidated commented:
and what the hell are you talking about NI? You nutjobs really think there is a government conspiracy to keep people from voicing their opposition?
Of course not! How could that be? The members of the Congressional Black Caucus who heard racial slurs are all simply deaf, and the members of the press who reported the story as factual without providing evidence are–
Well, it’s harder to explain why the press would report something without seeing or hearing the evidence for themselves, but I’m sure there’s a benign reason.
All is well. Nothing to worry about. Only sheep would get upset that the government and the press made horrible accusations against political dissenters without providing any evidence whatsoever.
Only a nutjob would oppose that!
Patriot Act commented:
Some observations about this event:
1) Our congressthugs were obviously trying to instigate bad behavior on the part of the tea partiers by walking right through the middle of the protest. They even had members like Jesse Jackson Jr. film the perp walk so that they would have evidence.
2) They obviously were not too worried about real violence from the tea partiers, or they wouldn’t have pulled the stunt in the first place.
3) When the bad behavior failed to materialize, they were obviously disappointed and resorted to lying about it, and of course, the state-run media obligingly propagated the smear.
Not Intimidated commented:
When the bad behavior failed to materialize, they were obviously disappointed and resorted to lying about it, and of course, the state-run media obligingly propagated the smear.
And that’s what should worry any thinking individual, regardless of which political party is doing it.
When your government smears political dissenters in order to discredit them or intimidate them into silence and the press obligingly spreads the lies, it ought to scare the hell out of you.
Strange that the alleged sheep are upset about this, but the really smart, clear-thinking people (who don’t use proper punctuation, grammar, or spelling) are sanguine.
jainphx commented:
I’ve met people like brian for a whole lot of years. Trying to explain why they are mistaken is an impossibility. It’s not that they are ignorant, it’s that they are intellectually lazy. They never try to research or understand, it’s just feelings. The MSM has been on the left since before Viet Nam. Walter Cronkite was the first of the leftist, followed by Dan Rather etc. People like brian hung on their every word. Some where there is a hell that these propagandists will be sent to. brian try being intellectually honest, and not just a parrot of the left.
RM commented:
Just when I thought my opinion of the Congressional Black Caucus couldn’t get any lower….
Arch commented:
Brian: Re: #34
1. It’s “tow” the party line. “Toe” is a noun – a digit found on your foot.
2. What evidence do you have that the TPM is 99% white? What evidence do you have of “racial slur signs”?
3. 85% of Americans have medical insurance through their employers. Of the remaining 15%, over half of them have the money but choose not to buy insurance. There are changes that should be made such as tort reform, selling across state lines and pools. Obama care will not provide coverage until 2014. What’s the rush?
4. Insurance is a business where companies hire actuaries and examine risk of claims and set rates IAW projected costs. If you want auto insurance and you have a history of moving violations and accidents, they may charge you more because you are a higher risk. The same is true of health care.
I must admit you are providing comic relief.
brian commented:
well i posted a video here along with 3 others of my proof of both
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NMfc8Mqe34
i may be off on the 99% but i offered a $10,000 reward (much the same way you all did) for anyone who can produce any evidence that your “movement” is even 25% of the national average at even a few events….In this video i present MY EVIDENCE. Please dont waste my time with dumb comments or retorts or grammar corrections….if you can dispute ANY of my evidence you get to make me look like an idiot and collect $10,000…. anything other than evidence to dispute me i will laugh at as more of the same rhetoric from your side…I have evidence, ive provided it, and despite your attacks on me not one person has been able to refutiate a single piece of it with any actual counter evidence….im sure you’ll have much to say, but no proof to back it
I put my money where my mouth is…..so man up or take a seat.
as to point 3…well now there is a topic for discussion, i by no means think that the recent bill passed is the best plan in the world, and i think the right has legitimate concerns which im happy to debate, and i believe you have real and legitimate concerns. My issue has been that rather then debating issues on healthcare it seems to have been more about screaming and calling each other the devil and that doesn’t really help anything.
any legislative issue that has ever been this side has divided the country and the other side has always thought it was going to be the end of america, and it never was. This happened with civil rights, social security, medicare, wiretapping, etc etc. can the bill be improved? YES, but that would require everyone to stop threatning and yelling and start talking.
If there is one thing i am happy about the bill is that something big has finally been done. it provides a platform from which to work and shape and mold. When Social Security was first passed, it was NOTHING like it is today. It took years and years to get it to the form it is in today (and it still needs work)….but once everyone stopped yelling Armageddon back then, they were able to start working together to fix it to make it a bill that worked better….my hope is the same will happen here.
on a personal note, my biggest issue with insurance companies has always been that as long as they are in the business of making as much money for its shareholders (as any company should be) and as long as denying claims or not insuring huge risks is a major way to increase profits…its a broken system.
While that might be fine for auto insurance i think that is a bad example because if your auto insurance company screws you, its not going to prevent you from getting care that could save your life….big difference to me. Forget about the uninsured, how about the people who THOUGHT they had insurance only to find out when they really needed it that 20 years ago they had an ingrown toe nail that they forgot to list and their claim for life saving cancer treatment is denied….that has been my biggest issue and if they had only fixed that, i would have been happy.
so here is your chance to make a liberal really look stupid and have him eat crow AND collect $10,000 for your cause in the process. Truth be told, i really wish i was wrong….i dont root for racism or inequality…but when it exists and people say it doesn’t im going to call them out on it.
ball is in your court fine sir
brian commented:
jain,
unlike many on the right i don’t take ANYONES word as the gospel. i listen and read many sides. I watch fox and msnbc and BBC. I read leftist and right wing papers and blogs. I read international news as well and i research information. I dont take ANYONES statement as the gospel on an issue i learn. So please dont speak of things that you know nothing about you look silly.
I NEVER said that im infallible or always right. There are a few things that i think i am better informed on then some others, but i dont think i know everything.
and unlike many of you i dont assume that everything on the right or from the tea party is completely wrong or without merrit just because i dont agree with many of your positions.
On the contrary, there are several issues that i am far right on that i was once more left on such as immigration, states rights, federal government over reach, and some others.
What i care about is what i think based on the evidence is the best way to solve a problem. For me sometimes that’s a conservative idea, sometimes its liberal…im not vested in one side or the other, im vested in solving problems.
bg commented:
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re: bg #35
brian @ 7:18 pm #32
updated posts here..
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bg commented:
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brian @ 2:08 pm #45
teabaggers homophobic??
LOL, can’t get much more contradictory than that!!
and nice close ups of those stray ‘debunked’ signs, my my your’re batting 10,000 already, try finding something real, like these, or better yet, this..
oh yeah, great f’n dialogue btw..
ROTFLMBO!!
re: ‘debunked’ (also check out comments for more info):
pic one
pic two
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brian commented:
yeah except my brother was actually at that event and the sign niggar WAS the original, im sorry but im going to trust my family’s word over yours. plus the person doing the interview has independently confirmed the sign originally read niggar…..it was changed once it was understood who the person holding the sign was and how damaging that sign actually is…nice try though
brian commented:
and dude calm down and stop taking everything so literally whats wrong with you lol
brian commented:
and for the record. the fact that you have publicly denounced that speaks volumes. I can assure you if i ever saw any ass carrying anything like that at a left event i would intervene, if i had seen morons tossing eggs at the bus i would have intervened.
I dont hate the right, i hate stupid racist people, and i dont think everyone on the right is a stupid racist person. the sooner we get these morons out of the scene the sooner we can have a real discussion about how best to solve our countries problems.