Andre Carson: Tea party wants blacks 'hanging on a tree'
A top lawmaker in the Congressional Black Caucus says tea partiers on Capitol Hill would like to see African-Americans hanging from trees and accuses the movement of wishing for a return to the Jim Crow era.
Rep. Andre Carson, a Democrat from Indiana who serves as the CBC’s chief vote counter, said at a CBC event in Miami that some in Congress would “love to see us as second-class citizens” and “some of them in Congress right now of this tea party movement would love to see you and me ... hanging on a tree.”
Another elected leader demagouging the citizens of the country. This is amazing...What happen to the days after the Gabby Gifford tragedy and the call for civil debate? We have ELECTED LEADERS dividing this country along racial lines and fueling racial tensions. The feets that power mad people will go to maintain power. Even if it means dividing the nation, ripping the country apart.
This dividing of Americans into voting bloc's has gone on long enough...Vote for Ron Paul 2012.
: a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy; also: a group of people united to promote an agreed-upon cause
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When three or more politicians get in a group, they realize that they have no power, or very little power, so in an attempt to fool the gullible, they declare themselves to be a "caucus"... TeaBaggers for liberty Caucus, Ron Paul For King Caucus, or even Politicians to Ban The Caucus, Caucus.
A huge exercise in self aggrandizement.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
When three or more politicians get in a group, they realize that they have no power, or very little power, so in an attempt to fool the gullible, they declare themselves to be a "caucus"... TeaBaggers for liberty Caucus, Ron Paul For King Caucus, or even Politicians to Ban The Caucus, Caucus.
A huge exercise in self aggrandizement.
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...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
...like the "progressive caucus" with ranking member Bernie 'the socialist' Sanders. Talk about a little to no power minority...But with help from their friends in the media, you would think 80% of Americans are big government socialists.
Ed Pastor (AZ-4, Phoenix) Raúl Grijalva (AZ-7, Tucson) - Co-Chair Lynn Woolsey (CA-6, Santa Rosa) George Miller (CA-7, Richmond) Barbara Lee (CA-9, Oakland) Pete Stark (CA-13, Fremont) Michael Honda (CA-15, San Jose) Sam Farr (CA-17, Monterey) Henry Waxman (CA-30, Los Angeles) Xavier Becerra (CA-31, Los Angeles) Judy Chu (CA-32, El Monte) Karen Bass (CA-33, Baldwin Hills) Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34, Los Angeles) Maxine Waters (CA-35, Inglewood) Laura Richardson (CA-37, Long Beach) Linda Sánchez (CA-39, Lakewood) Bob Filner (CA-51, San Diego) Jared Polis (CO-02, Boulder) Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven) Corrine Brown (FL-3, Jacksonville) Frederica Wilson (FL-17, Miami) Alcee Hastings (FL-23, Fort Lauderdale) Hank Johnson (GA-4, Lithonia) John Lewis (GA-5, Atlanta) Mazie Hirono (HI-2, Honolulu) Bobby Rush (IL-1, Chicago) Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-2, Chicago Heights) Luis Gutierrez (IL-4, Chicago) Danny Davis (IL-7, Chicago) Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Chicago) André Carson (IN-7, Indianapolis) Dave Loebsack (IA-2, Cedar Rapids) MaineChellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven) Donna Edwards (MD-4, Fort Washington) Elijah Cummings (MD-7, Baltimore) John Olver (MA-1, Amherst) Jim McGovern (MA-3, Worcester) Barney Frank (MA-4, Newton) John Tierney (MA-6, Salem) Ed Markey (MA-7, Malden) Mike Capuano (MA-8, Boston) John Conyers (MI-14, Detroit) Keith Ellison (MN-5, Minneapolis) - Co-Chair Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Bolton) William Lacy Clay, Jr. (MO-1, St. Louis) Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5, Kansas City) - Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus Frank Pallone (NJ-06, Long Branch) Donald Payne (NJ-10, Newark) Ben R. Luján (NM-3, Santa Fe) Jerry Nadler (NY-8, Manhattan) Yvette Clarke (NY-11, Brooklyn) Nydia Velázquez (NY-12, Brooklyn) Carolyn Maloney (NY-14, Manhattan) Charles Rangel (NY-15, Harlem) José Serrano (NY-16, Bronx) Maurice Hinchey (NY-22, Saugerties) Louise Slaughter (NY-28, Rochester) Mel Watt (NC-12, Charlotte) Marcy Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo) Dennis Kucinich (OH-10, Cleveland) Marcia Fudge (OH-11, Warrensville Heights) Earl Blumenauer (OR-3, Portland) Peter DeFazio (OR-4, Eugene) Bob Brady (PA-1, Philadelphia) Chaka Fattah (PA-2, Philadelphia) David Cicilline (RI-1, Providence) Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis) Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18, Houston) Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30, Dallas) Peter Welch (VT-At Large) Jim Moran (VA-8, Alexandria) WashingtonJim McDermott (WA-7, Seattle) WisconsinTammy Baldwin (WI-2, Madison) Gwen Moore (WI-4, Milwaukee) Donna M. Christensen (Virgin Islands) Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)
Sandy Adams (FL-24) Robert Aderholt (AL-04) Todd Akin (MO-02) Rodney Alexander (LA-05) Michele Bachmann (MN-06) Roscoe Bartlett (MD-06) Joe Barton (TX-06) Rob Bishop (UT-01) Gus Bilirakis (FL-09) Diane Black (TN-06) Paul Broun (GA-10) Michael Burgess (TX-26) Dan Burton (IN-05) John Carter (TX-31) Bill Cassidy (LA-06) Howard Coble (NC-06) Mike Coffman (CO-06) Ander Crenshaw (FL-04) John Culberson (TX-07) Jeff Duncan (SC-03) Blake Farenthold (TX-27) Stephen Lee Fincher (TN-08) John Fleming (LA-04) Trent Franks (AZ-02) Phil Gingrey (GA-11) Louie Gohmert (TX-01) Vicky Hartzler (MO-04) Wally Herger (CA-02) Tim Huelskamp (KS-01) Lynn Jenkins (KS-02) Steve King (IA-05) Doug Lamborn (CO-05) Jeff Landry (LA-03) Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-09) Kenny Marchant (TX-24) Tom McClintock (CA-04) David McKinley (WV-01) Gary Miller (CA-42) Mick Mulvaney (SC-05) Randy Neugebauer (TX-19) Rich Nugent (FL-05) Steven Palazzo (MS-04) Steve Pearce (NM-02) Mike Pence (IN-06) Ted Poe (TX-02) Tom Price (GA-06) Denny Rehberg (MT-At large) David Roe (TN-01) Dennis Ross (FL-12) Edward Royce (CA-40) Steve Scalise (LA-01) Pete Sessions (TX-32) Adrian Smith (NE-03) Lamar Smith (TX-21) Cliff Stearns (FL-06) Tim Walberg (MI-07) Joe Walsh (IL-08) Allen West (FL-22) Lynn Westmoreland (GA-03) Joe Wilson (SC-02)
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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