Washington Post
- That was quick. We now have proof the NAACP was right.
When the nation’s leading civil rights organization passed a resolution condemning displays of racism by Tea Party activists, leaders of the movement reacted with umbrage so thick you could cut it with a knife — then demonstrated that the NAACP’s allegation was entirely justified.
On Saturday, the National Tea Party Federation announced it had expelled one of the movement’s most prominent figures — a California blowhard named Mark Williams — because of the outrageously racist things he had said about the NAACP. Ejected along with Williams was his whole organization, Tea Party Express, which had been a particularly active, high-profile group.
The last straw was a “satirical” letter that Williams, a former right-wing talk radio host, posted on his Web site. It was supposed to be a missive from NAACP President Ben Jealous to Abraham Lincoln, and the Tea Party Federation deemed it “clearly offensive.” With good reason.
