Thom Hartmann vs. Former Tea Party Express Mark Williams

Run time: 16:12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8BWNvt1ZTU   Posted on YouTube: November 02, 2010 By YouTube Member: thomhartmann Views on YouTube: 63   Posted on DU: November 02, 2010 By DU Member: Charleston Chew Views on DU: 771

 
Former Tea Party Express Mark Williams - What does the Tea Party Really Want?

Thom and Former Tea Party Express, Mark Williams have a rumble on what the Tea Party wants.

I'm grateful for his show and his books. One of the great ones.

While I like Thom, and pretty much disdain the rw egotists he talks to, Thom sometimes annoys me- and I can't put my finger on why. Today was one of those times. I have some Limbot relatives. They loudly shout talking points and get violent. Since I'm the most sedate person you can imagine, when I have to yell "shut up" just to stop their shouting a minute, they usually stop a second or two. Then, I can then say quietly: you don't know what you're talking about, but I don't fault you for it... because you have only limbo and cable Glen to listen to. (They've been programmed just like the Moonies. And I'm not able to de-program someone just by talking.)
Until Thom gets a little deeper- I mean, deeper- into the psychosis going on, he isn't as effective as he could be. Instead of taking on these guys, why doesn't he enlist some psychiatrists to ask questions, for example.

Mark Williams' ill-fated blog post was written in the form of a mock letter to President Abraham Lincoln from NAACP President Ben Jealous:

Dear Mr. Lincoln,

We Coloreds have taken a vote and decided that we don’t cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves, and take consequences along with the rewards. That is just far too much to ask of us Colored People and we demand that it stop! In fact we held a big meeting and took a vote in Kansas City this week. We voted to condemn a political revival of that old abolitionist spirit called the 'tea party movement'. The tea party position to “end the bailouts” for example is just silly. Bailouts are just big money welfare and isn’t that what we want all Coloreds to strive for? What kind of racist would want to end big money welfare? What they need to do is start handing the bail outs directly to us coloreds! Of course, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the only responsible party that should be granted the right to disperse the funds. And the ridiculous idea of “reducing the size and intrusiveness of government.” What kind of massa would ever not want to control my life? As Coloreds we must have somebody care for us otherwise we would be on our own, have to think for ourselves and make decisions! The racist tea parties also demand that the government “stop the out of control spending.” Again, they directly target coloreds. That means we Coloreds would have to compete for jobs like everybody else and that is just not right. Perhaps the most racist point of all in the tea parties is their demand that government “stop raising our taxes.” That is outrageous! How will we coloreds ever get a wide screen TV in every room if non-coloreds get to keep what they earn? Totally racist! The tea party expects coloreds to be productive members of society? Mr. Lincoln, you were the greatest racist ever. We had a great gig. Three squares, room and board, all our decisions made by the massa in the house. Please repeal the 13th and 14th Amendments and let us get back to where we belong.

Sincerely,
Precious Ben Jealous, Tom’s Nephew NAACP Head Colored Person