“Them folks, them blacks and Hispanics, we’re their friends, not the Democrats.”

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Conservative leader: Democratic Party is ‘party of the KKK’

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/15/conservative-leader-democratic-party-is-party-of-the-kkk/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29

By David Edwards
Sunday, January 15, 2012



The founder of a movement to increase racial diversity within the Republican Party told a crowd of tea party supporters on Sunday that they weren’t racists because “the Democratic Party is the party of the KKK.”

Speaking at the first ever South Carolina Tea Party Convention, Raging Elephants leader Apostle Claver explained that Republicans would need to attract black and Latino voters if they intended to win elections in the future.

“Look around,” Claver told the mostly-white crowd. “Y’all hear me? Turn around and take a look. Where’s our black brothers and sisters? Where’s our Hispanic and Latino brothers and sisters? Our Asian brothers and sisters?”

“Now here’s the good news,” he continued. “Them folks, them blacks and Hispanics, they’re just as conservative as you are. … But the point is, we’re they’re friends, not the Democrats.”

[ingac70]

1. Sure they are....

That is why Strom Thurmond ran to the Repuke side of the aisle right after the Civil Rights Act past.

Always make sure to draw a distinction between a Democrat and the now extinct SOUTHERN Democrat.... and let others know the Southern Democrat "evolved" into a TeaBagger.

[Fawke Em]

21. I'm a Southern Democrat. We're not extinct.

By that, I mean that I'm Southern and a Democrat. Some of us did evolve into liberals.

[ingac70]

31. I'm in the South and a Democrat....

but I am NOT a Southern Democrat aka Dixiecrat.

[Fawke Em]

37. That's why I said it separately.

I'm Southern.

And.

I'm a Democrat.

I know what was meant, but I find that passe.

Nixon didn't do shit. The South didn't go Republican until 25 years after he was out of office.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

27. Don't you mean, "devolved"?

[TheDebbieDee]

2. Wow! That makes so much sense now. Goodbye, everybody.

I'm going over to FreeRepublic!

[Renew Deal]

3. I've learned in the 2012 race that according to Santorum and Gingrich blacks should starve, and

according to Romney hispanics should get no benefits, and that according to Gringrich and Santorum they should be thrown out of the country.

So if this guy wants to know "where they are" the answer is as far away from him as possible.

[Brother Buzz]

4. You keep thinking, Butch. That's what you're good at.

[Citizen Worker]

5. We need look no further than the way in which the republicans treat the president and his family to

know that this is true.

[Tx4obama]

6. The GOP is NOT a friend of WOMEN

Here's one example: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/15/jamie-johnson-rick-santorum-sexist-email-bachmann_n_1207321.html

The GOP want to keep women at home barefoot and pregnant.

The GOP does NOT support
a women's right to chose
equal pay for women
birth control
etc.

I honestly can NOT understand why anyone at all would EVER vote for a republican!

[DeathToTheOil]

7. YEEEEEEEEEEE-HAHHH!

My Irish ass sho nuf loves me some potato!

[Skittles]

9. OMG STOP IT DTTO

[shraby]

8. Maybe the man needs to learn some proper English.."them folks, them blacks"

that should be those folks and those blacks and hispanics.
Farther up in the speech he said "Where's our black brothers and sisters? Where's our Hispanic...He should have said "Where are our black brothers....Where are our Hispanic.

And this man is in a position to lead people?????

[AsahinaKimi]

10. "Our Asian brothers and sisters?”

This Asian sister doesn't think so... sonna baka na!!

[pampango]

11. With "friends" like the tea party, who needs ...

There's a reason that Mr. Claver doesn't see any Blacks, Hispanics or Asians in the crowd. It's just harder for some folks to figure these things out, I guess.

[mfcorey1]

12. Idiot!!!!

[GoCubsGo]

13. Naw. Just self-loathing.

Either that, or he's an actor. One only has to read the Opinions sections in the local newspapers around here to see how white republicans feel about minorities of any shade. Blacks have been experiencing that shit all their lives. Apparently, this guy hasn't (or is a wannabe who has been ignoring it), or more likely, he's being paid to tell these nutbags what they want to hear, and in the way they want to hear it. He sure has Teabbagerspeak down pat.

[HopeHoops]

14. "Them folks, them blacks and Hispanics"?

What a great way to sound intelligent!

I still can't figure out why any non-white individual would support the GOP. They don't even bother to hide their racism anymore.

[NYC Liberal]

15. It's probably religion, if I had to guess.

[HopeHoops]

22. Yeah, maybe, but Jesus would be all over their cases.

FOX would label him a liberal dirty hippie communist nazi Islamic Kenyan extremist funded by the "Democrat" party.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

26. I'm guessing that for Republicans like Michael Steele and JC Watts...

...it comes down to buckets and buckets and buckets of money.

Steele has a regular gig on MSNBC now...he's on ALL the shows.

Watts makes a fortune on the "speaker" circuit.

Same deal for Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, SE Cupp...women can find a lucrative role in the GOP if the "base" finds them to be attractive and they're willing to stay on script.

[LeftinOH]

16. He's right --the Democratic party WAS the preferred party of the KKK....

until the 1960s. They are most certainly not Democrats anymore. Get with it Claver, you dumbass.

[KamaAina]

36. On which party ticket did David Dukkke run?

The Democrats? I don't think so.

[TlalocW]

17. Claver needs to go hang around the lobby of whatever hotel he's in during the GOP Convention

Dressed just as nicely as he is now. Hang out there for 8 hours on the day that everyone arrives - just hobnob with other conservatives, read the paper, etc. Then when the day is over, I'd like to know how many white attendees to the Convention asked, told, or expected him to carry their bags and ask him how much enthusiasm for the GOP that gives him.

TlalocW

[spanone]

18. stupid knows no boundaries

[marmar]

19. In order to be allowed to speak at a Tea Party event.....

...... you must first demonstrate that your I.Q. does not exceed 75.

[Javaman]

20. So this fool equates dixie-crats with modern Democrats.

what a jackass.

[pampango]

24. "Dixie". I'm always amused that the term is multicultural/multilingual in origin.

The word "'Dixie'" refers to privately issued currency from banks in Louisiana. These banks issued ten-dollar notes, labeled "Dix", French for "ten", on the reverse side. The notes were known as "Dixies" by English-speaking southerners, and the area around New Orleans and the French-speaking parts of Louisiana came to be known as "Dixieland". Eventually, usage of the term broadened to refer to most of the Southern States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie

I get a kick out of the fact that the Land of Dixie is named after the French term for a 10-dollar bil, though I bet many conservative English-only folks from the South do not realize this.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. Please tell me this is from The Onion.

If it isn't, I hope the ghost of MLK haunts this guy's sorry ass.

[spanone]

25. looks like a david chappelle skit

[Proud Liberal Dem]

28. Yeah

we're so "KKK" that we nominated and helped elect an African-American President of the United States of America. NOTHING says "white power" quite so much as THAT!

[Bucky]

29. I give him props for saying DemocratIC instead of "Democrat Party"

But, sadly, he then loses props for not asking where are the American Indian brothers and sisters nor Aborigine brothers and sisters. Good gravy, man, if you're going to pander then by God pander fucking right!

[Bucky]

30. On a separate train of thought, have you ever noticed how

the South Carolina state flag looks like the flag of some forgotten Third World one-party republic?

That's not a coincidence.

[Mr Dixon]

32. Really

Someone get that man a banjo

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[SomethingFishy]

33. It's true.. You can see a sampling of

the love conservatives have for minorities at this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002179778

[Hugabear]

34. Is this a repuke version of the minstrel show?

Are you a conservative? Are you black? Then congratulations, you've just secured yourself a spot as Guest Speaker for an upcoming Tea Party minstrel show rally!

[butterfly77]

35. Do all of these republiCONS.

Have a screw loose somewhere?? They think that they if they use God in their speeches and go back to the Democrats in the past that people will vote for them.

They really can't see that some people know who is going against their best interests,while some are are like sheep going to their own slaughter. Dumbasses!

[lonestarnot]

38. Warn off the honey bees.

That is a real shit-pile!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

39. It's Uncle Ruckus from Boondocks

This asshole would load himself and others back onto slave boats if he thought it would earn him praise from the white establishment.