RACIST CHARGE DID NOT WORK

As an absolute ally of B. H. Obama, there was little choice for the NAACP but to take some headline grabbing action aimed at damaging the reputation and hopefully the political impact of the Tea Party. The Tea Party is strongly anti-Obama and since March of 2009 has grown into a nationwide, loosely organized group of American citizens who have had enough of the federal government in general and the Obama Administration in particular.

The NAACP has only one weapon and it was used. They announced that the Tea Party was racist. Of course the media failed to include that this "racist" label was hedged by the NAACP as belonging only to a small segment of the Tea Party.

Why this course of action was taken is easily explained.

The NAACP is afraid of the Tea Party and for a good reason. These Black leaders see millions of Americans joining with the Tea Party and via the ballot box removing the Congressional supporters of Obama in 2010 and then Obama himself in 2012. It is easy to envision a "meeting" at the White House with the task being given to the NAACP to malign an Obama opposition group. Not being stupid, the NAACP limited its "official" charge of racist so when it seeks federal money after 2012 from Obama's Republican successor it can say with a straight face that the term "racist" was directed at others in the Tea Party and not the victor or his followers.

And then Biden opens his mouth.

After the NAACP "racist" declaration, Vice President Joseph Biden, stated, "But I don't believe it, the President doesn't believe that the Tea Party is a racist organization. Very conservative. Very different views on government and a whole lot of things. But it is not a racist organization."

Here are three possible interpretations of these Biden comments: 1) he misread the White House memo on the Tea Party accidentally adding the word "not" before the racist term; 2) part of the original plan was for someone from the White House to make peace by quickly countering the NAACP statement but not the President; and 3) the initial public reaction to the "racist" charge was so negative that a retreat was necessary but again it could not come from the infallible Obama.

The bottom line it this, the Tea Party has been a success and continues to impact as a major force in American politics. Accordingly the Obama camp grows more fearful daily and has to defend itself with media enhanced attacks. The NAACP became a pawn. Fortunately each of these attacks does nothing more than make the Tea Party and other Obama opponents stronger and more dedicated to victories in 2010 and 2012.