I'm surprised this hasn't been discussed here ...

Rep. Andre Carson said he would not apolgize for recent remarks, in which he said the Tea Party would like nothing more than to see black people 'hanging on a tree.'

The nation's largest Tea Party organization is calling for a Democratic congressman to resign after he said Tea Party lawmakers would like nothing more than seeing black people "hanging on a tree."

Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin of the Tea Party Patriots described Rep. Andre Carson's remarks as "disgusting" and "hateful" in a statement to the Daily News.
"Rep. Carson should immediately resign from Congress," it read.
The Indiana lawmaker and leading member of the Congressional Black Caucus made the shocking remarks at an Aug. 22 jobs event in Miami sponsored by the caucus.
"He is clearly not fit to serve," the statement added. "At a minimum, he should be removed from leadership in the Congressional Black Caucus, and censured by his colleagues. If they refuse to take these actions, they are sending a clear statement to the American public that it is acceptable for 'leaders' in Congress to wantonly accuse their fellow members and the American public of desiring murder."
The lawmaker's spokesman did not immediately return requests for comment
Carson told the Indianapolis Star that he won't apologize to the Tea Party.
"I stand on the truth of what I spoke," he said.
"I was very passionate in my language, and perhaps if I had to do it over, that analogy wouldn't have been used because I would have known it would have been a distraction."
In video that surfaced earlier this week, Carson is heard saying, "We have seen change in Congress. … The Tea Party is stopping that change."
"This is the beyond symbolic change," he continued. "This is the effort that we are seeing of Jim Crow. Some of these folks in Congress would love to see us as second class citizens. Some of them in Congress of this Tea Party movement would love to see you and me … hanging on a tree."
The caucus has recently come under fire for hurling insults at the Tea Party.
Black Caucus member and 11-term Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) came under the microscope earlier this month when she said the "Tea Party can go straight to hell" at a jobs forum in the Golden State.
"They are intentionally attempting to turn citizen against citizen in this country for their own personal and political benefit," said Martin and Meckler of the two lawmakers. "It is disgusting to witness."

Rep. Andre Carson is an idiot however being a racismer may be an effective tactic in getting reelected in his district.

Democrats are free to say anything..........no matter how derogatory or contemptuous.They're protected under the 1st amendment....of course according to THEM this only applies to THEM.Everyone else can have a coke and smile and just shut the f*ck up.It is their country.....again according to THEM.


My personal feelings are he should be expelled from the house.In reality he will continue to serve and stay stupid sh*t.


Ron

It's clear when this type of speech is used that they are desperate and out of ideas. Meanwhile the schmucks in the lame stream media tried to make Governor Perry's remark about a black cloud on the economy into a racial slur. This is going to the ugliest and probably most divided election campaign in our history. The question will be whether the country can get past the BS and see what the real intentions are from the far left.

He's a bigot Back Bencher,,,

He's afraid whitey will regain the White House,,,

no big deal...

When in fear, attack.

Well, at least y'all know his name now.

Racist crackers.

Dead serious: Why the lynch-mob mentality against this idiot. He will just be replaced by another Democrat if kicked out. Just leave him in office and censure or impeach him or something, but don't expel him. If he is kicked out, another (probably black) Dem will be appointed. This would give the new guy the incumbancy, which would help in the next election, to the detriment of the Republican opponent.

Why would anyone want to get rid of such an idiot-opponent when there are some many tight races coming up. Instead, just use some political "judo" to get himout of the way at a better strategic time- as a result of his own idiocy ("forceful attack").

BTW, our local big-mouth, Former Rep Alan Grayson-D, is running to win "his" seat back and will likely win given the scandals that are going to trial very soon and that it is rumored that some Tea Party-ers like him because his prior career involved whistle-blower lawsuits against the government and private contractors for inappropriate spending and unauthorized overspending- making him wealthy enough to have funded his first campaign with ease...

I like Ritz Crackers