TEA PARTY TO AMERICA: NOW WHAT?!

okie, considering that the polls show that only between 20% and 30% of the American peoplesupport the Tea Party, I'd say you have a truly peculiar definition of "majority".

Gee okie... and the KKK and Nazis support Republicans

Modern statistics

The modern KKK is not one organization; rather it is composed of small independent chapters across the US.[124] The formation of independent chapters has made KKK groups more difficult to infiltrate, and researchers find it hard to estimate their numbers. Estimates are that about two-thirds of KKK members are concentrated in the Southern United States, with another third situated primarily in the lower Midwest.[125][126][127] KKK members have stepped up recruitment in recent years, but the organization grows slowly, with membership estimated at 5,000–8,000 across 179 chapters. These recent membership campaigns have been based on issues such as people's anxieties about illegal immigration, urban crime and same-sex marriage.[128] Many KKK groups have formed strong alliances with other white supremacist groups, such as neo-Nazis. Some KKK groups have become increasingly "Nazified", adopting the look and emblems of white power skinheads.[129]

On November 14, 2008, an all-white jury of seven men and seven women awarded $1.5 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages to plaintiff Jordan Gruver, represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center against the Imperial Klans of America.[130] The ruling found that five IKA members had savagely beaten Gruver, then 16 years old, at a Kentucky county fair in July 2006.[131]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has provided legal support to various factions of the KKK in defense of their First Amendment rights to hold public rallies, parades, and marches, as well as their right to field political candidates.[132]

Current Klan splinter divisions have grown substantially since the 2008 election of U.S. President Barack Obama, the first African-American to hold the office;[133][134] the Klan has expanded its recruitment efforts to white supremacists at the international level.[135] Current membership estimates by the ADL hold at a national estimate of five thousand.[127]

Ex-Grand Wizard David Duke has claimed that thousands of Tea Party movement activists have urged him to run for president in 2012 [136] and he is seriously considering entering the Republican Party primaries.[137] Duke has also released a video detailing his platform.[138] In the video, he pledges that as president he would stop all immigration to the US, including legal immigration, and says that he "will not let Israel or any nation dictate our foreign policy."[139] He has also claimed that he would be "willing to risk life and limb, endure the barbs of the media” to mount “the most honest campaign for president since the time of our Founding Fathers.” [140]

The Realm of New York

I do swear and verify that I am of the White race.
I am not addicted to or a user of illegal drugs.
I am not or have never been a follower of the Jewish religion.
I believe in the segregation of the races and I have never engaged in an inter-racial relationship.
I believe in and will defend the American way of life, and its Constitution and laws.
I am not under bond or indictment for any criminal acts and I do not have any criminal charges pending against me.
I will conduct myself in an acceptable manner and WILL NOT commit criminal acts while a member of The National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
I will obey the Imperial Wizard, Ray Larsen and will be as a brother or sister to all fellow Klansman.

It seems the KKK is again gaining membership

Yes, we all know the KKK has never engaged in acts of violence.

Hmmmm......, thats interesting, but the most notable KKKer that I recall in recent history was none other than Robert Byrd,

On Monday, Rep. Ted Poe took to the House floor to discuss foreign policy matters. To make a point, the Texas Republican invoked the words of Civil War Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest: “Git thar fustest with the mostest.”

The quotation got some floor watchers’ attention pretty quickly. Forrest is a controversial figure who was one of the Klan’s first grand wizards. Although the Civil War hero (if you were a Confederate, that is) ultimately abandoned the Klan for its violent tactics, he continues to kick up dust.

Happened after he got to Hollywood. Reagan got carried away by stories of the Communist Party helping the unemployed, the homeless, the dispossessed. Some of his friends, people he respected, were Party members. So he turned to them. Said he wanted to become a communist... Said he was determined to join. They discussed it with the local Party leader, who asked around, and word came back that Reagan was a flake... They said Reagan couldn't be trusted with a political opinion for more than 20 minutes. So the decision was taken to prevent him from joining, but to use him as a friend of the Party." - Howard Fast as quoted by Edmund Morris, - Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan

By the way, I don't recall a single Democrat in recent time that was a member of the Communist party.

okie doesn't know which party is concentrated in the southern states where the KKK resides. But, that's typical okie; doesn't understand simple concepts.

cicerone imposter wrote:

okie doesn't know which party is concentrated in the southern states where the KKK resides. But, that's typical okie; doesn't understand simple concepts.

Yes, ci, Southern Democrats formed the backbone of the KKK for a very long time. Robert Byrd was an example of that stereotypical member.

Unfortunately, I am reading now the liberal group, the ACLU, is now defending the KKK's effort to hold rallies.

Who's talking about breaking laws?