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Neil Cavuto Interviews Nate Whigham, Black Tea Party Leader

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Meet Nate Whigham, a tea party protester and organizer featured on Your World with Neil Cavuto today. Whigham is a conservative with a strong faith in the Constitution who is upset with the current direction America is heading in– and he also happens to be black.

Neil Cavuto interviewed Whigham, who for many on the left is considered a mythical being, along with co-organizer Julianne Thompson. Given the abundant accusations of racism against the Tea Party movement in general and, more specifically, social conservatives, Cavuto had to ask: what are you doing here?

Whigham was a good sport, claiming that “I guess I’m a racist” and admitting that he had voted for Barack Obama before “just knowledge” hit him and he realized that he disagreed with many of the Democrats’ policies. He also claims that after shouting “what?!” at him and looking confused, many of his family members and friends listened to what he said to say and said “wait a minute- you’re right!” “It’s just a question of getting the word out to more people,” he noted.

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  • Olby Sucks

    One has to wonder what a person is thinking when a post such as this is being put together…

  • ImNotBlue

    Many thanks for taking the suggestion. I wonder who (of the band of regulars) will comment with their “true” feelings towards this guy. Any takers?

  • http://www.thecobraslair.com Cobra

    I’d personally like to know what an African-American in the South was thinking about when he says:

    “The government shouldn’t tell you what you’re worth…”

    “And the principles that our forefather’s laid down…”

    When the Constitution, written by our forefathers said very explicitly that most of the people who looked like Nate Whigham were worth 3/5ths of people who looked like Neil Cavuto.

    “Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons”

    –Cobra

  • felixw

    C’mon Cobra, tell us that this black man is a racist for attending a tea party.

  • writer

    Poor Cobra. Still stuck in the sixties. The eighteen sixties.

  • the real john t

    WOW! They found one black man to talk up the teabaggers, That’s really something.

  • zepfan81

    He’s just there because he knows there are plenty of frustrated white women! lol

  • ImNotBlue

    the real john t says:
    April 16, 2010 at 12:18 am

    Actually, according to the interview… he was one of the organizers. I suppose that elevates him, now doesn’t it?

    zepfan81 says:
    April 16, 2010 at 1:33 am

    That’s a pretty racist comment! Thanks for playing!

  • jimkerosh

    Three cheers for Nate. Maybe his epiphany module change the family for other proponent sheeple.
    memory card reader

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    No one is stupid enough to suggest that Nate is a racist except a Tea Partier/Teapublican yet again playing that race card. And they’ve become a parody. But the ones focusing upon race were Fox and Cavuto who paraded Nate here around like they’d found a heretofore thought extinct mammal.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Jones/1384303476 Chris Jones

    Thanks Bill for proving the point. To you libs, Tea Parties are racist when no black people show up. When a black person organizes a Tea Party it’s still racist because the black person is now being “paraded around.” That’s what makes the totalitarian ideology of the left so toxic. You’re hateful, irrational, and stupid. The fact that Nate is black is only an issue because the left makes it one. I see Nate as a patriotic American while you liberals see him as a stupid black guy who’s biting the hand that feeds him and selling out the cause. You’re a disgrace.

  • Jamestaylor

    Cobra and John t- that guy must be racist, right?

    hahahahahahahh

  • Jamestaylor

    Bill Adkins – you ARE the racist.

  • Jamestaylor

    The most frighting thing to liberals: A black person who thinks for himself.

  • Jamestaylor

    When the Constitution, written by our forefathers said very explicitly that most of the people who looked like Nate Whigham were worth 3/5ths of people who looked like Neil Cavuto.”

    Poor Cobra, just lives in the past the he NEVER had to experience. Tsk, tsk,

    Cobra has such nostalgia for the old days.

    Hey Cobra maybe this is news to you:

    1865

    “The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads:

    Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

    Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation

  • writer

    BA still says the registered Democrat who flew a plane into the IRS building was a tea partier, so what does that tell you? And Cobra, thank goodness blacks are now free. You can leave this racist hell hole any time and return to the mother land. Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda… all those gardens of Eden you were so cruelly snatched from can once again be yours.

  • Jamestaylor

    Yes, those gardens of Eden in Africa, where SLAVERY STILL EXISTS!

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

    Slavery in Africa continues today. Slavery existed in Africa before the arrival of Europeans – as did a slave trade that exported millions of Africans to North Africa, the Middle East, and the Persian Gulf.[1]
    Contents
    [hide]
    • 1 Chad
    • 2 Mali
    • 3 Mauritania
    • 4 Niger
    • 5 Sudan
    • 6 Child slave trade
    o 6.1 Ghana, Togo, Benin
    o 6.2 Ethiopia

  • Jamestaylor

    I guess the “bros” in Africa can’t give up what they perceive as the good thing they have going.

  • http://www.thecobraslair.com Cobra

    Jamestaylor writes:

    “The most frighting thing to liberals: A black person who thinks for himself.”

    Nate Whigham isn’t “thinking for himself”. He’s parroting right wing talking points and generalities without any specifics as to how he came to the conclusions.

    Jamestaylor writes:

    “1865

    “The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads:”

    Except…all the folks Nate Whigham considered the Founders, who wrote the Constitution in 1787, were DEAD by the time the Thirteenth Amendment rolled around….and MILLIONS of Blacks had died as a result of AMERICAN Chattel Slavery.

    Furthermore, Jamestaylor, the internet is a wonderful place, where White Conservatives can gather in relative anonymity to attack minorities. You’re a perfect example on this blog, with your “Blacks should thank the White man for American Slavery”, stuff.

    Problem is, you don’t go far enough in your attacks for my taste. A good cyberklanner would be quoting eugenicists and linking to Stormfont.org. You don’t wave the Confederate flag enough in your rants, and your theme of Aryan supremacy is too murky. You fail to use all the latest ethnic slurs and epithets.

    Hate is big business in America. You can’t half-step on this one. If you want the respect of the New Angry White Conservative Backlash Movement you need to clean up your act, James. And since you’re really helping me out by allowing me to quote your posts to all the minority blogs I can, I require nothing but the BEST HATE you can muster. Bring your “A” game, James.

    Jefferson Davis is watching you, son.

    –Cobra

  • http://www.thecobraslair.com Cobra

    And another note on Whigham…

    Old Nate’s done this “I’m a Tea Party Minority” Media tour before…and he’s also apparently, down with pyramid schemes.

    http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/04/16/nate-whigham-black-tea-party-leader-is-pyramid-scheme-peddler/

    Fascinating.

    –Cobra

  • ImNotBlue

    Cobra says:
    April 16, 2010 at 7:48 pm

    Nate Whigham isn’t “thinking for himself”. He’s parroting right wing talking points and generalities without any specifics as to how he came to the conclusions.

    HAHAHA! Remember folks… if you’re right-of-center, all you do is “parrot talking points.” If you’re on the left, everything you say is a stroke a brilliance that YOU created… even if it’s been said by others, reported on blue blogs, and repeated across the blogosphere first.

    I guess to Cobra, a Black man who supports the Tea Party isn’t smart enough to think for himself. Why not just call him an “Uncle Tom?” It’s obvious you want to.

    It’s also funny how the moment someone interviews a Black Tea Partier, the bloggers go into over drive looking for ways to discredit, insult, mock, and otherwise find a way to make their “everyone who doesn’t agree with me is a racist and stupid” mantra true again. Cobra, you are an excellent example of just how afraid the left is of the Tea Party movement. I hope you really do post James’ stuff elsewhere… because it means it will be less time you spend spreading your brand of racism here.

  • http://www.thecobraslair.com Cobra

    ImNotBlue,

    Did you actually WATCH this video? Whigham simply repeats what Julianne Thompson says are his “three core beliefs.” So he’s not articulating original thought.

    ImNotBlue writes:

    “I guess to Cobra, a Black man who supports the Tea Party isn’t smart enough to think for himself. Why not just call him an “Uncle Tom?” It’s obvious you want to.”

    Not really. I think that some of the INCREDIBLY TINY GROUP of African-American Tea Party folks clearly think for themselves…and of themselves only. There’s money to be made in the “Professional Black Conservative” business. Pro-White Think tanks like the Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institute, or the Manhattan Institutes pay PBC’s really well to promote conservative viewpoints. PBC’s are virtually on speed dial for Fox News and Hate Radio, so promoting books is a dream. Just smile a lot, and tell White Conservatives everything they want to hear.

    It’s a lucrative hustle, I grant you. I’d never do it though. I have to look myself in the mirror each day.

    –Cobra

  • ImNotBlue

    Cobra says:
    April 16, 2010 at 10:43 pm
    Whigham simply repeats what Julianne Thompson says are his “three core beliefs.” So he’s not articulating original thought.

    Or… and I know this is far fetch… but at an event where LIKE MINDED PEOPLE ARE MEETING, perhaps they had the SAME IDEA! *Deep breath* DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH.

    I think that some of the INCREDIBLY TINY GROUP of African-American Tea Party folks clearly think for themselves…and of themselves only. There’s money to be made in the “Professional Black Conservative” business.

    Oh, so the only Blacks in the protest are greedy and willing to sell out their principals for money. Is that what you’re saying?

    Pro-White Think tanks like the Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institute, or the Manhattan Institutes pay PBC’s really well to promote conservative viewpoints.

    What is it that makes them “Pro-White?” Does that mean that groups like the NAACP, etc. are “Pro-Black”? Is that a bad thing?

    Oh, and you think these poor souls are too dimwitted to know they’re being “used?” You think they’re so hard up for cash, that they’ll do and say anything just because “whitey tells them to” and gives them some money?

    PBC’s are virtually on speed dial for Fox News and Hate Radio, so promoting books is a dream. Just smile a lot, and tell White Conservatives everything they want to hear.

    Ah… so Black Conservatives are all phonies who are just in it for the money. Got it! Does that work too for Colin Powell? Condoleezza Rice? Alan Keyes? All those guys too?

    It’s a lucrative hustle, I grant you. I’d never do it though. I have to look myself in the mirror each day.

    So they’re just hustlers. Wow.

    When you write these racist things, do you recognize you’re a bigot? Perhaps you really believe this stuff. Perhaps you really do think that every minority member who isn’t a support of the left is either too dumb or too greedy to not think the way you do. Perhaps you’re so much of a racist, that you think Black people can’t make up their mind for themselves… AND, that if they do travel away from what you’ve deemed “acceptable thought for minorities,” they’re just too greedy and soulless to know any better.

    I guess that makes it a combination of ego AND racism! Congrats… you’re proven yourself a pretty terrible, disrespectful, egotistical bigot! Man… with a head so big, I sure do hope you can still pull your hood over it.

  • http://www.thecobraslair.com Cobra

    I’mNotBlue writes:

    “Oh, so the only Blacks in the protest are greedy and willing to sell out their principals for money. Is that what you’re saying?”

    Are you familiar with the term, “some?”

    “Some” does not mean “All”. If you are saying that there aren’t ANY African-Americans who would take money to advocate a political or policy position, then you’re not only wrong, but hopelessly naive.

    ImNotBlue writes:

    “What is it that makes them {think Tanks} “Pro-White?” Does that mean that groups like the NAACP, etc. are “Pro-Black”? Is that a bad thing?”

    They advocate pro-White conservative platforms, policies and ideology. The NAACP advocates pro-minority platforms, policies and ideology. Whether either is “good” or “bad” depends on your own PERSONAL platform, policies and ideology.

    ImNotBlue writes:

    “Oh, and you think these poor souls are too dimwitted to know they’re being “used?” You think they’re so hard up for cash, that they’ll do and say anything just because “whitey tells them to” and gives them some money?”

    Some in the rare, sparse, Black Tea Party folks probably don’t know all the facts, and that’s true about some of the White Tea Partiers as well. After all, folks are screaming about being taxed too much when 95% of working Americans paid LESS than they did last year. Folks who scream about a socialistic Health Care Law that uses PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES with no government run public option…which makes it more CONSERVATIVE than Nixon’s healthcare proposal? When you have Tea Partiers over 65 out there calling for an end to socialistic spending, but want to keep the government’s hands off their Medicare and Social Security?
    IMHO, they all need to turn off Fox News and research the topics on their own.

    Second, yeah just like in all races and ethnicities…there are some Black people who’ll do anything to get paid. Why it would surprise you is beyond me. It doesn’t have to be politics, but in this case it is.

    ImNotBlue writes:

    “When you write these racist things, do you recognize you’re a bigot? Perhaps you really believe this stuff. Perhaps you really do think that every minority member who isn’t a support of the left is either too dumb or too greedy to not think the way you do.”

    Oh no. In America, you have the right to be or think whatever you wish. Armstrong Williams took $240K from the Bush Administration to promote their policies. Ken Blackwell’s actions disenfranchised thousands of Black voters in Ohio in 2004. Ben Vereen performed in blackface at Ronald Reagan’s Inaugural Ball. And you have a few Black Tea Partyers running around spouting jibberish about socialism and freedom that they learned from Fox News & Hate Radio.

    “Perhaps you’re so much of a racist, that you think Black people can’t make up their mind for themselves… AND, that if they do travel away from what you’ve deemed “acceptable thought for minorities,” they’re just too greedy and soulless to know any better.”

    Nope. I think there are a few Hispanics, Asian-Americans and far too many Whites at these Tea Parties who don’t know any better, too.

    Got any more, Blue? This is fun!

    –Cobra

  • ImNotBlue

    “Some” does not mean “All”. If you are saying that there aren’t ANY African-Americans who would take money to advocate a political or policy position, then you’re not only wrong, but hopelessly naive.

    Ooooh… so you can tell who “really believes,” and who’s “getting paid,” how exactly? What evidence do you have? Ah, that’s right… it’s the ones who show up on television… those are the folks doing it for the money.

    They advocate pro-White conservative platforms, policies and ideology. The NAACP advocates pro-minority platforms, policies and ideology. Whether either is “good” or “bad” depends on your own PERSONAL platform, policies and ideology.

    So what you’re saying is that you’re “anti-White,” or that NAACP are “anti-White?” Does that make them racists? Apparently, you think it’s “bad” to be “pro-White,” but good to be “pro-Black,” so doesn’t that prove you’re a racist?

    Some in the rare, sparse, Black Tea Party folks probably don’t know all the facts, and that’s true about some of the White Tea Partiers as well.

    You understand the difference between “opinion” and “fact,” right? See… you think that your “opinion” is “fact,” and therefore, the folks who disagree are “wrong,” not just “different.” But I’m not surprised you’ve let your ego get in the way.

    Second, yeah just like in all races and ethnicities…there are some Black people who’ll do anything to get paid.

    Perhaps it’s the idea that you can discredit any Black person who says something different than what you think, by suggesting they’re “paid.” You have NO evidence of that… and frankly, it’s an offensive assumption on your part to think that simply because someone does agree with you, they’re getting paid to be that way. But again, it does say a lot about your ego… the only people who dare to disagree with you, are the people who get paid to do so. Wow.

    Oh no. In America, you have the right to be or think whatever you wish.

    So you’re defense is, “Yeah, I’m a racist… but I’m allowed to be?” Nice.

    Nope. I think there are a few Hispanics, Asian-Americans and far too many Whites at these Tea Parties who don’t know any better, too.

    Yes… minorities don’t belong there, because they MUST think the way you tell them to. And White people… well, you flat out don’t like them, so you don’t want to hear them at all, do you?

    Got any more, Blue? This is fun!

    I’m glad you think it’s fun! I’m always amazed at how egotistical racists like yourself, can be so proud that they hate so many things. It must be neat to be so unaware, and so up your own butt that you can’t fathom anyone disagreeing with you, and feel it’s acceptable… heck, the right thing do to, to disrespect, slander, lie, fabricate information, and attack anyone who isn’t a carbon copy of your political view.

    I’m glad to know being a racist works so well for you.

  • pyrope

    In the battle of logic the poor liberal never stands a chance.

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