http://www.baptiststandard.com/index.ph ... 7&Itemid=9Ehrich's experience at the Corpus Christi airport with the Tea Party supporter doesn't appear to be uncommon. In the few places where I've seen Tea Party promotions going on here in this area, the proponents are all white, and there's always a racial undertone in their handouts or the speeches that are going on. Their overall effectiveness depends on their self-appointed leadership denouncing that sort of thing, and that doesn't appear to be happening. Rather, the speakers and rally leaders they attract seem to be more inclined to pander to the prejudices of their audience.
Did Sarah Palin actually make a statement about Nancy Pelosi being in the crosshairs of a rifle scope?
Of course, there will be those who step up to claim that this isn't the "mainstream" of the movement, or that Ehrich is just another "misguided liberal" and dismiss him with that label. But the evidence seems to be coming in from all quarters to support what he says in this piece.