[Hoot Gibson]

I am really getting tired of reading all of the left wing smears against the Tea Party movement, so I thought that I would share some different points of view with you about the movement. I have never had the pleasure of attending any of the events but I used to listen to a radio talk show from time to time that was hosted by Kim Wade on a local Jackson, Mississippi radio station. Mr. Wade is the leader of the Tea Party movement in central Mississippi.

Another one of my favorite talk show hosts is libertarian, Neal Boortz. When Neal takes a day off, however, he turns to a local Atlanta talk show host, Herman Cain to stand in for him.

What Herman Cain and Kim Wade have in common is that both are conservative American blacks who are very active in the Tea Party movement. Before becoming a newspaper columnist and successful radio talk show host, Herman was very successful in the business world. If you want to know more about Herman's background, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain"]here is his biography on
Wikipedia.[/URL]

Herman Cain recently wrote about his own experience attending many Tea Party rallies in his column, and I thought some of you might be interested in reading a different perspective than you hear from left wing media types and Democratic operatives.

The Hermanator:

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It’s weird that these racist right-wing tea party wackos seem to like me so much

I am an American Black Conservative (ABC).

Since April 15, 2009 I have spoken at over 30 citizens’ movement events, which have included Tea Party rallies, prosperity conferences and other conservative gatherings. At those events I have yet to find the racists and extremists that the liberals continue to say exist. In fact, I and my message of “Take Back Our Government” have been enthusiastically received.

Not to be boastful, but to illustrate my point, last Saturday at the Virginia Tea Party convention of over 2,300 attendees, I received no less than five standing ovations during my 20-minute keynote address. Following my speech over 100 people waited patiently in line for an hour and a half to get my autograph and their picture taken with this ABC.

Many of those who waited shared their stories of being at a Tea Party event for the first time. Others talked about how they were inspired to keep working hard supporting the right candidates, and to believe that we can take our government back from the liberals.

I was particularly moved when one lady told me that she was so fearful about the future of this country for our children and grandchildren that she quit her job to be more active in the movement. She said her husband made enough money to take care of the family, so she could do more to help take care of the future.

Maybe the racists, Astroturf, un-American, teabagging and shameless extremists stayed home that day, or they simply do not exist in the citizens’ movement. more

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