Just a bit of news to report, which comes via David Shuster:
GOP attendee ejected for throwing nuts at African American CNN camera woman + saying “This is how we feed animals.”
@takeactionnews#TAN— David Shuster (@DavidShuster) August 29, 2012
And via Allen Colmes and Talking Points Memo:
An attendee at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Tuesday allegedly threw nuts at a black camerawoman working for CNN and said “This is how we feed animals” before being removed from the convention, a network official confirmed to TPM.
The CNN official declined to confirm specific details of the incident to TPM but generally confirmed an account posted on Twitter by former MSNBC and Current anchor David Shuster: “GOP attendee ejected for throwing nuts at African American CNN camera woman + saying ‘This is how we feed animals.’”
It is not clear whether the alleged culprit was a delegate or attending the convention in some other capacity.
In a written statement, CNN addressed the matter but divulged few details: “CNN can confirm there was an incident directed at an employee inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum earlier this afternoon. CNN worked with convention officials to address this matter and will have no further comment.”
TPM’s calls to RNC and convention officials were not immediately returned.
Okay now, this is where I get involved. This idiot obviously does not speak for the Republican Party, for the Conservative movement, nor the Tea Party movement at all. No more than Lyndon LaRouche speaks for the all the Democrats. They are called strays and both parties have them. So, before anyone starts calling the Republican Party racist, someone needs to set back and think a little.
Furthermore, for all we know, this dude could have been some liberal activist posing as someone in the Republican Party. For the sole purpose of making them look bad. So, don’t even go there, because we are on to you. 😡
Update: CNN is now reporting that it was two people and that has a whole new Meme by the left started. Basically, the left is whining about CNN; because they are not in full-on “OMG! These Republicans are racist!” mode. Maybe it is because CNN happens to be a bit smarter than that, and happens to know that you cannot blame an entire group of people or in this case a political party for the actions of a few stray idiots. Now this is where I will start yowling on about what has happened to the liberal left in this Country and why I stopped voting for the Democrats. It is because the intellectual honesty of that party and the people who vote that way has gone the way of 8-track tape player. The knee-jerk reaction is to blame the entire party for the actions of two idiots, who were, probably, not even real Republicans in the first place. It is collectivism, and it is wrong; and it seems, much to their credit, that CNN is just not playing that game. Good for them, for standing up to the neo-left and no playing let’s blame the right for everything game.