Showing posts with label rosa parks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rosa parks. Show all posts

Thursday, August 13, 2009

When will Claire McCaskill Apologize?

Here is what Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill had to say to Anderson Cooper about the incident where the woman with the Rosa Parks poster was escorted out forcefully by the police after a teabagger snatched it and tore it up.




Here is what actually happened along with a contrast in what happened to some white attendees who were holding their own signs.





I just want to know at what point will Senator McCaskill apologize to those women who were thrown out, to Representative Scott for calling him irresponsible and to all of us for the way she tried to dismiss the claims of racism so flippantly?

And if she doesn't, at what point do we start looking for a progressive alternative in a Democratic primary against her in a few years? She doesn't seem to understand that she is now representing a blue state anyway. It might be time to put a real Democrat from Missouri in office.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

What They Didn't Show You

Many of you by now saw the scene from Senator Claire McCaskill's townhall where two black women are escorted out to boos and catcalls. But what you haven't seen probably is how it all happened. It turns out they were provoked by someone coming over and snatching away their Rosa Parks poster and tearing it up.




Please pass this on so people can see the truth about what happened. These two women who were escorted out deserve an apology if you ask me.