Black Quote by Herman Cain

If the tea party is so racist, how come when they have straw polls the black guy keeps winning?

— Herman Cain

I don't think the Tea Party people are racist, except maybe a tiny portion of them. But there has been a deliberate effort -…

— Jimmy Carter

Liberals have difficulty understanding the Tea Party because they think it is a bunch of selfish racists. But I think the Tea Party is…

— Jonathan Haidt

Tainting the Tea Party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There's no evidence that Tea…

— Mary Frances Berry

If racism is not the whole of the Tea Party, it is in its heart, along with blind hatred, a total disinterest in the…

— Keith Olbermann

Democrats cannot win elections without capturing the votes of independent-minded swing voters. And that is where writing off the Tea Party as a bunch…

— Juan Williams

I think that the tea party, grassroots ideology will win every time.

— Mike Gallagher

“We are not past racism. It took us 500 and however many years to get us where we are; it's not gonna change in…

— Anonymous

One strategy that the tea party smartly embraced was one of being almost entirely defensive. They consciously decided not to figure out which of…

— Ezra G. Levin

There are people who are genuinely upset in the Tea Party. I understand that. But that movement was funded with seed money from right-wing…

— Al Gore

The tea party movement has challenged the GOP to get back on track or risk losing its grip on the right wing. It's reminded…

— Dana Loesch

“The Tea Party is a fitting representation of our era of no-debate, politically correct politics, where each political side has its own media, and…

— Juan Williams