Clever and competent reader Jennifer Lewis Williams attended the Dallas Tea Party on the 27th of February. You know – the one to which organizers invited Keith Olbermann, so that he could see how much diversity was there compared to, say, the MSNBC studios.
Jennifer asked that I share some photos, and I’m happy to oblige. The first one is of Jennifer and Uncle Sam!
Next, we’ve got a great tea party sign which I am posting for my sister, Bunny, who LOVES the song from The Hangover that this is based on:
Here’s a crowd shot. LO AND BEHOLD – I see people of various shapes, sizes, colors and ages. This is going to BLOW KEITH OLBERMANN’S MIND!
Keith asked “Where are the black faces?” Well, it turns out many of them were speakers at the event. I’m sure they would have loved to have seen him there, so that they could, you know, point out their blackness to him. They included: Scott Turner, former NFL defensive back, Alfonzo Rachel (of Zo Nation), Katrina Pierson, one of the original board members of the Dallas Tea Party, and Donald Thornton, host of Xservativetalk.com. And lest Keith start complaining about lack of Hispanic representation, Laura Medina, one of the founding members of the Tea Party in Dallas/Fort Worth, was speaking there too.
That of course doesn’t take into account the diversity of the attendees. But I have to say, my favorite example of that is this darling, cherubic face:
I want to MUNCH HIS FACE OFF, he’s so sweet.
Aaaand from Keith Olbermann’s desk? I expect we’ll hear nothing but crickets chirping.
