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The Tea Party is the KKK

A A A Comments (85) By Luther Campbell Thursday, May 13 2010

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke sizes up U.S. Senate candidates Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek, and Marco Rubio.

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Marco Rubio will probably go down in history as the first non-white person to join the Ku Klux Klan. The former Florida House speaker has linked up with the good ole boys in North Florida. He wants to represent only the Tea Party Republicans, and in my view, this is just a new name for the KKK. Look at how Tea Party protesters against the health-care bill behaved this past March 20, when the thing was being debated. They were spitting and shouting "nigger" at several black lawmakers outside the Capitol building. They held up signs painting President Obama as the Devil and called Barney Frank a "faggot." What more proof do you need? These folks don't like Obama. The prez could come out saying he is going to lower taxes for the rich, and the Tea Party followers would still hate him. They can't handle that a black man was elected to the highest office in the nation, so they have a fuck-you attitude. I don't want to elect someone with that fuck-you attitude. I want to elect a candidate who will help the state of Florida.

It's a damn shame, because Rubio is an intelligent young man. He could have taken his cue from Mel Martinez, who despite being a Republican, was for everybody. Martinez did a helluva job for our state.

I think Kendrick Meek is the best candidate, and not because he is black. Unlike his two main competitors, he is already working in Washington, D.C., so he knows Capitol Hill politics. As a U.S. congressman, he sits on the Ways and Means Committee, one of the most important groups in the House of Representatives. And he learned a lot from his mother, Carrie, who was the first black lawmaker elected to Congress since Reconstruction.

A new guy on the scene, like Charlie Crist or Rubio, would spend a couple of years learning D.C., discerning the good and bad cops. During that period, Florida would suffer. That is why it makes all the sense in the world to have a senator who knows the way around the Capitol. The knock on Meek is that no one outside Miami-Dade knows who he is. The Democratic Party has done a terrible job promoting him.

Crist automatically became the frontrunner when he announced he was running as an independent. Crist is good because he has never been a hard-core Tea Party Republican. He makes decisions that are good for all Florida residents. Outside of former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, Crist has been the best governor this state has ever had. The problem with Crist is that if he gets elected, he is not going to get shit done. The Republicans think he turned on them. And the Democrats aren't gonna work with him either.

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04/26/2012 7:38:00 PM

"Marco Rubio will probably go down in history as the first non-white person to join the Ku Klux Klan " LMAO!!! Hispanic is not a race and Marco is indeed white!Thanks for showing everybody how much of a moron you are!

LoveWhiteWomen 02/20/2011 10:41:00 PM

Nigger this and nigger that, but your president is black. Hehe.

BlackMan4WhiteWomen 02/20/2011 10:40:00 PM

You don't seem like a racist at all .. nope. lol

Rodney Culpepper 01/14/2011 2:47:00 AM

Luke, The Idiot, This is not about black vs.white, as most of black racist want to believe, but, about what America was built on. ANY BLACK PERSON WHO HAS A JOB BECAUSE OF AFFIRMITIVE ACTION OR A PROMOTION BECAUSE OF IT, SHOULD BE FIRED. THEIVES, IS WHAT YOU ARE! IF YOU CAN'T GET A JOB ON YOUR ON MERITS OR ABILITY, STEP DOWN NOW! OR ARE LAZY NO GOOD FOR NOTHING HUMANS! GO BACK TO AFRICA, WHICH YOU LOVE TO CLAIM AS YOUR HERITAGE. If the white people had not brought you to the U.S., you would still be swinging from vines in the Congo.

Shane 08/20/2010 10:42:00 AM

Its kinda sad you have no idea what you are talking about the tea party is the KKK WOW!!!!!! that stuff never happen at the tea party and if it did show me the tape or the audio come on man dont be a left wing nut you seem smart but after reading some of your stuff, your not to bright or smart in anything when it comes to govt. go back bring a rapper and leave the smart stuff alone

ThisGuysaJoke 07/13/2010 4:23:00 PM

This idiot has no clue what the Tea Party represents and needs to go back to history class to educate himself on the KKK! I haven´t seen any niggers hanging from trees lately? Face it you Progressives are going to lose power in November!

Nelson 07/04/2010 1:49:00 PM

How do you derail or marginalize a movement? Hire posers to stand in the crowd of that movement and do something that would discredit it. It's called a "false flag" operation and anyone given a byline ought to be familiar with the term.

Steve Harold 06/28/2010 4:58:00 PM

So, if I understand this correctly, because someone told you that someone from the Tea Party used a slur, we should all pay higher taxes and be happy about it? Don't tell me....let me guess.....you must be a graduate of the Miami-Dade Public School system, right?

ronnie 06/24/2010 1:12:00 AM

luke, you are an idiot.99 percent of tea party people are not racist at all.they are tired of the bullshit. they don't like bush either. obama is not qualified to be president. he didn't do shit . 150 days in the senate. that is how many days he bothered to show up. community organizer is not enough to be president. you probably think i am a racist. not even close. obama has raised the debt more in 17 months than bush did in eight years. i don't like bush either. i don't know where you get your bullshit mentality. it is a shame you have a platform to spew your hatred.

tony g 06/16/2010 7:17:00 AM

thanks. thanks. grate.real n......1

Pimp for obammie 06/10/2010 2:24:00 AM

Luke, drop the bong long enough to read up on some facts. There was nobody shouting, "nigger", at the TEA party protest and no, the "esteemed" senator was not spit on as he claims. He lied because there is a tape of him going up to the protester to try and bait the protester into doing something physical. The TEA party member held his ground and yelled at the senator. Luke, stop pimping for your master obammie. Your rants are not taken seriously by anybody except the barack kool-aid club. Remember we've got the internet now, so your lies are shot down real quick...

monica 06/09/2010 7:25:00 AM

I agree completely!The Tea Party made a big deal out of something that was good for the country.Ok, I see if they were getting mad because the wrong thing happend for the country but it was a good thing for the country and even the state of Florida.Also, there were probrablymore balck people that tryed to become apart of The Tea Party and were probrably turned down for their color.

Kim 06/09/2010 1:34:00 AM

If the Tea party is not racist, explain why they came about after we got a black president and not before...Why is it that everyone has something to say about what and how Obama is doing and but funny how they wasn't all on the other Presidents ding dong...Then for someone to compare Katrina to the oil spill...no way...How do you know what he's doing and what he ain't doing...It's a process people...he has to go throw Congress just like everybody else....Why the Tea Party didn't step up when Bush was in office....We have this big spending because of his butt...Why we at war (Bush), but Obama gets blamed for it....Why we have big spending (Bush), but Obama gets blamed for that, because we have to fund the war, we just can't let our troops be over there without funding...We had to save the banks (which started when Bush was in office). Stop complaining all the time, I hear Obama's name in the news everyday unlike the other President....Someone always accusing and saying he need to do this...GET YOUR AZZ UP AND DO SOMETHING, STOP COMPLAINING BECAUSE A BLACK MAN IS IN OFFICE. DAMN YOU ALL GET ON MY NERVES...YOU CAN NOT CHANGE HISTORY SO YOU DECIDE TO MAKE HIM MISERBLE IN OFFICE...STOP IT'S NOT WORKING!!!

veteran01 06/09/2010 1:21:00 AM

Luke you are right, the tea baggers are racist..as much as they try to cream coat it, they are,plain and simple!!!

Daniel 06/02/2010 6:36:00 PM

"Marco Rubio will probably go down in history as the first non-white person to join the Ku Klux Klan" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Spot on!

Marina 05/30/2010 8:16:00 AM

Your comments are full of hatred and Black Racism! TEA PARTY ARE PATRIOTS (accept it, like it or not) Please I need your supervisors information so I can make a formal complaint

tom7001 05/26/2010 11:15:00 PM

Well, he's got a message, who will be the teabaggers "imperial wizard", Paul or Rubio?

skippy 05/23/2010 1:56:00 AM

If anyone here truly believes Mr. Campbell's nonsense, here's how you can make $10,000: Andrew Breitbart has offered a $10,000 reward for anyone who can show video proof that the word "nigger" was shouted out at the aforementioned Tea Party demonstration. Ten grand, people! That's more than Mr. Campbell earned off his last record. I challenge you, Mr. Campbell, to prove your lie. Go ahead! I dare you! If you cannot prove it, you should apologize for lying and publish a retraction as prominently as you posted your lie. As for intentionally spitting on a member of congress, it did NOT happen. How do we know? Because not even the Congressman who was supposedly spat upon complained to the police. That's right. No police complaint was filed. The "spitting" incident was more a case of "say it, don't spray it", as even many leftist media outlets admitted. Here's what the Tea Party stands for: The Tea Party believes government is out of control, too big, and spends too much money. The federal government alone will spend $2 TRILLION more than it takes in this year. Yeah, I'd say that's out of control, too big, and spending too much money. Who can logically disagree? Marco Rubio for Senate and FUBO!!!

Brian 05/20/2010 2:16:00 PM

you are either joking or retarded. I'm really not sure at this point.

Andrew Carr 05/18/2010 11:08:00 PM

Right on! States rights has been a cipher for racism since before the civil war. The fact is that most Tea Baggers would benefit from Obama's and the democrat's policies but they are too ignorant, or racist (the two do go together) to realize it.

Oscar 05/18/2010 12:49:00 AM

Cuba also had white and black people .

ricardo ortega 05/17/2010 6:24:00 PM

Dear Luke, if not liking Obama and his socialists policies equals being a member of the KKK, I may be the second non white person to join after Marcos Rubio.

Dennis 05/17/2010 4:59:00 PM

Wow, Luke...."nigger" & "faggot"....that's the best you could do??? 1st, that's hardly the sign of a KKK member...I could probably hear worse if I listened to the first 20 seconds of one of your songs...indulge me for a second...wasn't KKK activity ALOT worse then name calling??? Weren't they actually lynching people, and burning down churches??? I haven't heard of any lynches or burning crosses at Tea Parties....have you??? Because I guarantee the media would have shown that!!! Oh, and speaking of proof....you say, "What more proof do you need?" #2) How about ANY proof that ANYONE called ANYBODY a "nigger", or "faggot." I saw the same video you did...with the congressmen walking through the crowd...and people WERE yelling stuff...but as many cameras and microphones there...I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD THE "PROOF" THAT ANYONE YELLED RACIST, OR SEXIST COMMENTS. But maybe you've heard something that the rest of America hasn't. #3) IF...and that's a big "IF"...someone did yell those things...they are an idiot and don't represent the vast majority of the Tea Party...and my brother, Luke....every group has fringe lunatics...and yes...even racist!!! Even "black" racist...you know...the ones that say, "kill whitey"...or call whites "crackers"...have you ran into any of those???

Tellie Detrue 05/17/2010 4:09:00 PM

Sorry to disagree with you Luther but Kendrick Meeks "accomplishments" are much too few & far between to tout his successes. He has been in the system long enough and has only used to opportunities given him for personal financial gain. His poor judgement and lack of oversight in dealings with land developers is clearly indicative of the lessons learned from his mother and evidenced by her own part in these and how many other dealings we havent even heard about. Enough Quid Pro Quo politicians and back door dealings. Both Meeks only talent seems to be avoiding the media; certainly not accomplishing anything of value for the State of Florida. While I am not supporting any particular political party; its high time to give someone else a shot.

Jim 05/17/2010 7:48:00 AM

Crobarfly, you have a very good point, those that have made heinous racial remarks, there's no defense for, but let's face it, it goes both ways. For every cracker, there's an African American or a hispanic that hates a white person just the same. That acknowledged and aside. Gee, the title of the article is inflammatory and on the racial side ? "The Tea Party is the "KKK" By Luther Campbell"

Crobarfly18 05/17/2010 6:45:00 AM

I find it very interesting that the majority of the dissenting comments here (and, for those who do not know what "dissenting" means, look it up in a dictionary if you know what one is) resort to calling Mr. Campbell out on the basis of his race rather than his opinions. That, to me, is the most telling point of all. When all else fails, a well-timed racial slur does in a pinch, I guess.

Jim 05/17/2010 6:26:00 AM

"I think Kendrick Meek is the best candidate," "Crist automatically became the frontrunner when he announced he was running as an independent." So with all that DC experience and his mother's guidance, Crist can switch parties and simply become the frontrunner ? A seat in congress shouldn't be based upon whether or not your mother was the first black lawmaker elected to Congress since Reconstruction.

Jim 05/17/2010 6:22:00 AM

"I think Kendrick Meek is the best candidate, and not because he is black. Unlike his two main competitors, he is already working in Washington, D.C., so he knows Capitol Hill politics. As a U.S. congressman, he sits on the Ways and Means Committee, one of the most important groups in the House of Representatives. And he learned a lot from his mother, Carrie, who was the first black lawmaker elected to Congress since Reconstruction." Have you ever watched him on cspan, I have and what I saw was too painful to endure. The room he made his presentation in was empty, the props he used looked like he turned grade schoolers loose on his presentation. Somebody needs to pull the plug on his career in DC.

ray 05/17/2010 4:34:00 AM

Luke, I see you are a bad ass LIBERAL , thanks to people like you Crist will not get elected 'cause he is also a liberal. By the way you still have a hang up with the KKK, TEA PARTY is nothing but the 60's children who are again rebelling against big govt. and leftist ideas like yours. give it up man, do away with your hang up about the KKK which is gone for ever, maybe you are trying to connect Marco Rubio to the kkk because you are againt Hispanics, who is really the Racist here, in case you are too dumb to figure it out, it is YOU. I do not know why I even wasted my time replying to your lousy article. no wonder you do not write for big paper hahahaha.

richie 05/16/2010 10:26:00 AM

Ah yes, Mr campball's straight forward approach is unsettling, isnt it? Listen, nobody's perfect, no govenment either, I am undoubtedly an African American, a black man and I am proud to be an American, and one of the benefits of being an American, the greatest asset of all is freedom of speech, the right to call my gov't out when I see it taking a wrong turn, or venturing down the wrong direction. Think about it, that's how this country was founded, opposition to the governing body, unfair taxes, taxation without representation! If the people say we want Obama how can you as a true American argue what the peole want? If he does a bad job then replace him but remember this, the only way he became president was you voted for a guy, that totally fucked everything up before him!

Jeff 05/16/2010 10:25:00 AM

Could not agree more. Exellently written. Too bad the Tea baggers cannot read!

This Orderly Konduct 05/16/2010 3:50:00 AM

The only thing I hate more than a Cracker is another Cracker. ~That's right ,I said it!

Me 05/16/2010 1:38:00 AM

Oh sure.... Moron Mel Martinez was such a great Senator, leading the charge to interfere with someone's right to die (i.e.: Terri Schiavo). If there's someone who should be given a white robe and sheet, it's him! Talk about a right wing fascist RepublicaNazi!

BLACKHEART 05/15/2010 4:59:00 AM

THE ONLY RACSIST HERE IS OUR SOCIALIST (MAYBE EVEN COMMUNIST) JOKE OF A LEADER. JUST ASK HIS LONGTIME FRIEND AND PASTOR REV. JEREMIAH WRIGHT. HE SUCKS UP TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND MAKES EXCUSES FOR OURS. HE DESTROYS OUR ECONOMY WITH HIS SOCIALISTIC AGENDA. HECK, THE DIRTY BASTARD HAS HIS OWN HIDDEN AGENDA, AND YOU CALL THE TEA PARTY RACISTS? WAIT TILL WE VOTE HIS BLACK ASS OUT. I THINK I'M GOING TO A TEA PARTY!!!!LMFAO

Andre 05/14/2010 9:36:00 PM

I concur Luke you are absoutley correct inj all your thoughts

EG 05/14/2010 6:27:00 PM

Luke is a degenerate scum bag. Your not qualified to give your opinion. Your opinion isnt anything people care about. You think people wake up and ask them selves what would Luke do in this situation? Well they wouldnt because you blew the money you made on bitches, drugs, alchol, sex, & clubs. Your a piece of shit. You are what your accusing the Tea Party of. You are a racist big mouth bigot. You look in the mirror and see a niger and thats why you think people look at you that way.

find me if you can 05/14/2010 3:18:00 PM

Uncle Luke you do sound like a prejudice black man whether or not you want to admit it. President Obama, lets give him a mulligan for the first six months he was in the white house because he inherited problems.But the last year all he has done is Fuck up this country more and made us look like real Pussy's when he has visited other countries. All he has to his credit in Senate is that he was a party planner. This is coming to live from a citizen who no longer will be a registered Democrat thanks to our country and the morons that don't vote for Integrety, Experience and Honor. Don't blame me I think regardless of what anyone says Sarah Palin and or Hillary Clinton have more balls and experience than this M O R O N we have in the White House.

EA 05/14/2010 6:28:00 AM

Uncle Luke stirring the pot and I love it! Eat that you racist pigs!

9mm 05/14/2010 6:11:00 AM

Your a stuipid Fuckin spook

Peggy Stephens 05/14/2010 2:02:00 AM

Luther you might be right about all this mess.

sunnyd55 05/14/2010 12:01:00 AM

I would like to make a long comment but I must get to the dry clearners before they close so I can pick up myn sheets

Alberto fernandez 05/13/2010 7:00:00 PM

Luther, You are predictable and therefore boring. Even when I agree with you you leave me bored. Change your tune man.

krtfh 05/13/2010 5:52:00 PM

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Earl 05/13/2010 5:41:00 PM

Saying I'm racist because I don't like The Candyman's policies is like saying I'm anti gay because I don't want gerbils shoved up my ass. Yeah, neither makes any sense. By the way, when you play the race card you lose. Game over, man!

Dan 05/13/2010 11:35:00 AM

Yes, according to Luke, EVERYONE is picking on Blacks.. Even Major League Baseball.. http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2010-04-15/news/luke-says-baseball-replaces-blacks-with-dominicans/ Say, buy his logic, does that mean the the NBA is picking on whites? They've sure replaced a lot of white players with black ones since the Larry Bird & Magic Johnson years.. Have an explanation Luke?

carlos 05/13/2010 4:40:00 AM

luther campell get a real job you bum

ohioBro 05/13/2010 3:46:00 AM

Luke is right. Tea party is the modern day KKK. Latino's would be cracy to vote for Marco Rubio. If you think you latinos are white, then you should come to OHIO or KY or Tenn. or TX or AZ and you would see how white you are... LOL.... I'm a Democrat and I'm voting for Charlie C. Republican outed him because he HUG Obama and he might be GAY.. but who is more gay than Republicans-hypoc.

armando colls 05/13/2010 3:07:00 AM

In my opinion I think that your comments are erroneus do to the lack of information that you have. the media do not cover tea party you can watch fox news and may be if your intentions are realy to inform the truth you can get in agreement with the mayority of the people that are better inform than you. if you persist with your racist comments that is what your political or ideological affiliation obliges you. my affiliation obliges me to liberty and freedom not to confuse people.

bill stanly 05/13/2010 2:13:00 AM

Hey Luke, you're a lying asshole!!! and I aint white either. The Tea party offered a $100,000 reward for anyone with any proof whatsoever to show a single Tea Party member engaged in spewing racial epithets. Guess what homey..... nobody collected. Why? Because it never occured you fuckin lyin little ho. Stop livin in the past you jiveass muthafucka, you're keepin the black man down!

BettySueLA 05/13/2010 2:04:00 AM

Wow...just...wow. When people tell me about the "dumbing down" of America, I get sad. Then I read some of the comments here and I realize it's really true. Some of you nuts are so uninformed and silly that it breaks my heart for you. Even CNN got on the bandwagon of admitting that the Tea Party racist BS is a lie. For the record, Martin Luther King was a Republican. It was the Demoncraps who tried to stop the Civil Rights Legislation, and the Demoncraps who started the KKK. Clearly America doesn't teach American History any longer. I guess because the looney left doesn't find it "PC" to tell the truth. Here's the Civil Rights Newsletter from the NBRA...try to edumacate yourselves before you spout off...you kind of look dumb... http://www.nbra.info/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.nbranewsletters&x=9064291 Also, I could post links to all of the videos of the Tea Parties that are up on youtube, for the highly ignorant losers here, but you can find them yourselves. If you ever looked at blogs like the BlackSphere (Kevin Jackson) or Black and Right (Bob Parks), etc. you would see videos of the Tea Parties that sort of make you look like the buffoons and idiots you are for this "racist" crap. I just can't believe this is America. But it's you same ignorant jerks who voted for Obama who have zero idea what truth is, what is going on in this country, or sadly what being an American is. Here are a few of the buffoons making asses of themselves with the racist BS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaOXZuEQglg& http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcsnWLLdl70& I could post these videos literally for the next 24 hours. But I'm quite frankly rather disgusted by the stupidity of my fellow Americans. Pathetic, pathetic, pathetic. GET ANOTHER LINE, THE RACIST THING HAS BEEN CALLED OUT FOR WHAT IT IS. A DIRTY LIE BY UNINTELLIGENT LOSERS WHO CAN'T HAVE A RATIONAL ARGUMENT SO THEY HAVE TO CALL PEOPLE BASELESS NAMES. GROW UP, GET A LIFE, AND MOVE ON, LIARS.

BettySueLA 05/13/2010 1:22:00 AM

For the love of God, why don't you morons stop with the race baiting and lies. You people are so ignorant, uninformed and so full of lies and deception that you can't admit the Tea Party is about 20% black, which is about what the American population is. I've never been a "raaaaaaacist" in my life, and I have never seen your ridiculous "raaaaacism" at any Tea Party I have attended. You're a pathetic fool. Too bad that society is leaving little lying victims like you behind. The Tea Party is about stopping destructive tax and spend polices by BOTH political parties. What a struggle you must have, with your limited brain function, to equate that to being a "raaaaacist." Pathetic loser that you are. I'm so glad that people like you are such a small percentage of the American population. PS. There are 32 black conservatives running on the GOP ticket this year. The most since Reconstruction. Do you read? All of them have Tea Party support and we're proud of the brave blacks who stand up to losers like you for AMERICA. You might want to get over yourself and be AMERICAN rather than a VICTIM some day. PPS. No one cares that Obama is black. You morons were so angry that Bush spent money. Obama has tripled the debt and he spends more in ONE MONTH than Bush spent in a YEAR. Hypocrite much? You lit your hair on fire over the Patriot Act. Obama renewed it. Obama escalated the War. Hypocrite? Unemployment was 5% under Bush, it's 10% under Obama. Do you READ? Maybe if you could become part of the entire AMERICAN population, rather than wall yourself off in your little baby whiny race baiter hell you would understand what the Tea Party is really about. You're making a fool of yourself, and none of us really care what a race baiter and liar like you thinks. It's backfiring on you, but you would have to pull your victim head out of your ass to notice. America is taking a turn back to being America. Blacks, Hispanics, you name it, ALL involved. Because first and foremost we're AMERICAN. Not VICTIMS. Maybe it's time for your bottle and afternoon nap.

V 05/13/2010 12:45:00 AM

Wow... I'll say it again, WOW. Luke, you really need to find something to write about that you actually know. Why not write a review of different flavored blunts because you sir are definitely smoking some good ish. You should actually try attending one of these tea party protests so you can see for yourself how humane, respectful and organized they are. Just because liberal protests usually end in riots, injuries, fires and sometimes deaths, doesnt mean that conservative business owners and people who are upset with the current administration who attend these movements are going act in similar ways. Try not to be so typical and use a little common sense...

My President is BLACK 05/13/2010 12:34:00 AM

I find commenters like makaveli and rena rather comical. With the way they write, I'm shocked they even know how to read OBAMA let alone to "read" propaganda online. How about, guys, instead of reading biased opinions, pick up a Wall Street Journal and read some facts. I use the term "read" very loosely because I, honestly, think they "heard" Pookie, Ray-Ray and dem say such foolishness. In regards to the Health Care Bill, Makaveli, it's obvious you are either unemployed or employed by a McDonalds or Burger King. Therefore, I urge you to READ the Health Care Bill and see that you are benefiting from it. Ignorant commenters should be banned. Luke, you raise an interesting point concerning Crist and Rubio being newbies in DC. Nonetheless, Meek is so low on the polls it's almost a waste to vote for him. I'm not too sure about Crist..He would've had my vote had he approved the "pay-for-performance" education proposal.

rena 05/12/2010 10:58:00 PM

Luke you don't even have a clue about the "Tea Party" and there is a court battle going on because a O'neal and republicans are trying to take the name "Tea Party" to promote Rubio and other republicans....... yes one must admitt Rubio has never been seen with blacks but this will come out soon........ You just talk about things you don't even know about............ The people will be heard its not about party....... The president is destroying this country and you say things like if he gave the rich a tax bbreak they still would hate the president... Man get a clue most of the black celebrities that supported and voted for him got big tax breaks its all over the internet and people know their names... Help America or have you gone sicko like everyone else that don't see the full picture.........MAN STOP DRINKING THE KOOL-AID.....DEMOCRATS ARE FINISH, THE GOVERNOR CHARLIE CRIST WILL GET THINGS DONE IN WASHINGTON, HE WON'T FU@K UP THINGS LIKE THE PRESIDENT,THE GOVERNOR HAS RICHED OUT TO BOTH CULTURES BLACK AND WHITE.... Maybe you just like havick and people fighting, blacks call me some nasty a@s names and I don't like it one bit and whites also just because of this so call lieing president, the president is a lier and a idiot of all time and you know what Luke I'm black....................????????????????????????? tHE LIEING SO AND SO COPIED A STUDENT ESSAY AND GOT THE CREDIT THIS TOO WILL COME OUT YOU AND THE BLACKS THAT VOTED FOR HIM AND WHITES ARE TO BE IN COMPLIENCE MEANING TO YIELD.......WHAT HE IS DOING IS "TREASON"......................

corruption305 05/12/2010 10:37:00 PM

The North Florida politicians ate Rubio's and South Florida's lunch when he was in Tallahassee. He had his chance but didn't bring home the bacon.

FERNANDO PEREZ 05/12/2010 10:31:00 PM

Luther, You hit the nail on the head the TRUE name for the Tea Party is the 21ST Century KKK. Im Latin and every time I see these nuts and Racist idiots in the News it reminds me of the KKK or Neo Nazis GOOD ARTICLE !!

Natalie 05/12/2010 10:25:00 PM

I think it's an erroneous assumption of "Luke" to compare the Tea Party to the KKK. They are two totally distinct entities with divergent views. Although I must say, that the majority of Tea Party affiliates are white middle-aged men, it doesn't necessarily imply that as an aggregate the Tea Party is anything like the KKK. I think Luke needs to go back to music!

Elizabeth Soto 05/12/2010 10:20:00 PM

Luke you are so right! my friend I have said this all along. The tea party is out with new name, just a new age KKK. Its very sad of all the people who dont see this. Americans ignorance is our worst enemy my friend.

This Orderly Konduct 05/12/2010 9:43:00 PM

When your neck is Red, it means that your Brain is bleeding.

makaveli 05/12/2010 8:17:00 PM

We aint in the 60s anymore so get over it guy.Uncle luke your a nobody the tea party aint hanging nobody our burning crosses.Am not white and i aint a tea party member and i dont hate barry or obama however you want to call him.health-care bill was the worst thing that could had happen to us.

Rick Davis 05/12/2010 8:15:00 PM

God Bless America, this is the only country in the world that our constitution provides for freedom os speech. And by excersizing your rights you show the world what a dum ass loser you really are.

05/12/2010 7:45:00 PM

The author's analysis is completely wrong. - I attended the March Tea Party rally in DC with my 11 & 9 yr old daughters to have them learn first-hand what it means to be an American & exercise our right of NON-VIOLENT Public Dissent. We are NOT undereducated, uninformed, or easily impressionable. However, politically, WE ARE ready to roll! We love this country and will NOT allow it to become socialist for the ideologues that have a hand out wanting to get something in exchange for nothing! - We are sick of hearing you smear us with your name-calling because you fear us for finally speaking up! We are NOT racists, hate mongers, or prone to violence. We are the part of America you have long referred to as the "Silent Majority". Politically, you fear us because you do not understand us nor will your "Liberal Tolerance" allow you to do so. There is a voter uprising brewing for November 2010 that is going to shock the "Liberal/Progressive thinkers". - Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto was quoted as ruefully saying, "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant." You have only heard the rumblings of the giant who has been re-awakened! - Remember this . . . America was founded by RIGHT-WING ACTIVISTS!

Clean 05/12/2010 7:34:00 PM

Uncle Luke, very thought provocation article. I got paid and ____ when Bob Graham was our Governor and your article made me go do some homework on his background. Found this about his Pop. Ernest R. "Cap" Graham As a senator, Graham lobbied in Tallahassee and Washington D.C. to bring benefits to Miami-Dade County.

coussey 05/12/2010 7:30:00 PM

I remember all the blacks in washington when Bush was leaving office booing him, and screaming names at him. Does that make them racists? Or is it because they are black, there is a double standard?

Outraged 05/12/2010 7:28:00 PM

This is what passes for liberalism and "progressives" in America today. Attack your opponents as racist even though the alleged "evidence" has been proven false repeatedly. Keep up the good work Luther. If the New Times publishes a few more of these quality articles, enough advertisers will abandon it so we are no longer forced to read this drivel.

richiethenumbers 05/12/2010 3:05:00 PM

Wow, a man once said, "every man's more sensitive to his own sufferings" What does the Democratic Party from 60years ago have to do with their assumed role now? Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, but he shares nothig in common with Jeb Bush, one freed the slaves, the other enslaved Affirmative Action, so thats off the point. The point Mr Campbell is making is the point you just jelped him to prove, you seem to be more disgusted with his disgust, simply because you look at life from the other end of the spectrum. Listen nobody knows what its like to be raped better than the rape victim, thus her views on rape are severe she gets emotional maybe not all her statistics are correct, but she certainly has an opinion and deserves to be heard on the topic...get it? The whole mood is more infuriating for blacks because, we never saw thenm treat a white president this way, and you cant understand why we're upset but you can justify yourselves getting upset for the mere mention of an organization like the kkk? You're pissed when certain parts of history are revisited, or even loosely referred to, you want all of the idealism embraced but not completely enforced. Then when you are cornered you come up with the stupid notion that you can re-write history.."they lynched just as many whites as they did blacks." Give me a break! You people know what we're talking about, come clean for a change, stop trying to disguise the issue, confuse the agenda, or change the focal point fact is Tea Partiers are hate mongers, selfish little back=stabbing underachievers, that fear a much deserved retribution period...how may of you guya are ready to play the victim for 400 years to even the score, then this discussion will be over with..see there just the thought of being the victim changes everything doesnt it? n Gotcha!

richiethenumbers 05/12/2010 2:16:00 PM

Good job Mr Campbell, Finally someone that calls it like it is, makes me as a resident of Allapattah very proud. It's embarassing when Americans behave the way Tea Partiers are behaving or reporting the so-called news the way Fox does. But the one thing this society has always been determined to do was sugarcoat the true spirit of human nature, and human nature does not lie, heres my point, whenever one group of people ever oppress and mistreat another group of people theres always going to be some resentment and fear, and thus the tea partiers are expressing those sentiments and are unable to control them! whatever happened to the unwritten law 'respect for the office' Whenis the last time you heard of the Dixie Chicks if I were Obama I would find those girls just to illustrate the difference of treatment he receives. When Bush was president and people called him names or second guessed his legislation they lost whatever they had and became outcast nowadays since Obama's been prez second guessing and bad mouthing the cheif executive gets you 30 minutews on Fox.

Tomas 05/12/2010 7:54:00 AM

"Marco Rubio will probably go down in history as the first non-white person to join the Ku Klux Klan." Luke: Marco Rubio is white - as are most Latinos. Race and ethnicity are two separate issues. How do you not know that? More importantly, how does the NT editor not know that?

Christy 05/12/2010 7:53:00 AM

Gil 05/12/2010 6:34:00 AM

Luke, your just not right.

sunnyd55 05/12/2010 4:06:00 AM

Luther, put the bong down, let the ho go home, and go to an NA meeting right away...Dumbass

PASC 05/12/2010 3:48:00 AM

Hey, man, I agree with some of the things you say, but when someone adopts the same hyperbolic rhetoric as the other side, that just torpedoes my respect. Tone it down or you'll just get tuned out, buddy.

Jim 05/12/2010 2:16:00 AM

Luke, what an ignorant attitude. All you are trying to do is to provoke racial tension. You want another Liberty City riot? I'm disgusted by your story and especially your storyline.

manuel 05/12/2010 2:00:00 AM

Uncle Luke should concentrate on his music ,he does not even know the difference between race and nationality .You can also pull some rude ,unacceptable actions from any groups behavior .

aiko 05/12/2010 1:41:00 AM

The Democratic Party is the Black Panthers (by the same reasoning)

TEA TEACHER 05/12/2010 12:51:00 AM

This is off the wall mentally ill writing. KKK? What the hell is that? Keep it up... you are just marginalizing yourself. This is the rantings of a true Democrat racist.

Rob Kronenberg 05/12/2010 12:36:00 AM

This article is despicable... It is far from proper for race to be an issue in an election. The KKK literally killed and beat many innocent people and of multiple races. By any definition, the KKK could be properly called a terrorist organization by its history. The comparison of Marco Rubio to the KKK is as distasteful as it gets. The comparison belies a real lack of fundamental understanding of what the KKK was and is. The author is further extrapolates actions purportedly by some of the "tea party", (for which there is, unimaginably, not a single video nor any other substantive evidence), to the entire group. A group which is a quite a diverse group of Americans by any measure, who simply share similar ideas. Isn't the definition of racism essentially prejudicial hated of a group that is different than oneself? The authors written views (and one has to imagine this may have been toned down a degree?) are well beyiond narrow. The author's views are, ironicly, racism like in their irrational, unsubstantiated, and unfair judgements. Its shocking that someone would print garbage like this...

william vargo 05/12/2010 12:30:00 AM

YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE PROBABLY LOW!!!

Nancita 05/12/2010 12:27:00 AM

Golly -- If Luther Campbell can state so confidently that protesters called lawmakers "nigger" he should claim that $100,000.00 offered to ANYONE who could PROVE this accusation to be true. It's been on offer for months, no one has claimed it, no one can prove it. Because IT IS A LIE. I know Mr. Campbell loves the idea that someone is obsessed with his skin, but no one, other than himself apparently, really is.

Jim Nichols 05/11/2010 11:58:00 PM

How can the New Times possibly defend publishing these articles? They are always so poorly written and filled with racial bias. You should be embarrassed. I feel sorry for you, Mr. Campbell. But then again, probably no more sorry than you feel for yourself.

Warren 05/11/2010 11:47:00 PM

Luther, stick to something you DO know about (whatever that is), but it is clearly NOT politics, government or public policy.

Jennifer Lahti 05/11/2010 11:10:00 PM

I think to call the Tea Party the KKK is racist and uncalled for. People should be ashamed of themselves for such things. I do not suport the Tea Party nor do I support reverse racist comments. Just because you were a celeb at on time does not mean you know what you are talking about.

bill 05/11/2010 10:29:00 PM

The author apparently does NOT know the KKK was formed after the Civil War by Democrats to keep blacks down on the farm and to limit the ability of whites from running against them in election. Yes they lynched near as many white opposition leaders as they lynched blacks. In fact, the KKK was the Democrats terror and intimidation wing. I wonder, do blacks think Abe Lincoln formed the KKK? How dumb. Yep, the KKK was all Democrats, and the Democrats were the leader of the filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Ask Al Gore Sr and KKK Byrd both who shared in the leadership of the filibuster. Heck, the author probably thinks Martin Luther King was marching against, well, hmm, yes, sorry they were marching against the Democrat Governors in the south. Gee, I bet the author thought Democrat Wallace was a Republican. Not to shock you too much, Bull Connor was a Democrat as well. Check your history, it's as dumb as your allegations. Do you even know the history of your own Party of Slavery? Try a good history book ...

republicanblack 05/11/2010 10:07:00 PM

Have you been reading http://keironjackman.wordpress.com he says the same thing.

Michele 05/11/2010 9:28:00 PM

I agree with you that the democratic party isn't doing enoough to back Meek. He has been in the "grind" for years now. While the republicans are busy fighting anything and everything that President Obama stands for, the only people that will suffer will be the residents of Florida. Luke I pray that you throw your "weight" behind Meek. I think that you have a great opportunity to reach young people and also the 30s-40 year olds (like myself) that grew up listening to you and enjoying your music. (from as far back as the PacJam days). Keep up the good work!