Summary
Although cameras were everywhere during the Tea Party rally in Washington at Saturday's march, it is quite revealing that the racial slurs and the supposed spitting on a congressman were never substantiated ("The race card canard," Comments & Analysis, Tuesday). However, after hearing the accusations, my first thought was, "Who is this person who allegedly spat on a black congressman? For all we know, this person could have been a plant because he was never arrested or questioned. Why didn't the congressman want to press charges? Perhaps he didn't want to expose just who this person was as it might have proved embarrassing for himself and the Democratic Party. Could it be the incident never happened?
Fox News reported, " 'Never did I hear any type of racial slur,' said William Owens, a black Tea Party activist from Nevada who joined in the protests [in] D.C. Saturday." Fox News continued: "Now here's where those accounts are called into question: Though the claims of racist epithets against Lewis and other congressmen drew a lot of media attention, witnesses say they never heard such language, and YouTube videos have surfaced that show protesters booing and shouting 'Kill the Bill' but not shouting the N-word."See the full content of this document
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Smear Tactics Redux?
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