April 7, 2010
Graph of the Day for April 7, 2010
"[A] yourself, when you next go to a Tea Party rally, or watch one on television or listen to a politician or a commentator praise these things or merely treat them as if it was just a coincidence that they are virtually segregated. Ask yourself: Where are the black faces? Who am I marching with? What are we afraid of? And if it really is only a President's policy and not his skin, ask yourself one final question: Why are you surrounded by the largest crowd you will ever again see in your life that consists of nothing but people who look exactly like you?" Keith Olbermann.
"... a bunch of teabagging rednecks... this is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up." Janeane Garofalo.
"It's hard to talk when you're teabagging." Anderson Cooper.
Hoven's Index for April 7, 2010
Percentage of those polled who view the Tea Party Movement favorably:
All national adults: 37%
Republicans: 62%
Democrats: 14%
Conservatives: 63%
Liberals: 11%
Source: Gallup.
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