NAACP's Shelton: Which Is It?

Joe Schoffstall | July 16, 2010

Everyone is well aware of how the NAACP jumped out of the woodworks and is throwing charges of "racism" in the direction of the Tea Party, but the funny thing about this accusation is the people who are front and center doing the mudslinging lack the ability to hold together a consistent and plausible story. Case in point: Hilary Shelton. Earlier this week Shelton, the Director to the NAACP's Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy, went on national television. When he was asked if he's ever attended a Tea Party rally he admitted that despite his claims of racism, that he has never been to one. Just three days later, on national television once again, Shelton claimed that he, indeed, attended the Tea Party rally in which people "spit" on one of the black congressmen all while screaming the "n-word" at the group -- or the "Kill the Bill" rally. After the allegations, Andrew Breitbart offered a $100,000 reward to anyone would come forward with proof the n-word was said 15 times. Despite video surfacing from multiple camera angles, not one video could prove the event occurred.

So which one is it Mr. Shelton? You might want to get your story straight if you want to build legitimacy and expect to convince anyone else of this "racism" you speak of.