Inge Marler, Arkansas Tea Party Leader, Resigns After Racist Joke

[sweet-a-kins]

 Inge Marler, Arkansas Tea Party Leader, Resigns After Racist Joke

 

Ozark Tea Party Founder Richard Caster

The head of a Tea Party group in north-central Arkansas said a group leader who told a racist joke at a rally last week stepped down.

Richard Caster, the founder of the Ozark Tea Party, told HuffPost that Inge Marler, a member of the group's steering committee, has left her position following an ice-breaker she told prior to a speech at a June 9 rally. Caster said Marler surprised everyone with the remark, which was not in her original speech.

"I had no idea," Caster said. "She had given me her whole speech, and it was about her growing up in Yugoslavia and coming to America. I am on stage and then she said something not like what she gave me. I was shocked. I looked at the guy next to me and he said 'oh my gosh'."

During her speech, Marler gave what she told the Baxter Bulletin was a joke she found online about black welfare recipients. Marler told the paper that she will stop telling the joke, which was greeted with laughter.

Caster did not know how to respond during the rally, he said, noting that he is "learning everyday" how to run the group, which he founded in 2009.

"She is a gray-haired elderly lady, and I did not want to go up and yank her off stage," he said. "In hindsight, I should have said something."

Caster said he met with Marler Thursday, after the story was reported in The Huffington Post to discuss the impact of the remark. He said she agreed to step down from the steering committee seat she's held since March.

"In her heart, she is a good lady but she said something stupid," Caster said. "If I said that, I would leave the movement. We are good people."

Caster, 21, is the youngest elected official in Arkansas, holding a justice of the peace seat on the Baxter County Quorum Court. The position is not a judicial one, but rather a post in the legislative branch of county government. He said the rally was a success outside of Marler's remarks, noting that 500 people attended on short notice.

Caster said that he would like the media to focus on more than the Tea Party. He would like to see more coverage of alleged rapes at Occupy Wall Street, Attorney General Eric Holder's work on the Fast and Furious program and ethics complaints against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.).

"It dawned on me that this little old lady got on stage and said a two-bit, retarded joke that she should not have said and it was all over," Caster said. "It's funny how a little old lady can cause a huge stir, and people with real power and nothing happens."

[imamomzilla]

 Maybe Bill Maher will give her a job.

Tasteless jokes seem to be his forte.

[sweet-a-kins]

Nope tea bagging racists cheered her on

Typical

Quoting imamomzilla:

 Maybe Bill Maher will give her a job.

Tasteless jokes seem to be his forte.

[imamomzilla]

 (arktimes. com) *snip

CASTER STATEMENT

MOUNTAIN HOME — On Saturday, June 9th, the Ozark Tea Party came together to work towards a brighter future for America. Sadly, our vision and message was tainted by an incredibly inappropriate joke told by one of our committee members, Inge Marler.

I was shocked when it was told and as the leader of this organization, I sincerely apologize. Jokes like these have no place in American Politics.

Due to her unfortunate actions, Ms. Marler has agreed to leave the Ozark Tea Party Steering Committee. Ms. Marler did not speak for me or for the Ozark Tea Party when she told that joke. We hold ourselves to a very high standard, and her joke went against what we stand for as a Tea Party. As anyone who has organized an event knows, it is impossible to control every word that is said at the microphone. If I could have stopped her, I would have. Once again, I apologize on behalf of the Ozark Tea Party.

I was very impressed by the media coverage of our Tea Party. I was beginning to think that Investigative Journalism was dead. However, the media has proved me wrong. I would ask the media to continue to do their jobs and to discover the truth wherever it lies.

To help the media out I would like to provide a few examples of stories that have been greatly underreported:

* Occupy Wall Street Rapes http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/04/occupier-harrison-schultz-lies-about-occupy-rapes

* Barny Frank’s Racist Joke http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-05-28/news/31879764_1_hoodie-commencement-honorary-degree

* Arkansas Democrat Bill Wisely’s Inappropriate Comment - “I have been racking my little brain trying to figure out how conservatives can be against abortion, birth control and feeding children through food stamps and then it dawned on me. If you primarily sleep with hookers and little boys, unwanted pregnancies really aren’t your first worry.”
http://talkbusiness.net/2012/02/democrats-comments-sink-to-a-new-low/

* Eric Holder’s “Fast and Furious” operation http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/07/news/la-pn-eric-holder-grilled-over-fast-and-furious-in-congress-20120607

* Rep. Maxine Waters’ Ethics violation
http://articles.cnn.com/2012-06-08/politics/politics_maxine-waters-inquiry_1_oneunited-bank-million-in-bailout-funds-ethics-panel?_s=PM:POLITICS

I do not highlight these recent indiscretions from leaders on Left to justify the comment of Ms. Marler. Rather, I am pointing them out to encourage accountability in media coverage.

Ms. Marler was wrong in telling that joke and is no longer a part of our organization. She was held accountable. However, Eric Holder, who is the United States Attorney General, used tax dollars to pay for guns that were used to kill American citizens, and he has not been held accountable. Rep. Maxine Waters has not been held accountable. Rep. Barny Frank has not been held accountable. I would argue that given their positions of power, not only their words but the implications on their actions vastly out way the affect of Ms. Marlers’ inappropriate joke.

Lastly, Occupy Wall Street, who has been coined by the media as, “the Left’s answer to the Tea Party,” has not been held accountable for the rapes, vandalism and public defecation, that have occurred during their events, on multiple occasions. I have yet to hear of a Tea Party event where young women were raped, businesses were shut down, and activists were pooping on police cars.

I have no problem with the media holding us accountable. We held ourselves accountable. I just wish they gave the same treatment to everyone.

Richard Caster is the Founder of the Ozark Tea Party in Baxter County, AR

[sweet-a-kins]

Tea baggers are perverted racists

Lol

Deflection

Nice try

Tea baggers suck it..lol

Quoting imamomzilla:

 (arktimes. com) *snip

CASTER STATEMENT

MOUNTAIN HOME — On Saturday, June 9th, the Ozark Tea Party came together to work towards a brighter future for America. Sadly, our vision and message was tainted by an incredibly inappropriate joke told by one of our committee members, Inge Marler.

I was shocked when it was told and as the leader of this organization, I sincerely apologize. Jokes like these have no place in American Politics.

Due to her unfortunate actions, Ms. Marler has agreed to leave the Ozark Tea Party Steering Committee. Ms. Marler did not speak for me or for the Ozark Tea Party when she told that joke. We hold ourselves to a very high standard, and her joke went against what we stand for as a Tea Party. As anyone who has organized an event knows, it is impossible to control every word that is said at the microphone. If I could have stopped her, I would have. Once again, I apologize on behalf of the Ozark Tea Party.

I was very impressed by the media coverage of our Tea Party. I was beginning to think that Investigative Journalism was dead. However, the media has proved me wrong. I would ask the media to continue to do their jobs and to discover the truth wherever it lies.

To help the media out I would like to provide a few examples of stories that have been greatly underreported:

* Occupy Wall Street Rapes http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/04/occupier-harrison-schultz-lies-about-occupy-rapes

* Barny Frank’s Racist Joke http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-05-28/news/31879764_1_hoodie-commencement-honorary-degree

* Arkansas Democrat Bill Wisely’s Inappropriate Comment - “I have been racking my little brain trying to figure out how conservatives can be against abortion, birth control and feeding children through food stamps and then it dawned on me. If you primarily sleep with hookers and little boys, unwanted pregnancies really aren’t your first worry.”
http://talkbusiness.net/2012/02/democrats-comments-sink-to-a-new-low/

* Eric Holder’s “Fast and Furious” operation http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/07/news/la-pn-eric-holder-grilled-over-fast-and-furious-in-congress-20120607

* Rep. Maxine Waters’ Ethics violation
http://articles.cnn.com/2012-06-08/politics/politics_maxine-waters-inquiry_1_oneunited-bank-million-in-bailout-funds-ethics-panel?_s=PM:POLITICS

I do not highlight these recent indiscretions from leaders on Left to justify the comment of Ms. Marler. Rather, I am pointing them out to encourage accountability in media coverage.

Ms. Marler was wrong in telling that joke and is no longer a part of our organization. She was held accountable. However, Eric Holder, who is the United States Attorney General, used tax dollars to pay for guns that were used to kill American citizens, and he has not been held accountable. Rep. Maxine Waters has not been held accountable. Rep. Barny Frank has not been held accountable. I would argue that given their positions of power, not only their words but the implications on their actions vastly out way the affect of Ms. Marlers’ inappropriate joke.

Lastly, Occupy Wall Street, who has been coined by the media as, “the Left’s answer to the Tea Party,” has not been held accountable for the rapes, vandalism and public defecation, that have occurred during their events, on multiple occasions. I have yet to hear of a Tea Party event where young women were raped, businesses were shut down, and activists were pooping on police cars.

I have no problem with the media holding us accountable. We held ourselves accountable. I just wish they gave the same treatment to everyone.

Richard Caster is the Founder of the Ozark Tea Party in Baxter County, AR

[imamomzilla]

 I suspect you think you're getting a rise out of people by using that sexual slur. Well, not me. It just goes to show your level of intelligence and lack of couth. So....Keep up the good work! ;-)

Quoting sweet-a-kins:

Nope tea bagging racists cheered her on

Typical

Quoting imamomzilla:

 Maybe Bill Maher will give her a job.

Tasteless jokes seem to be his forte.

 

[sweet-a-kins]

I do not highlight these recent indiscretions from leaders on Left to justify the comment of Ms. Marler. Rather, I am pointing them out to encourage accountability in media coverage.

Liar ...trying to justify the racist cheering tea baggers

[Carpy]

Precisely

Quoting imamomzilla:

 I suspect you think you're getting a rise out of people by using that sexual slur. Well, not me. It just goes to show your level of intelligence and lack of couth. So....Keep up the good work! ;-)

Quoting sweet-a-kins:

Nope tea bagging racists cheered her on

Typical

Quoting imamomzilla:

 Maybe Bill Maher will give her a job.

Tasteless jokes seem to be his forte.

 

[sweet-a-kins]

What's sexual!?

Obviously it does get attention from you..again, first thing this morning you have quoted me multiple times

Why do you make everything sexual?

It's creepy..I like men, I keep telling you..

Quoting imamomzilla:

 I suspect you think you're getting a rise out of people by using that sexual slur. Well, not me. It just goes to show your level of intelligence and lack of couth. So....Keep up the good work! ;-)

Quoting sweet-a-kins:

Nope tea bagging racists cheered her on

Typical

Quoting imamomzilla:

 Maybe Bill Maher will give her a job.

Tasteless jokes seem to be his forte.

 

[nanaofsix531]

Great.Another one bites the dust.