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Quote, we colored people have taken a vote and decided we don't cotton to that whole emancipation thing. freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves. and take consequences along with the rewards. that is just too much to ask for us colored people, and we demand that it stop. mr. lincoln, we had a great gig. three squares, room and board, all our decisions made by the massa in the house. please repeal the 13th and 14 amendments and let us get back to where we belong. that was written by tea partyist mark williams on his blog last week. that was a bridge too far for mr. williams a...

The world trade center site. she called upon peaceful muslims to "refudiate." after getting some teasing, she took down the post and later put up this one. quote, refudiate, misunderestimate. those are examples she suggested of new words. english is a living language, she argued. shakespeare liked to coin new words, too. got to celebrate it. let's keep listening to her. maybe we'll get a clue. >> next, the tea party reaches its tipping point. it started when mark williams wrote a fictional letter in defense of slavery to president abraham lincoln. these are his words. we coloreds have taken a ...

>> reporter: williams then responded with a blog post pretending to be naacp president benjamin jealous writing to abraham lincoln. here's what he wrote. we colored people have taken a vote and decided that we don't cotton to that whole emancipation thing. freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves and take consequences along with the rewards. that is just far too much to ask of us colored people and we demand that it stop. well, williams explained why he wrote the tloert cnn's john king. >> what i did was successful. and i'm glad it was successful. i am sorry i had to go to th...

Melbourne beach. police think the women may have had help from two guys. the suspects stole credit cards and then went on a shopping spree. a thousand dollars reward is being offered for any information that leads to their arrest. i'm marianne rafferty. now, back to "geraldo at large." for the latest headlines go to fox news.com. the tea party was winning. until he did the dopey. writing a pretend letter from jealous to presidenta to abe lincoln. we don't cotton that whole emancipation thing. say what? >> i don't know this man. i don't know any republican who does. i don't know any republican ...

It started when mark williams wrote a fictional letter in defense of slavery to president abraham lincoln. we colored have taken a vote and decided we don't cotton to the whole emancipation thing. freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves and take consequences along with rewards. that's far too much of us to ask of us colored people. yesterday they expelled williams. the sentiment continued today. the tea party nation, the group that hosted the big party convention down in nashville has just put out a statement saying they have zero tolerance, a zero tolerance policy against r...