OKLAHOMA: Sally Kern Votes To Approve Her Own Reprimand For Racism

After facing calls for her resignation by GLAAD and the NAACP, Oklahoma lawmaker Sally Kern has voted to approve her own reprimand by the state House for racist remarks made last week. Kern preceded her vote with another apology, this one delivered to the full chamber.

"Last Wednesday night while debating a bill, I said some words that were not well thought out and that offended many African Americans and many women," said Kern, who fought back tears and quoted several Bible passages during her apology. "That was not my intent, but sadly it happened, and I take full responsibility for it and I'm truly sorry. While my words were not expressed well and implied things I did not mean, they were not spoken with any contempt or malice."

The meaningless reprimand then passed 76-16.

UPDATE: Here's Kern's apology.

NAACP To Sally Kern: Resign Now

The NAACP is calling for the resignation of Sally Kern after the Oklahoma legislator said that black people have higher rates of imprisonment because they are lazy. Via Advocate:

NAACP state president Anthony Douglas wants Kern to resign. “This is an outrage. We're calling for her to go today. She needs to step down now," he said. Under the leadership of Benjamin Todd Jealous, the NAACP has accelerated its support of gay rights and sought to recruit more gay leaders and people from diverse racial backgrounds. Kern apologized for her remarks Thursday. While the speaker of the House Kris Steele said he disagreed with her, he accepted the apology, reports KOCO TV. State representative Mike Shelton said he wants Kern reprimanded. "There is no place for those kind of comments on the floor of the Oklahoma House of Representatives or the Oklahoma State Senate," Sheldon said.

RELATED: Buzzfeed today posts 25 of Kern's most outrageous claims.

About Maine Gov. LePage's Black "Son"

Over the weekend, newly-elected Tea Party-backed Maine Gov. Paul LePage called the NAACP a "special interest group" and told them to "kiss my butt" when they requested his presence at an event honoring Martin Luther King. LePage then offered up his black adopted son as proof that he isn't a racist. Only, wait. That black "son" of his is actually the son of LePage's golf caddy and was never adopted, although he did begin living with the LePage family in 2002. A spokesman for the governor said Raymond, now 25 and living in Louisiana, is not available for interviews.

Quote Of The Day - Maine Gov. Paul LePage

"Tell 'em to kiss my butt. They are a special interest. End of story. And I'm not going to be held hostage by special interests. And if they want, they can look at my family picture. My son happens to be black, so they can do whatever they'd like about it." - Tea Party-backed Maine Gov. Paul LePage, after refusing to attend an NAACP-sponsored event honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. LePage has an adopted son from Jamaica.

KKK Grand Wizard David Duke Defends The "Whiteness" Of The Tea Party Movement

Former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard and white supremacist David Duke thinks it's ridiculous to criticize the Tea Party for being so white. Completely unrelated (yeah, right) is today's report from the NAACP that ties the Tea Party to several white nationalist groups. According to Duke, Zionists are trying to wrestle the Tea Party away from its rightful white founders. (And something something something about how Hollywood is teaching us the "sexual mores of monkeys.") We're quite happy to see Duke stand up for the teabaggers. Let's hope he gets his wish and the national media ties this Grand Wizard around their necks.

Tea Party Tracker Site Launches

A new website to monitor extremism and racism in the Tea Party movement has been launched.

The tea party tracker site is aggregating stories from Think Progress, Media Matters for America and New Left Media - which all promote liberal ideas while criticizing conservatives and Republicans. The tracker's launch comes a month and a half after NAACP members voted overwhelmingly to condemn "racist elements" within the tea party. Members of the conservative movement responded by saying that the civil rights group was "attempting to silence" the tea party with "inflammatory name-calling."

Bookmark TeaPartyTracker or follow along on Twitter.

The End Of Andrew Breitbart's Credibility

NAACP Receives Racist Death Threat From Teabagger After Tea Party Denies Racism

Go listen to the audio. NSFW.

Tea Party Leader: The NAACP Is Lying About Teabagger Racism

According to Tea Party Express founder Mark Williams, all those racist signs seen at their events were brought in by outsiders trying to make them look bad. Riiight. I guess the creator of TeaParty.org was crashing his own event with HIS sign (below.)