Is The Republican Tea Party The Party of Hate, Bigotry and Racism?

Benjamin Jealous of the NAACP writes an article for Change.org spelling out once again why the NAACP called out the Tea Party on it's "racist elements". However, the NAACP did not speak out against the religious bigotry that that has been a central part of the Tea Party. The Tea Party/Republicans have no problem playing the race card or the religion card and openly make bigoted statements about Muslims. Sarah Palin took to twitter yesterday not only to defend whee-bonics but also took a stab at a proposed community center that will also have a small Mosque.