Proving that the NAACP was right to call out the Tea Party movement for tolerating racism the leaders of that movement fired their spokesman Mark Williams today for making racist statements. It was a tremendous vindication of the NAACP's courageous action this week which was met by ridicule by such figures as Sarah Palin, who claimed there was no racism in the Tea Party, despite Williams' long history of racist statements. Tea Party leaders took a good first step today.