Too lazy

[lily]

Does anyone know what the NAACP said about Bush that he is so upset about to not speak in front of them, thus loosing a hell of a lot of votes?

[sinterest]

I know - but I'm too lazy :bleh

[lily]

:crybaby :crybaby :crybaby :crybaby You're going to make me do it myself???????? My daughter is on her way here after work to dye my roots, so I will look youthful and beautiful. It's either give the threads a quick look over or look this up myself :crybaby :crybaby :crybaby

I'd do it for you if you asked :cheers :wave



Ok, that's a lie

But I did get excited when I saw you posted. I thought I could count on you.

That's how I got my daughter to come and do my roots. ;)

They ran an AD in 2000 basically saying Bush was responsible for the dragging death of that gentleman in Texas.

[lily]

2000? Man, can he hold a grudge. Thanks bobboi :wave

[Raven]

Does anyone know what the NAACP said about Bush that he is so upset about to not speak in front of them, thus loosing a hell of a lot of votes?


NAACP Pleads For Relevance
Kweisi Mfume, president of the NAACP, publicly re-invited George Bush to speak at their annual convention, promising that he will be treated with respect if he returns. Bush, so far, isn't biting at the bait:

Kweisi Mfume, president of the NAACP, said it was "unbelievable" that Bush had declined an invitation to speak at the organization's annual meeting for the fourth consecutive year.
"When you are president, you are elected to be president of all the people," Mfume said at a news conference as the convention opened. "You won't do that if you refuse to talk."

He asked Bush to change his mind and promised that the Republican president would be treated with respect at the Philadelphia event this week even if many delegates oppose his politics.


Mfume sees his organization losing its relevance in electoral politics under his leadership, and he's panicking. Bush went out of his way to make an appearance in 2000, after which Mfume and the NAACP paid him back by running ads accusing him of being a racist for not supporting hate-crimes legislation. They used the dragging murder of James Byrd (and Byrd's daughter) to campaign against Bush, even though Texas convicted all three perps for first-degree murder and sentenced two of the three to death.

Of course, Bush managed to win without the NAACP's support in 2000, even though he only scored 9% of the African-American vote -- a bloc-voting habit that effectively demonstrated that the Republicans could win without pandering to radical-left leaders like Julian Bond and Mfume. The NAACP continued its attacks throughout the Bush administration even though Bush has promoted more people of color into higher positions of power than any preceding president, and has spent more on education than any other administration. Bush has wisely decided that nothing he does will cause NAACP leadership to change its mind about his presidency, and therefore appearing at their convention is a waste of time all the way around.

Bush's refusal to appear has been excoriated by Mfume and Bond, saying that Bush has taken race relations back to the Warren Harding administration -- the last sitting president to not appear at an NAACP convention during an entire term of office. But given Bush's track record, such a charge is ludicrous, and obviously so. The truth is that Bond and Mfume have allowed the NAACP to make itself nothing more than the Democratic Party's subsidiary, and have wound up marginalizing a once fiercely independent organization.

Mfume now finds himself begging Bush to attend the convention to maintain an illusion that they have not made themselves subordinate to Terry McAuliffe. Failing to have a sitting president address their members is a terrible failing, I agree, but the failure is not Bush's. This failure belongs to Mfume and Bond, and the membership should consider how radical and partisan these two leaders have made their group.

UPDATE: McQ from QandO has a few words to say on the subject, too, and also notes the NAACP's marginalization.

UPDATE II: The Left Coaster, in a fairly typical response, holds up Mfume's line about Bush being obligated to speak to the NAACP, because they represent 500,000 voters and Bush's refusal supposedly shows his uncaring attitude towards its membership. This argument is laughable; MoveOn.org claims millions of members, but Bush won't be accepting any invitations there, either. Bush's status as a leader does not hinge on his appearance at the NAACP convention, and if the NAACP wants to make itself the kind of organization where any politician can come to address its membership, the responsibility for that is the NAACP's leadership, not George Bush.

Since when is it a requirement for Presidents to address organizations of 500,000 people or more?


Lily I found this on a bloggers website. Perhaps it will help to answer your question.

[lily]

Thank you Raven, it does put a whole new light on it.............and welcome to the board :wave

[Raven]

Thank you Raven, it does put a whole new light on it.............and welcome to the board :wave


Thanks for the welcome. :wave

[Francois Cellier]

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5082113

Kerry seeks gain from Bush civil rights woes
By David Morgan
July 13, 20046:00 AM


BOSTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has tried to capitalise on growing rancour between the White House and civil rights leaders by accusing President George W. Bush of ignoring racial and economic inequalities in the United States.

At a fund-raiser in his home state of Massachusetts, Kerry put a spotlight on Bush's decision last week not address the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People and presented himself as a long-time civil-rights supporter inspired by John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King.

"My friends, I will be a president who meets with the leadership of the Civil Rights Congress, who meets with the NAACP," he told a predominantly black audience on Monday.

A Kerry spokesman said later the senator meant to refer to the Washington-based coalition called the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights rather than the Civil Rights Congress.

Kerry, 60, is scheduled to speak to the NAACP, the oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organisation, on Thursday at its annual convention in Philadelphia.

Last week, Bush declined an NAACP speaking invitation because of "hostile political rhetoric" from the group's leaders. "You've heard the rhetoric and the names they've called me," Bush told the Philadelphia Inquirer.

NAACP Chairman Julian Bond has accused the Bush administration of presiding over racial divisions in education, criminal justice and voting rights.

Even so, Republicans say Bush, who drew only 8 percent of the black vote in the 2000 election, has made an appeal to African Americans a priority of his re-election campaign.

White House national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, the first black woman to hold the position and one of Bush's closest aides, defended his civil rights record.

"I know that this is a president whose record is impeccable on civil rights, impeccable on the interests of African Americans, and I'm quite comfortable with the decision he's taken," Rice said on CNN.

Black voter support could be crucial in the November 2 election, which analysts believe may be as close as the 2000 race, decided in Bush's favour by the U.S. Supreme Court.

In his first solo public appearance since a four-day campaign swing with his vice presidential running mate John Edwards, Kerry sounded out some of Edwards' signature themes about a divided America.

He pointed to inequities faced by blacks in criminal justice and education while accusing the Bush administration of pursuing tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of working families.

"All across this country, John and I saw a separate and unequal school system in America 50 years after Brown vs. Board of Education. That's unacceptable," Kerry said in reference to the Supreme Court ruling that outlawed school segregation.

"We've got more African Americans in jail than we do in college. That's unacceptable," he added.

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I'd do it for you if you asked



Ok, that's a lie

ok - I lied too - didn't really know or I'd told ya. NO lie!

[lily]

:rofl :rofl How can I ever trust you again :rofl :rofl

[lily]

Kerry, 60,

Kerry is 60?


Last week, Bush declined an NAACP speaking invitation because of "hostile political rhetoric" from the group's leaders. "You've heard the rhetoric and the names they've called me," Bush told the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Could this sound more childish? I can actually oicture him stomping his foot :rollin

White House national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, the first black woman to hold the position and one of Bush's closest aides, defended his civil rights record.

Damn, she comes in handy :rofl

"We've got more African Americans in jail than we do in college. That's unacceptable," he added.

True.

[sinterest]

How can I ever trust you again
Because I love you and fear loosing you with any more lies

[lily]

How can I ever trust you again
Because I love you and fear loosing you with any more lies :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

Seriously, if I had a nickel for every one that has told me that :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin