Posted on 04/29/2005 9:49:59 AM PDT by Pikamax
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by Thomas Dennison Staff Writer
Apr. 29, 2005
ANNAPOLIS -- Six weeks into Kweisi Mfume's campaign for the U.S. Senate, Democrats here and nationally believe the former congressman from Baltimore is being shoved aside or written off by powerful forces within the state party.
Many Maryland Democrats -- black and white -- are shying away from Mfume's candidacy and privately criticizing his campaign for not being well-organized.
Critics say his troubled childhood as a street hustler in Baltimore, followed by controversial new allegations about his tenure as the president of the national NAACP, will make him a liability in a statewide campaign.
On Thursday, The Washington Post reported that a confidential NAACP report detailed allegations that Mfume gave raises and promotions to women with whom he had close personal relationships while he was president of the civil rights organization.
Mfume's supporters noted the story broke one day after U.S. Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin of Baltimore announced his candidacy for the Senate. They said the timing is indicative of the efforts to sink Mfume's campaign.
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Being stuck with a stupid name at birth is one thing. Changing it to something even sillier is quite another.
Kwesie's real name is Frizzel Grey
Not to mention those out of wedlock kids...
He just makes people Kwesi..
"career enhancers!"
Not to mention the number of illegitimate children he fathered with several different women. That's something that has made Bill Clinton jealous.
Beneath the surface?
Its out in the open.
Its the most vile forms of anti-semetism that even college professors would not dare say out loud.
Nuh uh! Get out!!
Today's Washington Times has a story on Michael Steele and the possibility of his seeking the Republican nomination for this Senate seat. You can read it on line, it is in the regional section. I saw some of an interview with Mr. Steele on C-Span and I was really impressed. I think he'd be a great candidate.
Kweisi sounds like a name chosen after hearing Elmer Fudd sing that Patsy Cline song.
"It was a way to identity myself and my children and their children from that point on," he says, "because it was something I could explain. It had reason and rhyme. It made sense and even if it didn’t make sense, at least there was a way to talk about it as a family name and why it was chosen. It was part of my whole process to remake or reengineer my life at that time…to reidentify myself and to give myself focus for the future."
Oh puh-lease. Get over yourself Pee Wee.
Michael Steele is on the republican fast track. He gave a very good speech during the republican convention. He also was selected by Pres. Bush to be a member of the 5 person delegation to be present at Pope Benedict's 1st mass.
Not bad for a lowly Lt. Governor.
I thought "that white guy" was Julian Bond.?. or Tony Brown even.. cause many blacks are no blacker than I am..
We have to pull for queazy no se fume. This guy will be the easist to beat. Steele would beat him and that seat would be ours. The rats don't want queazy because they know he will be campaigning with a bag of shiite under each arm.
A bag of shiite under each arm projects some Mfumes and makes me Kwiesi..
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