RNC Chief's Planned Speech to NAACP Called a 'Mistake'

CNS News ^ | 7/13/05 | Monisa Bansal

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RNC Chief's Planned Speech to NAACP Called a 'Mistake'
By Monisha Bansal
CNSNews.com Correspondent
July 13, 2005

(CNSNews.com) - The decision by Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman to address the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Milwaukee, Wis., Thursday, is a "mistake," according to a conservative black activist who added that the NAACP is sure to use whatever statements Mehlman makes against him.

"It's a waste of time because the NAACP for the last 40 to 50 years has proven to be part of the elite, white, racist Democratic Party," said Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, president of the Brotherhood Organization for a New Destiny (BOND).

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[pointsal]

They are NOT thinking....

So, what's new?

[PaulaB]

Thanks for the ping love....


Democrats don't do this...why us???......go figure

[PaulaB]

Waste time and money on people that will never vote for them that is...It tends to only be the RNC....

[The_Eaglet]

Thanks for the flag.

[fatima]

Thanks for the ping abigail2.

[anymouse]

It is also called persistence. How many times did President Reagan give his "shining city on a hill" speech before it resonated with the electorate and swept him into the Presidency? Of course it didn't hurt to have a loser like Carter as an opponent. :)

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[sport]

I agree with Rev. Peterson.

[SERKIT]

We need to declare here and now, that President George Bush is the first black, conservative president in the history of the nation. (Well, it's equally as ridicluous as Bubba's claim to fame.)

[Alia]

bookmark

[potlatch]

Sometimes you can't win whatever you do, he will probably be criticised no matter what.

Hi Abigail2, hope things are fine with you!!

[ppaul]

RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman...

I prefer Larry Bud Melman, thank you.

[abigail2]

Good point...why us? Do we think this is the 'Christian' thing to do?

[abigail2]

Hi Potlatch! I'm fine, very good.

[abigail2]

I agree with Rev. Peterson.

Me Too!

[PaulaB]

Do we think this is the 'Christian' thing to do?

On one hand Jesus always had time for the sinners..a kind word and some serious advice on how to come to him...

but then I think
Give Satan an inch & he'll be a ruler

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The difference is Reagan speech was not only a good speech but it was built upon a solid foundation, it is of my opinion that when Reagan was at his best was when he addressed the difference between right and wrong, because in the end no matter ho well he packaged it, and he did a good job there also, he message was true to begin with. The speech in which the RNC chairman is going a speech apologizing for using the issue of busing for its political gain. The problem with what he is doing is, yes some in the GOP may have used the issue soley for political gain, but as a Southerner I can say with little doubt, busing was and still is a horrid thing, and it did not solve racial tensions but added to them. So if Mr Melhman apologizes for the way busing was handled, but does not address the fact that busing was still wrong to begin with, then not only is it bad politics, but it is also bad policy, because he is apologizing for calling a wrong "wrong".

[T Lady]

I must say I do agree with Rev. Peterson regarding the RNC Chairman attempting to offer an olive branch to the NAALCP. He'll only get his hand bitten off by that bunch of old rabid racist wolves, despite the presence of people like Oakland president Shannon Reeves, who like the majority of black conservatives is on the outs with the graybeard, scandal-ridden leadership. You'd think these bozos would get a clue by now.

[T Lady]

'If he's going to target blacks, why doesn't Mehlman speak before the Assn of Black Accountants? The Black MBAs? The National Bar or National Medical Assn? '

...Probably because it makes too much sense. You know the Beltway types aren't too swift in these matters.

The NAALCP leopard refuses to change its old tired spots anyway.

[jmc813]

Ken Mehlman is one of the biggest dorks in Washington.