Reply #56: Here's how I would react... [View All]

[Schmendrick54]

I guess I would add it to the very long list of examples of Bush and phony photo opportunities. Like Bush with the made in China boxes which were falsely relabeled "Made-in-USA". I would use it to try to defeat him because I know that Bush and the GOP has a clear and long record of using African-Americans for photo-opportunities while pursuing policies which detrimental to their interests and simultaneously condoning racist organizations.

I would guess that you also want to know what my reaction is to the report about the Howard Dean event in South Carolina.

My reaction is to ask myself, "do I believe that this is a result of the campaign trying to falsely claim a level of support from the African-American community that does not exist?" My answer to that question is, "No, I do not believe that."

My next reaction is to wonder how this happened. As others have suggested, it seems almost certain that in an effort to respond to suggestions that the Dean campaign has failed to garner significant support from this community, to print a bunch of signs, more than were needed for that particular event.

(Schmendrick now slips into his Runsfeld impersonation)

Do I think it should not have happened? Of course.

Would it be better if the signs had been displayed at the recent Washington, DC event where about half of the attendees were African-American? Certainly.

Does this mean that we should dismiss Howard Dean as a candidate? I don't think so.
(/rumsfeld>

Regards, as always,
Schmendrick