NAACP chairman calls for Bush's ouster

[Longhorn]

Bond excoriates GOP as racially divisive
Monday, July 12, 2004 Posted: 9:37 PM EDT (0137 GMT)

(CNN) -- NAACP Chairman Julian Bond called on members of the nation's largest and oldest civil rights organization to boost voter turnout to help oust President Bush.

During his keynote speech at the group's 95th annual convention Sunday night in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bond also assailed the Bush administration and the Republican Party, accusing the GOP of "playing the race card in election after election."

The party appeals "to the dark underside of American culture, to the minority of Americans who reject democracy and equality," Bond said. "They preach neutrality and practice racial division."

Many black people are "ready to turn anger into action, to work for regime change here at home," Bond said. "But they have to be asked. They have to be registered, organized and mobilized."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/12/naacp.bush/index.html

[charlyvi]

1. Maybe this will bring out more of

the vote. I work with quite a few African Americans and some of them don't vote--they don't think it does any good. Maybe this will energize them. It seems as though shrub has declared war on them in a way. Any comments from African American DUers?

[AlCzervik]

2. what ticks me off about this story and it's coverage

is that the press always fails to mention that Dim-son hasnt spoken to the naacp since 2000 and Bond's comments were made last year so *'s ignoring them has gone on for along time.

[sniffa]

3. nice

how many of them don't vote?

[charlyvi]

4. In the row of cubicles that I'm in

there are four African American women--one of them votes regularly. I've been talking my head off to them about how important it is this time, but I don't think they were impressed. Now they're pissed, rightly so. It's so tacky and classless of bush*. I think he needs to grow up a little.

[devinsgram]

7. That is an uderstatement.

He needs to learn what the word no means. Evidently, that along with manners is something his parents never taught him. I don't think I know anyone in the public eye that is as rude as he is. Great role model(not).

[charlyvi]

9. And vindictive

He's like a little kid--you play my way or I'll take my marbles and go home, and tell everyone else not to play with you anymore. WAH WAH WAH!

[checks-n-balances]

11. Thinking that one's (democratic party) vote doesn't matter - isn't that

part of the desired outcome/effect that the rethugs have been hoping for? Despondency after the last election theft?

Let them know that the only people we want staying home & not voting would be registered rethugs.

Remember the phrase, "If you sit around at home, you're letting the terrorists win"? Well, if you sit around at home and don't vote, you're letting the other side win.

[kanrok]

5. I'm witcha Julian!

[Prodemsouth]

6. I feel ashamed to be a white liberal when I think about how many Dem

and liberal whites have let down the African American Community. 2000 election is a great example. Is the CBC the only elected Democratic organization with any courage?

[piece sine]

8. and just think of how many times...

the African American community has let down us white liberals. The two communities share some common goals but are not joined at the hip. I wince at the "good shepard" implications of your commet. If I were black, I'd be offended. Hell, I'm not black and I'm irked by the illiberal presumption blacks still need to be helped along.

[Prodemsouth]

16. What in my (comments) implies good (shepherd)? Give us an example

of how you think the African American Community has let us white liberals down (as this population is THE most loyal liberal Dem backers)? At least I give the example of the US Democratic Senators. Your arguments sound like the NEO CONSERVATIVE line "responding to racism has hurt African Americans". "Illiberal presumption"..HAHA AAAYY. (I hear an annoying whining voice behind that one.) No racism here in America..folks, lets move on. Have you been reading "Liberal Racism?" Are we to take it that you are opposed to affirmative action? Is that the kind of "Good Shepard" implications of my "commet" that irked you. Oh, Your irked? I don't give a damn.

[AFSCME girl]

21. I totally agree

it's a travesty what happened in Florida in 2000.........
dumbass repubs :mad:

[Not Me]

10. Bush* has pissed off so many groups:

-GLBT's and their families and supporters
-Teachers
-Scientific community
-Environmentalists
-Unions
-Seniors (who can see through shams like Prescription drug cards)
-Army Reservists and their families
-Hispanic with Cuban ties
-and many others, including now, Blacks, whom he has slapped squarely in the face.

Doesn't leave much for a base, does it?

[llmart]

22. Add librarians to your list.

n/t

[revree]

12. You go, Julian!

It's about time minorities realized how much Bush hates them, women included, although we are really a majority.

[Longhorn]

13. There are at least three kinds of Republicans I've never understood.

Black Republicans, Gay Republicans, and Women Republicans.

In fact, Phyllis Schlafly is single-handedly responsible for my becoming a Democrat. I was raised in a moderate Republican family (they were considered wild-eyed liberals by Texas Republicans, however, when we moved to the Houston area from Indiana in 1971!)

I was swallowing the party line as children do before they start thinking for themselves and then I heard about Phyllis Schlafly and I decided for myself right then that no matter what the differences are between the parties, I could NEVER be in the same party as her!

[Innoma]

14. Our local paper...

As an employee at a local, African-American community newspaper, I have to say we've been spreading the word to oust Bush since day one (not to mention getting in a few hard-hitting editorials, scathing cartoons, and covering a few stories that most local papers tend to ignore, like Sibel Edmonds). With a distribution of some 6,000, and given the content of the paper, I have to say that most of the readers of our paper are probably ready to oust Bush now, let alone in November!

[Longhorn]

15. Way to go! And welcome to DU! n/t

[burrowowl]

20. Welcome to DU, Innoma!

:hi:

Julian Bond is a great American. Hopefully, he is being listened to.

[FlemingsGhost]

17. So long, George.

No worries. You got most of our money, anyway.

[drscm]

18. God Bless *Bush! He unites another group! eom

eom

[beyurslf]

19. The African American community is the strongest base voters

we have. Something 96% plan to vote D this year and we can thank GW for that. He won't go to the NAACP because he went while he was wunning and then didn't get any of their votes. Now, he skips it because he knows they all hate him. Why can't the rest of America be as smart as this group? All of America should be 96% against Bush!

[The_Casual_Observer]

23. 96% shows that this is a very informed segment of our society

WTF is wrong with everybody else?