Armstrong Williams says Mfume was fired

[CatWoman]

NAACP Head Mfume Didn't Retire, He Was Booted Out
by Armstrong Williams
Posted Dec 6, 2004



Don’t believe the well scripted press conference where former President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Kweisi Mfume, announced his resignation. Mfume did not resign from the nation’s oldest and most prestigious civil rights organization. He was kicked out, following a long simmering feuded with NAACP Chairman Julian Bond.

The two began feuding after Mfume nominated National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice for his 2003 NAACP Image Award. Furious that Mfume was reaching out to the Bush administration, Bond responded by nominating "Boondocks" cartoonist Aaron McGruder for his Image Award. McGruder had ridiculed Rice in his comic strip and later caller her “murderer” for her role in the war in Iraq.

The rift grew as Mfume continued to reach out to the Republican Party. Mfume realized that by reflexively voting Democrat in every election, the black voting populace has given away most of their political bartering power. After all, what incentive is there for either party to go out on a limb for blacks, if it is taken for granted that blacks will automatically vote Democrat? In effect, the black voting populace has created conditions that make it very easy for both parties to take them for granted.

Mfume rightly reasoned that by reaching out to the Republican Party on issues that they already agree with -- like empowering faith based charities, supporting school vouchers, etc. -- the black voting populace can send the message that they’re no longer willing to blindly support the Democrats. Faced with the prospect of fleeing voters, the Democrats would be forced to make new overtures. This competition, in turn, would instill both parties with a sense of urgency for addressing those issues that black Americans routinely rate as their chief concerns. This competitive pressure would provide the black voting populace with increased political options -- and increased bartering power. Somehow this point was lost on Bond, who dug in his heels with mind numbing intransigence. Over the next year and a half, the rift became unmendable.

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=5954

[skypilot]

1. A closet case...

...trying to reveal the truth about something. :eyes:

[Stinky The Clown]

2. The first salvo in a smear campaign against a man who may ....

.... a Senate seat from Maryalnd. If Paul Sarbanes, who will be 71 by 2006, decides to retire, Mfume has indicated he would consider a run for the seat. In my opinion, if he ran, barring some surprise from out of the blue by a few others in the state, he could well win.

And even good ol' warm and fuzzy Armstrong knows they would never tolerate more than one of "those people" in their little Senate club.

Hey Armstrong .... go crawl back under yer little fuckin' rock .... k? Fuckin' turncoat.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. I agree with the NAACP.

School vouchers and faith based charities are bribes. Pennies where they should be getting dollars. Everything the Bush Administration does involves programs that are simply no more than bribes to the more vocal members of the group.

I'm proud of the NAACP and wish there was some way to get them to be leaders of the DEM party without losing their non-profit status.

[Stinky The Clown]

8. How about Mfume for DNC chair? (n/t)

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. I realize Armstrong is not highly regarded,

judging by the posts on this thread, but I would need to learn more about M.'s support for faith-based & school vouchers.

Besides that, I have no reservations about Mfume.

[papau]

4. Armstrong has not won any logic/truth telling contests in a long time -

and is not in any danger of truth telling with this article.

[clintonlover]

5. armsrong williams is a lying sissy...

Mfume is very pro-Democrat

[Brewman_Jax]

6. Armstrong

missed his last dosage...or did he? :smoke:

[IStriker]

7. This doesn't pass the smell test, but look who wrote it...