George Allen joins the NAACP

[DeepModem Mom]

WP: Allen, Webb Face Scrutiny of the NAACP
Separate Hour-Long Interviews Touch on Wide Range of Sensitive Issues
By Michael D. Shear
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, October 21, 2006; Page B01

HAMPTON, Va., Oct. 20 -- Virginia's candidates for the U.S. Senate made an election-year pilgrimage to the state's leading African American organization Friday, submitting separately to almost an hour of tough but respectful questions from members of the NAACP.

Sen. George Allen (R), who has battled accusations that he used racial epithets about blacks during and after college, fielded questions about racial profiling, Iraq, support for African nations, affirmative action, minimum wage and the draft....

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The first-term senator did not get any questions about macaca or the racial epithet, and in a surprise moment, Allen accepted an off-the-cuff offer to join the NAACP as a lifetime member....

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"I've enjoyed the give-and-take here," he told the crowd of about 200. "Do we agree on every issue? No. Am I perfect? No. I respectfully ask for your support and your consideration. I look forward to joining hands with you all."

Moments later, he joined the group's president and a phalanx of television cameras to fill out the membership application and write a personal check for $750 to become the group's latest lifetime member....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/20/AR2006102001406.html

[BrklynLiberal]

1. ROTFLMAO!!!!

[Demeter]

2. Cheap Publicity

real cheap. How about a foundation for scholarships, or a PAC for minority rights?

[SeveneightyWhoa]

3. $750?

Is that the special "whitey" fee?

If not, it seems like a prejudicial barrier against underprivledged blacks. ;)

[dsc]

4. It is a lifetime membership

I would hope the yearly membership is much lower.

[Mabus]

5. Yearly is around $12

I think that's what I paid when I renewed last year. I should be getting my annual renewal form sometime next month as my membership will be up in December.

[dsc]

7. that is a bargain

HRC is close to 50

[Mabus]

10. Correction it is $30 a year

I paid $15 for a membership last year for a neighbor's kid.

[niceypoo]

6. Does this mean the KKK will excommunicate him?

The first statement the guy makes when it becomes public that he is Jewish is, "I had a ham sandwich for lunch". Does anyone, besides the 25% of the public that would gleefully march off of a cliff for Bush, actually not see what this is all about? Jeeeeze...

[AnnieBW]

8. The Onion?

Are you sure that this isn't from The Onion?

[DeepModem Mom]

9. LOL!

[Vickers]

11. "Do we agree on every issue? No. Am I perfect? No."

Who is this guy, Rummy? :wtf:

[DeepModem Mom]

12. You're right! I knew that sounded familiar. nt

[saltpoint]

13. And what's more, the Senator has just agreed to do a couple of tour

dates with NWA.

I think one show is in Richmond, so order tickets early.