NAACP shows its true “colors” (and they are the colors of the Democratic party)

12 Sep
2004

CLEVELAND – The Ohio NAACP has withdrawn a convention speaking invitation to U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige at the request of the group’s national office. Ohio NAACP President Sybil Edwards-McNabb said Thursday that the leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People told her there was an “imbalance” in her slate of convention speakers. She said she had invited President Bush and the Democratic nominee for president, Sen. John Kerry. …The Rev. Al Sharpton, who spoke at Friday’s opening session, represented the Kerry campaign… (full article)

President Bush agreed to send Paige to the convention – but, according to Edwards-McNabb, the Kerry campaign didn’t bother to respond to an invitation.

It is no secret that national NAACP officials don’t want to see President Bush be reelected. But the fact that the Kerry campaign apparently could find no one qualified to discuss education strategy – or didn’t bother to try – is no reason to penalize those at the Ohio state convention. They deserved the opportunity to hear Paige discuss an issue of importance to all Ohioans. (full article)

It would be very wise at this time for the NAACP to change the name of the organization to reflect their true nature.

When one thinks of the phrase “advancement of colored people”, you would think that there would be great excitement to see a “colored” person actually advance to the highest post of the American educational system. This is not the case with the NAACP. Once again, they put politics over purpose. The fact that this organization would choose to have Al Sharpton speak on education over the U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige shows their intent on keeping blacks on the plantation of misinformation and propaganda.

The NAACP has performed yet another jig at the crack of the whip of their “massa”…the Democratic Party.

Additional comments: (Booker Rising) - “Hmmm. This is never an issue when liberal speakers stack NAACP events. A lifelong NAACP member who heads the department addressing one of blacks’ key issues gets disinvited because he’s a conservative / Republican? Shameful. And Mr. Mfume doesn’t know what’s going down in his own office?”

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