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September 27, 2002
NAACP Thug Life
Thursday, 9-26-2002, the NAACP in Maryland sponsored a gubernatorial debate between Republican Robert Ehrlich and Democrat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. This was the first debate among half a dozen to have a deck stacked enough to lure Ms. Townsend out personally rather than sending a proxy.
"Stacked enough" here means having an audience of jackass thugs with no intention of letting the Republican speak. From the moment the moderator handed the floor to Ehrlich for his opening statement, a substantial portion of the audience tried to shout him down. Loud booing ensued, and continued.
After a bit of this, Ms. Townsend intervened. Now by rights, she should have heartily rebuked the little brown shirts. Instead, she managed to strongly suggest that she and her herd were being most magnanimous in allowing the opposition to speak. She really added a nice touch of sanctimony to the proceedings.
This did not quite settle the mob, however. The moderator tried unsuccessfully to do so. Finally, Kweisi Mfume himself took the podium to restore order. In all, it probably took a good five minutes of airtime before Mr. Ehrlich was allowed to speak at all.
From there, they proceeded to have a "debate" that largely consisted of everyone but the token white panelist asking variations on what are you going to do for black people and how can we support you when you get such low grades on NAACP report cards?
Right through to the end, the jackasses in the audience persisted in sporadically booing the Republican. The fact that his running mate is black only seemed to aggravate them more. The moderator barely maintained enough order through repeated pleading to get through the proceedings.
These people disgraced themselves in front of the whole country, and their leadership didn't even have the decency to act ashamed of them. But then, what can you expect from the organization that took out ads during the 2000 presidential election practically accusing George Bush of participating in the lynching of James Byrd?
posted by Al at 9/27/2002 03:23:00 PM
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