Reps. Wynn, Cummings to endorse Mfume

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/081606/news6.html ^

[Grendel9]

Maryland Democratic Reps. Al Wynn and Elijah Cummings will endorse former Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) on Wednesday in his bid to win the party's Senate nomination in the Sept. 12 primary, a spokesman for Mfume's campaign said.

The Democrats in the Maryland congressional delegation have split along racial lines. Wynn and Cummings, who are black, will back Mfume while Reps. Steny Hoyer, the minority whip, and Dutch Ruppersberger, who are white, have contributed money to Rep. Ben Cardin.

Only Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has not given money to either candidate.

About 30 percent of Maryland's population is black and the community is an important segment of the Democratic vote, especially in Baltimore and Prince George's County, which account for more than 75 percent of the Democratic nominee's vote, according to the Baltimore Sun. Forty percent of primary voters could be black.

[Grendel9]

How quickly they CHOOSE to forget!

http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1074

[AbeKrieger]

Born Frizzell Gray in 1949, this former Congressman and former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People changed his name to Kweisi Mfume to mean, in a West African dialect, "conquering son of kings."

[samadams2000]

Is that true..? My God what leaders we have. Krazy Mfume!

[Vigilanteman]

During his teens and early twenties, Mfume fathered five children with four different women.

Way cool! That makes him more virile than Bill Clinton! (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)

[NotSoFreeStater]

I really do hate living in Maryland around election time.

[sgtbono2002]

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I really do hate living in Maryland around election time.******

Dont let it bother you. Vote for a black gentleman. Steele.

Republican Candidate for Maryland Senate.

Anybody who would vote for Kweasy Mfume would vote anything black. Like a 12 volt battery or a mud flap.

[AbeKrieger]

During his teens and early twenties, Mfume fathered five children with four different women.

It's called "Jewels In The Crown"... and does he accurately reflect his constituency or what?

[jmaroneps37]

This will be a good thing. queezie no sefume will be the rat nominee and Steele will beat him. We saw what intelligent thinking Black votes did to mcpigtails. Once they have a chance, 23 to 25% will vote for Steele and in a no presidential year that will spell the difference.

[kabar]

Cardin is going to be the Dem nominee, not Mfume. He is way ahead in the polls.

[Grendel9]

Yep.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwesi_Mfume

http://www.topblacks.com/civil-rights/kweisi-mfume.htm