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Justice Official, NAACP Meet with Norfolk Over Float (Nebraska--Obama Outhouse)
The Lincoln Journal Star ^ | Friday, July 11, 2014

Posted on 07/12/2014 10:46:34 AM PDT by kristinn

Four representatives of the NAACP and the U.S. Department of Justice met with Norfolk Mayor Sue Fuchtman Thursday to talk about a controversial float in the Fourth of July parade.

The meeting included the mayor, city administrator Shane Weidner and members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which organized the parade.

The Justice Department official is a member of the Community Relations Service team that handles discrimination disputes.

The float in question depicted a distraught looking mannequin in overalls in front of an outhouse with the words Obama Presidential Library on the side.

"The state area NAACP has received numerous concerns and inquiries about this issue," Iowa-Nebraska NAACP President Betty C. Andrews said in a news release.

Weidner said the meeting was very positive and, for him, more of a listening session.

(Excerpt) Read more at journalstar.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: obama; obamafloat
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To: kristinn
The float in question depicted a distraught looking mannequin in overalls in front of an outhouse with the words Obama Presidential Library on the side.

Should have been a bathhouse...

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21 posted on 07/12/2014 12:56:58 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: kristinn

The NAACP has long lost any credibility with most black I know. Ben Jealous, the last leader saw to that, with his openly racist, ignorant statements during the elections. I was a member decades ago, when they were a sincere organization for improvement and enlightenment. I would not donate one dollar now. They are clearly just a bought and paid for lobby group of the Democrat Party, as is the Labor Union. Only now are the majority brave enough to start coming forward and saying it out loud and clear.


22 posted on 07/12/2014 1:11:33 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Arm_Bears

Hate crime, offending His Majesty, etc. Note, no sarcasm tag. The will charge the builders with something


23 posted on 07/12/2014 1:33:10 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: kristinn

Perhaps they weren’t sure what a bathhouse was and confused it with a bathroom and settle on an outhouse as a decidedly down-market toilet.


24 posted on 07/12/2014 1:49:15 PM PDT by Oratam
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To: kristinn

THEY have too much of our money and waste it on sh!t like this.


25 posted on 07/12/2014 3:19:22 PM PDT by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust. It corrodes twenty-four hous a day.)
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