[zeebee]

OK, except for the "rich cronies" part at the end of the excerpt.

[Kuksool]

The NAACP would be irrelevant if the GOP supported more African-Americans for public office.

[shiva]

I for one will thank him for the article. It took guts to praise Dubba.


E-mail: sylvesterbrown@post-dispatch.com

[buffyt]

And John Kerry doesn't go to the NRA meetings.....

BTW what a handsome man Sylvestor Brown is~

[Vision Thing]

The NAACP is a paper tiger.

[Vision Thing]

Basically, the president said, "Hey, they don't like me. I don't like them. Why should I kiss up to an organization that opposes my party and my politics?"

First Cheney telling that donkey senator to go eff himself, and now this.

Let's play hardball!

[sauropod]

"I'm no fan of George Bush. Lying about the war and allowing rich cronies to profit from its aftermath is reason enough to boot him back to private life. But I applaud Bush's decision not to play nice with established black leaders. He will gain or lose votes based on his efforts to attract black voters. That is more than I can say for Democrats."

Mr. Brown needs to prove the charge that W. lied. Methinks he is just regurgitating leftist agitprop and he has not shown me that he is off the liberal plantation yet.

[E Rocc]

Sensing relationship trouble, Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry jumped at the opportunity to woo conventioneers. With Sister Sledge's song "We Are Family" as a convenient backdrop....

Using one of the worst songs from one of the worst eras in American music...quite expectable from Jean Francoise. I just hope he uses it as his campaign theme. >:o

-Eric

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I'm no fan of George Bush. Lying about the war and allowing rich cronies to profit from its aftermath is reason enough to boot him back to private life.

The President didn't lie, Mr. Brown. You ruined an otherwise good article with this tired, knee-jerk liberal automated B.S.

[hermgem]

The Mfume Jackson team will have to come to the realization that dialog can go both ways, provided there still are courageous people that do react, regardless of retaliatory hyena cries of racism.

[mhking]

Lying about the war

"Relying on faulty intelligence" does not equal "lying about the war."

If you don't like the man, that's your business. But don't trump up some full-of-used-food excuse like "lying about the war."

You said Bush was being refreshingly honest and up front. Why don't you do the same?

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[mhking]

I'm no fan of George Bush.

I think Mr. Brown felt he had to put that paragraph in, lest he lose his "Soul Patrol" Secret Decoder Ring, and they change the secret handshake without telling him.

[John Lenin]

Sometimes

[stevem]

My prediction if Kerry wins: Four years from now, the same black leaders throwing their support behind him now will whine that he and the Democratic Party are taking black voters for granted...

...while throwing support behind him one more time.

[goldstategop]

Slyvester Brown is a liberal. But he's one of the few thoughtful ones around who haven't gone off the rails when the Michael Moore Wing took over the Democratic Party. He doesn't agree with President Bush's policies but he doesn't slam him either for not meeting the NAACLP. Its rare to find Lefties who can admit that a non-liberal is entitled to not associate with people who disagree with him and his politics.

[LoudRepublicangirl]

It's like Armstrong Williams stated on FNC, the NAACP has strayed from it's true purpose. Mr Williams raised the fact that this administration has chosen quite a few black members to it's cabinet not just because they were black but because they were the most qualified for the jobs. And that is the way it always should be.

[nicmarlo]

I'm no fan of George Bush. Lying about the war and allowing rich cronies to profit from its aftermath is reason enough to boot him back to private life.

He made an unsubstantiated accusation, stated, as fact, that the President is a liar thereby destroying both my opinion of the author and this otherwise well written piece. End of story.

[Tribune7]

Lying about the war and . . .

Guess he hasn't had a chance to read the latest Senate & British intellegence findings.

[luvbach1]

This from Julian Bond when asked if the NAACP was endorsing Kerry: "We never endorse political candidates and we don't intend to start now."

[luvbach1]

Lying about the war and allowing rich cronies to profit from its aftermath...

Rubbish.Halliburton the only firm that could handle the difficult contracts awarded them, with possible exception of a French firm.And Halliburton, staying the course, has had many employees murdered, and thus is deserving of respect.

[Positive]

"Another question is why the NAACP leaders even expected Bush to attend their conference given the way they've treated him."

Yes that is another question; but the author of the article would have to be stupid to not know the answer.

The answer is the the NAACP duo of bond and imfume DID NOT expect President Bush to attend. The simply extended the invitation so that when he refused it, they could pretend that the NAACP represents American "colored people" in general and that President Bush was snubbing African Americans in general by not attending the "colored people" convention.

I don't think the Johns or the Dims will get much of a "bump" out of this transparent ploy.