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State NAACP President Sees ‘Code Word For Racism’
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000003676517&topic=Feature ^

Posted on 06/02/2010 4:25:16 PM PDT by chessplayer

In a state that has a significant black population but only white representatives in Congress, next week’s runoff has racial undertones.

The second-place finisher in the primary in Arkansas’ 2nd district, state House Speaker Robbie Wills, has been promoting himself as a Democrat who’s electable beyond the party base — and more electable than state Senate Majority Leader Joyce Elliott.

“To say that she’s not electable that’s a code word for racism,” Dale Charles, president of Arkansas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said in an interview.

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To: DoughtyOne

Absotootly! ;-)


21 posted on 06/02/2010 5:38:20 PM PDT by TigersEye (0basma's father was a British subject. He can't be a "natural-born" citizen.)
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To: chessplayer

So says another NAACP black racist.


22 posted on 06/02/2010 5:40:52 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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CQ Politics
23 posted on 06/02/2010 5:42:52 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
They are wearing that race card out during the Age of the Obama Regime.

Yep. That bulb is burned out. It doesn't shed light anymore.

24 posted on 06/02/2010 7:14:13 PM PDT by Steve0113 (Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. -A.L.)
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