[MplsSteve]

“I seem to recall that when he ran against and beat Julian Bond, he’d accused Bond of being a cokehead and liar.”

It’s true.

I remember way back in ‘86 when Lewis and Bond faced off in the Dem run-off. The winner was as good as elected to Congress because it was a heavily Dem district.

Lewis won the run-off narrowly primarily by winning huge margins among white liberals who were alarmed at Bond’s fiery rhetoric. Lewis was thought to be calmer and more well thought out.

[SunkenCiv]

I actually saw Bond speak, in Grand Rapids (at the community college, a predictably lib speaker series), prior to that election. He professed a love of the Mills Brothers (not kidding) and during the Q&A he said, in reference to some brain-dead racist question about "the system", doesn't matter if the game is crooked, it's the only game in town. That's actually good advice, and beats the hell out of burning **** down. Lewis was just an opportunistic liar.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"Lewis won the run-off narrowly primarily by winning huge margins among white liberals who were alarmed at Bond’s fiery rhetoric. Lewis was thought to be calmer and more well thought out."

Pretty rich, ain't it ?