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Obviously I'm stupid and unsophisticated and can't see what must be the obvious logic in the NAACP's position.

Please help me with this, folks. I'm obviously missing something.

Daimler/Benz wants to build a factory in SC and the NAACP goes out of its way to discourage them. Doesn't the "P" in NAACP stand for "People"? You know, like the people who just might find a good paying job there? There must be one or two folks down there who are un/underemployed, no? I do seem to recall hearing once that auto factories sometimes hire the odd local. And if I recall correctly there are Black Americans in SC, aren't there? Do you think maybe the odd one might sort of consider applying for a job in the factory? And getting it? And having money from a decent sized unionized pay packet with which to have a good home, save money for the kids' educations, maybe retire someday without being a burden on the rest of society?

I guess I just don't get this Liberal "compassion" thing. Must be a crazed right-wing gun loving tabacco puffing (continue the usual slander as required) dinosaur. /sarcasm

Why the h*ll does anyone take these demagogues seriously any more?

It doesn't make sense. Many black business owners despise the NAACP for attempting a boycott of S.C.

Most economic indicators hold that the boycott (since 99 or 00) has been a failure. Trending data show no impact on the S.C. economy. I actually do MORE business with South Carolinians since the NAACP called for a boycott.

I can't help but wonder how many black construction workers in South Carolina and other blacks in the general population would have gotten some benefit from the $754 million which Daimler would have spent in South Carolina had they decided to build there. Or, how many of the 3,300 jobs at the proposed plant would have gone to black workers. Whatever the economic benefit of having such a plant built and operating in the state, it certainly can't compare to the benefit gained from removing a piece of cloth from a flag pole. Can it?