MLK Rally marked by Bush, Ashcroft bashing & absence of US flags; Speaker Praises Mugabe

Personal Observations on C-SPAN ^ | August 23, 2003 | nwrep

[Sangamon Kid]

The woman with the Stop Racism Now poster. What is she saying, that there aren't enough blacks aborting their babies?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

'twould be nice to get Dean to endorse the Mugabe comments.

[Atchafalaya]

Make for a great Pub campaign add don't you think? Video at 1000, stay tuned!

[Atchafalaya]

Nah, rejected!

[Timmy]

The left-wing black leadership seems to want nothing more than to emulate the Palestinians. Some have predicted that America is heading for the same type of situation, with a large minority population striving to destroy the country. I'm a little more optimistic, but I can see how someone could think that when you hear about stuff like this.

[EGPWS]

Al Sharpton looks offended.

Was a change in his look noted?

[Loyal Buckeye]

I have no problem with MLK; however, tell me again why I should care what the fanatics in this group do. Ignore 'em until they start acting like normal people.

[EGPWS]

I see now that "Jesse" is trying to buy a vowel again. Arghh.

[thatdewd]

Looks and sounds like a convention of bigots and hatemongers to me. I don't think MLK would have much to do with them. Especially Jesse "excuse me while I smear Martin's blood on my shirt for the photos" Jackson. What a scumbag.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Pettiness, spitefulness, childishness, hatefullness, totally ignorance is blissfulness, motivates these who personify pretentiousness.

[Spiff]

No American flags!? The people attending the rally call themselves "African-American". In other words, they're "African" first and American second. I've seen them fly some bastardized "African" flag as they celebrate a continent and it's cultures which consistently foster the most racist slaughter the world has ever experienced.

[EGPWS]

Of course the "money bucket" with a requested $100 or more is requested!

Are these people in a trance? I.Q. challenged? Or just fanatical?

[alrea]

lavish praise on Robert Mugabe for "reclaiming African lands from the colonialists"

Mugabe Democrat Bump

[nwrep]

Ping

[ChadGore]

Not a single racists Democrat even SHOWED UP for Ms. Mosley Brauns' coming out rally in Chicago. NOW couldn't even get *one* racists democrat to even show up ?

democrats need to look within for the solution.

"I have seen the racists, and he is liberal!"

It's time the DNC FOLLOWED THE LEAD of the Republican party and give African Americans positions of *real power* in the executive branch.

[mhking]

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[kristinn]

This was a pathetic, shameful rally. The Enron-ron song was embarrassingly funny, though.

I didn't see Jesse Jackson put any money in the bucket when he was goading the dignitaries there to dig deep 'for the cause'.

BTW, brother Malcom X was not mentioned by Rev. Jackson when he invoked the names of the dearly departed at the commencement of his shakedown.

[gedeon3]

African first, American only to claim 'rights', freebees, money, etc, etc.

[hellinahandcart]

He listed "homophobia" as one of the greatest contemporary evils facing mankind.

Kim Gandy, the NOW chief, and a representative of the National Gay and Lesbian Alliance

Hmpf. And Arabs bleating about discrimination too. I just had an insight as to why the crowd began to drift away.

They can read the handwriting on the wall. Either gays or Arabs are going to be elevated to Oppressed Victim Class Numero Uno in the coming election, and blacks are gonna get screwed again...

[gedeon3]

African first, American only to claim 'rights', freebees, money, etc, etc.