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WATTS UPSET WITH GORE'S BLACK CAMPAIGN MANAGER

Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts has reportedly fired off a letter to Vice President Al Gore complaining about remarks made by Gore's campaign manager, Donna Brazile.

Watts took issue with remarks attributed to Brazile in a Washington press report. Brazile, a black woman with ties to several activists in Oklahoma, reportedly said the Republican Party is more concerned with taking pictures with black children than feeding them. Gore's campaign manager reportedly said the Republican Party has no program to offer African Americans.

The Oklahoma Congressman wrote to Gore that he considered Brazile's comments racist. Watts pointed out his only family background and touted his "American Community Renewal Act" proposal which would give assistance to inner cities. The proposal has not been passed by Watts' Republican party.

When contacted about Watts' letter to Gore, Brazile said the Washington news article took her remarks out of context, and said that Watts was a fine Congressman. (Posted 1-6-00