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  • Despite IRS audit, NAACP chairman criticizes Bush in speech opening the group's convention

    07/11/2005 2:13:37 AM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 36 replies · 809+ views
    Baltimore Sun ^ | July 11, 2005 | Kelly Brewington
    MILWAUKEE - Appearing unfazed by a pending IRS audit spurred by his stinging criticism of the Bush administration, NAACP Chairman Julian Bond continued to assault the president's policies in a speech last night opening the civil rights organization's 96th annual convention. Calling the Bush administration's approach to civil rights "deceptive," Bond suggested that the White House has "tried an aggressive campaign to seduce black clergy" to support the administration through its faith-based grant campaign. "The president likes to talk the talk, but he doesn't walk the walk," Bond told a crowd of about 3,000 gathered at Milwaukee's Midwest Airlines Center...