Why is Bush "declining" to speak at the NAACP meeting........?

[cthrumatrix]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040...

PHILADELPHIA - President Bush (news - web sites) declined an invitation to speak at the NAACP's annual convention, the group said.


The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (news - web sites) expects more than 8,000 people to attend the convention opening Saturday.


Democratic challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) accepted an invitation to speak next Thursday on the final day of the convention, the NAACP said.


Bush spoke at the 2000 NAACP convention in Baltimore when he was a candidate. But he has declined invitations to speak in each year of his presidency, the first president since Herbert Hoover not to attend an NAACP convention, John White, a spokesman for the group, said Wednesday.

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[rocktivity]

1. Way to nail the black vote, Georgie!

What does Tara "Sloppy Seconds" Wall have to say now?

:headbang:
rocknation

[LittleApple81]

2. Nail the coffin on the black vote you mean? n/t

[Officeduster]

40. The NAACP is

a hateful racist organization that makes money by exploiting equal rights through blackmail and extortion.....bottom line....I wish Kerry would keep his distance from Sharpton.......

[maveric]

45. WTF!!!

Enjoy your short stay here.

[AspenRose]

51. Nothing like topics concerning race to bring freepers out.

They can't resist keeping their big mouths shut. Brings 'em out every time.

[wndycty]

3. Black Republicans will tell you. . .

. . .that given the whole James Byrd ad thing in 2000 the NAACP "has a lot of nerve getting upset that Bush won't speak to them." I am serious. . .they feel that it is justified given the partisan stance they took in 2000. Stupid, sad, but true.

[CO Liberal]

9. "Black Republicans"....

All ten of them?

:-)

[wndycty]

15. LOL one of them is one of my best friends. . .

Seriously.

[CO Liberal]

17. Just Remember What JC Watts' Father Said

"A black man voting for a Republican is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders."

[wndycty]

18. Well in this case. . .

. . .my friend and his wife are gainfully employed because they voted Republican, so we all laugh at him becaue we don't think he believes in the Repubs but he has a job.

[Claire Beth]

that's the truth! n/t

[Gruenemann]

47. Same here, but MY black republican friend

has announced that "W must go" and says he will vote for Kerry.

[Yupster]

33. Their leader is

a former Democratic congressperson, and they ran ads against him last time even though they're supposed to be non-partisan.

What's in it for him to speak there, just so they can badmouth him after he speaks. Then the stories are "NAACP delegates/leaders unimpressed by president's message."

There's nothing in it for him.

Better for him to speak at an African-American conservative dinner, or church convention, or some more friendly crowd.

[xocolatl]

4. Calculated move....

Bush has already lost the Black vote anyway. This is a way to signal to white racists that he is sympathetic. Kind of like RR's campaign kickoff back in 80.

[spooked]

35. Wow, that's a great observation

I believe it.

[Officeduster]

41. sure

[iconoclastic cat]

5. Why do we ask a question when we know the obvious answer?

Bush is a misanthropic bigot who is horny for evil. What else is there to know?

[Ilsa]

I guess the GOP is a "Big Tent" for "whites only". eom

[aden_nak]

12. Tents.

Well, since they're spending so much money on campaign ads, they've had to get smaller tents. Actually, what they're using now are individual, one-man, white, pointy tents that can be worn from location to location.

[Morning Dew]

19. hilarious !

I really must steal that comment.

[Ilsa]

26. Excellent! Don't I make a great straight-man for you witty folks? eom/

[daligirrl]

52. Yes, that's exactly it. . .

I often hear people on this board wonder why so many poor whites will vote Republican every time. The number one reason is race. . . being a Republican is more respectable than being in the KKK. And a Republican administration will play to this every time. It's their bread and butter. I constantly have to remind some white people that the biggest amount of welfare dollars go to white people. Sure, there are a disproportionate number of people of color on the public dole, but if you look at how it's distributed, most of the people who receive aid from the government are white. Republicans have convinced a large demographic that there are only blacks and hispanics on welfare. This is a huge issue for poor whites, who see so much of their paycheck eaten up by taxes.

[LiberalTechie1337]

6. Because Shrub doesn't give a Cheney about the minority community

[lanparty]

7. No guaranteed standing ovation ...

Remember that the president doesn't like being confronted with all the people who hate him. They had to pump applause over the intercom when he visited a Cards game.

[7th_Sephiroth]

8. they hafta do the same thing

when he visits baseball games, too

[Cocoa]

16. makes for a limited range of options

if he and Cheney have to steer clear of hostile audiences.

[CO Liberal]

10. Bush Will Be At This Meeting Instead

Source: http://www.law.du.edu/

[aden_nak]

11. The economics of campaigning.

Bush knows there's no reason to bother campaigning for the "black vote" because he's just not going to get it. He also knows that if he gets a negative response from the NAACP, especially live and on camera, at the convention, that clip will be splattered all over the news and the internet by the end of the day.

Now that Bush has to worry more about his Southern & Midwestern states, has to spend more time and more money there, has to put in more face time there. . . he is even more under the gun to cut his loses with voting blocks he knows he can't win.

"Some people call you the elite, I call you my base." That's right, George. But your "base" is small enough to fill one dinner hall. So now you've got to bust your ass to keep the "disenfranchised but deeply religious" vote that you've been so sure was in the bag.

[keithyboy]

13. He is appeasing his racist base. Why else?

You all know the signals and code words...Reagan used them well. You can't fool me, all of you know the real reason...even my mom knows the reason...Bush is speaking directly to her.

[cthrumatrix]

14. his handlers are either stupid or think people can't read ...or

going would make him look like an idiot.... is this the guy "anybody" wants as a leader?

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[Sweetpea]

20. Because in front of 8000 people , he risks at least 6000 boos.

[cthrumatrix]

21. It would probably be his "first" un-handpicked crowd.

[goclark]

28. 7992 Boos

I'm saving room for Condi and Colin who would be with him to cover for him. I would guess that all of the rest would boo in their souls.

I THINK that they would not boo out loud but have hands that fail to clap.

And this is the President that wants to bring u together.

[bushisanidiot]

22. He Knows His Sorry Ass Would Get Boo'd off the stage

they'd probably throw rotten tomatoes at him and get arrested for "terrorism"..

It would be a VERY bad photo op..

[Yupster]

34. Correct, so

why should he go?

[madrchsod]

23. the real racists

pretty much hate bush..they won`t vote for him,but they probaly won`t vote for anyone

[greenbriar]

24. because they are not the haves and the have mores

it is not his base, so they don't matter

[opihimoimoi]

25. How revealing ....

[vetwife]

27. For the same reason he won't meet with the CBC

[John BigBootay]

29. If you were running for president would you speak--

at a CATO Institute gathering? Where 98% of your audience thinks you're either an idiot or outright evil-- what's the point?

[tom_paine]

30. Sending a message to the Sturmtruppen

"Don't be fooled by our House (REDACTED)roes Sleezy, Slappy, and Colon, we HATE them Uppity (REDACTED)ers as much as you!"

Basically, that's it.

[DrWeird]

31. Bush speaking at the NAACP...

is like elderly jewish holocaust survivors voting for Buchanan.

[MrBenchley]

32. Because he's got no black support

and he's desperately trying to hang on to the "racist shithead" vote...if he speaks to the NAACP, they'll either stay home or vote LP.

[Beloved Citizen]

36. * doesn't want to alienate his base

...of bloated old school southern white bigots.

[calico1]

39. Bingo!

The skinheads would not like this at all!

[leftofthedial]

37. by the time of the meeting

Jeb and the other Repuke governors will have all the blacks disqualified from voting, so who needs them.

[napi21]

38. He's afraid of beeing BOOED on National TV and in front of

8,000 people in the room!

Isn't it wonderful that the shrub has just gone into the history books for yet another FIRST! (First President since Herbert Hoover not to attend an NAACP convention.) Way to go George!!!!

[Catherine Vincent]

42. I really don't blame him.

AA's don't like him and will not vote for him so why bother?

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[Ripley]

46. Who exactly did they blackmail?

Bill "Wholly without Merit" O'Reilly? Hmm?

[Catherine Vincent]

49. ooh, someone replied and it got deleted...missed it!

[progressivebydesign]

48. Because Bush refuses to go near anyone that may not agree with him..

.. he has insulated himself against all criticism, through "free speech zones", closing down blocks of entire cities, and refusing to speak at ANYTHING that can NOT be filled with personally chosen cheerleaders. He's a sham, and he knows it... musn't get too close to the man.. you'd see all the strings coming from his extremeties, and Cheney up there on the catwalk.

[opihimoimoi]

50. I said it before and I say it once more: Team Bush is reduced to Guessing

Then, they actually think their GUESS is gonna work.

Call them Team Delusional......