Unbelievable! This cat didn't support a MLK Holiday!

[Catherine Vincent]

Claude Allen

<<A longtime conservative, Mr. Allen started his career working for Jesse Helms, the former Republican senator from North Carolina.

A former deputy secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services, Mr. Allen was nominated in 2003 to a federal appeals court seat, but Senate Democrats blocked him. The N.A.A.C.P. opposed the nomination on the ground that he had not supported civil rights initiatives like a holiday to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

When the issue was debated in the early 1980's, Mr. Allen said that he felt anguish because he respected Dr. King but was working for Mr. Helms, who opposed the holiday.>>

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/politics/12allen.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

That's no fucking excuse! If that's not an UNCLE TOM, I don't know what is!

[Gabi Hayes]

1. I don't think McCain did, either, did he?

check this

[Catherine Vincent]

2. I don't know, but this is the first black I have ever heard that didn't

support a MLK holiday.

[Warpy]

4. Is McCain BLACK?

It's especially hideous for a black man who owes much of his success in life to the opening up of opportunities created by Dr. King and his followers to be against recognizing the achievements of such a great man only because he is working for a white racist piece of shit like Helms.

"Hypocrite" is too kind a word.

McCain was just ignorant and self centered.

[Gabi Hayes]

8. ask Clarence Thomas....and you're WAY WAY WAY too kind

to McCain and his ilk

WAY

[JI7]

16. McCain does have a daughter with dark skin

she was adopted from Bangladesh. he didn't seem to care much about the attacks she got. i wonder if it's because he never felt racism himself personally so he just does'nt get it.

or maybe he remembers how he made fun of Chelsea when she was a kid so he just doesn't have problem with people making fun of other people's daughters.

[fujiyama]

19. He's an opportunistic bastard

that doesn't care about anyone. He sold his family out for a false sense of belonging in a party of lunatics - but a party which doesn't trust him. His daughter was pissed for him endorsing and kissing Bush's ass.

Apparently at that Straw Poll thing in Memphis many conservatives do feel he's opportunistic.

Unfortunately he's still the media darling and many independants as well as Dems like him still. He'd be tough to beat in a general election.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. Cheney voted against it.

[democracyindanger]

6. Like Chris Rock said

"How racist do you have to be to not want a day off?"

[IChing]

5. Read his resume

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x634913

[Erika]

13. He was also homophobic and sexist

I guess he got off on tearing down others because of his own feelings of inferiority and self hate.

[peacetalksforall]

7. Keep this thread going - we need the impact of a list - and find out if

there are any Dems on the list.

Now, let me take a guess about Grover Norquist, Ann Coulter, and David Horowitz.

[BrklynLiberal]

9. He must be a good friend of Vernon Robinson, that idiot that ran in

North Carolina campaigning as the "Black Jesse Helms".

[Catherine Vincent]

11. ROFL!

"The Black Jesse Helms". I laughed out loud at that.

[msgadget]

12. You mean there's someone else as crazy as Alan Keyes?? n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

14. You've got to see it to believe it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Robinson

During the campaign, the Winston-Salem Journal, in an editorial criticizing Robinson, declared: "Jesse Helms is back! And this time, he's black." The Journal was attempting to chastise Robinson by comparing him to the very conservative ex-U.S. Senator, Jesse Helms. This editorial actually encouraged conservative support to rally around Robinson. Moreover, Robinson's campaign adopted the above quote as a campaign slogan.

His 2004 campaign highlighted several issues, especially illegal immigration. In fact, his campaign really began a year earlier when he was the keynote speaker at an anti-illegal-alien rally in front of the Mexican consulate in Raleigh. His campaign, once underway, included one radio advertisement that was temporarily removed from radio stations due to concerns regarding Federal Election Commission and Federal Communications Commission regulations. The advertisement ended with a message in Spanish which translates to "Yo, gringo! This episode of 'The Twilight Zone' was paid for by Robinson for Congress." The radio station, WSJS, was concerned that the FEC and/or FCC might take issue with the non-English disclaimer, as the rest of the ad was in English. To avoid possibly being construed as biased, WSJS pulled all ads for the 5th District Primary.<1> After Robinson decided to change the disclaimer to be in English with the above text, WSJS restored the modified ad, and with it, all 5th District ads. The guideline with which WSJS was concerned required the organization paying for a political advertisement to be disclosed. In defending his ad, Robinson said, according to the Winston-Salem Journal, "I think there might be a debate about 'paid for' (being understood), but 'Robinson for Congreso' is clear."<2>

[msgadget]

21. I had to go read the whole thing and follow the links

and...well, finding his perfectly normal looking picture made it all the scarier! His campaign site hits every single conservative cliche with little about making their lives better:

Brad Miller is out of touch with the voters on EVERY issue. He voted in favor of partial-birth abortion, flag-burning, a handgun ban, higher taxes, and homosexual marriage. And he voted against protecting the Pledge of Allegiance, displaying the Ten Commandments, supporting our troops, and securing our border.”

Incredible...

Thanks (I think)!

[PuraVidaDreamin]

10. It's going to be fun watching them distinguish themselves

They know they need to appeal to the more moderates.
But what will be their, I'm different, I'm YOUR candidate issue

What will they be willing to concede?

[Gabi Hayes]

15. ever heard of the Lincoln Review? Blacks against MLK holiday, in print.

''The writings of right-wing black economists Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams, as well as the black conservative journal, the Lincoln Review, had a galvanizing effect on {Clarence} Thomas. He joined the advisory board of the Review, which has created waves in the black community by taking some very unpopular—some would say reactionary—stands. The journal's editor, Jay Parker, argued on behalf of the government of South Africa, while the journal itself opposed a holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr.; questioned the extent, if not the existence, of racial discrimination; and referred to abortion as a plot to 'slaughter' blacks. ''

http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/thomas_c.htm

[Erika]

17. Colin Powell, Condi, and even Clarence Thomas

have all said they would not be where they are without the affirmity action plans. The likes of Alan Keyes, Jesse Peterson, Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, etc have over-inflated egos and have little sense of self reality.

[Catherine Vincent]

18. There are some black republicans that just make my skin crawl,

and Jesse Lee Peterson is one of them.

[Erika]

20. They don't realize they are being used by conservatives

or willing to settle for status for being used.