So, How Did * End Up At The NAACP Convention Anyway?

[Dinger]

With so few * supporters there, if any at all, why or how was it that he ended up there?
:shrug:

[Catherine Vincent]

1. He was invited.

All presidents are, I believe. Although he's not a legitimate president.

[Dinger]

2. So, After Rejecting Them For The Last 5 Years, Why Is He There Now?

I am thoroughly confused.

[Cleita]

4. He's a lame duck President and doesn't have much to

worry about politically so he can be "reckless" these days.

[LynneSin]

3. I'll give you three reasons!

All of them are hurting in the polls (although the middle guy Kenneth Black"Not-So"Well is in deep with Diebold) so I guess Bush showed up to perhaps show African-Americans that it's ok to vote for republicans.

I don't know if we'll be sucessful in Ohio, but I think we'll do ok against Swann in PA and Steele in MD

[Dinger]

5. So, What Are Kenny BoyII's Numbers Anyway?

[LynneSin]

6. Ain't gonna matter if he's got the machine in his pocktes but

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/June%202006/ohioGovernor.htm

[jaysunb]

7. This may also be enlightening...

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Bruce S. Gordon on the cover of Crisis magazine.

Bruce Scott Gordon is an African American business executive, selected in June 2005 to head the NAACP, a major American civil rights organization.

Born in Camden, New Jersey, Gordon's parents were both active in the civil rights movement. A 1968 graduate of Gettysburg College, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, and a 1988 Master's degree in Management (M.B.A.) graduate of the Sloan Fellows program of the MIT Sloan School of Management, Gordon's professional career began at Bell of Pennsylvania, where he rose in corporate management to become the head of the retail markets division of Verizon upon his retirement in December 2003. Other Verizon executives have credited him with helping to promote diversity and a corporate culture based on customer serivce at the telecom company.

Among other professional activities, Gordon sits on the boards of the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Office Depot, and Tyco International. Black Enterprise magazine named him executive of the year in 1998; Fortune magazine named him one of its 50 most powerful black executives in 2002.

Gordon's selection as NAACP president on 25 June 2005 was widely regarded as unusual -- most of the organization's past presidents have been prominent figures in politics, religion, or the civil rights movement before holding the office. The only candidate seriously considered by the organization's board, he was approved by a unanimous vote and was confirmed at the July 2005 NAACP convention. He succeeded Kweisi Mfume, who resigned his post as NAACP president in late 2004.

President George W. Bush made his first appearance at the NAACP on July 20, 2006, half-way through his second term <1>. After having snubbed the organization for most of his presidency, it was Gordon's "moderate" political views that led Bush to acquiesce to the appearance, according to White House spokesman Tony Snow.

Gordons appointment is further proof of the growing irrelevance of the NAACP.

[Robbien]

8. The GOP wanted publicity on passing the Voting Rights Act

Nothing like sending out POTUS on a photo op to get media play.

[Dem2theMax]

10. Ding Ding Ding. We have a winner!

None other than Photo Op day. :puke:

[MisterP]

9. told him it was "North American Association of Cupcake Producers"