but there is a splinter group that should be called the Congressional Black Caucasoids.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Wanzala" <jwanzala at hotmail.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Nader vs. CBC
: CBC - the Congressional Black Cronies of the DLC.
:
:
: >From: "R" <rhisiart at charter.net>
: >Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
: >To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
: >Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Nader vs. CBC
: >Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 20:57:48 -0700
: >
: >as cornel west said recently, when asked his opinion of current black
: >leadership, "when i talk about mediocrity in terms of leadership, i'm
: >making
: >a multiracial statement."
: >
: >R
: >
: >
: >----- Original Message -----
: >From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
: >To: "lbo-talk" <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
: >Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 2:39 PM
: >Subject: [lbo-talk] Nader vs. CBC
: >
: >
: >: The Hill - July 14, 2004
: >:
: >: Nader angers CBC with demand for apology
: >: By Hans Nichols and Peter Savodnik
: >:
: >: Tensions between Ralph Nader and the Congressional Black Caucus
: >: flared again yesterday, after a let ter from the independent
: >: presidential candidate to the caucus chairman, Elijah Cummings
: >: (D-Md.), demanded an apology for an "obscene racial epitaph" at a
: >: tense meeting last month.
: >:
: >: Black lawmakers reacted to Nader's letter with a combination of anger
: >: and disdain, questioning his mental health and accusing him of acute
: >: and advanced egomania.
: >:
: >: "He ain't playing with a full deck," said Rep. James Clyburn
: >: (D-S.C.), a member of the caucus and vice chairman of the Democratic
: >: caucus.
: >:
: >: "I don't think he gets it," said Rep. Albert Wynn (D-Md.).
: >:
: >: "The meeting was about strategy and the pragmatic planning to defeat
: >: [President] Bush," said Wynn.
: >:
: >: "We told him how at strategic level, his candidacy defeats a common a
: >: goal," said Wynn, who criticized Nader for adopting a sanctimonious
: >: tone at the beginning of the meeting.
: >:
: >: "We were particularly offended by Nader's exhibitionism, his
: >: selfishness and egotism," Wynn added.
: >:
: >: Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) said, "If he didn't understand what the
: >: meeting was about, not only is he an egotistical maniac, he's dumber
: >: than I thought he was."
: >:
: >: Nader's two-and-a-half-page letter, released to the media before many
: >: members of the caucus had a chance to see it, demanded an apology
: >: from Rep. Melvin Watt (D-N.C.). Nader took umbrage at Watt's choice
: >: of words. Watt, Nader alleged, called him "just another arrogant
: >: white man, telling us what we can do. It's all about your ego,
: >: another [expletive] arrogant white man."
: >:
: >: "Exclamations at the meeting descended into vituperative (e.g.,
: >: Congresswoman [Carolyn] Kilpatrick's [D-Mich.] tawdry, anatomical
: >: comment yelled loud enough so the press could hear it outside) and
: >: ending with the obscene racist epithet repeated twice by Yale Law
: >: School alumnus Congressman Melvin Watt of North Carolina," Nader
: >: wrote Cummings.
: >:
: >: As reported by The Hill, Kilpatrick told Nader to "get your ass out"
: >: at the June 22 meeting.
: >:
: >: Caucus spokeswoman Candice Tolliver ruled out an apology. "It was a
: >: spirited exchange with the caucus," Tolliver said. "We just share two
: >: different strategies, and that's it."
: >:
: >: Black House members at the meeting had urged Nader to pull out of the
: >: presidential race so that votes wouldn't be channeled away from Sen.
: >: John Kerry (D-Mass.), his party's presumptive presidential nominee.
: >:
: >: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) dismissed the letter. "I'll give as
: >: much consideration to that letter as constituents in my district will
: >: give him their vote," he said.
: >:
: >: Meanwhile, a left-leaning organization has accused a pro-business
: >: group headed by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) of
: >: drumming up support for Nader's candidacy.
: >:
: >: John Stauber, executive director of the Center for Media and
: >: Democracy, said, "The Republican machine is mobilizing for Nader.
: >: Major Republican funders are sending checks to Nader, and a far-right
: >: industry-funded front group, Citizens for a Sound Economy [CSE], is
: >: organizing to get Ralph on the November ballot in a number of swing
: >: states."
: >:
: >: CSE spokesman Chris Kinnan said the group's local chapters have
: >: gotten involved to get Nader on state ballots. He said Nader's
: >: candidacy "helps illuminate that Sen. [John] Kerry (D-Mass.) is
: >: running from his position. Kinnan added that CSE opposes Nader's
: >: positions, but his run for the White House "furthers our issue
: >: agenda."
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