Maryland NAACP

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: OCguy
What else would you expect from an organization that caters to only one race?

Hopefully these racist outfits that promote double standards will go the way of the dinosaur soon enough.

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan

Originally posted by: Craig234 in reference to the appointment of Mayor Dixon's replacement:

Or put in a more rational way, people concerned with the interests of Baltimore, seeing a political process that might have an appointment thwart democracy, raise concerns.

Sounds like defending the principle of democracy - the right of the people to choose their own government rather than have one they don't want forced on them.

Originally posted by: Craig234 in reference to the appointment of Sen. Kennedy's replacement:

There's no deep democratic principle clearly involved here to how the replacement is chosen. It's not free speech or Habeus Corpus or freedom from torture. This is a politician changing the rules in an area the rules can change to try to get his side in power.

LOL! Craig's partisan macro-bot is amazing!

owned.

Haha, that's my boy - picking his team over principle 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. You can't buy entertainment this good.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: yllus

Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan

Originally posted by: Craig234 in reference to the appointment of Mayor Dixon's replacement:

Or put in a more rational way, people concerned with the interests of Baltimore, seeing a political process that might have an appointment thwart democracy, raise concerns.

Sounds like defending the principle of democracy - the right of the people to choose their own government rather than have one they don't want forced on them.

Originally posted by: Craig234 in reference to the appointment of Sen. Kennedy's replacement:

There's no deep democratic principle clearly involved here to how the replacement is chosen. It's not free speech or Habeus Corpus or freedom from torture. This is a politician changing the rules in an area the rules can change to try to get his side in power.

LOL! Craig's partisan macro-bot is amazing!

owned.

Haha, that's my boy - picking his team over principle 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. You can't buy entertainment this good.

and thats the kind of shit that is bringing down the US. To many would rather see his team "win" then what is best for the US.

could you imagian how well off the US oh hell the world would be without such crap? and curruption?

 

[JD50]

Watch out, some of you are about to get some nasty PMs.

 

[txrandom]

Still waiting for Craig's response.

 

[Starbuck1975]

Sounds like defending the principle of democracy - the right of the people to choose their own government rather than have one they don't want forced on them.

Did you feel the same way about MA when they stripped then Governor Romney of a similar power out of fear that had Kerry won the 2004 election, Romney could potentially appoint a Republican to fill the Senate seat...only to reverse that stance after Ted Kennedy died out of fear that a special election would result in the people choosing a Republican to fill his seat.

The double standards are strong in this thread.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: Craig234
Or put in a more rational way, people concerned with the interests of Baltimore, seeing a political process that might have an appointment thwart democracy, raise concerns.

Sounds like defending the principle of democracy - the right of the people to choose their own government rather than have one they don't want forced on them.

And you are pretty despicable for turning the issue of democracy into the race card here.

That worked well in Massachusetts... well until Ted Kennedy died and the Governer's power to appoint someone to his vacated senate seat were returned.

 

[tk149]

Originally posted by: Craig234
Or put in a more rational way, people concerned with the interests of Baltimore, seeing a political process that might have an appointment thwart democracy, raise concerns.

Sounds like defending the principle of democracy - the right of the people to choose their own government rather than have one they don't want forced on them.

And you are pretty despicable for turning the issue of democracy into the race card here.

Marvin L. Cheatham, the president of the Baltimore Chapter of the NAACP, introduced the resolution because he heard an attorney on a radio program discussing a lack of clarity on succession if Dixon were to be convicted and sentenced.

"Our concern is who would the governor appoint?" Cheatham said. "Here you have a predominantly African-American city. What if the governor appointed somebody white? ... Would he appoint someone Irish to be the mayor?"

I think it's clear who initially brought racism into this issue.

Back on topic: The NAACP may be correct in requesting a clarification of existing law (re: how is the mayoral succession decided), but their motives are clearly questionable.

"Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe" - sorry, I had to.

 

[imported_Lothar]

Craig234 seems to have notoriusly disappeared in this thread.
Where did he go?

 

[BoberFett]

This is funny. Hey, at least Craig was ballsy enough to post his usual drivel in this thread. It's completely devoid of the rest of the Democrat circle jerkers. You'd think they'd be all over this thread calling people racists.

 

[Cutterhead]

The ownage is strong in this thread.

 

[OCGuy]

Thread o' the week.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Originally posted by: Cutterhead
The ownage is strong in this thread.

It definitely ranks up there and might contend for one of the thread ownage awards at the end of the year.

 

[lupi]

To see near universally agreement on a subject in a place like this is indeed a fascinating thing.

Brings a tear to the eyes /sniff.

 

[GeezerMan]

Hey now, give Craig some time. He had to go to his county Democrat office to find out how to spin his response....

 

[Moonbeam]

It's ok so long as by 200 years a white person can again have it again if appoined.

 

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: blanghorst

Originally posted by: Cutterhead
The ownage is strong in this thread.

It definitely ranks up there and might contend for one of the thread ownage awards at the end of the year.

I have this thread bookmarked. I will remember when the nominations comes up.

 

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: lupi
To see near universally agreement on a subject in a place like this is indeed a fascinating thing.

Brings a tear to the eyes /sniff.

Dig Craig234 really say what's in your sig?

 

[GeezerMan]

I'll submit this thread for a Nobel Prize. Since they have relaxed their standards, we have a good shot at it.

 

[Robor]

This is a case of an organization doing more harm than good for their cause. They remind me of PETA.

 

[TheSkinsFan]

I already know what Craig's response is going to be. It will be something along the lines of his hypocrisy being completely justified by what he sees as a moral obligation to always take the Democrat side in an issue because of an inherent immorality in all things Republican. In other words, when he lies, it's for the greater good -- that being his lifelong goal to deny the Republicans anything and everything they desire.

I'd bet my entire paycheck that this is exactly how he views his blatant and frequent hypocrisy on every issue. I even think he's said as much before! So, while this example gives me a good laugh, it certainly comes as no surprise.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Originally posted by: Lothar

Originally posted by: blanghorst

Originally posted by: Cutterhead
The ownage is strong in this thread.

It definitely ranks up there and might contend for one of the thread ownage awards at the end of the year.

I have this thread bookmarked. I will remember when the nominations comes up.

Whoozyerdaddy and Yllus similarly owned him earlier this year, so Craig's biggest competition for the award might actually be....well, himself, in those other threads.

 

[lupi]

Originally posted by: Lothar

Originally posted by: lupi
To see near universally agreement on a subject in a place like this is indeed a fascinating thing.

Brings a tear to the eyes /sniff.

Dig Craig234 really say what's in your sig?

He did. Whether or not he modified/deleted it since he noticed I quoted him though I can not say.

 

[bfdd]

Originally posted by: GeezerMan
Hey now, give Craig some time. He had to go to his county Democrat office to find out how to spin his response....

Maybe he's asking CNN to fact check our posts?

 

[thegimp03]

Originally posted by: peonyu
Leaders of the Maryland NAACP, worried that a Baltimore mayor's criminal conviction could result in the appointment of a white or Republican leader who may not fully represent the majority black and Democratic city, are asking state lawmakers to strip the governor of authority to permanently fill the office.

The request, made in a resolution adopted at a state meeting of the civil rights group last weekend, marks the first time a mainstream organization has raised questions about succession should Baltimore Mayor Dixon be convicted of any of the nine charges she faces. Dixon has been indicted for theft and perjury and the first of two trials is scheduled for early next month.

"There is that possibility of a conviction, and we want to know those protocols that are in place," said Elbridge James, the political action chairman of the state National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "If it looks like it is going to rain, I am going to buy an umbrella."

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Sounds slightly racist to me. If a majority 'White' city tried to pull the same stunt and make it law that only another white could succeed him [because supposedly, a black man cant fairly represent whites] it would be ALL over the news in seconds. Double standard by the media and the NAACP.

Would you expect anything less from the NAACP?