"National Association for the Advancement of Democrats"

More evidence that the NAACP has thrown its old attempted bipartisan stance, last seen in the Benjamin Hooks era, out the window. Reporter Hazel Trice Edney, a Washington correspondent for the National Newspaper Publishers Association ("The Black Press of America"), has this report in the Baltimore Times and other papers:

Although the head of the Republican National Committee and President George W. Bush have pledged to make a more concentrated effort to win over Black voters, 98 percent of Republicans in the House and Senate earned an F on the latest NAACP Civil Rights Report Card, compared to only 2 percent of Democrats receiving failing grades...

According to the NAACP’s mid-term report for the 109th Congress, all but one of the 231 Republicans in the U. S. House of Representatives got an F. The exception was Rep. Christopher Shays of Connecticut, who earned a D. No House Republicans got Bs or Cs.

In the Senate, 51 of the 55 Republicans earned Fs. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island was the only one to get a C, the top grade among GOP members. Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins, both of Maine, and Mike DeWine of Ohio, all received Ds. Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont, an Independent, got a C....

At the close of the last Congress, all Republicans got Fs except one, Rep. Jim Leach of Iowa, who earned a C. This time, he got an F. On this report card, five Republican lawmakers scored higher than F.

NAACP Washington Bureau Director Hilary Shelton says the GOP improvement may be misleading because there were few major civil rights issues facing the Congress during the last session.

“There has been some improvement, but that is only within the context of the limited issues,” says Shelton. “There are a significant number of crucial, more contentious issues that haven’t made it to the floor for a vote.”

It's comical that Shelton feels the need to suggest that it's misleading and wrong that the GOP hasn't unanimously flunked! Better luck next year? Is it really exceptional for President Bush to decide to skip over this convention if he was invited?


Wow, the NAACP the same group that wants to lower eductaional standards, are issuing out report cards on Republicans.

This report is as funny as Saddam getting 90 percent of the vote. Everyone knows that the NAACP is full of Democrats. The entire base is biased!

These guys start with a premise and then distort whatever they need to in order to support that premise. : )

If any thing given propotion of blacks in the Democrat party, all things being fair
the Dems should be the ones failing!

Bush is the first POTUS to appoint minorities to such high ranking positions.

Also no Democratic President or any President other than Dubya has had as many high ranking minorities in their administration.


The American population is roughly 50/50 Republican/Democrat.

The African-American population is roughly 10% of the total U.S. population (actually a little more, but we'll use 10 for our example).

95% of African-Americans are Democrats. This equates to 19% of the Democrat base.

5% of African-Americans are Republicans. This equates to 1% of the Republican base.

Therefore, to be fairly represented within the Democrat party, 2 out of every 10 elected or appointed officials should be African-American.

Conversely, 1 out of every 100 elected or appointed officials within the Republican party should be African-American to be fairly represented.

I think it's pretty obvious which party is FAILING African-Americans (D) and which party is EXCEEDING representation for African-Americans (R).

Also this year there are 2 black candidates running for Governor and 1 black candidate for Senator this year. All are Republican.

Doesn't anyone find it disturbing that the democrats, the party that claims to love all minorites, never has any that they support for high public office? When the Black, former 1 term failed mayor of NY General Dinkins wanted to run for Governor, Willie had the DNC to cut off his funds all the while telling him how much they admire and support him. The democrats, unlike Republicans, never have had any Black party member to hold a position of authority within their party.

Ken Blackwell is expected to be the next governor of Ohio. Lynn Swann is seen as a real challenge to Ed Rendell in Pennsylvania and Michael Steele is polling 8 points ahead of any of the announced democrats at this point in Maryland for the open Senate seat here.


It would appear that yet again, democrats tell Blacks whose ancestors they owned as slaves, that their money and votes are good enough for them, but as candidates, they are not.

We should now call it the "National Association for the Advancement of Democrats"