Color Blinded

No repug candidates will be on the stage for the NAACP Annual Convention Presidential Forum this Thursday morning.

Rudy says he can't make it because he has to be in Michigan that night (the convention is in Detroit), Romney says he'll find a scheduling conflict (he's got no events planned for that day, but told the NAACP that he's got something else to do), McCain said that, well, he didn't say anything, and Huckabee -- he announced a month ago that, son of a gun, that happens to be the same date that he'll be in Iowa.

The repugs are following in the tradition established by the Despicable Cretin, who was a no show at the NAACP conventions. After the D.C. pulled in a mere 11% of the African-American vote in 2004, his IRS launched an investigation aimed at stripping the organization of its exempt status.

Detroit political consultant Coit Cook Ford had it right when he said that the no-shows reflected the repug preference to "appeal to white conservative voters who are hostile to immigration and affirmative action than to Hispanics and African Americans."

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Oh, When You Put it THAT Way

. . . . it's still bullshit.

When a politician says something incredibly stupid, offensive and just plain ugly, they have three choices. They can deny saying it, they can claim it was taken out of context, or they can apologize, profusely. Two of those three alternatives assure that their absurd comment will continue to live on and that their reputation for candor will take a hit.

Arkansas Republican chief Dennis Milligan doesn't get it. The other day he said that, to reverse GOP fortunes, "what we need" is another 9/11 attack. We asked him about it and, well, he didn't take door number three.

We contacted the Arkansas Republican Party and asked about their new leader's comment:

"I [ABFS] am wondering if Mr. Milligan's statement, that 'we need some attacks on American soil like we had on [9/11', is something that the Arkansas GOP would like to reject or if they are endorsing their new leader's 'strategy' for a return to GOP dominance?"

Bill Smith, editor of the official Arkansas Republican Party Blog, was kind enough to talk to Mr. Milligan and get back to us with the official Arkansas Repug position:

"Dear Big Flat Slob (what a pseudonym and blog photo){yeah, we get that a lot}, We talked with Mr. Milligan. It appears the referenced comment was taken out of context by the writer of the article. Milligan was trying to express his support both for the President, as commander-in-chief, and for the support for the troops. He made the remark trying to highlight this support for the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform fighting overseas in response to our government (including Congress) decision to do so!"

It was taken out of context? In what possible context could "all we need is some attacks on American soil like we had on [Sept. 11, 2001]" be okay?

Mr. Milligan, what you said was stupid and offensive. Instead of blaming the reporter, take responsibility. Oh, I know that George Bush has never taken responsibility for any of the stupid things he's said, or, worse, done, but modeling yourself after a politician who has lost the support of every sane person in America is not a prescription for success.

(We have invited the reporter who wrote the article to respond to Mr. Milligan's claim that the report was misleading.)

(By the way, we are still waiting for the Huckabee campaign to respond to our similar request for comment on Mr. Milligan's desire for another attack.)

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GOP Leader Hoping for More 9/11-Type Attacks

This is the perverse mindset encouraged by this current cabal of criminals.

The new head of the Republican Party in Arkansas is Dennis Milligan. Unanimously selected at the end of May, Milligan appears to be one hell of a strategist. His big idea for a return to Republican dominance in national affairs?

Hope for another 9/11.

Milligan sat down for an interview with the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, where he shared his strategy: "At the end of the day, I believe fully the president is doing the right thing, and I think all we need is some attacks on American soil like we had on [Sept. 11, 2001 ], and the naysayers will come around very quickly to appreciate not only the commitment for President Bush, but the sacrifice that has been made by men and women to protect this country."

As stunningly vapid as that comment was, what struck your agape correspondent at least as much was that the reporter and editors saw nothing remarkable about Milligan's hope for another massacre on American soil -- they stuck his prescription for GOP success at the end of the article.

Imagine, just guess, what the reaction would be if, in response to Blitzer's insipid question at the Dem debate last night -- doesn't Bush get credit for us not having another 9/11 -- someone said something, anything, even remotely similar to the GOP's Arkansas Chair . . . .

We've asked former Arkansas Governor and Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee to comment on Milligan's desire to see thousands more Americans dead for the sake of a GOP victory. But we're not holding our breath for the reply.....

(h/t to Phillybits)

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