shriek! CORE gives Rove an award for civil rights

[donsu]

http://nyc.indymedia.org/feature/display/139021/index.php


Karl Rove to be honored in NYC for his contribution to civil rights


"CORE sees Karl Rove as a champion of civil rights apparently, and is honoring him along with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dr. Norman Borlaug. Somehow, this addition of Karl Rove does not seem to fit the true character of Dr. King. The same man who oversaw the voter disenfranchisment of black voters in Florida and Ohio is being honored by a civil rights group. You can call CORE's National Chairman, Roy Innis, at [phone] or e-mail him at corenyc (at) aol.com. And if anyone wants to head on over to the reception to greet Mr. Rove, it'll be held at the New York Hilton Hotel & Towers 53rd Street & Avenue of the Americas."

According to GMWatch, while CORE began as a pioneering civil rights organization in the 1940's, in the 1970's it was taken over by Roy Innis and moved sharply to the Republican right.

Past invitees to the CORE King Day celebration include Rudy Giuliani, Austrian anti-semite Jorg Haider, Bob Barr, and right-wing radio host Bob Grant, who called Martin Luther King a "scumbag" on his radio show.One People's Project article on the honoring of Karl Rove on King day.
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here is a pic of the cat who ate the mouse america

[Ilsa]

1. I could have gone all day without seeing the mug of the

f#*king prince of darkness.

Excuse me, I have to leave. Looking at him makes my large bowel spastic.

(But thanks for letting us know, anyway.)

[louis-t]

2. Thus imbedding him firmly in the minds

of Republicans as some great, moral, compassionate man. I'm gonna have a stroke if this keeps up.

[Jacobin]

3. Wow. I wonder how much they charged for that

[donsu]

4. yeah, how many 100s stuffed in envelopes, left on plates, slipped

into pockets?

[Jazzgirl]

5. Thats it. I think I'm gonna go

:puke:

[nostamj]

6. will TURD BLOSSOM 'dress up' for the event?

[quiet.american]

7. CORE is to African-Americans as the DLC is to Democrats --

-- In other words, useless!