Most people do not like being treated like simpleminded children.
I assume this applies to the members of the Kingdom Impact Global Ministries church, who were treated exactly that way by supporters of Senator Kay Hagan.
From Derek Hunter\’s article at dailycaller.com:
The contest betweenincumbent Democrat Kay Hagan and Republican challenger Thom Tillis is…turning incredibly ugly.
Churchgoersin Fayetteville returned to their cars Sunday to find a politicalflyer on their windshield – which is to be expected 16 days beforean election.
Dawn McNair\’s daughter found one ofthe fliers on her mother\’s car and noticed the picture. “Mydaughter said, \’Mom, look in the background. They\’re lynchingsomebody.\’ It\’s the lynching of an African-American man,” Dawntoldthe Fayetteville Observer.
Themessage to the black parishioners was clear: Vote for the Democrat toprotect the black president.
Thelocal chapter of the NAACP doesn\’t see a problem with the flier.President of the Fayetteville chapter, James Buxton, toldthe Observer, “That\’s what the community feels. That if theSenate is taken over by the Republicans, and it remains theRepublicans (in the majority) in the House of Representatives,they\’re going to impeach him.”
Theauthority line on the flier reads “Not endorsed by any candidate.Paid for by Concerned Citizens of Cumberland County.” It listed noaddress, and a search of the Internet turns up no results for thegroups.
Aspokesman for Hagan\’s campaign was quick to distance the candidatefrom the lynching flier, telling the Observer, “I don\’t knowanything about the group or flier. We don\’t coordinate with outsidegroups.”
The problem here is not that an anonymous individual or group put out hate material on behalf of one of the candidates. Unless it can be shown that there was a direct tie between the candidate and the source of this ugly garbage, that would be entirely unfair.
The problem, in part, is that it insults the intelligence of every person it targets…which is to say Black parishioners at that church.
Another part of the problem is that the NAACP – at least the President of its Fayetteville chapter – thinks it is just fine.
On the other hand, since the NAACP, through its Americans for Equality offshoot, was responsible for the “James Byrd” ad in 2000 – one of the most disgusting, dishonest ads I have ever seen – maybe this also goes a little deeper than the Fayetteville chapter.
And a third part of the problem – arguably the most significant of the three because of its implications for the upcoming elections – is how Senator Kay Hagan supposedly “distances” herself from the flyer.
Read Ms. Hagan\’s statement closely, and you will see that she does not in any way criticize the flyer\’s message, she only says she doesn\’t know where it came from.
In other words, she says she hasn\’t got a thing to do with it, but is perfectly happy to derive its full “benefit”.
If you\’re asking me (and you sort of are if you\’re reading this blog), weaselly crap like that is a reason to vote for her opponent, Thom Tillis. A big one.
