The Monk Bought Lunch

Should be at least as good as Nixon on Laugh-In

Tony Snow on G Dub's visit with the NAACP:

...I think the President wants to make his voice heard. He has an important role to play not only in making the case for civil rights, but maybe more importantly, the case for unity.

Wow. How tone deaf can you get? Does a case need to be made for civil rights? Even if it does, what role has he played in that endeavor? I'm not being facetious here- I can't think of a single initiative the president has fostered or endorsed that relates in any way to civil rights except for those that limit them, but maybe you can and canhelp me out.
Furthermore, if unity were more important than civil rights, wouldn't the North have surrendered? Wouldn't MLK have decided not to stir up trouble?
Speaking of MLK, Snow made reference to the "I Have a Dream" speech, and labelled the civil rights movement of the '60s as one that "paraded not for separatism, but for unity". No, not really. They were parading for equality, Tony. Unity could only happen after equality was achieved. That's why MLK's vision of "little black boys and little black girls" joining hands in Alabama was a dream in 1963. Portraying MLK and the civil rights movement as a bunch of folks that just wanted everyone to get along is exploitative and inaccurate and you know it.
Oh, and Snow says Preznit's not going as part of some craven political strategy to try and get more minority votes for republican candidates, he's going just because "he wants to". Snow never really answers the obvious question of why Bush never wanted to before. It's just a nutty coincidence that "he wants to" during an election cycle. Or maybe he knew that Mfume wouldn't sit still for a backrub.
Here's hoping that the audience at the NAACP convention treat him accordingly, and that George remembers to wear a slicker.