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Julian Bond Agrees Condi Rice Is âa Murdererâ
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NAACP Chairman Julian Bond said over the weekend that he agreed with political cartoonist Aaron McGruderâs characterization of National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice as "a murderer."
| These people are as crazy as the turbans, aren't they? |
Appearing with Bond on the television show "Americaâs Black Forum," McGruder, whose cartoon strip "The Boondocks" has portrayed Rice as a spinster who takes out her personal frustrations by launching carpet-bombing attacks on Iraq, explained his disdain for the highest-ranking woman in U.S. government. "I donât like Condoleezza Rice because sheâs part of this oil cabal thatâs now in the White House," McGruder said, as ABF hosts Armstrong Williams and Juan Williams looked on. "I donât like her because sheâs a murderer," the cartoonist announced.
| His lips were moving, words were coming out, they were making no sense... |
The charged drew immediate condemnation from Armstrong Williams, who complained, "That is totally out of line to say sheâs a murderer."
| "Mr. McGruder, your dipper's flipped..." |
Unfazed, McGruder repeated the accusation, stretching out his words, "S-h-eâ-s a m-u-r-d-e-r-e-r."
| "Ain't I outrageous? Huh huh." |
"Letâs put aside the fact that sheâs affiliated with oil companies that murder people in Nigeria," the cartoonist said. "We can discuss just this illegal Iraq war, the slaughtering of innocent people and the fact that sheâs one of the big hawks of the administration. I donât see where this is even a point of contention."
| "Certainly out here beyond the orbit of Uranus it's not." |
At that point cohost Juan Williams asked Mr. Bond if he supported McGruderâs contention.
| "How 'bout you, Julio? Are you nutz, too?" |
"I generally agree with his politics 100 percent and I think he explained himself well," the NAACP chief said.
I am at a loss for words.
Posted by: Dragon Fly 2003-11-13 |
