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I can’t help but laugh when stuff like this happens. My mom and my aunt always taught me that actions truly speak louder than words. Presidential candidates everywhere are pontificating to would be constituents on how they really care and can make the world better a better place by trying to “right” some of the wrongs by the current administration. We haven’t begun to see the commercials that are often full of the sound bytes that eventually prove to be empty promises made by the candidates (because they often only appeal to the emotional and contemporary needs of the voters) but a lot of what we hear about a candidate’s platform comes from the speeches and debates given to universities and organizations throughout the US. That leads me to this:

Recently the NAACP offered an opportunity for Republican presidential candidates to debate issues and present their platforms to a major sector of Black America. The result - only one candidate, Tom Tancredo, showed up. In contrast, no Democratic presidential hopeful was missing from their debate also sponsored by NAACP.

There are a lot of people that question the socio-political relevance of today’s NAACP, but even with the cloud of doubt this is a historical organization that is still deeply rooted in communities across the United States. It has a name that has become a “brand” that much of Black America still identifies with. The election next year is one of the strongest chances ever to get a minority elected as the leader of the free world and I don’t think that the Republicans should take this lightly. There is already an uphill battle in place due to the highly popular mistrust in the current Republican administration. A lot of people are eager for a radical shift in control and the potential of either Obama or Clinton having the opportunity to be the force behind the change in reigns is exciting a lot of people. So many people are interested in the Democratic ticket to the point that if I were a Republican candidate I would not take lightly any opportunity to address a large sector of any American community.

I didn’t see this on the news. Did you? Don’t you think this was news worthy?

(Background information and photos are from: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/56903/)