Saturday, February 01, 2003

Who puts the AA in AARLC?

Gene Weingarten tries to discover the truth about the African-American republican Leadership Council. This is an hilarious column.


Still, it left me with a question. So I phoned the man identified as the group's political spokesman, Kevin L. Martin. Kevin had been quoted in the media a great deal in December, offering the opinion that Lott was railroaded and should be forgiven.
I told him that I enjoyed the site, but found myself puzzled by only one thing.

"What's that?" he asked.

"The African American Republican Leadership Council," I said, "does not appear to feature African Americans."


Our media should be ashamed of themselves for providing a platform to organizations like this. In the endless pursuit of 'balance' they regularly pit, say, a spokeswoman from NOW, an organization with thousands of members and against a spokeswoman from Concerned Women for America, and organization with few actual members but big donors. Just say no to Republican front groups! Particularly ones as bigoted as the CWFA. They're hideous.

You can go and check out the hilarious AARLC website here. Don't miss the advisory panel.