Mfume TKO'd by Bond

According to Armstrong Williams' column today, NAACP President and CEO Kweise Mfume didn't get a hankerin' to retire after the election fuss. Seems that there has been a long standing, little talked about fued between Mfume and NAACP Chairman Julian Bond.

It seems that Mr. Mfume started reaching out to the Republican Party having realized that blacks were no longer a monolithic voting block beholden to the Democratic Party. Mr. Bond, it seems, was having none of it.

Now, remember, that this was the same NAACP that housed Elaine Jones as president of their Legal Defense Fund. It cannot be said too often that it was Elaine Jones (according to Senate Judiciary Committee memos) who made a call to Senator Ted Kennedy and delayed all Sixth Circuit judicial nominees until her affirmative action case was decided in the Sixth Circuit.....sans any Bush nominees. Once this was discovered, Ms. Jones took an early retirement too.

Given that Mr. Bond has eradicated his competition by pushing Mr. Mfume out the door, get your fire extinguishers ready. I doubt his historically flamable rhetoric will be doused by cooler heads in the organization.....