Guest Harry Hope Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?bid=45&pid=209093 06/28/2007 Rudy's White Powder/White Power Problem By Max Blumenthal It's been a bad couple of weeks for Rudy Giuliani's campaign in South Carolina. Last week, his SC campaign chair, former state treasurer Thomas Ravenel, was forced to resign after being indicted for cocaine distribution. Soon after, Giuliani's camp installed Ravenal's father, ex-state Senator Arthur Ravenel, as its SC campaign co-chair. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/06/26/giulianis-south-carolina-adviser-has-controversial-history-with-naacp/ Who is this Ravenel? I immediately recognized Papa Ravenel from my Nation profile of neo-Confederate weapons industry lobbyist Richard T. Hines. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050829/blumenthal/2 Ravenel was a speaker at a rally Hines and white supremacists from the Council of Conservative Citizens and the Sons of Confederate Veterans planned in Columbia, South Carolina in 2000 to protest the removal of the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds. During his speech, Ravenel referred to the NAACP as, "The National Association of Retarded People." According to the Politicker's Jason Horowitz, Ravenel's remarks fit into an established pattern: http://www.observer.com/2007/rudys-new-sc-chair On October 18, 2006 The Post and Courier of Charleston, SC wrote " Arthur Ravenel Jr., who is running for an East Cooper seat on the board, caught flack 16 years ago when he was in Congress and made a comment about white committee chairmen who operated on 'black time,' which he said meant fashionably late." _______________________________________________ Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, you've done it again. Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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