County NAACP joins protest against “Glenn Beck Day” in Mount Vernon

By GottaLaff

Blech-ch!

The NAACP has now added its voice to the protest against Mount Vernon Mayor Bud Norris' controversial decision to present FOX news TV and radio talk show commentator Glenn Beck with a key to the city Saturday September 26 in a $25 dollar a ticket event called "Glenn Beck Day" in Mount Vernon.

The Snohomish County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced its protest Friday with president Janice R. Greene, saying “Holding him up in honor stimulates the worst impulses of human nature and makes a mockery of our nation's values," highlighting Beck's inflammatory July 28th remark that he believed President Obama to be a "racist." [...]

In statement released to media, the NAACP chapter said it sent a letter to Norris requesting a meeting on the matter adding, "Beck has a history of making divisive, offensive statements. [His] ideology is inflammatory and insulting to many of your own constituents."

And what better way to drive that point home than to give him a key to the city, right Mayor?

The NAACP statement went on to say, "we cannot stand idly by while actions are taken which deliberately seek to stimulate the lowest impulses of human nature: using techniques of insult, intimidation, falsity, and fear. The Executive Committee of the Snohomish County Chapter has indicated its unanimous and strenuous objection to this ill-considered action. We have faith that this type of rhetoric and behavior is not embraced by the majority of the citizens of Mount Vernon or those residing in the surrounding communities."

Well, dang, whose brilliant idea was this anyway?

The event was Norris’s idea and was not voted upon by the city council. When Norris asked City Council members if they wanted tickets, six of the seven declined. To date the event is sold out at some 700 tickets.

This guy runs a city? Really? I bet there's mandate that every Tee Vee Machine in Mount Vernon must be set to ClusterFox. Just a hunch.

Kristen Whitener, director of Mount Vernon's Chamber of Commerce has said the chambers has gotten calls from people who are very upset and are threatening not to shop in Mount Vernon.

There goes what's left of their economy. New city motto: Blame it on Blech.

Here's the icing:

Not to be outdone by neighbors to the south of him, Bellingham’s Mayor Dan Pike says he's offering a key to his city to Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's satirical news/comedy program "The Daily Show" and a classic left wing, anti-hero antidote to Beck’s right wing appeal

Pike says if Mount Vernon can give native son Beck a key to the city, "perhaps Bellingham could provide a key to Mr. Stewart for the better reasons of providing cogent yet comedic analysis of news events and personalities."

Mmm, dee-lish.

H/t: BuzzFlash

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By GottaLaff



Thank you, Joeyess! Love it!!

**UPDATE- Great idea by Joeyess but it's not advisable-

McCain has himself described having an adverse reaction to the sound of jangling keys, which reminds him of his Vietnam jailers.

We don't need to be seen as mocking his PTSD, but it is a good springboard to start a discussion on his PTSD.