WASHINGTON, DC–A plank in the Republican Party platform calling for a 'Diversity Through Imported Africans' program is drawing fire from civil-rights leaders.

"I do not see why the NAACP would be opposed to the further enrichment of our nation's glorious patchwork of races," U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC), co-author of the plan, said Monday.

"We merely seek to increase America's already remarkable diversity through the importation of 10 million strong-backed West African males. These healthy, disease-free males from such nations as Gabon, Benin, and Togo will only add spice to the wondrous cultural stew that is America."

Helms added that the plan will also create millions of jobs in the fields of housekeeping and farmwork.

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Mark Morford says it in a entertaining way (I enjoy how he words things), but *what* he is saying isn't funny.

It's really sad, because unfortunately, too much of the time, what he has said *is* true.

The GOP has left themselves open to ridicule, and all because the leaders lacked integrity and control enough to deny their impulses. And then, to compound it, they attack others who are doing the *very* same thing that they are doing!

I may not agree with people, but if they are living in accordance with their beliefs, even if I think their beliefs are wrong, I can respect that. But this hypocrisy leaves a real bad taste in my mouth. As I suspect, it does for most people.

My 2¢...

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