Smitherman attacked by The Defeated

Dear fellow tax hikers, two months ago the Cincinnati NAACP held a hotly-contested election in which our enemy Christopher Smitherman defeated Democratic yes-man Rob Richardson.  Smitherman won handily 652-413, in spite of all vote-stacking done by the Democratic Party, labor unions, and our Republicans for Higher Taxes movement for Richardson.  

Now Richardson and some of his bitter supporters (The Defeated) are demanding an investigation.  They are very upset that Smitherman has established a relationship with our anti-tax enemies at COAST.  Even worse, Smitherman attended a Christmas Party with some white people (pg 3) without first asking Tim Burke for permission. 

The Defeated seek to take the NAACP back to its historical roots as they see it - which is blindly obeying Democratic Party.  If there is anything that Rob Richardson Sr. (or Jr.) knows how to do, it's obey white Democrats. 

We support this investigation 100%.  We too are bitter that Smitherman was re-elected in a landslide.  We don't care that Smitherman is overwhelmingly supported by the membership.  Since we, The Defeated, do not like the results of this election, we demand a new one.  And if we lose that one, we'll demand another investigation and another vote until we get what we want.  We support The Defeated in their efforts to take over the local NAACP in spite of their lack of support from the organization's members. 

Smitherman re-elected NAACP President

Dear fellow tax hikers, we know you were as dismayed as we were to learn that our enemy Christopher Smitherman was re-elected NAACP President.  We worked to defeat him because of his alliances with conservatives, which have often successfully rolled back our high-tax agenda. Smitherman's inclusiveness of different races and different ideologies is unacceptable and a scourge on the NAACP. 

His opponent Rob Richardson Sr. deserved to win.  Richardson wanted to return the Cincinnati NAACP to their proper role - which is to blindly obey the white people who run the Hamilton County Democratic Party. 

After this defeat, Rob Richardson Jr, a streetcar supporter and obedient Democratic loyalist himself, released the following statement:  "Although we did not win the election, we did confirm that members are demanding more accountability."  Junior should know all about accountability, given his prior leadership role with the urbanist group CincyPAC.

Yeah, Smitherman grew the NAACP from a few hundred members to a few thousand.  Yeah, he's led them from nearly broke to financial strength.  Yeah, he's led a coalition to pass several ballot issues that had widespread impact on our area.  But he still needed to be stopped!

You see, Smitherman doesn't obey.  Under his leadership, the NAACP has been an independent organization that fought for advancement of minorities and fairness for all regardless of whether the Democratic Party approved. 

Even worse, the ballot issues they've backed went against our big government agenda.  It was Smitherman and COAST that successfully overturned the $777 million Sales Tax increase that was backed by legendary tax hikers David Pepper, Todd Portune, Simon Leis, Sean Donovan, Leslie Ghiz, Virgil Lovitt, Tax Hikin' Rick Bryan, and The Great Marc Dann, among many others.  Smitherman and COAST also stopped Red Light Cameras, a Trash Tax, and the sale of Waterworks.  These actions directly violated the wishes of us and the Democratic Party!

With Smitherman in charge, the NAACP will remain an independent organization that won't blindly obey either political party.  But he better know we will be watching.