RNC: I had so much fun with Ken that I never even got to meet Howard

[paineinthearse]

http://www.gop.com/RNCResearch/Read.aspx?ID=5525

Wednesday, June 08, 2005
They Said It! (Hip-Hop Action Network's Russell Simmons)

HIP-HOP SUMMIT ACTION NETWORK'S RUSSELL SIMMONS: "(I) had a great meeting with today. I was on my way over to see Howard Dean. I had so much fun with Ken that I never even got to meet Howard today. But that was in Washington today. I sat with him and I felt there needs to be an effort on one of the parties to reach out and speak to the young people and to all the people who are struggling, especially the young people as you know, are more likely to be compassionate and concerned with people who are struggling." (MSNBC's "Hardball," 6/7/05)

:wtf:

http://hsan.org/content/main.aspx?pageid=7

Our Mission

Founded in 2001, the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) is dedicated to harnessing the cultural relevance of Hip-Hop music to serve as a catalyst for education advocacy and other societal concerns fundamental to the well-being of at-risk youth throughout the United States. HSAN is a non-profit, non-partisan national coalition of Hip-Hop artists, entertainment industry leaders, education advocates, civil rights proponents, and youth leaders united in the belief that Hip-Hop is an enormously influential agent for social change which must be responsibly and proactively utilized to fight the war on poverty and injustice.

http://hsan.org/Content/main.aspx?pageid=10

Board of Directors:

Russell Simmons, Chairman, Rush Communications
Kevin Liles, Co-Chair, Warner Music Group
Damon Dash, Co-Chair, Dash Music Group
Sean ‘P.Diddy’ Combs, Bad Boy Entertainment
Jermaine Dupri, Virgin Records
Lyor Cohen, Warner Music Group
Kedar Massenberg, Dekar Entertainment
Kwesi Mfume, Mfume Group
Dr. Manning Marable, Columbia University
Rich Slomovitz, Treasurer, Rush Communications

[sasquatch]

1. I bet Russel Simmons has some awesome blackmail material Ken

:evilgrin:

[FreedomAngel82]

3. Haha

And republicans concerned with young people? Ha! Didn't Bush recently make cuts to colleges? Not long ago when I was in school a teacher I had told how my college was only getting 60% of what we should have been getting and having to make cuts in certain things. Yep, Bush and the GOP really care about college.

[sasquatch]

4. I think Russel is just trying to look out for the hip hop music industry

Those Nazi's in the federal government are trying to legislate against hip hop and Mellman will show up and stop them. If he isn't hustling enough he'll call him up and say stuff like "I can't figure why you have a cage full of gerbals while you're doing this though Ken."
:evilgrin:

[killbotfactory]

2. WTF?

"I sat with him and I felt there needs to be an effort on one of the parties to reach out and speak to the young people and to all the people who are struggling, especially the young people as you know, are more likely to be compassionate and concerned with people who are struggling"

And what in the history of the GOP makes him think they honestly give a rats ass about struggling people?

[KingFlorez]

5. Such liars!

I can't believe what liars they are. They're not concerned about the hip-hop community, their just looking for another group to trick into voting for them with their smoke and mirrors. The GOP is a bunch of con artists.

[paineinthearse]

6. But if a lie is repeated over and over, it has the appearance of being the

TRUTH