Julian Bond and the NAACP are clamoring about President Bush rolling back civil rights, reports the AP. Of course, they don't cite any specific evidence, other than this:

President Bush has turned down five invitations to attend NAACP gatherings, including this year's, and Bond on Sunday invited Bush to the next one, in Washington.

"Mr. President, we're extending the invitation a year in advance," Bond said. "We want to see you and we want you to see us - we want to know you think you're our president, too."

A week before the 2000 election, the NAACP ran the infamous James Byrd ad to scare blacks into voting against Bush. James Byrd was a black man who was beaten, chained to the bumper of a pickup truck, and dragged to his death by some white racists. The NAACP said that when "Governor George W. Bush refused to support hate-crime legislation, it was like [Byrd] was killed all over again."

Would you want have dinner with these folks?