This nation still has divisions amongst racial lines, things are significantly better, but there are still divisions. When the need for a group like the NAACP is no longer needed in this country then you can say so what, what's the significance, until then it's a slap in the face of those millions of Americans who are trying to bridge a gap. They don't agree with all his policies but they invited him, they made a step and he just made a step backwards.
I believe this type of thing will cost Bush the election. He has no abilty and has become scared of open discussion that all he is doing now is preaching to the choir, and I believe some of his choir have lost faith in Bush. I've heard many republicans say this will be the first time they vote democrat because of Iraq, being too much "big government", etc. We saw how close the last election was...if he lost enough of his base and has no ability to reach out beyond his base, I think he's screwed. We'll see, this is just my opinion.