Bigotry from the NAACP

Perhaps I am being naive, but I can't help but be disappointed with Julian Bond's behavior. According to the World News Daily website, Bond, who is the head of the NAACP, delivered a speech at Fayetteville State University where he said:

The Republican Party would have the American flag and the swastika flying side by side.

I don't understand how someone as prominent as him can get away with this. Liberals talk about conservatives as if it were a crime to think differently. They are some of the most untolerant and prejudiced people, and Bond is as big a bigot as any of them.

He is free to say what he wants. It is infuriating that he will get a free pass for it. I'm no expert, but it seems that comments like his violate the prohibition on speech laid out by the FEC for non-profits.