Party, Not Race, Is The Key Issue
By virtue of being the first African-American to win a major party’s nomination for governor in the state, Johnny DuPree has certainly attracted headlines beyond the state lines.
This is somewhat ironic because from everything I can tell and have seen; DuPree has never made race an issue even in a primary with a majority-black electorate. I am not meaning to compare DuPree to Barack Obama (positively or negatively), but their campaigns were very similar in that regard, doing everything possible to appear ‘race-neutral.’ I didn’t see Al Sharpton headline many events with Obama in Ohio or Pennsylvania in 2008, and I doubt we’ll see DuPree on stage with Kenneth Stokes in Jackson. Simply trying to maximize the black vote only gets you so far.
Following Gary Anderson’s defeats in 2003 and 2007, the Clarion-Ledger was quick to pen editorials on how race can be the only cause of Anderson’s losses, ignoring other issues voters may have. What is ironic about this is that the man who beat him in 2003, this inexperienced Tate Reeves as he was described, will be the state’s next lieutenant governor. And Mike Chaney, who beat Anderson in 2007, has done a good enough job that the Democrats couldn’t field a serious challenger for him.
But to the point of race being the supposed deciding factor, “experts” have already come out to say it will be the reason for DuPree losing in November (rather than wait for the traditional post-election editorial). DuPree couldn’t even get a day to enjoy the primary win.
According to David Bositis, senior political analyst for the Washington-based Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, “Mississippi isn’t ready to elect a black candidate to major statewide office,” while giving DuPree 100-1 odds of winning.
If Bositis or the Clarion-Ledger paid close attention to statewide elections they would notice something else: It’s not the color of their skin that gives black candidates trouble, it is the party letter next to their name. Mississippi hasn’t elected any black Democrats statewide because they rarely elect Democrats period, Jim Hood being the only one among the eight statewide office holders.
In 2003 and 2007, Democrats won a total of one open seat- that being Hood who was basically Mike Moore 2.0. If Bill Luckett had won the nomination he’d also be a major underdog today, how would the “experts” explain that? Or how do you explain John Arthur Eaves, Jamie Franks, Mike Sumrall, Rickey Cole, Robert Smith, or Shawn O’Hara four years ago? All their vote totals were within about two points (plus or minus) of Gary Anderson.
Race has nothing to do with. But when as a liberal get up makes a statement he is against voter ID that means only one thing he are she beleive they can not get elected to office without illegal votes. That is the only reason anyone would not like voter ID. Anyone can get for free a picture ID it takes no longer to show it at the polls. You can have it out by the time you get to the sign up desk. He said if Gov. he would not sign it. I don’t give one thing about the color of the person running for office. But when Conv. get up and preach about life time people in gov. then election some like Lynn Fitch who has been in gov, most of her life then I give up and don’t want one damn person who vote for her say one word about who is running this country. One other thing anyone who does not take the time to vote shut the hell up you have no rights.
Henry,
Just a tip…you may want to have your posts make sense before posting them. Weighing in on political issues with such poorly written and incoherent drivel as posted above makes one rightfully question your depth of understanding of issues. Just saying.
Yes race has a lot to do with it where blacks come into. They vote for a black just becase they are black. If you don’t believe that just got to the House are Senate sit upstairs and listen to some of the people in office. They are stupid. They should not be in office and the only reason they are there is because they are black. That is a shame and they should be a shame for doing that. I don’t have a racist bone in my body, I think that 98% of whites in America today don’t care what color people are but the let a black run for office check out how many black vote for them. Just like Obama a man in N.O. La. siad this I am going to vote for him because I never thought I would live to see the day a black would be in the white house. My question is why do they not every said he is half white? If they are not raceist they would not always say African-American. Which that is one of a very few time I will use that term. I will grant them American-African for I beleive that if you put anything before America you are not a proud American.
Well, party and race are more and more the same thing in Mississippi, right?
This is one of my experiences from the campaign trail. I was in Vicksburgh at a meeting and one of the speakers, was Alec or Alex Monsour. He was discussing the redistricting issue. He mentioned several times that if we did not fight the house plan, several disrricts would go ” black ” . Not once did he use the word Democrat. He just assumed that every agreed at that meeting that going Black was bad thing. Fortunately, when he left,several of the attendees ( all good conservatives ) were as disappointed by the comments as I.
That’s what I personallyn experienced. Just food for thought.
Brett, the only way your theory will ever be tested is if a black Republican runs head to head against a white Democrat in a district that has a decent degree of racial parity. In other words, never. There are plenty of black Republicans and white Democrats, but the gerrymandering of the districts essentially puts a “KEEP OUT” sign at the border of all of them for anyone who isn’t in the majority race. It’s rigged pretty good to make sure there aren’t any white Democrats coming out of majority black districts or black Republicans coming out of majority white districts. If we were really interested in having fair representation we’d quit worrying about majority white and majority black and draw the district lines around city boundaries, county lines, highways and other natural features and let the people decide who’s going to represent them instead of the politicians deciding who they’re going to represent. You can’t fight human nature. Race is an issue, and to some people – black and white – it’s the only issue. Race was so important to the federal government that they passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 so we can’t change it that much, even if we wanted to.
Bill,
Where were you when I was campaigning? Your thoughts on the racist redistricting issue are exactlt right. If we had statesmen instead instead of political party operatives, we could have Govt. that works for our State.
Here’s what I’m curious about. What would it take for a Democratic resurgence to occur in this state? Will they sit back and let demographics take its course with an aging white popuation while trying to encourage young people of both races to vote Dem? Will they push a coherent conservative agenda (like they did back in the day) and organize from the local level in hopes of capturing at least two statewide offices? Any predicitions? I know its a big picture type question but is there a scenario of a two party system coming back to Mississippi by 2015 or so?
What would it take for a Democratic resurgence? Complete abandonment of any basic strategy by the Republicans. The Democrats are on the ropes, and if enough local office holders switch parties before 2015 they’ll get knocked to the canvas for the full ten count. As I said before, race is the issue and the Democrats will remain a black dominated party in the general elections as long as Ike Brown and Bennie Thompson and countless others are allowed to be so openly racist. Get rid of the racist leadership before too many white officials defect and maybe they have a chance. In other words, they’re toast.
For Mississippi Democrats, it all comes down to the fact that the Democrats have lost the rural, white Mississippi vote in statewide elections. Rural, white Mississippians who are aligned more economically with the Democratic Party are voting for Republicans based upon social issues. That’s the bottom line.
I think its wishful thinking on the Democratic side to think it only has to do with social issues. Last yr, voters had a choice between Childers- who voted for the stimulus and was proud of it and tried telling voters how much it helped (vs Nunnelee who ran as a fiscal conservative). He would go on to win what what, 42 percent?
Same story in the 4th.
The sad thing about ALL your comments is that they all have to do with ‘Party’. Mississippi is where it is because the politicians in this state don’t care about the people. Your posts are fine for ‘politics’ but do nothing for the hurt that the people of this state, black and white, are suffering. 68 of 82 counties have double digit unemployment along with the state as a whole. Spare me the foolishness that it’s because all those unemployed people are lazy. Let’s be honest and serious here. Phil Bryant’s platform will do nothing to change those numbers for ALL of Mississippi. Nothing! Where are the policies for the suffering people? Since the Barbour/Bryant administration took office, the number of households in Mississippi that are on food stamps has gone from 149,817 in 2004 to 204,068 in 2009. These aren’t just people of color. This is what the conservative principles have done for this state. And it’s getting worse. You have only ‘pockets of prosperity’ in Mississippi and those places are prospering with taxpayer monies from the entire state. So again, provide some REAL SOLUTIONS for REAL PEOPLE and spare those of us who know better that foolishness!
Kip, Brett’s post is about the party/race dynamic, not about how to solve the unemployment problem in Mississippi. This blog, like many others, is frequented by political geeks like me who like to discuss the issue at hand, and that’s what we’re trying to do.
However, in the spirit of open discussion, I don’t agree that conservative principles have caused the increase in food stamps. The national economy, brought to its knees by liberal policies beginning in the 1960′s, is the problem. Mississippi’s own liberals ran things until 20 years ago when Fordice became governor, and it’s only been the last few years that the Republicans had a majority in the Senate. The House of Representatives hasn’t gone Republican yet, although I’m hopeful it will in the next session. It takes generations to build up entitlements to the point where they are in Mississippi, and the Democrats have much more to do with the current state of the state than the Republicans do.
I very much agree with Bill. Kip it’s funny how you attack the Republicans who are trying to right the ship and not one time do you find any fault with who created it. And that would be the Democrats. And you can strike “Democrat” and “Republican” if you would like and replace them with “liberal” and “conservative” so we don’t have to hear you whine about it being all about party. Your agenda is obvious. Stop wasting your time here attempting liberal jedi mind tricks. No one here will buy it and besides, you and your fellow liberals don’t have the required equipment for that anyway.
The responses by you guys continue to prove my point. You have no REAL answers and you’re stuck in the 50′s and 60′s. It’s truly sad. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. You guys spend your time talking about how the poor and downtrodden of this State won’t take responsibility for themselves or their situations and then you fail to take responsibility for the ineptness of the politicians and principles that you support that have been complete failures for this state. I believe the word i’m looking for is hypocrites. But you know what, keep blaming everything on what went on 40 or 50 years ago. It will make it easier to move past you and find those people who actually want the ENTIRE state to move forward.
Bill–Explain why the State budget has grown over 200% over the last 20 years. Just because your a republican does not mean you are Conservative. The democrats have only controled 1/2 of one branch to the government for the last 8 years.
Amen Dontread.
I think people in rural areas are too fiscally conservative to consider themselves Democrats anymore.
Maybe i`m the last RWD who views politics through a historical lens. Who’d want to eat at Lincoln Day Dinner anyways? I`m being tongue in cheek here but I still view Mississippi with the word Democrat as in local Democrat.
TresselFan, I think that’s a pretty accurate assessment. A perfect example of the “rural, white” legislator would be Billy McCoy. Funny thing is, the overwhelming majority of people (in both parties) in Mississippi are socially conservative. I guess the rural people who are voting Repub are looking at the national party’s social platform.
I think the lower/middle class white rural Mississippian is a niche that the state Democratic party can fill… They’re just not doing it right now.
Kipp, these guys are giving you answers and you continue to avoid listening apparently. First off, Barbour/Bryant, and for that matter McCoy, have NOTHING to do with the spike in food stamps, here me again, NOTHING. We are in one of this nations most perilous economic straits and the President and his friends in DC, want to spend our way (with borrowed money) out of it. It has never worked that way. This man has increased non-defense discretionary spending 84% since taking office…his deficits make the ones W was criticized for look like child’s play. You want real solutions, here they are…force teachers to perform in the classroom…kids cannot go to fourth grade without reading on grade level. Launch an all out effort in the schools that don’t perform to get rid of the teachers and bring more in. Liberal (ooh, scary) programs like Teach For America are changing kids life’s in places like Greenwood but there’s not enough of it. Heavily scrub the “dropout zone” of the 9th and 10th grade and keep these kids in school. Only high school graduates and above don’t cost the state money over their lifetime…I’m from Yazoo City and can figure this out! Want more, teach kids in college entrepreneurship and through political will force the local banks to help finance these kids when they move back home and open a small business and guess what Kipp, like it or not, it will be some service business…it’s the American economy now and that won’t change. These are real solutions that are proposed every legislative session by R’s and it just doesn’t seem to make it to the Governors desk. Bill and Chrisman are right, we didn’t get into this mess over night and we won’t get out of it overnight. Now, I’ve given you some real solutions…what are your proposed solutions?
Your condescension Hayes is hilarious. Your answers, however are (and I hate to keep repeating myself) typical. When your policies fail, blame D.C. A great deal of the spending you rail against came to Mississippi and was spent. How can the state that receives a substantial amount of it’s budget from the federal government complain about federal spending that it has benefited from. Please, please try again. A lobbyist like you should know better. Yes, we selectively denied some funds (even funds that would have gone to help – guess what? – entrepreneurs – through MDES). I could continue to shoot holes in your rhetoric but it’s too easy. Additionally, Teach For America is short-term fix that doesn’t answer long term problems in the Delta.
An analysis conducted by Assistant Professor Julian Vasquez Heilig of the University of Texas at Austin and Assistant Professor Su Jin Jez of California State University at Sacramento states the following:
They conclude:
*More than 50 percent of Teach for America teachers leave after two years and more than 80 percent leave after three years.
“Finally, even in the limited cases when TFA has a positive impact, it is consistently small; other educational reforms may have more promise such as universal pre-school, mentoring programs that pair novice and expert teachers, eliminating tracking, and reducing class size in the early grades.”
You asked about my ideas. Move the teachers from the performing schools to the underperforming schools for one year and vice versa. That will let you know if the teacher is as good or as bad as the school’s performance. Provide funding to school districts in areas (such as the Delta) that don’t have the tax bases to support bond issues for infrastructure improvements to ensure all schools in the state have the same facilities and the same amenities for learning (outside of athletics). Then start comparing apples to apples. How is it paid for? With the same taxpayer money that we gave (have given) Nissan, Toyota and the other companies that have milked the state. I believe investing in the 493,000 plus kids in Mississippi will yield this state far more than what those companies will ever do. It’s called priorities.
I appreciate your solutions, but the answers have to start in the homes. You’re putting all the blame on teachers not performing, but the bottom line is that there are parents who are not performing (black and white) when it comes to education. There are not enough parents concerned about their child’s education — they are more concerned about the X-box, Play Station, Iphone, etc.
Well said Tressel. The deterioration of family values and the basic family concept is much to blame for our educational woes. And no matter how much money we throw at the problem we cannot fix a problem that has it’s roots in poor family values. And there is a very limited amount of fixable issues that can be addressed by our elected officials (D’s and R’s). So blaming them for all our educational woes is unfair. And throwing good money on top of bad (wasted)) money ain’t the answer. A good educational base starts at home and until that base is established then we will continue to suffer from major educational and economic deficiencies.
condescending? You wheel in here and are critical of R’s and our leaders, get called on it and now I’m mean. You “tone” and “message” the way you want and I’ll do the same, address what I’m saying. First off, nobody out of 10th grade civics will buy into you first rebuttal. Barbour/Bryant/McCoy’s policies simply can’t effect the national economy…sorry..can’t happen. I will say every state in reacts and is effected differently by the national problem we’re having but those things are federal problems…sorry. Now, you actually propose ONE concrete idea, ONE. “Move good teachers to bad schools and vice versa”…in over 20 years of being in the public square I’ve never heard of that one from any group left or right. That’s because you can’t do anything in one year, no one believes something like that will work. Then you retreat into the familiar left chorus, put more money in, put more money in. That is the message of the teacher union’s and those on the left because they are not interested in accountability, just more money. So that’s it…move teachers around for ONE year and pour more money at failing schools. I know this is going to be condescending to you, but if that (along with your criticism of everyone’s “lack of ideas”) is all you can come with, I’m simply not interested in having that conversation…boring, tired, and old. You just didn’t answer the bell on bringing anything.
Two quick points, the whole Nissan/Toyota incentive thing is an interesting issue I like hearing peoples opinions on. First of all, it’s not about priorities because in every case I’m aware of, the incentive funds are bonds (borrowed money) or in kinds that the promoters of these policies say are paid back over time because of the jobs and economic impact…it’s just hard for me to speak to that other than give my opinion that I think on balance they probably pay off over time. …and Kipp before you site some study stating otherwise, know that I could spend 20 minutes on Google and find 10 studies refuting yours. But that’s a good debate to have. Secondly, I’d like to tell you what you should do…I’ve done it and it’s confirmed what I believe. Drive around west Jackson and other areas (small towns, etc.) of the state that people say are “depressed” and see the 20, 30 somethings “milling” around and just “hanging out”…then in those very same parts of town, stop in at the service business’s and ask for a job application. In almost every instance, you’ll have managers looking at you saying, “we’re dying for labor”. Kipp, it’s right there in plain. Now reference Chrisman and Bills comments about why we’re in this mess and know they are speaking the gospel. Johnson’s experiment failed and has created this.
Good response Hayes.
If throwing money at a problem was the solution then the war of poverty would have ended 40 years ago. Instead we are spending more than LBJ could have ever dreamed up: WIC, food stamps, Section 8, Medicare, etc, etc, etc. Heck, you can get a free cell phone these days. The bottom line is the govt can only do so much. Did you know JPS spend more per pupil than Desoto county schools, yet one school district is thriving and one, well, isn’t. And we all know which districts I’m talking about. Obviously money isn’t the end all.
No amount of govt spending of my taxpayer money can change attitudes. If you could get the same or more money from the govt for doing nothing rather than doing difficult work for low wages, what do you think people will do. Once upon a time, people took pride in working and refused handouts regardless of their situation. Not so much these days.
If we were to double teachers salaries at every school in the Delta, the results wouldn’t change.
The first things you need to see to see improvements is a return to a traditional family structure- a husband and a wife raising their kids. What do you think the out of wedlock birth rate in the Delta is? I would bet its 70% plus. That breakdown just trickles down to everything else in the community: dropout rates, crime, etc.
Rankin county or any prosperous suburb isn’t the place it is because of some master plan or gov’t spending. Rather, it was built by families who wanted a better life, better schools, etc whether they were moving out of Jackson or moving from a rural area. Although I don’t agree with Bill Luckett on much, his story in Clarksdale (although very heavily inflated) is a good one, and until people change, have a commitment for making things better than things are gonna stay the same.
From listening to Bennie talk, he blames everything on the civil war. Fine, that was 150 years ago. But people are fine with that as their excuse. And that is why I don’t have much confidence in anything ever changing.
YOU SAID:
“Barbour/Bryant/McCoy’s policies simply can’t effect the national economy…sorry..can’t happen. I will say every state in reacts and is effected differently by the national problem we’re having but those things are federal problems…sorry.”
You’re passing the buck in regards to what the current administration of Mississippi is responsible for. I understand that’s an easy talking point but the responsibility of Mississippi’s economic situation (in good times and bad) is directly related to policies provided by those in charge. And they’ve been in charge for 8 years. You can’t even be truthful with yourself. You want the President to take responsibility for what has or has not occurred DURING his tenure but you don’t want Mississippi’s current administration to take responsibility for what has or has not occurred during their tenure. That, my friend, is ludicrous.
As for your comments regarding infrastructure improvements to schools in the Delta, you can’t have it both ways. You want to compare Desoto/Rankin/ County schools against schools in the Delta and actually believe you’re comparing apples to apples. You actually didn’t address the infrastructure issue which was the basis for any money. (Teacher’s unions???)
By the way, instead of generalizing, list the employers and the job openings that they can’t get any laborers to fill. That’s always an easy assertion to make but when it comes to proving it, the information is lacking.
Further, the unemployment rate in the City of Jackson (you mentioned only a small portion of the City in referencing West Jackson) is one of the lowest in the state and lower than the national rate. In your driving around West Jackson, did you notice the numerous Rankin and Madison County tags? Your inference is typical. I won’t stoop there with you.
Finally, Nissan, Toyota and other companies receive a $5,000 per employee tax credit each year. That will equate to apprx $30,000,000 per year in tax dollars that the STATE won’t receive (this is on top of the infrastructure funds paid by the State and other incentives paid). The suppliers of these companies are receiving these tax credits also. The communities where these companies are located receive minimum amounts of PILOT funds. Mind you, it’s ALL taxpayer money that pay for the subsidies. Show me the numbers where the STATE will recoup these funds. The subsidies run for 15-30 years. So tell me again where are the priorities?
I personally don’t think Johnny Dupree is a bad candidate. I disagree very strongly with his political viewpoints but do respect him and feel that he is a better candidate than Luckett. And although my candidates for Governor, Lt Gov, Treasurer and Ag Comm didn’t win, I do think that we have pretty decent candidates going into the general election. I also feel that Connie is a solid D candidate, too. But strongly disagree with most of her political perspectives. I’m just not one to vilify and hate a candidate just because of party affiliation or who they defeated in primaries. So all things considered I do feel as if we do have some good people running on both sides (D’s and R’s) but I have strong disagreements with the D’s. But hey, that doesn’t make them bad people does it? My suggestion to all is that we honor the voices of the voters that chose Phil, Tate, Lynn and Cindy and move forward with support of the R’s on the ticket. But at the same time we keep in mind that the D’s on the ticket are not evil people with evil intentions. Misguided maybe but not necessarily bad people. It’s time we drop the sour grapes for our candidates that lost and quit the attacks on the primary victors. The voters have spoken and it’s time to move on. Just my opinions for whatever it’s worth…
Hayes- you said “stop in at the service business’s and ask for a job application. In almost every instance, you’ll have managers looking at you saying, “we’re dying for labor”. Please provide some details I know many working men, that have been looking for work for months. They would love to have a job, just can’t find anyone hiring right now.
The closed party primary voters have spoken The problem is, our party, in its zealousness to keep the “good ole boy” system in place. Selected the one candidate that Johnny can and should defeat.
Wanting honest and ethical Govt. Is not sour grapes. But you don’t get it.
I have a meeting with Mayor Dupree monday. To see if a truly conservative and honest Republican, can hit the campaign trail on his behalf.
Sure, just go to any fast food or most c-stores and they are dying for labor. I know it’s not crazy good pay but it gets one back in the market and poised to go upward…some of those managers make a very nice living.
Seems like they have been applying all over, most restaurants are closing are cutting back. You talking about McDonalds and such. I guess you repubics can not provide better jobs than that. Ii’m talking about Working Men, with skills. What we need is real Conservatives in leadership, not you repubics.
Kip, short of the studies, the bar charts, and the PowerPoint presentations, TresselFan is exactly right and I agree with him/her totally. At my house growing up when we had a problem we looked at ourselves first to see what we did to contribute to the problem. When we didn’t achieve something we set out to, we looked at ourselves to determine what we needed to do differently next time. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. But you’re full of questions, now I have some questions for you. How do you help someone who doesn’t want to help themself? Do you go bankrupt throwing all the money you have at them knowing it’s not going to make one bit of a difference? You liberals always whine about fair. What’s fair about a few people working their asses off so that the rest can get by without doing anything at all? When do we start holding people accountable for their actions? When are people going to have to be forced to live with the consequences of their life choices? Every year our legislature tries, and a lot of time they succeed, passing idiotic laws that make them feel all warm and fuzzy. When are they going to realize that you can’t legislate responsibility? But, again, you don’t have the answers. You have liberal arrogance. You want to come in here and tell the evil Republicans how terrible they are and how they are to blame, when in reality you have no real world solutions. You have pie charts and good intentions. The real solution doesn’t come from a government program, it doesn’t come from my wallet, and doesn’t come from a do-gooder like yourself. It comes from the mirror. It comes from a desire to want more and a passion to do whatever it takes to make one’s self better. These people we have discussed, they can be whatever they want to be if they are willing to do the work and make the sacrifices. But you know what, if they don’t get where they want to be, it’s not my fault and it’s not the State of Mississippi’s fault. It’s theirs. If you have a way to get inside the home and instill personal responsibility into the minds of every underachieving Mississippian, let hear it. I’m all ears, brother.
Chriman
You are wrong on this one. I know of a guy and his wife who worked hard to build a business, was reasonably successful and then was removed from a private sector project, in order to allow room for a politically connected competitor. There was no price, service, qualification, or other competitive factors ivolved, just politics.
If you really believe that who prospers in our State, is not controlled by politics, you need to spend a day with me, and let me show you the History of that. All the personal responsibility in the world will not override a corrupt Govt.
What we can hope is that Johnny wins this thing and can break the cycle of corruption, that has blocked our State for the last 8 years.
Rat. It’s crunch time. Do you stand for good Government or do you put party ahead of principle.
You personally, documented and confirmed some of the corruption I pointed out. Now, those same people are in position to take over our State and continue the “party favorites ” to the detriment of our State.
So here’s the question, are you going to help those of us who want Honest Government above party prosperity, campaign for Johnny or are you going to be void of individual thought and follow the Party line?
My experience with you is that you are not a man of principle and you will vote Party line.
If I’m wrong, call me and I’ll get you some dupree signs to put out.
Ron,
I’ve lived in the Pine Belt for a very LLLLong time. You aint seen corruption…until you have seen Johnny style corruption. Examples: Ooops someone broke into city hall and stole every citizens personal & financial information (no one is ever arrested, eventhough the building has a million dollar security system, cameras and everything). Oooops confiscated narcotics are regularly disappearing from the evidence room (being resold on the streets). O-yea Johnny said “I never raised taxes in hattiesburg” ha ha LOL. That is a LIE… property taxes have increased by 40% to pay for all those extra mills, a little sin tax, targeted sales tax, etc.. Don’t forget about the STINKY SMELL that did not come around until Johnny and his cru made that deal with USA Yeast (took alittle money under the table) to let them dump untreated waste water into the south lagoon. Knowing good and darn well the south lagoon swear system could not handle it (even though he received federal money to update the system, where did that money go?). It has taken years for the city to admit the truth and to this day they want admit responsibility. That is just a quick view at a few of the skeliton’s hanging out in Johnny’s closet. Trust me Ron- Johnny will turn on you, after he uses you, and bite you like the snake he is….. No honest government with Johnny… Plus the Repubics need to deliver the Dems a knock out blow, in order for the Conservative Independence to emerge.
Thanks for that. I will give that consideration.
So what do we do ? Decide which crook we prefer to have steal from us?
If we deliver REPs. to every other position, there is a sort of check and balance if Johnny wins. If Phil wins, with a full REP slate we are doomed.
What do we do?
Who can the repubics blame when they are fully in charge? Elected officals will see less revenue, their bureaucrats will need the same, if not more, money to support their spending habits. While there is no federal money to cover the difference, in turn they will raise additional revenue. The unemployment will continue to rise (mississippi always lags behind national trends) and inflation will cause the repubics (establishment) to be exposed for their incompitence. This will led to political discontent and they will not be able to blame Billy McCoy. Electing johnny just gives the establishment a fall guy, someone to blame for keeping the growth of government through their tax and spend policy. The fact is if johnny gets elected, the state is doomed. Phil can always be spooked into a flip flop.
Dontread,
You say, we let Phil have it, to watch him fail. I understand.
You seem pretty intellegent on this stuff. I need your thoughts on something.
Towana and I were in Orange Beach last night and as we were having dinner, I was approached by a party of folks from Laurel, who recognized me from the campaign ads. It’s a neat feeling when strangers come up to you to tell you they voted for you and want you to run for something else.
The conversation immediately turned, byb their direction to the Palazzo race.
Without worrying about hurting any feelings, what are you true thoughts on this?