LOL good story, Ken!
Doesn't matter which side of politics a politician is on, politics is full
of cronyism. <sp?>
Kat
----- Original Message -----
From: "ken barber" <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Rus Cooper-Dowda's Editorial in Birmingham News
> kat, there was a former mayor of atlanta that would
> have been chairman of the DNC, but clinton still
> running the party went with a crony terry mccaulif.
> manard jackson would have been good in that position
> for the dems.
> on a humorus note. he was mayor when i was in my
> first stint in atlanta. 14th street was the notorious
> area of town. mayor jackson was in his limo and stoped
> at a traffic light on 14th street. one of the women of
> the night opened his door and climbed in. i think his
> security detail were so suprised that they did not
> stop her. this was front page, but, shortly after that
> the police cleaned up 14th st.
> --- ken barber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 20:03:18 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Fwd: Rus Cooper-Dowda's Editorial in
> > Birmingham News
> > To: "K. Salkin" <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> > yes, there are some black mayors. the dept of hhs is
> > not considered as one of the most powerful. but,
> > yes,
> > she was there. a national security advisor, sec of
> > state, defense, treasury, those are the positions of
> > real power. many of these mayors should have been
> > tapped for national positions and were not. there
> > was
> > a black mayer running for a new york state position
> > and the dems hung him out to dry, not giving him any
> > of the promised funds so he could campaing.
> > the high and mighty robert byrd a leader of the
> > democratic party got his promotion from being a
> > leader
> > of the KKK.
> > And speaking of minorities, which president signed
> > the ADA into law?
> >
> > --- "K. Salkin" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > You're forgetting the former head of HHS, Jocelyn
> > > Brothers.
> > >
> > > Also, most of the Black mayors have been
> > Democrats,
> > > in fact I think all of
> > > them are Dems.
> > >
> > > Kat
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "ken barber" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: "K. Salkin" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 10:30 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Fwd: Rus Cooper-Dowda's Editorial in
> > > Birmingham News
> > >
> > >
> > > > you are right kat, it is strange. the clintons
> > > could
> > > > have put minorities in inportant positions but,
> > > didn't
> > > > (ron brown in dept of commerce was about as far
> > as
> > > it
> > > > went). the republicans, have minorities in the
> > > most
> > > > powerful cabinate positins. state, national
> > > security
> > > > advisors..... how long are minorities going to
> > > take to
> > > > see that the dems are doing nothing for them.
> > > >
> > > > --- "K. Salkin" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > > Ken's right; the civil rights movement started
> > > back
> > > > > in the 1950s, when
> > > > > Eisenhower was in power, and the Southern
> > > Democratic
> > > > > Party was in power in
> > > > > the South. The governors of the Southern
> > states
> > > at
> > > > > the time were solidly
> > > > > behind the segregationists. It's ironic that
> > > > > nowadays blacks as a whole
> > > > > identify more with the Democrats than the
> > > > > Republicans, under whom the civil
> > > > > rights movement started.
> > > > >
> > > > > After the Civil War ended, it was the
> > > Republicans
> > > > > who made sure Lincoln's
> > > > > Emancipation program went through. All over
> > the
> > > > > South the federal
> > > > > government installed Republican office holders
> > -
> > > > > unfortunately some of them
> > > > > were opportunists, ready to make a fast buck
> > out
> > > of
> > > > > the defeated
> > > > > Southerners, thus leading to the Southern
> > term,
> > > the
> > > > > hated 'carpetbaggers.' a
> > > > > real term of contempt. There's a note in my
> > > Texan
> > > > > great-great grandfather's
> > > > > papers - a sworn affidavit of allegiance to
> > the
> > > US
> > > > > after the Civil War; on
> > > > > the back, someone had noted in a neat
> > > copperplate
> > > > > handwriting, "A bitter
> > > > > pill to swallow." He was a physician and a
> > > > > lieutenant in the Confederate
> > > > > Army who treated Union POWs in a camp in
> > Texas.
> > > > > Most of them died not from
> > > > > their wounds but from yellow fever, according
> > to
> > > his
> > > > > notes. Fascinating
> > > > > stuff, history.
> > > > >
> > > > > Kat
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "ken barber" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> > > > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 9:43 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: Fwd: Rus Cooper-Dowda's Editorial
> > > in
> > > > > Birmingham News
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > who was in power when birmingham was
> > > segregationis
> > > > > in
> > > > > > politics?
> > > > > > as in the other southern states, it was
> > the
> > > > > > democrats. george walace stood in the doors
> > of
> > > the
> > > > > > university of alabama to block blacks from
> > > > > entering.
> > > > > > the civil rights law of 1964 was passed over
> > > the
> > > > > > democrats opposition. study your history. if
> > > not
> > > > > for
> > > > > > republicans the civil rights bill would have
> > > been
> > > > > > blocked. look it up.
> > > > > >
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