Friday, May 17, 2013

campaign lagniappe

WJTV's boy wonder, Ross Adams, asked Jonathan Lee a few questions after the press conference today:




and Bennie came out swinging for Chokwe today, playing the code word card:



Bennie's message is the same no matter what: Blame whitey for everything and leave the rest to me. Same guy who protects Superintendents of 300-student school districts making $115,000 a year. I pity Bennie sometimes, I really do. Nietzsche wrote about being careful looking into the abyss because it looks into you. Well, Bennie grew up in an era where he experienced true racism. Call him the son of white hate because he learned the worst lessons from the white democrats that held back blacks and Mississippi for so long. He learned their hatred, their racism, their cronyism, their sweetheart deals, and all the while making himself a millionaire while always working for the government in some form or fashion.

Congratulations Mr. Bennie. You, Bilbo, and Eastland are no different but for your color. Unfortunately for the rest of us, your hearts are the same.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

What's funny is that Bennie summarizes in 1 minute what Ladd drones on about in a year's worth of copy.

Anonymous said...

Is the rack part of the deal?

Anonymous said...

9:38, please think of the kittens...don't feed the domo kuns.

Anonymous said...

Did you people see the same video I did? Neither Bennie nor Lumbooloo were in it.

Anonymous said...

Both Lee and Lumumba were cool towards charter schools in the Jackson Public School District. Lumumba would be a moral leader of the school district as well as in the police department. The values and direction of the two most important social impact areas would have his personal stamp. Legal department would be run out of the Mayors Office too. The public works and urban renewal areas would be more independent and run by technocrats.

Anonymous said...

Look who is the background supporters for Lee: Rt. Rev. Middleton of the Church of England, Rep. Credell Calhoun, Sen. John Horn, and other moderates who are seasonally in the employ of the banks and rentier class. They are political hucksters.

Anonymous said...

@7:49, ideas alone do not run districts or departments, it actually takes a comprehensive plan of action. Lumumba made pretty clear in the debate last night that his idea for changing public schools is "pedagogy," specifically discussing at length his plan to tell students that Christopher Columbus did not discover America. Whether or not it's true is beside the point. Lumumba wants to lecture himself through office. Look at his website: his plans are "education campaign," and "health campaign," which means "let me lecture you on the morality of these issues." He has no specifics. Look at Lee's website by comparison. He actually has detailed, well-thought-out plans of action. Lumumba is all talk and all propaganda.

Burke said...

Our Dear Leader Bennie wants someone he can control. No different from Jim Eastland back in the bad old days. Now it's bottom rail on top, and another version of the bad old days when future generations look back at 2013. Meanwhile the average folk are gradually finding ways to live and work in peace and mutual respect. I sometimes try to rationalize Bennie as the price we must pay, etc., but mainly I don't like the SOB. Just another corrupt politician.

Anonymous said...

I guess you also rationalize your characterization of history as 'the bad ole days'. Why not simply say 'years ago' instead of adding your liberal spin?

Anonymous said...

I am trying to determine what world these commentators live. I watched the debate on the Clarion Ledger today after receiving numerous texts, and phone calls. It was painful to watch my candidate who clearly showed he had no experience and understanding of the process of city government or business. I was with Jonathan Lee but it was frightening to me to observe his utter lack of knowledge, experience and understanding. I agree with Mr. Lumumba that he should have run for the City Council to gain some understanding. I have had no problems with Mr. Lumumba's name because I did vote for President Obama and people tried to denigrate his name. Jonathan, I have to say goodbye, after your performance last night. You are not ready for prime time.

Anonymous said...

8:48. Get ready for a sane person ass kicking Tuesday. Lumooooomba will not win because more blacks are sane than stupid.








Anonymous said...

8:48 YAWN. You are a liar..

Anonymous said...

But Lumumba who mumbles gibberish with a comprehensive plan that calls for cronies to be political leaders and farmers markets to drive our economy is ready to lead? Not sure how you came to that conclusion.

Experience in politics only creates the politicians that we all loathe. Dodging specific solutions of major issues did not earn the vote you are about to give away. But it is your vote.

My Purnt said...

Harvey to the rescue. Remember sixteen years ago when his only experience was writing government grants? Now sixteen years later, his experience in government has amounted to zip-nada for Jackson and got him defeated to boot. And what has Chokewe's 'experience' done to improve the city? Zip-nada. If anything, it's brought ridicule and embarrassment. Thanks for the smoke, 8:48 (as you say goodbye to your preferred candidate), that was bullshit. I'll take Lee. At least with Lee we won't wake up every morning dashing to the newspaper or internet to see what stunt Chockwe pulled or who he pissed off whilst we slumbered.

Chuck Fockway said...

The very idea that anyone is considering Lumumba is outrageous. His support is coming from an overwhelmingly unsophisticated and blatantly ignorant number of people who see him as either a blow against Whitey or a means to be given something. They do not understand the complexities of a city's economy, services, or infrastructure. The notion is that this guy will get in there, use his power to seize money from those rich white folks, then turn around and give it to them.

The people here who post "I was with Lee, but now I'm with Chokwe" are 100% BS. They're either trolls or Lumumba plants. This man is dangerous. He's incompetent, bitter, full of animosity toward many sectors of our city, a virulent racist, and he will do everything in his power to wreck the "white power structure" (or whatever his people are calling it this month) without any understanding that said power structure is the only thing keeping this ramshackle city afloat.

The business exodus will be of Biblical proportions if Lumumba becomes mayor, and all that will be left is a ruin.

Anonymous said...

@7:24...the first few lines of your post are just way off base. The main reason people are considering Lumumba isn't because they want to strike a "blow against Whitey" or because they are unsophisticated or ignorant. Most who support him are looking out for their own self-interest and Lumumba certainly panders to that self-interest. White politicians have done this in the past and continue to do it today--in both obvious and subtle ways. And white voters certainly respond to their own self-interests. Just look at the white private schools and white flight to the suburbs. People tend to vote their self-interest, and that does not necessarily make them racist or ignorant. Your attempt to paint all black people with the same brush is completely naive and patronizing.

That being said...Lumumba is a terrible candidate and would be a disaster for Jackson. He would be a disaster because he is a polarizing figure, but also because his ideas have no substance. But, Jackson survived the racist policies driven by white leaders for over a century. And Jackson would survive Lumumba as well. Eventually, the citizens of Jackson--and the surrounding burbs--will tire of racial politics and stagnation and decide to work together to make our city a better place.


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