Mississippi Democrat Grand Poobah Rickey Cole issued the following statements:
Chairman Rickey Cole reaction to Gene Alday's comments:
"When
I first read Representative Alday's comments in yesterday's Clarion
Ledger, my first thought was of the great damage such attitudes do to
our state's efforts to make progress and grow as people who can work
together and respect each other.
"In
an unguarded moment, Alday gave voice to an ugly set of prejudices that
have crippled our state, driven so many away forever, and caused
immeasurable pain, suffering and death. White supremacy is the original
sin of Mississippi, and Rep. Alday stepped up to the microphone and
reveled in that sin once again."
Chairman Rickey Cole response to Joe Nosef's comments in the Clarion-Ledger
"I
emailed Joe Nosef last night and urged him to repudiate Alday's
remarks. I'm glad to see that he and other leaders of the party of
Lincoln did so. But Chairman Nosef had to hedge his bet with the voters
who agree with Alday by mentioning comments made by our sole African
American Congressman about Phil Bryant. Here's the difference, Joe:
Congressman Thompson was talking about one man, by name. Alday attacked
an entire race. There is no comparison, and to attempt to draw one
cheapens the earlier repudiation. Mississippi deserves better."
State Republican Party Chairman Joe Nosef on Monday
said "we are very disappointed." But then he accused his Democratic
counterpart of hypocrisy for not being as critical of U.S. Rep. Bennie
Thompson for comments he made last year on radio.
"(Alday's)
statements certainly do not reflect the views of the Mississippi
Republican Party, its leadership or membership and are absolutely
unacceptable," Nosef said. "I sure wish (Democratic Party Chairman
Rickey Cole) was just as eager to speak out when one of his own Democrat
officials has said something. Recently, Bennie Thompson said the
governor was only against Obamacare because a black man created it, and
Chairman Cole refused to comment directly. Hypocrisy is part of
politics, but Rickey is better than that."
29 comments:
Here's the similarity. Alday was one man being an idiot. Bennie was one man being an idiot. Actually, I think it is stupid for either one of them to ask the other to repudiate their idiot.
The establishment Republicans are nothing more than Democrats using a different name.
Cole is too obvious in his quick effort to ring the bell of racism. These little people with time on their hands and a desire to keep LBJ's dream alive will always quickly seize on anything they can to paint others as racist.
Regardless of how unpallatable some may find the remarks, there's one helluva lot of truth in the congressman's statements.
Look on the bright side. Tomorrow we'll get another wholly forgettable Gary Pettus column!!!
A racist? That would be defined as anyone who disagrees with or tells the truth about Democrats!
When McDaniel nearly defeated Cochran, the country club GOP was so shocked. They had not been paying attention. The same thing is happening again with the public school fiasco they let Reeves and the Speaker create. The Democrats will win control of the House and will come damn close to winning the Senate. When you let someone like Gene Alday become the face of the Republican Party which is now considered the anti-public school party in this state someone is not paying much attention.
5:26; Who, other than YOU says Alday is the 'face of the Republican party'. I've voted republican/conservative for years and never heard of him. I doubt you have either.
But, while speaking of 'faces', YOU people allow Ricky Cole to become the 'face' of the party of entitlement. Savor that!
"When you let someone like Gene Alday become the face of the Republican Party...."
Uhhhhhhh what? The face of the R party??? Dumbass at the keyboard @ 5:26pm.
So do y'all think Alday defeated Mayo back in 2011 without any help from the MSGOP? Dumbasses.
um, @ 5:26PM, you probably need to put your crack pipe down. Mr. Alday is not the face of the GOP. If you are so worried about face this and face that maybe you need to heel bennies fat ass over some of the stupid things he blurts out on a regular basis.
5:26 PM you might want to check the calculator battery on the entitlement thing. The $1 billion in MDOC money far exceeds all of they money combined the poor receive in this state.
Gene Alday is a gift from God for the Democratic Party this election cycle. You started out with 200,000 PO'd public school parents and teachers and now you have a face to put to that - Gene Alday. Now people know why the schools are not funded in this state.
Type Date Amount Source* Location Organization Target
State $7,853.00 IMPROVE MISSISSIPPI JACKSON, MS IMPROVE MISSISSIPPI ALDAY, W E
State 2011-09-16 $2,000.00 MISSISSIPPI BANKERS ASSOCIATION JACKSON, MS MISSISSIPPI BANKERS ASSOCIATION ALDAY, W E
State 2011-06-04 $1,000.00 ABBAY, ROBERT I UNREADABLE, MS ALDAY, W E
State 2011-09-16 $1,000.00 R W D C OLIVE BRANCH, MS R W D C ALDAY, W E
State 2011-10-26 $1,000.00 FORWARD MISSISSIPPI PAC CLINTON, MS FORWARD MISSISSIPPI PAC ALDAY, W E
State 2011-10-18 $1,000.00 MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS FLOWOOD, MS MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ALDAY, W E
State 2011-10-18 $1,000.00 BOMGAR CORP RIDGELAND, MS BOMGAR CORP ALDAY, W E
State 2011-10-28 $1,000.00 MISS BANK PAC - STATE FUND JACKSON, MS MISS BANK PAC - STATE FUND ALDAY, W E
State 2011-11-30 $1,000.00 HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF MISSISSIPPI JACKSON, MS HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF MISSISSIPPI ALDAY, W E
State 2011-10-28 $1,000.00 MID - SOUTH INSTITUTE LAKE CORMOLAWE, MS MID - SOUTH INSTITUTE ALDAY, W E
State 2011-11-15 $1,000.00 COCA-COLA ATLANTA, GA COCA-COLA ALDAY, W E
State 2011-09-26 $500.00 HUGGINS, MRS BOBBY CLARKSDALE, MS ALDAY, W E
State 2011-09-21 $500.00 WALTERS, W L CLARKSDALE, MS ALDAY, W E
State 2011-10-05 $500.00 MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL ASSOCIATION RIDGELAND, MS MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ALDAY, W E
State 2011-10-07 $500.00 ABBARHYDE ENTERPRISES LLC WALLS, MS ABBARHYDE ENTERPRISES LLC ALDAY, W E
State 2011-10-05 $500.00 INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS OF MISSISSIPPI FLOWOOD, MS INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS OF MISSISSIPPI ALDAY, W E
State 2011-10-24 $500.00 INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS OF MISSISSIPPI FLOWOOD, MS INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS OF MISSISSIPPI ALDAY, W E
State 2011-10-24 $500.00 MISSISSIPPI FEDERATION OF REPUBLICANS BRANDON, MS MISSISSIPPI FEDERATION OF REPUBLICANS ALDAY, W E
State $500.00 GOPAC WASHINGTON, DC GOPAC ALDAY, W E
State 2011-10-18 $500.00 MPA - PAC PEARL, MS MPA - PAC ALDAY, W E
State 2011-12-20 $500.00 CMTE CLEAN ENVIRONMENT BY UNREADABLE TAX UNREADABLE JACKSON, MS CMTE CLEAN ENVIRONMENT BY UNREADABLE TAX UNREADABLE ALDAY, W E
State 2011-09-16 $500.00 MISSISSIPPI MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION JACKSON, MS MISSISSIPPI MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION ALDAY, W E
State 2011-09-17 $500.00 JOHNSON, PETE CLARKSDALE, MS ALDAY, W E
State 2011-09-17 $500.00 GRAEBER JR, JAMES P CLARKSDALE, MS ALDAY, W E
State 2011-09-16 $300.00 COSTO LLC SOUTHAVEN, MS COSTO LLC ALDAY, W E
State 2011-09-17 $300.00 COSTO LLC SOUTHAVEN, MS COSTO LLC ALDAY, W E
State 2011-12-20 $300.00 MISSISSIPPI MALT BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION JACKSON, MS MISSISSIPPI MALT BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION ALDAY, W E
State 2011-11-30 $300.00 MISSISSIPPI POWER CO GULFPORT, MS MISSISSIPPI POWER CO ALDAY, W E
State 2011-11-21 $300.00 AT&T JACKSON, MS AT&T ALDAY, W E
State $250.00 JOHNSON, PETE UNREADABLE, MS ALDAY, W E
Wonder why black folks are not republican ? its republicans like alday. Judge Reeves said it best in his sentencing statement of the fine young men for brando MS. aoldy said, he is not racist , am still waiting his Black Friends he'd claim . Governor, Walls MS needs a lot help.
7:28 = Desperation
I tried to post the list of Alday's campaign contributors but the post never appeared. Is that allowed?
alday , looks like your republican friends are dumping you fast .If i were you i wouldn't apologize . Heck you you still got to on to retire on the Government dole anyway. Trust us we we know .
8:26; Have you ever considered proofreading before you post? Please capitalize, use semi-colons where appropriate and, occasionally, commas.
Not sure what this means: "Heck you you still got to on to retire....Trust us we we know."
Articulation is not his strong point, but his message is accurate.
Yes, Alday has received and will continue to receive a "guv'mint" check for doing nothing.
If he is opposed to government handouts, he should return all the monies he has and will receive less expenses he can document.
"Education = welfare" - elected official in 2015. Interesting that DeSoto County would task junior college dropout with funding decisions for one of the state's most successful school systems. Guess that didn't come up during the campaign in 2011.
Worth noting that Alday has some supporters here who agree with him and share his sentiments towards the blah people. Quite surprising that none of those supporters belched have the names "Jessie" or "Al" in a screed here yet; I'm sure it's coming, though.
Since we're throwing allegations around: why was ol' Gene at the ER? An erection lasting longer than four hours, I assume.
Grammar has suffered many indignities as of late. New crowd?
7:28
You are correct when stating that Alday is a gift for the Dems. Only thing is, he's a gift delivered by the Clarion Ledger, not God. Sure, he made idiotic statements that even a first grader should know not to make, but, if you think that Democrats don't make similar statements, you aren't too bright. Difference is, Clarion Ledger would never report the Dems that say such things.
Yup, 8:21. Wanted to see how long til you griped. ;-) Nothing was wrong with the comment.
7:56 Yep, you're right.
Along with over-saturation of rambling ignorant, verbose replies. I wish KF would take this thing off of autopilot and approve less postings - only those which ADD to the thread.
The appeal factor OF JJ has certainly diminished as the deluge clogs the read.
Will 11:23 be providing JJ with a template for post screening? I suggest we start by screening out posts that contain such phrases as 'deluge that clogs the read'. You must hang out at Barnes and Noble most of the day.
"You must hang out at Barnes and Noble most of the day. "
Pouring coffee, no doubt :-)
11:24 "...providing JJ with a template for post screening?"
Nope, not at all. KF is totally capable of keeping out your type of boorish ramblings.
In all this kerfuffle, nobody has been brave (or foolish, or politically incorrect) enough to point out that the essence of what Alday said was...true, quantifiable, and WHAT MANY OF US THINK privately, though we've been "carefully taught" not to dare whisper such honest observations.
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