Hinds County Supervisor District 5 Candidate Malcolm Johnson caught hell this week after it was discovered he said a woman shouldn't be a supervisor nearly a year ago.
Mr. Johnson achieved the noteworthy feat of becoming the subject of a Marshall Ramsey cartoon. Noteworthy because this is the first time in a looooooooong time a Hinds County Supervisor anything has been the target of Mr. Ramsey's pen.
The word on the street a year ago was Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba's sister, Rukea, was going to run against District 1 Supervisor Robert Graham this year. Mr. Johnson was discussing the rumor on his radio show, Tell It Like It Is.
Wait, nearly a year ago? What do you mean? Mississippi Today reported:
This episode of the show first aired in February, before the March 1 deadline to qualify for November’s state elections. However, Lumumba said she never considered seeking that seat, although she said she has often been asked to run for political office.
Not so fast, my friend. See, The Kingfish didn't rely on what someone else told him but instead, went digging through Facebook to find the original video. Mr. Johnson and Brother Yarber discuss the upcoming judicial races, placing the radio show waaaaaaaaaaay before February. Not so good, Stribbie, not so good.
The online newspaper also reported:
Johnson did not respond to requests from Mississippi Today to comment. Patty Patterson, Johnson’s only female opponent, did.
However, Mr. Johnson said he had not been contacted by Mississippi Today and "was still waiting to hear from them."
Kingfish note: The story is a perfect example of why radio talk show hosts rarely get elected. What drives ratings and calls is usually a gold mine for an oppo researcher. Mr. Johnson is going to catch some hell for a while.
35 comments:
Nearly every problem this nation suffers today can be traced back to the passage of the 19th ammendment. No unelected citizens got to vote on that. As soon as the hysterical feminazis got the vote they set about destroying this nation starting with prohibition.
They day those weak fools passed the 19th was the beginning of the end of this great republic.
Yep, when they get out of the bedroom, or the kitchen, it's downhill !!
Sounds like Rusty Barnes!
Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt
Too many empty kitchens. Keep 'em barefooted and pregnant, the way things were intended to be.
Malcolm is a total moron. Anyone that knows him will tell you that. They just don't come any dumber than Malcolm.
@3:13PM
No greater truth spoken! That would mean more and higher paying jobs for us men to support our women at home taking care of the kids, like it should be.
Nothing like coming home to momma cooking and taking care of the little ones!
Kingfish hit the nail on the head....it has been a long time since the Hinds BOS did anything news worthy or Marshall Ramsey worthy (and I mean that as a good thing). Once Anderson and Stokes were no longer on the board, the BOS has been one of the bright spots for the county (as compared to the judges, DA and other elected officials).
Now, you put that racist David Archie on there with WMPR mouthpiece Malcomb Johnson, and they'll have to reserve the front three rows of the board room for the press. I can't believe either of those districts are even in play.
@2:17
Wrong. The biggest mistake was when people who don’t own land were allowed to vote.
I'm waiting for the DNC and MSM to call out this fool. It appears he gets a pass since he's a democrat.
4:46 is right. Get some skin in the game. If only land owners were allowed to vote there wouldn't be so much money wasted on those who are looking for a hand out.
I live in Hinds District 5 and would vote for pretty much anyone over the incumbent (McGowan), who can't get the garbage picked up and won't respond to inquiries about it.
I've watched Patty Patterson make an impact in Jackson and Dist 5 for years on her own. She has created a business from converting waste shipping pallets that employees several people. Its about time that we give her the credit for what she has done and the backing and platform to do more. SHE IS THE ONE!
6:43, thanks Malcolm. I bet you are enjoying riding on all of those freshly paved roads down there. I'll all in for McGowan, and that's before considering how horrible the other options are. Go Bobcat!
Has Malcolm Johnson ever had a job? He has been ALL OVER social media posting his ads, but what has he actually done? Maybe about as much as David L. Archie? We don't need a bunch of community activists in any elected office. We elected one as president and look what that got us.
I'm not sure why the Johnson fellow is running except maybe that Kenny Stokes wants to control the seat again. I have a farm in Utica and I have not seen this many roads paved in the rural parts of Hinds county in the last 50 years. No way we need to go back to the Stokes days.
7:35, I think that settles it, go Bobcat!
Online newspaper? What the hell is that KF? The droning bleat coming out of "Mississippi Today" sure as hell ain't the equivalent of no newspaper, not even a weekly. Even Ramsey just whines continually now.
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Is this the same Tony Davis that's running in district 5 that, former sheriff Tyrone Lewis sued..
@7:35 Nice post Bobcat! You can try say anything to cover up the good job she has done and will do when elected. We NEED a woman's voice on Hinds Co BOS!
Women need to supervise other women. Then they can hurl me too allegations amongst themselves. Protect male safe spaces.
Just put all 5 of them back in. It could be so much worse.
Bravo, bravo 8:38, for a truly excellent description of “Mississippi Today”! “Droning bleat,” indeed. For those who just can’t get enough self-flagellating by reading the Free Press alone.
Back to the topic at hand, though: I have always thought that many perfectly intelligent women, far from being squelched and stymied, have always been very, very clever, managing to avoid boring, strenuous, stressful “man’s work.” Jesus, who in their right mind wants to be a supervisor, anyway? Let some earnest, dogged old guy take on the job. Welcome to it!
There’s no pleasanter sinecure than the role of a traditional wife, if she marries carefully (no violent, lying, controlling jerks need apply, and he needs to make a lot of money). That way she can decide if she feels like working at all, and if so, she can choose something fun and part-time. Men just don’t have that option, unless they have inherited a fortune.
It’s not politically correct to say all this, of course, but even in this late day and age, it is worth thinking about. And I’m not a woman, by the way: I happen to be married to one who would tell you the same thing, almost verbatim. In fact, one of the sentences above is a direct quote from her!
She’s smarter than I am. I was duped by society’s expectations to slog it out in the unforgiving workplace for way too many years! Retirement beckons, and my sole goal is to live like my wife has!
I agree with this Malcolm guy, we don't need another Lumumba in public office..
@ 7:10 - This is 6:43. I'm not Malcolm and don't support him. My name is Jeff. And I'm also sick and tired of McGowan spending my tax dollars to put his name on signs saying he paved all the roads around here. There's one near my house on a road that WASN'T even paved, saying he paved it. I ain't votin' for McGowan, but I'd vote for you if you care to run.
@7:36 AM - well said, and I learned a new word - "sinecure."
8:49, you got three choices....the guy who has paved a ton of roads but you don't like his signs, and two community activists who don't know a thing about anything. Good luck.
Ask Pelahatcie how they like those women elected officials.
Something tells me the majority of the idiotic comments here are from the same person.
11:05...same could be said about comments on every post on this blog.
@ 7:36 am
What a lucky girl. She must have found you on the bargain rack.
Yup, you got it, all those advertisers are after only a handful of people ... at most.
Malcolm was REMOVED from WMPR quite a long while ago, so, let's get that straight. He is on WOAD, the Christian radio station. Get your facts straight please. WMPR doesn't have a mouthpiece. WMPR IS THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY, and anyone including some of you are welcome to have a show.
@2:34... if men like you hadn’t screwed up the country/economy maybe women wouldn’t have had to join the workforce and if you were better lovers women would be willing to spend more time in the bedroom..:
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