The Ghost Vote Project received a nice response from readers of this blog. If the Right and Left can seek clarification from congressional candidates, the Center should do the same. After all, candidates are looking for our votes and support. Obama supporters have no questions about most Georgia’s Blue Dogs and I appreciate their efforts [...]
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The Ghost Vote Project
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, Georgia, Obama on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Southern Politics: The Audacity of Scope
Posted in Conservative, Georgia, politics, tagged blue dogs, Congress, democrats, GOP, Obama, republicans on May 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The dictionary defines scope as the range of one’s perceptions, thoughts or actions. A second definition is “the area covered by a given activity or subject.” President Obama outlined his vision for a better America in his book the Audacity of Hope. However, the hard part is implementing ideas into policy in a partisan nation [...]
Congress and Relativity
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, Congress, Georgia on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For some odd reason, I find myself eager to apply high school physics (Einstein’s Theory of Relativity) to congressional politics and policy. In physics, the principle of relativity is the requirement that the equations have the same form in all admissible frames of reference. Frame of reference may refer to a coordinate system or set [...]
RNC Fear Methods: Republicans Why?
Posted in Conservative, Georgia, politics, Republican, tagged blue dogs, Glenn Beck, Obama, RNC, Scarborough on March 4, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Watergate was an unnecessary mess because Nixon was winning anyway. In politics and policy, you have different layers and levels of involvement. The average American voters wants the nation to function better. Then, you have your issue activists and party enthusiasts who mean well but tend to get carried away and swear that the other [...]
Newsweek’s Evan Thomas: We Are The Problem
Posted in African Americans, Conservative, Georgia, politics, tagged African Americans, blue dogs, Michelle Obama, Newsweek, tea party on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Newsweek’s Evan Thomas recently wrote that the political system is not the problem; the problem to him is the entitlement mentality and softness of the American people. I have been saying for years that protesters shouldn’t confront elected officials while ignoring the voters who put them in office. The officeholders are doing what the majority [...]
Back Stabbers: Obama, Republican Leadership and the Blue Dogs
Posted in Conservative, Georgia, politics, tagged blue dogs, healthcare, Obama, republicans on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I think the congressional Republican leadership team has been reading this old blog in the cloakroom because they recently did exactly what I have been recommending to my Black GOP friends for years. At the health care summit, they tried like crazy to be nice and smile while seriously expressing their concerns. “And the Best [...]
Questions: Georgia Politics 2010
Posted in politics, tagged austin scott, blue dogs, Congress, GOP, Michael Steele, newt, Obama, Tiger Woods on February 21, 2010 | 5 Comments »
In my community, we say, “If you don’t know, you better raise your hand and ask someone.” With that sage wisdom (is that a redundant term) in mind, I ask these questions about Georgia politics. 1. Is the GOP counting on young voters and Black voters not returning to the polls this year? 2. Why [...]
Massachusetts Senate Race Winners: President Obama and the Blue Dogs
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, Georgia, Obama, Scott Brown on January 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
While traveling in Israel last week, Fox News was the only English-language news at my rented apartment. They had a field day on the Senate win by Scott Brown but the real winners are President Obama and the Blue Dogs because this wakeup call justifies them moving the Democrat agenda to the center. The center is a [...]
Southern Politics: Energy and Vision
Posted in African Americans, Georgia, politics, tagged blue dogs, energy, GOP, Michael Steele, palin, Thomas Friedman on December 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“A vision without resources is a hallucination” is a good quote from Thomas L. Friedman’s book Hot, Flat and Crowded. The quote could easily apply to the efforts of a small group to Black moderates in the South who seek to improve political and public policy relations through diversity and dialog with the conservatives. It’s [...]
Pray for Obama Psalm 109:8 shirt and Blue Dogs
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, Congress, Harry Reid, Obama, pray on December 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I can’t believe the new “Pray for Obama Psalm 109:8” T-shirt. While the shirt seems positive, that part of the Bible is basically hate-speak when applied to a president. Psalm 109:8-13 (King James Version) 8Let his days be few; and let another take his office. 9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10Let [...]
President Barrack Obama Won Tuesday’s Elections
Posted in African Americans, Conservative, politics, tagged blue dogs, Michael Steele, Obama on November 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Election night this and early analysis that is fine but my opinion of Tuesday’s results are deliberate, measured, and after deep contemplation. (Okay, my dinosaur of a computer was having hard drive issues.) And the winner is: President Barrack Obama. (Somebody up there really loves him.) If the Democrats did well in the elections, the [...]
Newt Gingrich’s “Adequately Conservative” Litmus Test: Scozzafava v. Hoffman in New York
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, Georgia, GOP, Newt Gingrich, Obama, Scozzafava on October 27, 2009 | 10 Comments »
At this point, we all know that the Dede Scozzafava v. Doug Hoffman race in New York’s 23rd congressional district is a battle that might clear the way for Democrat candidate Bill Owens to take that seat. The Obama White House picked Republican Congressman John McHugh to be Secretary of the Army and open the [...]
Congressional candidates: Blue Dogs vs. Pure-Bred Republican Red
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, Conservatives, democrats, republicans on October 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It sounds odd but I like the Kohler faucet ad where a couple asks an architect to design a house around a faucet. The same logic should be employed—in my opinion- to select congressional candidates: start from the desired result and operation backwards, or start with the type candidate who can win in that particular [...]
Senator Lindsey Graham and Senator John McCain: Republican Political Climate Controllers
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, Georgia, GOP, Isakson, Lindsey Graham, mccain on October 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Blue Dogs are sitting pretty these days despite the heat from the summer protests because certain elements are pulling the Right too far right. The success of the Tea Parties could produce a third party movement rather than new numbers for the GOP. We in the center would be more inclined to stick with [...]
Tardy For the Party: President Obama, Michael Steele, Blue Dog Democrats
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, Georgia, healthcare, Limbaugh, Michael Steele, Obama, Olympics on September 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq4JAUz-cYs&feature=related With a nod to the ladies of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, “Don’t Be Tardy For the Party” should apply to some folks in the political arena also. First, Kim should understand that the song is as much her tune as the GOP is Michael Steele’s operation. Kandi is the wizard behind the curtain [...]
College Football and Congressional Politics: Georgia Bulldogs and Blue Dogs
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, college football, Congress, Georgia, Georgia Bulldogs, Macon, valdosta on September 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
While watching Georgia Tech fall to Miami in college football last night, the current national climate had me wondering if I am a racist for supporting the Canes’ young Black coach over my sister’s college. I wanted Tech to win but there’s something about see a door open for minorities—it’s like having a Black president. [...]
Southern Politics: I am Confused…Again
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, democrats, Obama, republicans on September 15, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Would someone be so kind as to explain southern politics to me because I am confused? Georgia’s Blue Dog Democrats worked with President Bush and congressional Republicans on a range of issues because their districts wanted a certain amount of cooperation and civility. In other words, Democrat voters allowed these congressmen leeway to function in [...]
Understanding: Real Housewives of Atlanta and Congressional Politics
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, Obama, Real Housewives on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kandi from the Real Housewives of Atlanta was in the singing group Xcape with the rapper T.I.’s sweetheart Tiny. If were T.I., I would have stepped to Kandi because tall and brown women just age better to me but I respect that man for staying with the woman who was with him through self-inflicted thick [...]
Sausage-Making and Georgia Congressional Politics
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, democrats, Obama on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
They say you don’t want to know how laws and sausage are made. I have been in a slaughterhouse and worked in the U.S. House so maybe they are similar. My sister once got upset with me for telling her children what pork really was…during breakfast. “The filthy pig wallows in its own droppings but [...]
Obama, Townhall Protest and Basketball
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, Georgia, Obama, townhall on August 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The long hot summer is coming to an end and hopefully the healthcare reform townhall meetings were beneficial and productive. I can say that angry protesters who tried to shout down members of congress actually motivated some of the citizens to defend the besieged officials. In the Georgia congressional delegation, a Democrat and Republican represent [...]
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