“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 [...]
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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 »
Georgia politics: New Coaches Needed
Posted in Conservative, Georgia, tagged Conservatives, Georgia, GOP, Obama on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For years, I want to hear a conservative congressional candidate who came from our community and who would just stand at a podium and bring it. Flat bring it…straight bring it…make it plain. I respect conservative leaders who look like me but speak the traditional conservative viewpoint. For example, J.C. Watts was a good congressman [...]
GOP Purity Test
Posted in politics, tagged Georgia, GOP, politics on November 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I recently wrote about actress Dorothy Dandridge starring in the film Carmen Jones. Hallie Berry played Dandridge in a cable T.V. biopic and we all shook our heads during the infamous Las Vegas pool scene. Dandridge was performing at a Vegas hotel and decided to good for a swim. After putting only her toe in [...]
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 [...]
Cadillac Records and Politics: Marketing the Blues
Posted in politics, tagged African Americans, Blacks, Cadillac Records, democrats, Georgia, GOP, Michael Steele, Obama on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The cable channel Starz is playing the movie Cadillac Records and I watched it while thinking about politics past and present. The film, based on Chess Records, chronicles the musical careers of Leonard Chess, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry, Etta James and Little Walter. Chess decided to start a blues label to get paid [...]
Black GOP All-Star lineup on Radio Talk Show
Posted in politics, tagged African Americans, Congress, GOP, Obama on October 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I look forward to hearing the Raynard Jackson Show via the internet at 7:00p.m. this Saturday. The call-in guests include Michael Murphy and Dr. Deborah Honeycutt. That is going to be good—it would need to be for me to listen during the Florida v. Miss. State football game. This situation is no game: if the GOP can’t [...]
Black Republicans and The Fox News Article: The Plot Thickens
Posted in politics, tagged African Americans, Blacks, Fox News, GOP, Michael Steele, Obama, Raynard, republicans on October 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
After the interesting Fox News article about Black GOP candidates, conservative political consultant Raynard Jackson wrote a column that goes into details regarding his concerns. Black Republicans Running >From Race Raynard Jackson Black Republicans running for various offices this election cycle seem to be running from race while running their race. This is one of [...]
Black Republicans candidates and the Fox News Article: Jacked-up Planning…Again
Posted in politics, tagged African Americans, Blacks, Fox News, GOP, Obama, republicans on October 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/12/carter-obama-allen-west-race-card/ The political part of the web is buzzing about the Fox News article on Black GOP candidates for congress. This article highlights what is fundamentally wrong with the approach of Black elephant candidates: push the color blindness. Of course, all issues before congress concern all Americans but when will the Black community birth a [...]
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 [...]
Christie Whitman’s Centrist Plea
Posted in politics, tagged centrist, Christine Todd Whitman, GOP, moderates on August 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
HBA just emailed me the following article about Christine Todd Whitman and centrists. I must admit Whitman’s book “It’s My Party Too” was a classic and she would be a great presidential candidate if her party “dug” her vibe. But again, that is not how they generally get down. http://www.riponsociety.org/forum309a.htm Christie Whitman’s Centrist Plea Former [...]
Tennis and the Blue Dog Democrats
Posted in African Americans, Georgia, politics, tagged blue dogs, colin powell, Conservatives, democrats, GOP, moderates, politics, republicans on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the tennis court this morning, I faced the old “go left, go right” decision several times. If I chose the wrong direction, my opponent could hit the ball in the opposite area and I would be burnt like toast. A deeper consideration of that situation states that a player can accelerate in the current [...]
Liberals Targeting Democrats: Walking This Way
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, democrats, GOP on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/26/democrats-to-target-democrats-in-10/ So I was watching this documentary about the band Aerosmith and Steven Tyler said the band got their sound just right in the middle of the disco craze—rock band in the middle of dance music waiting for America to come back to it’s musical common sense. Tyler said that every morning he would sit [...]
Former Senator Sam Nunn on Results
Posted in Georgia, African Americans, tagged Obama, African Americans, GOP, iran, Sam Nunn on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Former Georgia Senator Sam Nunn made a lot of sense on NBC’s Meet the Press this weekend. I have always considered him the standard for southern moderates who must balance the interests of vastly different groups inside the same political area. Regarding President Obama’s position on Iran, Senator Nunn said: FMR. SEN. SAM NUNN (D-GA): [...]
Father’s Day with a Twist: Salute Intentional Childless Men
Posted in politics, tagged Father's Day, Georgia, GOP, Macon, Obama, parenting on June 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This weekend we will hear everything that can be said fondly about America’s fathers. I wanted to take this opportunity to salute an often forgotten group, intentional childless men. Some men take parenthood so seriously that they wait for the optimal time and conditions to bring a child into this world. If those conditions never [...]
Joe Scarborough and the GOP: Start with Temperament
Posted in Conservative, politics, Republican, tagged GOP, Obama, Scarborough on June 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Former GOP congressman, turned author and T.V. guy Joe Scarborough has the formula for fixing his party and “hateorade” is not in the mix. In his new book, The Last Best Hope outlines a technique for debating issues in a substantive matter without the bitter temperament that helped drive America into President Obama loving arms. [...]
Michael Steele and Red Dogs
Posted in African Americans, Georgia, politics, Republican, tagged GOP, Michael Steele, republicans on May 19, 2009 | 5 Comments »
While speaking at the Georgia GOP State Convention recently, RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s statements included: The chairman said he had inherited leadership of a party that was “stuck in a 1980s philosophy, using a 1990s strategy to win campaigns.” The Republican demand for orthodoxy and purity, Steele said, risks making the party irrelevant to “the [...]
Don’t call Me Tonight about Politics: Grey’s Anatomy, CSI, Survivor
Posted in politics, tagged CSI, gay marriage, GOP, Grey’s Anatomy, lost, Survivor on May 14, 2009 | 6 Comments »
To Whom It May Concern: don’t call me tonight while my shows are on T.V. and I shouldn’t need to tell you that. Jim Croce should come back from the dead long enough to do a remix with Justin Timberlake that say, “you don’t spit into the wind, you don’t pull the mask off the [...]
Political Lip Service: Democrats and Republicans
Posted in Georgia, politics, tagged blue dogs, Congress, Conservatives, GOP, Obama on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
But it sometimes turns out that national and state leaders in the same party came to realize that not all members of the other party are evil, wrong, and all together scum of the earth. I am going to break my arm patting myself on the back for having friends and associates from all over [...]
Matt Towery on GOP New Blood: Listen to Dude
Posted in politics, tagged albany, augusta, GOP, Newt Gingrich on May 1, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Former Newt Gingrich staffer Matt Towery, who heads the political firm Insider Advantage, has the “right” idea about what’s next for the Republicans. Notice I did not say “conservatives” because some mild conservatives might find a comfortable home inside the Democrat Party if the Blue Dogs continue to growth. If the White House initiatives actually [...]
Senator Specter Switching Parties
Posted in politics, tagged Arlen Specter, blue dogs, GOP on April 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
GOP Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania is switching parties to join the Democrats and I am not mad at him—get in where you fit in; birds of a feather flock together. And I was not mad at Georgia Rep. Nathan Deal when he decided to switch from the “D” jersey to the “R” jersey in [...]
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