Word: Black, like us
August 29, 2009 at 8:03 am by Scott Henry in News
Kasim Reed
Earlier this week, a memo by African-American political operative Aaron Turpeau calling on black leaders to join forces to ensure the election of a black mayor injected controversy into, well, the mayor’s race.
“The view that the times are too serious to stand on the sidelines is absolutely correct from the perspective of a black mayor at all cost. In fact, if a white candidate were to win the 2009 mayoral race, it would be just as significant in political terms as Maynard Jackson’s victory in 1973.”
— Turpeau, from his memo
“These tactics divide the very community that has made Atlanta emerge as a leading city in the South and dishonors the legacies of Mayors Maynard Jackson, Andrew Young, Ivan Allen, Sam Massell, and William Hartsfield.”
— Mayoral candidate Kasim Reed, in an Aug. 27 press statement
“I reject the analysis offered by Aaron Turpeau. He is absolutely wrong. I oppose anyone, of any race, who would distract us from what is important today.”
— Candidate Lisa Borders, in an Aug. 27 press statement
“Mary’s take on all of this is that she is who she is and people are going to judge her on her ideas, value and ability.”
— Roman Levit, campaign manager for candidate Mary Norwood, as quoted Aug. 27 by the AJC
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
August 29th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
why are people so suprised that that rich and powerful black people behave like rich and powerful white people?
August 29th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
mary norwood is better off letting people judge her by race than her qualifications. you can get more votes as a white woman than as an idiot.
August 29th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Faux Kasim, I’m still laughing at your barbed joke about Mary. It’s a bit mean of you to call yourself Kasim, though. You know he’s too smooth even to allow himself to think something like that.
OTOH, where’s your evidence that idiots don’t get majority votes? Look at Sonny. Look at many long-serving Atlanta council members – Clair, Carla, Jim, Lamar and my own favorite Lisa ….
August 31st, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Our bourgeoisie has done a miserable job for many years of selecting their token political representatives. Whatever happened to ‘noblesse oblige’? Wooddruff and his ilk knew how to pick ‘em.
While that was a strong list of incompetents in the last post – Carla Smith is very hard to beat – it is woefully incomplete without Cleta Winslow, who can hold her own with anyone when it comes to random and inane assertions.
Rumor has it that Jim Maddox has withdrawn. The question is: was he sleepwalking during the announcement?