The heat, however, was not the only reason I was grateful for the absence of television cameras and their attendant Frezzi lights. The Republicans would have loved to have had those proceedings on the evening news. Not as much for what was done - the arcana of bylaws changes are not the stuff of which television news is made - but for the prospect that the Republicans would have used the visuals to reinforce their übermessage to white, working-class Alabamians that the Democratic Party is dominated by black “bosses” whose sole objective is to rig the political, legal and economic systems of the state to the benefit of their constituency, and to the detriment of whites. Simply put, the success of the Republican Party in Alabama is dependent on this racist message gaining traction among white working-class voters whose actual economic interests are much better represented by Democratic positions on progressive taxation, education, health, and a host of other issues.
Speaking of the absence of the TeeVee media, did you know Concerned about Seafood Safety, Fishermen protested President Obama's Gulf Vacation?
On Sunday, August 15, fishing families from across the Gulf Cost gathered in Panama City Beach, Florida, with a message for President Obama: The Gulf of Mexico is still infused with oil and dispersants from the BP disaster, threatening marine life, livelihoods, and the health of the American people.
Here is a sample of the must read Professional Left comment for the day;
The Mountain Brookies at whom Davis targeted his campaign were, as everyone who has ever watched an election in Alabama history predicted, all voting in the GOP primary for Bradley Byrne.
I, for one, would prefer my party to do a better job shoring up support among the poor and dispossessed before we start catering our message to Republicans in Vestavia.
Side note* The Mountain Brookies are also the reason Terri Sewell is the democratic nominee for The Black Belt.
If and when Sewell has to cast votes on financial reform and job creation, will her instincts be those of Tuxedo Junction, or those of the brokers and bankers on Waterside Drive? Hoover has one of its own in Congress. It doesn't need another.
It's the Media. They think we are stoopid. They are getting ready to gin up a made for TeeVee black v. white controversycourtesy of Glen Beck and Faux News.
Media reporters will hound members of Congress and administration officials and even President Obama to comment on the "rally" and the "significance of the day" and whether they believe that those who are holding counter-marches and events are justified. Images of Beck and Sharpton will be shown on split screen, and both will be interviewed about the other. In short, this FOX News created non-event will become a media circus. The cable news shows will give Beck far more attention than he and his allegedly God-given plan deserve. And their 24/7 coverage will allow Beck to portray himself as the victim of a liberal media bias regardless of how he is actually portrayed.
I hope I'm wrong, but after seeing hundreds of thousands of people protesting a war at the National Mall ignored while much, much smaller demonstrations of tea partiers a few years later got the "full monty" treatment from the press corps, I know what our national media prefers to cover, and it has nothing to do with the important issues of the day. And it will be all good for John McCain.
The "ethics trials" of prominant African American Democrats highlight racial tensions in Congress. But none dare call it racism.
Between them, Rangel, 80, and Waters, 71, have served in the House for six decades and are leading members of the Congressional Black Caucus. The caucus has long complained that the House ethics process disproportionally targets African Americans in the chamber.
Since its 2009 inception, the Office of Congressional Ethics — an independent watchdog set up at the behest of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) — has investigated at least eight members of the black caucus.
Rut Rho! Roger Simon is giving some Dead Wrong advice to President Obama;
You have to stay on message, follow the polls, listen to your advisers (who are writing the message and taking the polls) and realize that when it comes to doing what is right versus doing what is expedient, you do what is expedient so that you can get reelected and do what is right in the second term. If at all possible. And it will help your legacy. And not endanger the election of others in your party. And not hurt the brand. Or upset people too much.
Redeye's advice
Psst President Obama! Americans like winners not wimps. Who ever is advising you is advising you wrong. You need to act like former DNC chair Dr. Howard Dean and confront the right wing bullies head on.
If I were President Obama
President Obama I would fire my present staff from the top down. This is a job for the democratic wing of the democratic party.
You know, us Professional Lefty's. :)
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