Reeds detractors have issued some some indictments that are long on rhetoric but short on facts. I invite them to explain why/how Joe Reed as party chair would be a disaster. Frankly, I don't see how much more of a disaster it could be since the state legislature turned from blue to blood red under the previous chair(s). Joe Reed couldn't do any worse, as a matter of fact he probably would do better. I'll bet he wouldn't fight for Alabama with a right leaning blog.
And who cares what Dale Jackson and Mike Hubbard think about who DEMOCRATS choose as their party chair? Are they waiting around and letting democrats choose their party leaders? Heck no. They get the meanest SOB they can find and back him/her all the way, which is why they WIN and we LOSE. See that's our (collective) problem, we spend too much time and energy worrying about what the gop wants, and what the gop is doing, and what the gop will say. F the gop. They are not our friends. They will never be our friends. They oppose everything we (collective) stand for. They don't sit around worrying about us, they are to busy plotting how to F us up.
Why keep pouring our resources down that rathole if they're goint to continue producing only Republican lite candidates? says the progressive with a history of supporting republican lite candidates.
JimmyMac(love your moniker) says it's Time for a fresh face, like Justice Mark Kennedy. Who the heck is Mark Kennedy and what has he done for the Democratic Party lately/ever? I would rather have an effective, familiar face with a proven track record at this critical time instead of a fresh face I know nothing about.
I repeat;
For one thing , Dr. Reed would chase all the pseudo dims,neo liberals, progressives, conservadems, moderates and independents out of the democratic tent once and for all. With *ahem* democrats like these who needs republicans? Democrats have to rise up and take their own party back from the infiltrators. That time is long overdue in Alabama.
Dr. Reed is not afraid of the right wing bully's. He wouldn't capitulate to republicans on any level. Dr. Reed has a history of fighting for the values real democrats share whether that be taking them on in the elections or in the media. He definitely wouldn't be republican lite.
Joe Reed is known as a “fighter for fairness” for black representation. In 1975, Joe Reed led the efforts to get equitable representation for blacks on the Montgomery City Council. His efforts resulted in four (4) blacks of nine (9) being elected. He served on the Montgomery City Council for 24 years. In the Democratic Party today, Alabama’s black representation exceeds all other states in the nation. For over 40 years he has led the effort to get more blacks elected and appointed to public office, including federal marshals, federal and state judges, members of the boards of registrars, legislators, county commissioners, city councils, and school boards. Due largely to his leadership, today Alabama has more black elected officials than any state in the nation. He drafted two (2) plans that increased black representation in the Alabama House of Representatives from 13 to 27; and in the Senate from 3 to 8 in 1982, and 1992, respectively. He also drew a reapportionment plan that provided for 25% (two of eight) majority black districts on the State Board of Education. Alabama is the only state in the nation where the Legislature reflects the state’s population of blacks and whites. Dr. Reed’s congressional plan also led to Alabama’s gaining a black congressional seat
What part of that is a disater Dardango?
What part of that are you against DemoGirl?
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Now, Redeye, you know some people, even some liberally Democrats, can't see themselves being lead by a real black man. In their eyes, Joe Reed is the boogeyman, who has no value and is beneath them. I encounter this kind of attitude all the time when his name comes up.
You are so right Christopher, there are some democrats who would rather continue to lose than being led by a real black man. If we keep doing what we've always done we'll keep getting what we've alway gotten.....the shaft.
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