#100Days of media enabled deplorable, shock, awe, horror, and shame

Watch:   The white male dominated media is trying desperately to legitimize the deplorable disaster they enabled.  

We traveled to the reddest states that stood firmly behind Trump; to the states that swung from Obama to Trump and helped him win, and to blue states that stayed Democrat.
We traveled to listen, to hear how the first days of Trump's presidency have affected people's lives, thoughts and dreams. Here's what we found: hopes, fears and surprises.

Translation:  We traveled to the reddest states a found people to say what we wanted them to say to promote a media driven false narrative.  

Some people are surprised to learn who taxi driver Quinton Posey voted for. Finding a Trump voter in Alabama, even Birmingham, Alabama, is not hard. But Posey is gay. And black. Only 9% of African-Americans in the South voted for Trump. But Posey says Trump's promise of change resonated.
 he says, saying recent policies have created a "welfare state" where everyone expects a handout. Instead, he's hoping Republican values of personal responsibility can have an impact on urban communities changing themselves.
Hillary Clinton was never going to win his vote, he admits, as he blames her and former President Bill Clinton for mass incarceration of black Americans.
As for Trump? "I didn't consider anyone else," Posey says. "I thought, 'That's my guy.' 

EYE wonder how "hard" it was for the most distrusted name in news to find the one black, gay male who claimed they voted for Trump?   Did they advertise or was he referred by someone?  EYE am betting on the latter.  

It's funny what some people will say or do for 15 minutes of infamy.  Someone should tell Quinten Posey former President Bill Clinton is not solely responsible for the mass incarceration of black Americans.  He had lots of help, including the present pResident and #fake Attorney General who wants to bring back the good old days of mass incarceration of black Americans.  

While still short on specific policy changes, Sessions has made it clear that he plans to crack down on drugs and immigration while resuscitating the harsh sentencing laws that have given the United States the world’s highest incarceration rate.

Psst Quintin Posey!  You are black and gay, Trump is NOT your guy. 

At the Department of Justice, where former Attorney General Loretta Lynch last year delivered an impassioned speech telling transgender Americans, “We see you; we stand with you,” her successor, Jeff Sessions, wasted no time reversing course. The Justice Department in February withdrew guidance issued to schools on the treatment of transgender students, signaling that it would no longer consider their rights to be protected under a 1972 civil rights law."

 "I mean, what do we have to lose? Why not try something different?"  Um, THIS is what we have lost Quinton Posey, THIS is what trying something different gets us thanks to the mainstream media for misinforming voters like Y-O-U. 

Good luck with that. 

Why is the media obsessed with the First Lady's Donkey?

 

So the national media is all in a tizzy because Rogersville, Alabama football coach/teacher Bob Grisham said on tape what they say behind closed doors about Michelle Obama and homosexuals. In other words, they aren't mad at him for WHAT he said, they are mad because it was caught on tape, proof we are who they think we are here in Sweet Home Alabama.

The latest public rant against Michelle Obama’s effort to promote low-calorie school lunches was recently caught on tape in Alabama — the usual protest against the federal government meddling in local business. And then it quickly found its way around to the first lady’s posterior.
“Fat butt Michelle Obama,” said Bob Grisham, a high school football coach who was surreptitiously recorded by one of his students. “Look at her. She looks like she weighs 185 or 190. She’s overweight.”

God forbid the First Lady promotes healthy eating habits so we can live longer.  But I digress

If this incident hadn't been caught on tape, it would be just another example of it's OK if you are republican to bash the President, the First Lady, or the  LBGT' community.   For the record, I don't agree with WHAT Bob Grisham said, but I defend his RIGHT to express his opinion.  He was suspended without pay for 10 days, that is "punishment" enough.  He shouldn't be fired also.  We do have this little thingy called Freedom of Speech.  Well, some of us do, but again, I digress.

With all the problems in the world, our country, and especially the problems here in Sweet Home Alabama why is the media obsessed with the First Lady's Donkey??

I mean, really?

Why is mooncat defending Patricia Todd?

Alabama’s first out lawmaker speaks at a re-election campaign event

You know something is rotten in the cotton when right wing  blogger  Radio Boy  is in agreement with left leaning blogger mooncat on an issue involving the democratic party, dog whistles, and race.

Let's go inside the story and see what is going on between the Committee to Develop Birmingham and Rep. Patrica Todd (D). 

First some background,  The Committee to Develop Birmingham is majority black, Rep.Patrica Todd is white, the first openly gay Alabama State Legislator, representing a district that is majority black.

How did a white, openly gay woman end up representing a majority black district?  The answer depends on who you ask, and,  who answers.

Here is a link to the documents filed in the case.

In a dispute/disagreement over a proposed take over by Alabama State Department of Education of the Birmingham City School System, Todd who supports the take over, described those who disagreed as rogue delegation members."    Well how dare they get offended by being described as "rogues"!  Snark

This is what happens when you resort to name calling, personal attacks and insults  because someone has a different point of view, and why the current  tone of our political discourse is so toxic.  Rep. Todd apologized and said she didn't mean to offend anyone, but as a member of a minority class she should know better than anyone that words matter, and some words hurt.

mooncat asks; What is the committee's game here?  Trying to stir up trouble for Pat Todd maybe?  Create an opening for a challenger of their own?

Why does it have to a game, 
What if the committee does have a challenger of their own?

I don't live in Todd's district, but I have friends and family who do, and there is the perception   she cares more about issues affecting the LBGT community, and ignores issues affecting the African American community.

Let the people who actually live/work in the district decided who best represents them.  If Todd is faced with a challenger for her seat, and a  majority of the people vote for her in a fair and free election, she will be re-elected.  But please don't say  voters don't have the right (pun intended) to challenge her just because she's Patricia Todd (D) implying she is entitled the seat.

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Terri Sewell's Online Un-Job Fair (Be sure and read the comments)

Where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character 

Updated: Blatant show of White Privilege hiding behind the skirts of the JeffCo New South Coalition

Who the Heck are the Polling Pollsters Polling?

Fist Dap jobsanger:  American Dream

So I woke up this morning to TeeVee Talking Pundit Head after TeeVee Talking Pundit Head touting  polls claiming  Slick Willard and President Obama are neck in neck in key battleground states, despite the mudslinging etc. by both sides.  According to them, "It's a tight race".  Oh really?

Who the heck are they polling in these key battleground states?  The 1%? Those who have 401k's and offshore accounts? Those who have access to quality, affordable,health care? Those who have several homes, boats, dancing horses, and cars?  Those who can afford to send their children to elite private schools and Universities?  Those who have jobs?  Those who have Trust Funds?

They certainly can't be polling the  99%.  Those who are unemployed?  Those who are homeless as a result of being jobless?  Those who don't have access to quality, affordable, health care?  Those who can't afford to send their child to college, and are forced to send them to underfunded public schools?

They certainly aren't polling public school teachers, public service workers,  union workers and tradesmen/women.

They certainly aren't polling women.

They certainly aren't polling LBGT's.

They certainly aren't polling African Americans.

They certainly aren't polling Hispanics.

So who the heck are they polling?

All I'm going to say is, if the polling pollsters are are correct, and Obama and Romney are "neck in neck", it's proof there are more Americans who hate Obama more than they love Romney.

Well there's a certain mean spiritness out there, not only in Alabama, but in America, and that's what makes this election important.~Alabama State Senator Hank Sanders (D.Selma)

Today's Must Reads
Hank Sanders was right (no pun)

Are Bachman and Sununu attacks part of a new McCarthyism?