From the "How am I biased.. let me count the ways" department - HuffPOOPOO
Seriously...if the Democrat leadership and all of it's analysts can't figure out why it's Convention viewer numbers are at record lows, how can they convince anybody else it can figure out the economy and how to create jobs?
Think about this... why is a Democrat Convention speech maker "praised" for a comment like "it can't be any more clear who we need to vote for"? It's the Democrat Convention...no speaker at a Democrat Convention is ever going to suggest their base vote for any Republican. Did John McCain get endorsed by the Democrats? Does John Kasich feel he would ever get their endorsement if he runs for office again?
Fraud? What fraud? - Online headline/story: "California man charged with mail-in voting fraud in three elections * A California man has been charged with mail-in voting fraud, accused of casting votes for his dead mother in three different elections. * Between October 2012 and November 2014, Caesar Peter Abutin voted as his 67-year-old mother, who died in July 2006, while also voting in his own name, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday. * According to the criminal complaint, he was charged last month with one felony count of fraud in connection with votes cast, and one felony count of fraudulent voting, relevant when someone applies for “a vote by mail ballot by fraudulently signing the name of … a person who is not qualified to vote.” -- Mail Fraud? Easy-Peasy! In fact, a recent Stacy Abrams "release" announced that there are now a record 7,400,000 registered voters in GA.. Hmmm... seeing as the current population estimates (pre Census) have GA at 7,700,000. and over 350,000 of those are known to be "illegals", GA now has more registered voters than it does citizens old enough to register to vote.
From the "Socialist-Democrat Party in action" department - Online "headLIE": "Portland protesters set fire to county government building" -- Good grief! "Protesters" don't set fire to buildings.... anarchist and terrorists set fire to buildings!
We ought to call the West Coast the "Farce Coast" -- California has less than 6% Black population, Oregon has less than 2% Black population, and Washington has less than 4% Black population.. Out of 51,580.000 people in the West Farce, LESS 2,774,000 are Black, In my state of Georgia, out of 10,700,000 people, 31.46% are Black. Think about that.. our state has 3,366,000 Blacks.. MORE THAN THE ENTIRE FARCE COAST! The Farce Coast doesn't care about Black Lives Matter.. the Farce Coast hardly HAS any Black Lives...
Herman Cain died 3 weeks ago... I'm reminding you for two reasons.. First, you might not know it if you get most of your news from MSM-13, but secondly, Herman Cain's story should be included prominently in every February's "Black History Month" presentations... but it won't... I want to bring attention to a big slight that our Columbus L-E "news" gave to Herman Cain.. John Tures, a Poly Sci professor at nearby LaGrange College, and an oft published columnist in the L-E, wrote about his personal experience with Herman Cain. He submitted it to the L-E over two weeks ago, and the L-E decided not to publish it.. I do not understand why our Columbus L-E chose to celebrate John Lewis's life, but basically ignored Herman Cain's. Well, on the other hand. I DO KNOW why the L-E did so.. it's as liberal as any "news" source in the country.. It chose to highlight Lewis' life and accomplishments looking backwards, but ignored Cain's successes from him looking forward.
When is justice not justice at all? How about when a life sentence with out parole for murder isn't a life sentence? Larry Demery, one of two people convicted of killing Michael Jordan's dad in 1993 has been schedule for "parole" on the 30th "anniversary" of of the killing in 2023. Hmmm... if I were Michael Jordan, I believe I'd start including a 1-800 phone number in every box of Air Jordans that would give a constantly updated address for wherever Demery registers his residency with his Parole Officer.
Online "headLIE"/story: "Trump is trying to 'undermine confidence' in democracy: Democratic rep. * Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL) is blasting President Donald Trump for “doing everything he can to undermine people’s confidence in our democracy.”" -- Hmmm.. If there's any attempt at "undermining confidence, it's only for the democracy as defined by Bill Clinton....and the correct name Clinton defined Democracy is Socialism..
How can Pelosi and Schumer, and Biden and Harris blame President Trump for anything when they have been a constant source of distraction on everything Trump has been doing for America?
You know, the Democrats are spending all it's efforts trying to "unify" itself when it needs to show it can bring unity to the country.
Remember how much money was going into the Clinton Foundations prior to Hellary's loss? Remember how they incorporated in Canada because Canadian laws do not make foundations report the donors? Now, do you remember hearing about any donations going into their foundations since 2016, or any donations their foundations have distributed in the past four years?
Did you notice that AOC did not mention JoKKKe Biden nor did Michelle Obama mention Kamala Harris during her speech.
Columbus L-E headline/story: "COVID-19 myths fact-checked by doctor, health department * When it comes to infectious diseases, an individual is only as safe as their community. If one person in a crowded room is wearing a mask, the unmasked people are protected from their germs, but the mask wearer is relatively unprotected. " -- Hmmm.. I have couple of questions brought up in a L-E story today: First - If I'm in a room with 10 other people, and I'm the only one wearing a mask, why are the other 9 considered safe from me, but I'm not safe from them? Secondly - If I'm in a room with 10 other people who ARE wearing masks but I/m not, does that mean I'm the only one who's "safe" in the room? Logic is not logic if the opposite is not true..
Personal comment on George Will's commentary in the Columbus L-E today: From the gitgo, school desegregation policies were a fiasco.. I firmly believe that if the initial efforts were not primarily geared to busing students out of neighborhood schools, more would have been accomplished letting parents keep their children in neighbor hood schools (but with an option to send them elsewhere) and then realigning the faculty and administrative staffs at each school to reflect the demographics of the city/county hey lived in. If students got first hand info .. got first hand visual examples.. of teachers and staff working together for common good and goals, all students would be better off.
It's gonna be tougher to make SEC football under Covid-19 standards than t is for Major League Baseball games. 1000s of football fans will be denied attending, but with MLB baseball, normal attendees would not strain most teams Covid-19 seating arrangements..
Herman Cain: The Most Conservative Man I Would Ever
Vote For
By John
A. Tures
Professor
of Political Science
LaGrange
College
Last month, I wrote a tribute to Rep. John Lewis, who came to speak at LaGrange College, and met with several of my political science students. This week, I will do the same for another Georgian, Herman Cain, who gave my students the same opportunity with an in-person visit.
It was 2004, and we had just opened a new on-campus speaker venue, the Dickson Assembly Room. I really wanted a great speaker to come visit with my U.S. Government students. But who could a young untenured assistant professor of political science manage to bring in?
I saw that Herman Cain was running for the U.S. Senate. His biography wasn’t that of a traditional political candidate, but his life story was amazing, graduating from Morehouse College, working his way up the corporate chain to being a CEO and also serving as a civilian analyst for our armed forces. He was the winner of the Horatio Alger Award, and since I was teaching about Alger in my American Experience class, I decided to bring them as well.
I called Cain’s campaign, and he picked up the phone (I was expecting several levels of campaign staff to try to work my way through). Sure he would come on down. He wouldn’t even charge us a speaking fee, which is not something you always hear (some conservatives insist they won’t come for anything less than twice my annual program budget).
He spoke in our biggest room, to a packed crowd that evening (members of the community were invited too). He charmed the socks off of everyone who attended that night, conservative, moderate or liberal, setting a more inclusive message and one about the Horatio Alger theme. He didn’t duck out either, but stuck around to meet with anyone who wanted to chat personally, and accepted my humble gift of a LaGrange College coffee mug.
Cain told us about how he had been frequently labeled an “Uncle Tom” and how insulted he felt by that moniker. Sometimes on TV, he’d dish it right back to someone in a way that gave many a different view of him than the man we met. I just wish more people could have seen his LaGrange College speech, and that he could have used that unifying message to go even further in politics. Sometimes you can turn around an attack into a response that seeks our better angels, instead of a harsh comeback that wins the battle, but maybe not the war.
What enabled Cain to make such a rise from humble beginnings? Much of it came from the hard work ethic passed down from his parents, who worked multiple jobs to not only afford a house, but to send him to a small private college. If you’ve ever taught at one, you’ll know that not ever student has a silver-spoon in his or her mouth. Fellow educators of mine who take the time to learn about their students will know that there’s often a tale of sacrifice and determination behind that tuition. That small student-to-faculty ratio also enables great mentorship when you can help a graduate with whatever skills, advice, and even confidence to achieve those dreams, with a promise to bring others too along their journey in that direction.
But one incredible skill Herman Cain possessed that I haven’t seen yet in any eulogy was his ability to do just what I suggested: remember people you meet along. At a future political rally for a Cain Campaign, he remembered exactly who I was, even though he’s probably met thousands of ordinary folks like me. “You’re the most conservative person I will ever vote for,” I told him that day. He smiled and said “I thought that about you, professor.”
John A. Tures is a professor of
political science at LaGrange College in LaGrange, Georgia. His views are his own. He can be reached at jtures@lagrange.edu. His Twitter account
is JohnTures2.
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