Comments on: Jesse Jackson: Artur Davis not a black man

By: CJ

CJ — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:24:56 +0000

Note to Jesse Jackson: I’m not a black man either.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:25:30 +0000

Yes, Reactionary — By all means don’t believe Davis’ actual voting record! Redeye’s assertions trump actual facts any time. These are not the droids you are looking for.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:22:08 +0000

Boy, that’s a lot of crap in one post, redeye. Jackson didn’t “ask” anything. He flat out said that no one who voted against that bill can call himself a black man. Stop trying to spin it into a completely different comment from what was actually said. If some segregationist were to claim that, “George Wallace merely asked whether it was a wise thing to enroll black students at the University of Alabama,” you (and me, too, for that matter) would rightly ridicule the moron for the pathetic fool he is. So congratulations to similarly making an ass of yourself.

But hey, if you are really going to insist that every member of Congress vote in accordance with the way their constituents voted in the presidential election, I’ll support you 100% on that. McCain won 22 states last year, so that’s 44 senators against — Bye-bye, Obamacare.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:03:04 +0000

Only in Alabama? Really? That’s a pretty ridiculous comment.

By: concerned s hsv resident

concerned s hsv resident — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:16:14 +0000

redeye,

To your questions up until the last two, I have no comment. I currently have neither the time nor the interest in answering right now or answering you. I think Iam owed an apology for the assumptions you made about me, whether they were correct or not. The fact that you made any assumptions was rude.

To your last two, the statement he made did make it about race: “How can you call yourself a black man…?” Do you think it is okay to make it about race? What if I questions someone’s claim to be caucasian, asian, indian, etc. because of how they vote on this bill? What if I said they should only vote a certain way based on their race? What would you think about that?

By: Redeye

Redeye — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:05:24 +0000

Ben may I ask you to provide further clarification for this statement:

For all the talk about how much they love black people, the real goal of the Democrats is to do whatever it takes to ensure blacks stay angry and dependent and think for themselves as little as possible.

What exactly do democrats do to ensure blacks stay angry and dependent and think for themselves as little as possible?

Angry at what/who?
Dependent on what/who?
Think for themseleves as little as possible about what/who?

By: Rev. Bob

Rev. Bob — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:06:51 +0000

@Doug, like I said, NAMBLA is more Tony Alamo’s department.

If you want special rights for fundamentalist child molesters, you’ll once again be going against what the majority of Americans stand for.

By: Redeye

Redeye — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:57:13 +0000

Only in Alabama can Artur Davis gets loads of positive press because he’s criticized by Jesse Jackson for voting against the affordable health care reform act.

By: Redeye

Redeye — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:54:48 +0000

Reactionary, Artur Davis is no 24 liberal. Trust me.

By: Redeye

Redeye — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:53:22 +0000

I was refering to his present constituency concerned s hsv resident. You know, the ones he presently represents as the sitting United States Congressman from the 7th District of Alabama. The ones whose interest he voted against when he voted against the affordable health care reform bill.

Yes he’s running for governer and his potential constituency is the whole state. Evidently he doesn’t need the votes of his present constituency to become governor of the whole state.

So, are you in favor of the affordable health care reform bill?

Did you not say in a previous post Artur shouldn’t be criticized for not toeing the democratic party line?

Do you consider Jesse Jacksons’ criticism of Davis’ vote racist?

Jesse Jackson was at a Congressional BLACK Caucus event in his honor. He made the comment to an audiance at that event. He asked how a black man could vote against affordable health care reform when his constituents are the ones that need it most. How is that making it about race? And even if its is about race, what’s wrong with it being about race?