He is an intolerant man who indicts others for being intolerant.
This is Dr Joe Reed - king maker for Democrats in Alabama.
Any Black Democrat in the state who seeks to get elected had better receive his blessing. As Artur Davis found out the hard way - if you positions that he doesn't agree with - Reed will leverage the Democratic machine - and its loyal Black supporters to come down upon you.
Dr Reed has sued the city of Montgomery over the redistricting for the city of Montgomery. Reed argues that there should be another "Black district" within the city and that this "racist" redistricting is preventing the city from electing a Black mayor.
While it is possible that gerrymandering could indeed define the content of the city council I struggle to understand how any redistricting scheme - short of "How Many Bubbles In A Bar Of Soap" as a mandate for casting a ballot - can prevent a popular election of a mayor.
Please note - even though Huffington Post, DailyKOS and the various operatives for Media Matters ran the racial election results from the Presidential Election of 2008 as a means of indicting Alabama as a RACIST state because 92% of its Whites voters voted for John McCain - "the White candidate" you can rest comfortably in knowing that they are not going to indict Dr Reed (or Tom Joyner) for publicly calling for racially defined voting outcomes.
What is behind the differences in the handling of these "racial prognostications"? Are these Black voices EQUAL or INFERIOR - even if one is a multi-millionaire who presides over a multi-media empire as does Joyner?
Or are the usual suspects that render the indictments of "racism" happy that by calling for "Black representation" in the mayor's office of Montgomery or in the White House - they are simultaneously calling for "Progressive Democratic" representation and thus "no harm, no foul"?
What Is The COST To The Black Community?
I previously ran the number on the old Artur Davis - 7th district . The district encapsulates several "Black Belt Counties" and despite its "D+18" Cooks partisan index rating - it remains as one of the poorest districts in the state and country.
With Dr Reed's style of politics - both the 7th district in the western central part of the state and the City of Montgomery that is just outside of the 7th will remain poor as visionless leadership MISDIRECTS the focus of the Black people into thinking that politicians and politics are going to feather their bed with the finest goose down if they "struggle hard enough" for it.
Indeed these "Black Belt Counties" were crafted with the forces of slavery and Jim Crow segregation. As I study what makes the Black political mind tick I see that we must change from allowing them to use the "Soft Tissue Injury" of RACISM and instead put them on a "Performance Management Program" where they are made to show INCREMENTAL PROGRESS - as measured by how erect the Negro is now standing after matriculating through their "thrashing machine".
Note that my challenge DOES NOT depend engaging in a debate over the presence or absence of RACISM. (The favored subject of "The Racism Chasers")
It instead is focused on the "Pounds Of Thrust Per Square Inch" that is come out of the engine that Dr Reed has carefully assembled in the state on behalf of Black people.
If the Black community of the area continue to follow the "Occupiers Of Black Leadership Seats Of Power" we be sure that in 2101 - the economic state of the Black community in the "Black Belt regions" will remain as they are today. The only thing coming out of the "Propelling Nozzle" of the Engine Of Uplift being the air released as the embedded confidence men vibrate their vocal chords regarding "what ails the Negro" and how we must remain CONGREGATIONALLY UNITED to fight the threat.
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