Comments on: Ah, Dollar Bill, We Hardly Knew Ye’

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:59:47 +0000

Look the major thing is that this shows blacks will vote against one of their own if he's seen as corrupt and unable to adequately represent his district. I see that as progress.

Doesn't anyone remember that the congressional GOP wanted Foley to run again even after it was known that there were concerns about his relationship with underage pages? That Tom DeLay was re-elected even after it was evident he was mired in corruption? That is just politics as usual. I am partisan, but not enough to vote for a corrupt official— so this makes me happy too.

By: Jim_Satterfield

Jim_Satterfield — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:05:03 +0000

OK…I admit that this news made me happy.

By: DLS

DLS — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:56:34 +0000

Note the loonier lefty critics — “choice” [sic] instead of “abortion.”

Because this guy is a Republican and isn't textbook loyal-Dem-minority material, he'll be ignored by most of the Left and hated (as we already see) by the loonier fringe. He's not a _real_ minority because he's not a _Democrat_ and he isn't properly liberal.

Of course the “racism” claim will be made if the Dem loses, even if he took some money out of his freezer and gave it to people to get them to vote in the traditional Dem multiple-vote tradition to make up for those who didn't make it to the polls.

By: Tigerclaw1

Tigerclaw1 — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:24:36 +0000

Regardless, that doesn't make La's laws odd or biased against blacks. Besides, shame on anyone who values a person's skin color over their integrity. New Orleans is a political anarchy due to that mentality.

By: mikkel

mikkel — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:47:05 +0000

"The prospect of a serious general election in the majority African-American and heavily Democratic 2nd district was all the more startling in that the last Republican to represent the district was Hamilton D. Coleman, who left the office in 1891."

Tha'ts pretty amazing.

Also race, religion and corruption is pretty weird in Louisiana and whenever people comment on it nationally they normally miss the boat completely. Even political affiliation there is very fluid.

Look at his bio he's a civil rights attorney and "community organizer" for gosh sakes. The governor Jindal is pretty similar and really the binding thread between the two and why they can get elected as Republicans is that they are extremely religious. Otherwise on policy they are pretty much like the DLC.

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The Obligatory William Jefferson Blog Posting | Political Byline — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:14:14 +0000

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By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:51:46 +0000

tigerclaw

A majority of blacks did vote for the black crook. It was the 25% of the district that is not black that showed up for a run off election and voted out the black crook by a very slim margin. The other Congressional run off election in LA had over 4 times the voter turn out.

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Louisiana boots William “Cold Cash” Jefferson

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:31:03 +0000

[...] Jazz Shaw congratulates New Orleans: Perhaps we truly are living in a post-racial, post partisan age. Jefferson’s district is heavily African-American and leans Democratic by a significant margin. Still, they chose to oust the embarrassing Dollar Bill and bring in a Vietnamese-American Republican and give that a try. Well done, Louisiana. You have closed the book on a nasty chapter of your history and chosen to move forward with a hopefully increased amount of integrity and pride. [...]

By: Bemoaning the Lack of Dubya Worship and Revisiting Nixon’s Treachery « The Long Goodbye

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:05:11 +0000

[...] first thoughts about Jefferson’s defeat? Obviously mine are good riddens, not so obvious with Republcan brain trust Ed Driscol, So electing a Republican who mercifully escaped Vietnam after American liberals of the 1970s left [...]

By: Tigerclaw1

Tigerclaw1 — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:49:28 +0000

Louisiana's “odd voting laws”? The guy flat out LOST, and you're blaming racism? If it weren't for racism, the presidential election would have been McCain defeating Clinton.
The main thing that differentiates LA voting rules is the runoff on elections that don't provide a 50%+ winner. That is more fair than having a Nader or Perot skew the election.
Besides, while there is racsim in Louisiana (as there is everywhere), the current trend in LA in the past decade has shown far more abuse of power among black politicians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Jordan_(atto...)
http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/wwl1001...
So whine and complain and blame racism, but it is more demeaning to blacks to say that they're so pathetically racist that they will vote for a black crook over any non-black.

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:48:12 +0000

SD- Don't you think the same thing happens in conservative districts when THEY are caught in a web of corruption?

If Sen Stevens was acquitted and young enough to run in 2014 he would win back his Senate seat in a landslide.

You should be congratulating N.O. residents in a black liberal district for looking beyond race and ideology.

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:13:10 +0000

Mr. Cao will end up being a one term rep. who will quickly be voted out of office in two years when the Democrats can find themselves a black candidate who was not caught with $90K in his refrigerator. If Jefferson is acquited in the next year or two, he will certainly be returned to office in two years.

If it was not for LA odd voting laws and are meant to keep blacks from winning so many elections, Rep. Jefferson could have been returned to office.