j- Contined page TFa Right& White1omcoe@e | |Democrats. ? Cummings saidfolks should take a look at themindset driving this and usedSen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and3 Céntral Committee; Nic Lott,~lfigst@Black student government_President at the University ofMississippi; Lloyd Marcus,creator of the Tea PartyAnthem; rapper, Vance Venomand the Rev, C.L. Bryant fromShreveport, La. Borelli railedagainst big government. oWethe people have had enough, ?she said. oWe will not sit bywhile our liberties andfreedoms are being looted byelected officials serving theirinterests and. not the interestsof their constituents. ? Sheadmonished oBlack liberalpoliticians ? for playing the racecard instead of facing up to the__ the division in this country,fact that their policies havefailed. oPersonally, I will not sitby and let those who criticizeour cause call it about race andcall us rednee!neck is not red. ? Rey. Bryantalso spoke against . biggovernment. oYes, we needreform. Yes we knowsomething needs, to be doneabout our health system, ? hesaid. oWe send this message toyou. We want reform, but therewill be no government takeoverof one more Americanindustry. ? He also spoke aboutpointing the finger at politiciansfor causing it. oPoliticians are. building walls between thepeople, ? he said. oYou, arebuilding = walls _ " ofmisunderstanding. You'rebuilding walls of hatred. You'rebuilding walls of racism. You Trebuilding walls of classism and_ . asin the Words of Ronald Reagan,when he spoke to. MikhailGorbachey at the Berlin Wall,Mr. Obama, tear down thiswall." ? U. S. Rep. ElijahCummings (D-Md), saw theSept. 12 march in a largercontext,.and-it caused-himsome concern. Noting the lack_ of diversity in the crowd, hepointed to the lack of diversityin the Republican ranks inCongress and mentioned that itseemed disingenuous to calleither group a cross-section ofAmerica, He referred tostatements from marchparticipants, saying, oWhenyou listen to their comments,many of them didn Tt knowwhat they were protesting. Soit makes you wonder what it Tsteally all about. ? Citing the_ Statistic that 1'in 3 people had,a lapse in health care coveragein the last two years, he said thevery people protesting are thepeople who would be helped byreform. oMost of them arearguing against their best- interest, ? he said, When asked_F 5okéikeet4 4:oywhat he believes this is all .about, Cummings said, oBasically what you have is alot of people upset that BarackObama won. He is a brilliant,competent and honest electedofficial.. oI am convinced thereis a genuine dislike " and insome cases hatred " for. thisAfrican-American president. ?Meadows said, oThey T ve [theloud minority] been loud, rudeand obstructionist and quiteharmful to a lot of citizens. |think, unfortunately, it[dissension] does tend todiscredit the health care reform imitiative. ? Organizers of theoks, ? she said, oMy __ Scripture that would catise himRep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) as.examples. He said SouthCarolina has the highest rate ofuninsured residents in thecountry, 17 percent, and thenrepeated a quote from DeMint: oIf we're able to stop Obamaon this [health care reform} itwill be his, Waterloo, It willbreak him. ? oHe would ratherkill Obama Ts dream than givehis constituents what theyneed, ? Cummings said. oI thinkthis will strengthen the resolveof Democrats to take advantageof this once in a lifetime Topportunity. This means we T vegot to move ahead withoutRepublicans. We Tve got to getthis through. We T ve got to makethis happen. ?Southern Baptist :For Obame's DeathJune 21, 2009) - A well-knownminister of a denomination thatonce supported slavery and isfirmly against a Woman's rightto an abortion said recently thathe is praying for PresidentObama to die. The Rev. Wiley.Drake, a former second vicepresident of the SouthernBaptist Convention, told FoxNews Radio earlier this monththat he was practicing " oimprecatory prayer ? orseeking a divine curse thatwould cause the president todie. oIf he does not turn to Godand does not turn his lifearound, I am asking God toenforce imprecatory prayersthat . ate. throughout. thedeath, ? Drake said in aninterview with Fox Ts AlanColmes, according to theAssociated Press. The SouthernBaptist Convention was formed in 1845 so slaveholders could Tcontinueto--serve as~missionaries. The churchsupported the South during theCivil War, supportedsegregation of the races before _and during the Civil RightsMovement and has been knownfor its hostility towardaffirmative action and busing toachieve racial balance inschools. The church has been afavorite. of conservativeRepublican Party candidates. (In 1995, Southern Baptistsformally sought forgivenessfrom African-Americans.( By2007, the convention Ts minoritymembership, including A frican-Americans, Asians and Latinos,had grown to about 18 percent,said the Rev. Richard Land,head of the denomination Tspublic policy arm. But like manyother U.S. denominations, the16.2 million-member SouthemBaptist Convention remainsoverwhelmingly White.(Presidents Jimmy Carter andBill Clinton were raisedSouthern Baptists, Carter leftthe church in 2000 over itsincreasingly right-wing agenda .and = "s while ~ " " Clintonacknowledges his roots in thedenomination, he attendsservices with his wife, Secreof State Hillary Clinton, who isa United Methodist. RogerOldham, vice president forconvention relations with theSouthern Baptist Ts executivecommittee, said that Drake Tscomments were out of line withchurch teachings, Oldham toldthe Associated Baptist Press_ that Drake's comments do not o~~or positions ; of the.denomination. "I think it is a fairStatement to say thatmajority of Southern Bapare committed to praying forthe well-being of the presidentin accordance with the specificinstruction given in 'l Timothy2:1-3, ? Oldham said, quoti oFirst of all, then I urgepetitions, prayers, intercessionsand thanksgivings be maile foreveryone, for kings and all thosewho are in authority, so that we :may lead a tranquil and quiet lifein all godliness and dignity. Thisis good, and it pleases God ourSavior. ? Drake recently saidthat he prayed for the death offamed abortion doctor GeorgeTiller. Tiller was shot to deathin his church on May 3! inWichita, Kan. by an anti-abortion activist. In regards toObama, Drake, who pastors a church in Buena Park, Calif,had not retracted his statementas of AFRO presstime. Angela Davis Discuss theState of Women Ts Rights "ActivAngela Davis shared her views onthe state of women Ts rights in 2009 at.the Maryland Institute College of Artin recognition of Constitution Day. T(September 17, 2009) - AngelaDavis accepted her applause ina way an internationally re-owned activist normallyThe crowd's toar échoed theferocity once demonstrated bythe former Black Panther, whotook her seat at MICA TSConstitution Day paneldiscussion silently, allowing amodest smile to complimenther demeanor. At 65, Davis T |navy blue blazer spoke of herscholarship as a professor atthe University of CaliforniaSanta Cruz. But, the tattoo onthe outside of her left anklereflects . her youngeryears.Displayed below herblack capris was ahummingbird, considered afragile, yet fearsome fighter,analogous to the prominentforce Davis has been within thestruggle for Black liberationand women Ts rights. Herexpertise in feminist studiescontributed to MarylandInstitute College of Art Tsdialogue on the state ofwomen Ts rights in 2009 lastSaturday. Davis acknowledgedPresident Obama Ts efforts tosupport women Ts rights bysigning the Lilly Ledbetter FairPay Act to end the wagedisparity between men andwomen. She also supportsObama Ts universal health careplan, bat criticizes his approachto selling the idea toconservatives. oI get veryangry when Obama feels thatit Ts Necessary constantly toreply to the right wing bysaying No, this health carereform is not supposed tobenefit illegal immigrants, T ?she said. oWhen I say theimportance of health care forall women in this country, |mean all women in this country.[ mean women in prison, |mean women who areimmigrants withoutdocuments. Everybody in thisof women as opposed to _- nothing more than perpetuate a| Gestructive. cycle among- women who have committed| crimes, and men who havecommitted crimes against~ don Tt see us making muchSaid. oThe assumption is thatthose who commit thesehorrible acts as opposed to Johnson further called Obama ° Ta pawn of the Democratic system ?) already achieved stares us in the delegates that he was acountry is an immigrant with the effortto set up interviews with both Chairman Fetzer and Vice Chairmanexception of indigenous Johnson, eee ve tn official party Se on the controversy, .people. ? A key part-of solving The Carolinian/Wilmington Journal = ee eae earloblems associated with Tuesday morning, and left a message for Commur eehie et cae. Wie Phd owever Seam did 00 retur the eall, Dr. Johnson didee ee not respond to a detailed email request for an interview, and Chairman "Fetzer could not be reached independently before press time. A follow-up email was sent to the party Ts Communications director earlyWednesday hours before press time, and again there was no reply fromexamining the broad categoryconsidering women to be a. Unitary group. She believes anyone. There is no question that Dr. Johnson, a clean-cut military Women suffering the most will veteran, has taken great pride in winning the number-two spot in thenot be empowered without state GOP. In a YouTube feature videotaped during a local GOP meetingeliminating racism, yet racism in July ata restaurant in Buncombe County, Johnson told an intervieweriminated without that he had three goals as vice chair - bringing more young people intocan not be eliminated without that gc ay 4em ; oThe the NC Republican Party from age 14 and up; improve party outreachpowering women. e . : : , | aead ¢ to black, Hispanic, Native American and other communities of color women that are on the lowest ee ees aid tindhvovines thef the ladder are African- 1°00" admits the party has historically ignored; and improvingted a en tite of technology to better position the party's broadbased outreach _American women, women of and messaging efforts, oOur opponents have done a great job ofcolor, poor women and women j Hes ei gy, and now we need to take it, and lead with it, ?in pri son, ? Davis told the Afro. Johnson is seen on the tape as saying. Acheck of his campai gn website, oThose are the women who we which he still maintains, shows that Johnson certainly woks hard forshould all focus on because the Republican cause of lesser government, lower taxes and a strongthere will never be true victories military, As of October 10, Johnson was booked to attend at least sixJocal GOP events across the state, five of which he Ts listed as speakinwho are the most subjugated at. According to his website, Johnson is a native of Clevelatsaid progress has been made within tO leave early to serve in the United States Army, w |; where lie spent 21 Women Ts rights, but there is still a long years, attaining the rank of Major. Soon after movin " "way to go. Speaking as a Prison Johnson ran succe essfully for chairman of the Buncombe County, . abolitionist, Davis pointed out Republican Party, where he served two terms before he was elected asthat women are the fastest. state Tparty vice chair during the NCGOP Convention on June 13. Thegrowing sector of the married father of four and grandfather is an adjunct professor at Shawimprisoned population, with University Ts College of Professional and Adult Education in Asheville,omen of calor and a PhD. He is also the president/CEO of a state certified Historically: . ee Underutilized Business that works with nonprofits and small businessesdisproportionately represented. in organizational development and leadership training. Politically, thefirst black vice chair-of the NCGOP makes it clear he Ts no friend orsupporter of the first black president of the United States. As TheWilmington Journal first reported last June, a 2008 YouTube video fromthat year Ts NCGOP convention has Johnson expressing serious doubtsabout Obama Ts ability to serve as Commander-in-chief of the nation Tsarmed forces during atime of war. During that video interview with the.women. Although she attributes right-wing website oScrappleFace.com, ? Johnson, who had a sonImprisonment, she said, does_ Increased awareness of violence Srving in_raq atthe time, said he disagreed wit then candidate Obanta Ts~ toward women to the feminist Pledge that if elected, he would end the war, "We have a responsibilityray demic 0 finish what we started, ? Johnson said. Afterward, the future vice7 Meena " chair of the NCGOP expressed serious doubts about Obama Ts fitnessP __, (0 lead the troops, and chastised the black community for wanting tofollow the Democratic candidate. TIn the black community, they speakthose words [about Christian faith and family values) but then theywant to follow Barack Obama because of color, ? Johnson said. oIt Tsnot because of change. It Ts not because of hope, because those arerhetorical words that means absolutely nothing at the end of the day. ?progress in stopping it, ? shewhat we have to do is to punishtrying to figure out. why is this. and, using the term ohypoctitically, ? went on to suggest that Obamagoing on and trying to: figure Was not being honest in presenting himself as a selfless public servant,out what we need to do to stop So at first glance, Timothy Johnson stacks up to. be someone; NCit. ? Progress within women Ts Republicans would want to be their Number Two leader, if not Nutnberrights is evident Davis sai dbo One. But there have been problems for Johnson, problems that observers. Aya speculate Chairman Fetzer may be exploiting the negative perceptionit must not be measured by of to ultimately force Vice Chair Johnson Ts resignation. Earlier thiscounting the number of female year, Dr. Johnson was accused of dishonesty by fellow North CarolinaCEOs or the number of Women Republicans after it was reported that in 1996 he was convicted ofwho have almost become ageravated assault on his first wife im Cuyahoga County, Ohio duringpresident. Rather, success adomestic squabble. He admittedly hid that fact from everyone, neverwithin women Ts rights must be revealing his criminal background to supporters in North Carolina whenviewed with respect to those he first ran for Buncombe County GOP chair years ago. Just beforewho were worse off to begin June Ts NCGOP Convention, Dr. Johnson, who last year accused Barackwith, and from there, she said, Obama of not being totally transparent with the American people tothaw ii along way to go. oOne Protect his own interests, told a local Asheville television station thatof the nant is halve is thar 2° did not feel he had to tell the leadership of the Buncombe Countya é oblems utp GOP about his criminal past before they first elected him chair. Johnson Tswe assume often that ONCE WE belief that the people whose trust he was vying for had no right to knowWey eyene kind of victory that essential elements about his background was particuli ily dammingit's going to be there, it Tsetched hecause the person Johnson replaced as Buncombe GOP chair reportedlyin Stone and we don Tt have to. did the same thing - hide his criminal past, including atwo-year stint inconstantly defend it, ? Davis prison. Ittooka public plea from his current wife, a public orsementsaid. oIt Ts often the case that from his battered first wife, and Dr. Johnson taking the podium on thethat which we thought we had NCGOP Convention floor to denounce his detractors and assure.changed man, to-ultimately overcome theee a8 another struggle, ? °OntToversy,'and win the VP chair. But since that historic triumph,NC GOP VICE CHAIR. *°°in-command about an alleged cident involving Johnson andRens Sg nai a an NCGOP staffer, In a scathing Sept. 3 letter to Johnson re ased to_ALLEGES BIAS, _ + the press, Fetzer charged that the party VP verbally abused a fe :last June, alleges that he ?...has by the hand and would not let go of it while you berated her about theasked for an office at party Performance of the staff at the NCGOP headquarters for severalheadquarters in Raleigh and to be Minutes, ? Fetzer wrote, oDuring the entire conversation, she feltincluded in events and planning. ? cornered T and unable to escape. She found your attitude to be o"T Tm the first black to serve at this Condescending and the entire encounter to be very embarrassing. ? oAtrole, as the state vice chair, and best as reported to me, you exhibited extremely poor manners, and atI'm not being included, ? Johnson Worst, conduct unbecoming an officer of the North Carolina Republican.is quoted as telling the N&O. * All Party, ? Fetzer continued, Johnson disagreed with Fetzer Ts account,the people (Fetzer's) bringing on S4Ying that there was no anger, the holding of hands was mutual, and,staff are continuing to perpetuate I wasn Tt trying to control her and not allow her to walk away. ? Still,the traditional image of the party, Johnson admits to sending an email of apology to the staffer. Exactlywhich is just Whites. That's all we Why Fetzer felt compelled to discuss the incident and his internal letterhave in our headquarters is ' ® top NCGOP officer publicly raises questions, Normally, in anwhites. ? ? Later in the: article, fort to spare a high profile political organization controversy andJohnson made it clear that under iniense media scrutiny, officials handle such serious charges of physicaland emotional abuse internally, rendering only terse No comments ?Chairman Fetzer, he is not a happycamper, This issue is between if asked. And since his vice chair has a well-known criminal ofhim and I, It Ts about him and I, ? abuse towards his ex-wife, Fetzer's effort to publicize theFetzer, a conservative Republican incident, instead of Protecting a supposed member of his oOne Team -who cut his political teeth working " political family, raises even furtherthree-terms as mayor of Raleigh Published reports, says |from 1993-99, has always been an 5 given Johnson's o'apology, ? ? is considered oresolved. ? Butsth ' we o | bt : re bee mY 4 : ip! it's 1 ay arena | . aL kee mye ee \mane salt ti iM Bf) ik . me ati : he"