Black vote, Bush as Reagan, and WGUN Radio

Oooh boy! Juan Williams needs to put down the crack-pipe, at least while he is writing an Op-Ed Piece for the NY Times. His piece covers how black voters should be attracted to Bush over Kerry. I loved the specific line saying that Kerry “rarely been identified with issues that compel black voters — notably affirmative action”. Well, Bush has been vocal on affirmative action, specifically how he doesn’t like it. That alone should make it a moot point to vote for Bush. However, Williams brings up the issue of Bush’s faith based initiatives and how they would be attractive to black churches. Any church—black, white, Catholic, Protestant—should be weary of any money that comes from the federal government, mostly for the strings that would need to be attached to avoid any separation of church/state issues. And wouldn’t churches—again of any color and faith—be appalled by the Republicans lack of support for education, healthcare and social issues?

The Times also has an interesting article warning the Bush supporters to not act so quickly in trying to wrap Bush in the Reagan banner. The eulogy of Ron Reagan Jr is mentioned where he cautions against trying to gain political advantage by promoting religion. There is an profound bit of the article that states: “The remark has provoked intense debate among Republicans about precisely what the younger Mr. Reagan meant. Some saw the reference to religion as a message to the administration on stem-cell research. Others saw it as a possible critique of the war in Iraq. Still others insist there was no deeper message at all.”. Hello, Republicans?! Do you think maybe it is ALL THREE?!

They also cover the NRA’s desire to have their own radio programming. Who really is gonna listen to this? And is going to change ANYONE’S mind?

The guy who took the E-Train, literally took, is back in the news. There is some discussion that he needs help and it is a sad story. This may be too simplistic, but it sounds to me like we should give this guy a job with the transit authority since he seems to be keen to masquerade as an employee.