The reason I ask is: “The memo, written by political science professors William Boone and Keith Jennings, warned that black Atlantans need to act quickly to thwart a Norwood victory and maintain black political control of the top job in the city.”

Source: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/01/white-candidate-scrambles-vote-attitudes-in-atlant/?page=3

The AJC is very biased and exerts control over the polite comments about Norwood, but allows negative, racist comments to be published about Norwood. The AJC is just a political machine funded by advertising and your subscriptions.

Buh Bye AJC!

I’m Black and I’m never fooled or persuaded only mildly annoyed when I read the ultra-conservative AJC blogs. I have never voted Republican. Why would I? It’s obvious that they are racists (even if they do have a few Black supporters). The Democrats of Georgia aren’t a whole lot better but Kasim Reed hasn’t been attending Republican Conventions. This is Georgia for pete’s sake! You can’t be a Republican down here and then expect Black support. Read a friggin history book.

IT’S AN INSULT!!!!

Norwood is the white candidate. Whites are voting for her because she’s white. Fine. No change there. Whites always vote for the white candidate if they can. This is the history of this country. Whites vote for the white candidate if it’s a white/Black race. Can’t really change people. And Norwood is the white candidate so we’ll see next week, I guess.

PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO COVER-UP THE REAL ISSUE, THAT MARY IS A VERY WEAK CANDIDATE THAT WILL DEFINITELY SET THIS CITY BACK IF ELECTED. SHE IS NOT GOOD FOR ATLANTA! WHY? PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF HER RECORD FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS AS ATLANTA CITY COUNCIL, POST 2.

YES, SHE WAS ALL OVER THE CITY, IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT REPRESENTING HER DISTRICT, BUT DISTRIBUTING TRINKETS WITH HER NAME AND COLOR SCHEME (Hence out front with name recognition)! ALTHOUGH SOME MIGHT THINK WAS SMART, IT WAS VERY DECEITFUL BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT DOING THE JOB SHE WAS ELECTED TO DO! AS A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, DID SHE EVER COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AT CITY HALL? WAS SHE REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OR LOOKING OUT FOR HER OWN INTEREST? DO YOU THINK SHE WILL BE ANY DIFFERENT AS MAYOR? IS ALL YOUR VOTE WORTH TO YOU IS A BLUE & WHITE PILL BOX AND A MEAL AT THE BEAUTIFUL? PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK!!!

WELL THINKING PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT ATLANTA, BLACK, WHITE, HISPANIC, ARE NOT FOOLED BY THE RHETORIC AND EMPTY EXCUSES!! WE ARE NOT FOOLED BY ALL OF THE OUTSIDERS BLOGGING HERE ABOUT RACISM. WE KNOW WHAT HAS BROUGHT ATLANTA THUS FAR, AND WHAT IT TAKES TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD!

TO THE NEW ATLANTANS, WELCOME! HOWEVER, STUDY BEFORE JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS OR BEING TAKEN IN BY FOOLISH COMMENTS SUCH AS MENTIONED ON THIS BLOG! THE REPUBLICANS KNOW THAT THOSE FLYERS ARE GREAT STRATEGIES FOR THIS RACE BECAUSE THEY SPEAK THE TRUTH!! HOWEVER, THEY ARE GREAT FOR CASTING BLAME AND CRYING VICTIM! THEY HAVE NOT STOPPED CAMPAIGNING EVEN THOUGH THEY LOST BIG TIME A YEAR AGO! BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY IS BECAUSE OF THE DEMOCRATS! THEIR strategy is if they repeat it enough, people will believe it! SOUNDS VERY FAMILIAR ON THIS BLOG? PLEASE FOLKS GET ON THE BLOG, SAY YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT BUT SWITCHING BECAUSE YOU ARE EMBARASSED THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS CALLING OUT SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN DECEIVING THE ELECTORATE!! PLEASE FOLKS GET ON THE BLOG AND SAY THAT YOU ARE BLACK, CRITICIZE AND DOWN RATE THE FORMER BLACK MAYORS AND SAY THAT YOU ARE FED-UP AND THEREFORE VOTING FOR THE WHITE CANDIDATE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE CALLED A RACIST??? PLEASE BLOGGERS SAY THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING DOWN THE TUBE AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK! IN THIS FRENZY, SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT ABOUT THE OTHER CANDIDATES, BECAUSE THE GOAL IS TO GET THE PEOPLE TO THINK THAT SO MANY OF US ARE AGAINST THIS OUTRAGEOUS, RACIST, DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR SUPPORTING DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES??? The more we repeat it, we might even convince the blacks, and Democrats that the Republicans are their best friends!

WELL FORGET IT!! ANY POLITICAL STRATEGIST WOULD SAY, GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! EVEN MY INTELLIGENT REPUBLICAN FRIENDS ARE SAYING “WELL DONE!” YES, WELL THINKING ATLANTANS (in the city) KNOW THE REAL ISSUES AND KNOW THAT WE MUST RISE AGAIN AND MAKE SURE ATLANTA REMAINS A GREAT CITY “TOO BUSY TO HATE TOO BUSY TO BE TAKEN BACK 100 YEARS.

NOT ABOUT RACE, NOT ABOUT POLITICS, ALL ABOUT MOVING ATLANTA FORWARD NOT BACKWARDS!! ABOUT CARING, SHARING, KNOWING, AND VOTING!!

YES WE CAN! YES WE WILL! YES ATLANTA WILL REMAIN THE CITY TOO BUSY TO HATE!!

Wouldn’t it be a breath of fresh air for Reed to have a campaign ad that simply and honestly said–”Vote for me cause I am Black.”
TMW

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