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It was the first Mothers day that I woke up, and I was actually being celebrated, I was along with all the other mothers around the world were being praised for all they do their daily lives to remind there children they are loved, safe, and cared for. It is the greatest experience and a rite of passage for a new mother.
It's not the gifts or the praise, of course Lily is to small to understand what the day is for, or make any noise that could even be mistaken for "Thank you" but it was an amazing day all the same. I spent the day with my daughter imagining all the years to come, the pasta artwork, the finger paintings, the flowers picked from a garden that one was not suppose to pick. I can not wait for the long cuddles and the proud look upon her face when she hands me something homemade to say happy mothers day.
On mothers day I spent most of the day at our apartment with Lily, after Michael gave me his gift for me, a bouquet of roses. I spent the day playing with Lily, reading books, and having her play and be amazed by the light from her kid flashlight. Someone spent the day a little cranky though since she chose not to have a morning or early afternoon nap, so that was a little bump in the road.
Later that evening around supper time my father picked us up and we went back to my parents home, where we were surprised that my sister and her husband were visiting, they loving playing with Lily on the ground and she loves her aunt and uncle so that was sweet to watch, we had a great dinner then we all opened presents. My sister as of yet is not a mother (cross my fingers) but I gave her a card to let her know that when she is she will be the greatest mother in the world, she also was given an "auntie" coffee mug. My mother was given her flowers, chocolate bar and other gifts also.
I was amazed though at all the gifts that were given to me. I was not expecting much at all a nice gift, more flowers maybe, but I was pleasantly surprised. I was given gifts from my sister, also , "gifts from Lily" my mother says, and a gift from my parents.
From my sister I was given a book to read to my daughter (The Love In My Heart) and barbecue sauce which I fell in love with when we had it at her Easter Sunday supper. Gifts my mother says "Lily whispered into my ear to get these for you" where another book to read to Lily (I Love You Mommy), my first mom tea/coffee mug (and yes there is coffee in it during this photo) and the picture frame and ink to take Lily's foot or hand prints (we did her footprint last night) and then from my mother and father I was given a new Chicken Soup For The Soul book, which I love there books so I can not wait to start reading it.
I know mothers day is not about the gifts, it's about loving your children and spending time with your family, and it's about realizing yourself how much you really do for your family and letting others maybe take over a few things that day and giving yourself some relaxation, even if it's only a few minutes. I do appreciate the gifts though, I have not bought myself anything unless it's much needed since months before Lily was born and it was nice to get things that I didn't fully need, but wanted.
I want to say thank you to my own mother for making my first Mothers day amazing, I want to thank my sister and father and brother in law also, and Michael and I would like to thank all the other mothers out there, and I hope you also had an amazing Mothers Day.


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On behalf of our partners, the King's Sierra Leone Partnership proudly accepted the prize for the Times Higher Education Award for Best International Collaboration of the Year yesterday evening. We'd like to thank all past and present KSLP staff and volunteers as well as our partners and dedicate this award to all of those we've worked with during the Ebola outbreak.
Francis Kaikumba, Programme Director of King's Sierra Leone Partnership says 'this award is a real credit to the vision and dedication of all the partners involved in this project. The breadth of the team's work – from training and capacity-building to reacting on the ground to this major outbreak – show just how effective and successful partnerships can be as a tool for building strong and sustainable healthcare systems around the world. It is also a tribute to the local healthcare staff who bravely led the fight against Ebola, especially to those who so tragically lost their lives.'
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In-demand Moussa Dembele heaped praise on manager Brendan Rodgers for helping him enhance to a level which has reportedly attracted the interest of True Madrid.
The Celtic forward elevated his impressive 2016-17 tally to 32 ambitions by scoring against St Mirren on Sunday as his side secured a location inside the Scottish Cup semi-finals, exactly where they may face fierce rivals Rangers.
Dembele, who joined from Fulham last year for a £500,000 compensation charge soon after his contract expired, has been linked with a number of top clubs such as Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester United, while Chelsea have been also said to be chasing him in January.
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Safe HOME Saves Kids… that's the motto of Safe Home Korea. I got to read their book while doing the laundry for our recliner slipcover and car seat covers.
Two Sundays ago, my husband and I attended the "Safe Home Start" training seminar at the Kids' Autopark located inside Seoul's Children's Grand Park. The free 2-hour program is offered by SAFIA or Korean Association of Safety Communities.
It was by chance that we learned about the "Safe Home Start". We had just finished a one-and-a-half hour training at "Seoul's Civil Safety Training Center" when we decided to take a stroll at the Children's Grand Park. It was free so we just went to the venue and it was an educational two hours that we spent.
While the parents were ushered to the seminar room, the kids were taken care of by two female staff who took them outside. My son said that they drove mini cars and they were taught pedestrian safety, including how to cross the street and follow the street lights.
The "Safe Home Start" is divided into two programs. The first one is all about safety at home. Unfortunately, the lecture was all in Korean so I didn't understand it completely but my husband was there anyway. The lecture covered everything from tips on buying furniture and toys to what to expect and what to do when you have a baby until they're seven. The second part is about first aid, specifically for children. We were taught Heimlich maneuver and CPR.
After the training, each parent were given a bag of "safety" goodies. Each bag contains:
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My father dealt with the Veterans Administration for years after his stint as a prisoner of war during WWII. My oldest son is retiring from the Army after 25 years of service with five combat deployments under his belt. My oldest grandson just enlisted in the Navy.
I understand Congress has decided to offer its typical solution of throwing $5 million at the already well-funded VA system, expecting something to change. This is the equivalent of giving the guy who cleans your windshield at a red light a dollar and expecting him to change. Anyone who voted for this "fix" should be impeached.
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jasonstone wrote:theprimebait wrote:
shes 6.5/10 from the video above(wich means a russian 5),she has nice eyes with her makeup,wich is her only good feature.a black man can do much better in the states tbh.the tumb pic is using instagram lighting and thats not how she looks like in motion.
or europe etc shes nothing a average looking russian peasant doesn't have.
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black men can get quality women in germany and britain,france,scandinavia.the women actually prefer black men.the girl in the video is alright,but nothing a average russian guy doesn't have.
scandinavia is full of stunners who dig the chocolate(or caramel in this guy's case).and unlike russia,the men won't give you a hard time.
but hey if you want problems just to lay a chubby 6/10 to prove a point or something then go ahead.if I were a black guy I'd rather go to scandinavia,or just to the local escorts.if you want hot white women this clearly isn't the best place to be.lol
LOL @ you thinking the girl above is "chubby".theprimebait wrote:
Tell me why a black man should go to racist russia for a chubby 6/10 when I f***ed a 9/10 white girl the other day in a brothel?I think the former proposition is much more expensive,considering flight costs,learning the language,dealing with stormfronter men,immersing yourself in that shithole etc
but some men just want to go places to prove a point or something,I hope smart black men value their time and money and bang for the buck so to speak.I'm not trying to be negative,I'm really trying to help.
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Hasbro has announced the 3.75-inch Wolverine Animated figures to go along with the current cartoon series.
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The figures are expected to release in March 2009, although I've seen reports that the articulation on the figures is not that good.
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Will TBD have Kung-Fu grip action?
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Bale a major doubt for Real as Messi hits 400th goal
Gareth Bale hobbled off just five minutes into Real Madrid's 3-1 victory over Malaga on Saturday and is now a major doubt for Wednesday's second leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Atletico Madrid.
Bale went down holding his left calf after an innocuous-looking challenge early in the game but immediately signalled that he needed to be replaced.
Luka Modric then had to be withdrawn on the hour mark after suffering a heavy blow to his knee in a challenge with Malaga's Recio to create more headaches for the European champions.
"Right now we can't say anything. We will evaluate them in the coming days," said Real manager Carlo Ancelotti.
Lionel Messi hit his 400th goal for La Liga leaders Barcelona deep to seal a 2-0 win over Valencia on Saturday.
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez continued his lethal form with a clinical low strike inside the area after being set up by Messi with less than a minute on the clock.
Suarez's goal followed his midweek double that clinched a 3-1 victory in the Champions League quarter-final first leg at Paris St Germain.
Meanwhile, Inter Milan and AC Milan remain mired in mid-table obscurity after last night's derby match ended goalless.
However, Milan defender Philippe Mexes breathed a deep sigh of relief after his second-half own goal was chalked off due to a controversial foul from Inter striker Rodrigo Palacio.
On Saturday, Juventus defeated second-placed Lazio 2-0 at home to take another huge step towards their fourth straight Serie A title.
In Germany, injury-ravaged Bayern Munich beat Hoffenheim 2-0 on Saturday.
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text: The Alpha Organization- Part 4 Kim was a nervous wreck. The mixer meeting was going to be held that night. Ellie would take her and be there for support. But Kim was the one who would be on the hot seat. She had been unsure as to what she would tell her husband. A part of her felt that she should tell the truth. After all, this meeting could end up with him being cuckolded. But she knew the time was not right for that. She had discussed this issue with Ellie and she felt strongly that Kim should use this as an opportunity to establish what would hopefully be the new normal. That is to say with Kim being the boss and Rick accepting anything and everything she did. So Kim told Rick that she was going out with Ellie and did not go into details.She had to admit that she felt empowered when he saw her get dressed up. She looked gorgeous and sexy. He had the look that he knew she was getting fixed up in a way that she would not for him. He had the look that he thought that she might be going out to be with a man tonight. The amazing part was that he seemed to get smaller as she looked at him. Kim felt that she should feel sorry for him but she remembered what Ellie had told her. He was meant to be cuckolded. As Kim looked at herself in the mirror the guilt faded and was replaced by desire. The desire to be with real men. It was as if her confidence was growing as her husband's last remnants of manhood faded. She said to herself "I can do this." She took a final look in the mirror. She was wearing the black dress she had bought with Ellie. It was somewhat short and showed off her long legs. Her breasts were displayed with a slightly lowcut front. She had always thought her breasts were a little too big on such a petite frame. But as she looked at her reflection she had to admit they looked great. Very natural looking and no sag. She was a little insecure about her rear. But the dress hugged it and she had elected to not wear panties to get a clean look to the fabric. Blonde hair at the shoulder. Double pierced ears. She looked sexy and she was excited to be playing dress up for men other than her husband while he had to stay home and do housework. All she could think was that she hoped the evening would not destroy this spell. She wanted to be with Prince Charming. As she dreamed the doorbell rang and she headed out with Ellie. Rick could only look with some concern. Kim told herself there would be time enough to straighten his issues out. Ellie drove Kim. Kim noted that she was allowed to see where they were going. The super secrecy level had apparently been passed with her test and initial interview. She arrived at a large estate. When they pulled the car up they were greeted by a white man dressed as a traditional butler. He held the doors open and said welcome to the ladies. The car was parked. As Ellie and Kim came close to the front door Ellie made a point to tell Kim that the man had been a succesful business owner but that he had been broken and had sold the business to a member of the organization with the proceeds going to his wife. Kim asked if they were divorced and Ellie just laughed. "No. But he is the servant now and she will probably be inside with the new owner. Justice meets reality as one of the guys once said." Kim was impressed. She would have to remember the phrase. When the door opened they were first greeted by another servant but almost immediately Greg came up. Ellie and Greg hugged each other and Greg gave a stern look to the white servant who left the area for the kitchen. Greg then gave Kim a long look and finally broke out into a smile. He turned to Ellie "You were right Ellie. She belongs here." Kim walked with the two into a large reception room and saw a number of people. The men were all black. There were white servants and they were referred to as white boys by all concerned. It was not meant as a nasty comment but merely as a statement of fact. Justice meets reality. Kim was initially surprised to see a couple of white boys who she knew. She was not sure how to act but Ellie led the way and showed her how to order a drink and look like she was in charge. Kim laughed with Ellie and told her she felt relieved. Ellie said "After tonight you will never treat the white boys the same. And, I might add, you will never think about black men in the same way." Kim circulated and started meeting people. This was a small group of members. They had bigger meetings and parties at other times. The men were mainly very distinguished looking with suits. There were a few who looked like rap artists and a few who seemed very young and some old. Kim was not attracted to every single man but she felt an attraction to many. She knew the philosophy and lifestyle were pulling her but there was sexual energy. She wanted to be with some of these men. As she mingled she knew at that very moment that she would never have sex with Rick again. Never. Kim was carefully steered into a private den and there were several men and a couple of white women there. Elli introduced her to all of them and ended with an introduction to a man simply called J. Kim looked up in awe at this man. He was probably 6 ft. 4 in. and big and muscular. Yet he was distinguished and gentlemanly as he took Kim's hand and kissed it. Kim felt her head spin just from being close to him. J asked Kim to sit and spent some time explaining the organization in more detail. He finally got to the essence of it and told Kim that for the alpha men of the organization to prosper they needed to "break" the white boys. He explained that breaking them was a psychological term and she would have the opportunity to learn more about it later. He then spoke in a soft voice "Kim. You are what we want and need. You know the rules to join. You can bring your husband in but if you do he must be broken and marked and cuckolded. There is no other way. You can divorce him but we prefer having him serving you and the men of this group. I want you to know that you will be respected in this group. The black men are in charge. I won't deny that. But you will never be forced to do anything against your wishes. You will be protected and you will be with men, not boys. You will need to spend some time to learn all of the rules but we think you would be a good fit." This was followed by a long series of questions and answers. Kim surprised herself with her answers. A part of her came out that she did not know existed. The idea of black men and white boys seemed natural to her. The evening ended sooner than anyone would expect. Kim found herself being walked to the car by J with his arm around her. As they got to the car J turned her around and lifted her up with ease to his level. He kissed her on the mouth and Kim melted. She opened her mouth and the tongues were exploring each other. His hands were below her butt and she felt them squeeze and explore. The moment ended and J wished them a nice drive back. Ellie laughed as they drove off. She told Kim that there would be many other meetings and many other times but that the first kiss with a real man was special. She would not forget it. She then explained that the next step was to begin breaking Rick. This might be tough and could take some time but Ellie told her that she was sure he would break. As she explained to Kim "He is pure white boy cuckold. You will see. You will be shocked." As Ellie left her out back at home she leaned out the door one last time. "By the way Kim. The next time you are with J. Make it a blow job along with the kiss." Kim was laughing uncontrollably as she enterd her home and saw her husband waiting for her. If it was not breaking time it was close. End of Part-4


text: Donna Miles Curry, RN, PhD, PCNS-BC, is a nurse educator who created both the undergraduate and graduate family nursing courses for the College of Nursing & Health at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA. At the 10th International Family Nursing Conference in 2011 in Kyoto, Japan, she was an invited presenter on the topic of development of family nursing in undergraduate curriculum. At the 12th International Family Nursing Conference in 2015 in Odense, Denmark, Dr. Curry presented a paper on international student experiences with family nursing and the work of the family nursing team at Wright State on use of the IFNA Position Statement on Pre-Licensure Family Nursing Education to evaluate an undergraduate nursing program. Dr. Curry is currently leading an IFNA Education Committee subcommittee to draft the IFNA Position Statement on Graduate Family Nursing Education which is currently being developed. She served as member of the IFNA Coordinating Committee who helped to create and charter the IFNA organization. She also served IFNA in the elected role of Treasurer for two terms from 2009-2015. For more information contact IFNA member, Donna Curry.


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Ambulance officers prepare to strike over fatigue concerns
Tasmanian paramedics and ambulance officers to strike over work conditions which they say are causing serious fatigue.
Enterprise bargaining negotiations between the State Government and the Ambulance Service have reportedly stalled, but not over pay issues.
The Community and Public Sector Union's Tim Jacobson says the dispute revolves around meal breaks and roster changes.
"Ambulance paramedics have indicated they're prepared to take the Government wages policy of 2 per cent," he said.
"We are waiting on a formal written offer from the Government that we are hopeful to receive over the next 24 hours.
"If those issues remain unaddressed we will be going out to members and it is likely our members will take industrial action to have those issues resolved.
"These are serious issues that affect our members fatigue."
Mr Jacobson says his members are frustrated about a lack of progress.
"There have been promises historically to resolve this in previous agreements, but they never have."
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You can make a propeller ceiling fan by using collection of airplane parts. Just like what I am having one in my garage, it can be your inspiring ideas. I had fount old propeller and added it into my garage as decoration. I did not know what to do when it was first found it and then an idea came across my mind. Converting it into a ceiling fan was a striking idea. Well, you can get the ideas in how to make the same propeller in the ceiling fan yourself. Step by step ceiling fan made of old propeller can be very inspiring to make a creative design of fixture.
First of all, you should have to take it apart or disassembling the propeller to be cleaned and painted. If you know about fabricating mounting bracket, then the center hub is usable. Feel free to design the bracket but a vertical mount with a six inch pulley at the top. The mounting bracket is hung on a vertical 2×8 that attached to the rafters in my garage. I have the prop painted with new decals as fine additions. A motor of mobility scooter can be used to spin the propeller. The scooter motor has 24 volt 6 amp DC electric motor that turns at 300rpm. The original geared pulley is removed and the motor mount painted in certain color. I rotated it 180 degrees and then remounted it.
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Adding a three inch V belt pulley to be mounted on the 2×8 above the bracket of propeller, face down so that the three inch pulley lined up on the motor with the sink inch pulley on the propeller mount. The motor is connected by a V belt to the mount and a 110 volt AC to 12volt 3 amp DC power supply is used. The prop turns at 75rpm roughly.


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It's the back-to-school season, and one tradition in my family is welcoming the children home from school with fresh-baked cookies.
You could simply pick up a tube of cookie dough from the supermarket, but most of the prepared dough includes ingredients I can't even pronounce. With this week's recipe for Icebox Cookies you'll know exactly what you're serving the kids and, after you've made the dough, they're as easy as the slice-and-bake dough from the store.
Icebox cookies are called that because they need to be refrigerated before slicing and baking. The dough also can be stored in the freezer. Having a batch of this dough in the fridge or freezer means that you can greet the kids, or unexpected guests, with fresh-baked cookies any time.
My recipe for icebox cookies is very similar to a shortbread cookie's. The cookies are crisp, crumbly and not too sweet.
There are many ways to flavor up this dough. The batch in the photo is flavored with vanilla extract and includes mini chocolate chips. Here are some other options.
Flavoring options:
• Grated zest of 1 lemon or lime and 1 teaspoon fresh lemon or lime juice
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Swap ¼ cup of flour for cocoa powder and add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract to make chocolate cookies.
Mix-in options:
If you want to add mix-ins, they can be added into the food processor, but they will be chopped. If you want to use mini chocolate chips and have them remain intact, you'll need to place the dough in a bowl before adding the chips.
• ½ cups mini chocolate morsels
• ½ cup chopped dried fruit
• ½ cup chopped nuts
• ½ cup toffee bits
2 cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup confectioners' sugar
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter (2 sticks), softened
Flavoring of your choice (see list)
2 egg yolks
Coating of your choice (see below), optional
Combine flour, sugar and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade and pulse. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture is crumbly. Add the flavoring of choice and the egg yolks and pulse until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
Divide dough in half and roll each half into a log in wax paper and then wrap in plastic wrap or place in a freezer bag. Freeze for two hours (dough can be frozen for up to two months).
When ready to bake the cookies, remove a log of the dough from the freezer and set on the counter while you heat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Use a thin knife to slice ¼-inch thick cookies. Place on baking sheet leaving 1 inch between each cookie. Bake for 12-14 minutes, until the edges are lightly brown. Transfer to cooling racks.
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Batman: Arkham Knight DLC will let you play as Batgirl
- Written by Petrus-Iulian "Devon" Fatu
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Warner Bros has detailed Batman: Arkham Knight's season pass last week over Facebook, explaining why it has a $40 tag.
The season pass is said to add more Batman story missions; a prequel story that makes Batgirl playable; 'Gotham City Stories' which will give players the chance to play different characters from Batman's plentiful roster of friends willing to part punches; as well as various character skins, challenge maps and batmobile tracks.
Writing on Facebook, the publisher detailed the season pass content over the course of six months following release. So, here's a full breakdown of said pass:
"Earlier this week, we announced the Season Pass for Batman: Arkham Knight. While the story of Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Trilogy will come to a close on June 23rd, we are excited to continue telling stories and delivering more content to explore and play through in the 6 months following the game's release. We'll be building more narrative, more missions, more challenges and more characters and vehicles that we want players to experience, even though they didn't fit into the storyline of Batman: Arkham Knight."
"We've heard from our community that you want more information on what we'll be delivering in the Season Pass. While we aren't ready to unveil every aspect of the content we'll be developing, we would like to share more detail now to give you a better sense of the scope of the Season Pass."
Batgirl: A Matter of Family
An all new prequel story expansion in an entirely new location where you play as Batgirl for the very first time in the Arkham series - check out the first render of Batgirl.
The Season of Infamy
Play as Batman in all new story missions featuring legendary super-villains invading Gotham City, with new story arcs, missions and gameplay features.
Gotham City Stories
Play as Batman's key allies in narrative missions extending their storylines, from both before and after the events in Batman: Arkham Knight.
Legendary Batmobiles with Themed Tracks
Drive the most iconic Batmobiles from Batman's 75-year history, on custom-built race tracks, each themed to that Batmobile's specific era. Every Batmobile will be drivable across every race track.
Crimefighter Challenge Maps
Engage in a series of new challenge maps utilizing the unique play styles of Batman and his allies.
Character Skins
"A variety of skins from across the eras for Batman, Robin, Nightwing and Catwoman. As we fully ramp up development on the Season Pass, we will be sharing even more details on each monthly content drop. We hope you enjoy playing Batman: Arkham Knight as much as we've enjoyed making it."
Batman: Arkham Knight to be released on PC, PS4, and Xbox One on June 23. The season-pass will either be a standalone addition or includedn in the Premium Edition, which will be priced at $100 on consoles or $80 on PC.


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The residents of state Senate District 29, which runs from top to bottom of the Shelby County riverfront, will just have to wait a while for representation in the Tennessee General Assembly.
After a dramatic week in which both of last year's major-party contenders ceased to be immediate prospects for holding the office -- one voluntarily, one involuntarily -- and in which the Shelby County Commission decided to put off deciding on the matter, the seat seemed likely to go unfilled for the duration of this year's legislative session.
First, in a dramatic and long postponed session of the state Senate in Nashville last Wednesday, Democrat Ophelia Ford, who was sworn in as the apparent 13-vote winner of a special election last September, became an ex-senator Wednesday afternoon when her colleagues voted 26-6 to void that election result as "incurably uncertain." Next, Terry Roland, the Republican contender in that election, took himself out of the running as a possible interim replacement at a Monday-morning press conference. Roland, who had been in the Senate gallery when the historic vote occurred last week, had hinted of his intentions then, suggesting that public hearings be held before the Shelby County Commission declared a successor to Ford.
And finally, later on Monday, the commission concluded intermittent debate on the matter by shelving plans for a vote on May 8th and scheduling one for May 22nd instead. A date that late could actually occur after the completion of the current legislative session -- a point recognized by Republican Bruce Thompson and Democrat Walter Bailey, each of whom pushed for the earlier voting date.
Bailey, who wanted assurances from his colleagues that the historical "ethnic" and political character of the predominantly black and Democratic district would be respected in naming an interim senator, was nevertheless willing to take his chances without such guarantees.
Ultimately, though, the commission adopted the position of Democrat Julian Bolton, who said there should be no "rush to judgment." At a fund-raiser for his 9th District congressional campaign later Monday, Bolton acknowledged his own concern that the commission, which has a 7-6 Republican majority, might name a Republican to cast the last few votes for what has been a traditionally Democratic district.
Thompson saw the issue differently, maintaining that the closeness of the disputed election called for a fresh look on the part of all commissioners. Asked after Monday's commission meeting about persistent rumors that his refusal to commit his vote in advance had prompted Roland's decision to withdraw, Thompson said only, "I made it clear to everyone that I was keeping an open mind."
Under the circumstances, whoever gets appointed on May 22nd is likely to be regarded as an honorary senator. Among those who have expressed interest to commissioners about the interim position is Belz Enterprises head Ron Belz, who has also nursed thoughts of running for city mayor.
Roland and the now-deposed Ford are both on the ballot again this year, though Ford must first defeat Steve Haley in the Democratic primary for a reprise of last year's race to occur.
Ophelia Ford's final appearance in the Senate, it was generally conceded, was dignified and capped by a graceful farewell speech to her colleagues. Before she got to that point, she had waited out a preliminary period in which she, like other Shelby Countians, was called upon to be a celebrant as University of Memphis president Shirley Raines, head Tiger football coach Tommy West, and members of the team were recognized in the chamber.
While others, including longtime U of M booster Steve Cohen, Tennessee Waltz indictee Kathryn Bowers, and venerable Senate speaker John Wilder all sported the blue-and-gray Tiger jerseys that were handed out, Ford chose to drape hers around her neck for a prolonged spell as a gesture of solidarity. Under the circumstances, it was the kind of thing the British call a nice distinction.
Ultimately, all of that was over, people were back in their workaday garb, and Wilder was banging his gavel to usher in the real business. Republican Micheal Williams, chairman of the special Senate investigating committee that had been digging into the District 29 matter from way back in January, announced that the committee had duly made a determination -- by a vote of 5-1, including two Democrats, one of them the Senate's Democratic leader, Jim Kyle of Memphis.
The upshot was that last year's special election -- dogged by irregularities both suspected and real (e.g., two dead voters) -- was found to have been "incurably uncertain." U.S. district judge Bernice Donald, who back in January had stayed Senate action on due-process grounds, had declined to issue a follow-up injunction earlier last week, and Williams thereupon asked for a favorable vote on the panel's findings to void the election.
Lt. Governor Wilder dutifully called for a vote, and that was when Cohen had his moment as the lone and last stay against getting the process over with. "Is there not going to be a debate?" he asked. The senator would say later that he hadn't premeditated anything other than to explain his reasons for voting against voiding the election.
In the end he did more, sounding like the lawyer he is as he recapped (or spontaneously re-created)) some of the arguments that Ford's attorneys David Cocke and Steve Mulroy had made on her behalf before Judge Donald on Tuesday.
In the course of his remarks, Cohen asked assistant state attorney general Janet Kleinfelter and former judge Ben Cantrell, the special Senate committee's lawyer, onto the floor of the chamber to explain -- awkwardly, as it turned out -- the reasons for voiding the election.
It all came back to that issue of incurable uncertainty, though as Cohen pointed out, neither Kleinfelter nor Cantrell was able to make the case for more than 12 suspect votes, one less than the margin by which Ford was certified the winner by the Shelby County Election Commission last year.
All in all, it was a spirited performance by the senator, at least as effective as the one made in court Tuesday by Cocke and Mulroy and one, incidentally, that will do Cohen no harm politically in his current campaign for Congress in the majority-black 9th District -- in which two of a numerous field of opponents happen to have the last name of Ford.
(At a South Memphis forum for 9th District congressional candidates Sunday night, Cohen recalled his feeling that Ford had been "like a lamb led to slaughter" on the day of the Senate vote.)
But in the end only six Democrats voted no against the resolution. Besides Cohen and Ford herself, the nay-voters were Bowers, Ward Crutchfield, the Chattanooga Democrat who himself faces trial in the Tennessee Waltz scandal, Democrat Thelma Harper of Nashville, and Joe Haynes, also of Nashville, the Senate Democratic caucus leader.
Kyle later made a point of saying his vote was not intended as any kind of criticism of Ford herself.
"I expect to see her back after November," the Democrats' Senate leader said. "She's been an effective senator." Kyle was careful to make one distinction. "A lot of the media has referred to this as an 'ouster,'" he noted. "It's anything but. Ophelia's done nothing wrong."
Who had? he was asked. "The whole election system," he said. "The election commission and county government both have something to answer for. And why haven't [district attorney] Bill Gibbons and the T.B.I. [Tennessee Bureau of Investigation] come up with legal recommendations. Somebody has done something wrong, and they need to be identified and dealt with."
As if the Republican Party's conservatives were not divided enough by the dual presence of former congressmen Van Hilleary and Ed Bryant in this year's Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, another fissure has developed in the ranks. Angelo Cobrasci, head of the Shelby County Conservative Republican Club, said last week he had decided to endorse former Chattanooga mayor Bob Corker, widely perceived as something of a moderate.
Apprised of this last Wednesday after a Nashville forum appearance alongside Bryant, Corker, and Democrat Harold Ford Jr., Hilleary shrugged and said the reason was probably his quick endorsement of the GOP gubernatorial candidacy of state senator Jim Bryson of Franklin. (Cobrasci has served as campaign manager for Carl "Two Feathers" Whitaker, the state Minuteman head who switched his own bid from the Republican primary to independent status when Bryson announced.)
You will notice Im the only Senate candidate who has endorsed Bryson. Corker and Bryant havent, Hilleary contended, maintaining that all his GOP rivals had done was welcome the entry of Bryson, who was strongly urged to run by ranking state Republicans.
Several observers at last weeks forum, held at Nashvilles Hermitage Hotel, noted that Ford, whom they credited with an effective and somewhat aggressive performance, delivered his own closing remarks and then upstaged Hillearys, either intentionally or otherwise, by exiting early, conspicuously shaking hands and making conversation with various attendees as he left during the former 4th District congressmans attempts to sum up.
A day or so after the long-expecting unveiling of two statewide television spots by Corker, Hilleary rushed a couple of his own into circulation, one of them attacking both Corker and Ford as lacking conservative credentials.
ON THE MAY 2nd PRIMARY BALLOT
In addition to the Shelby County Commission races chronicled in this week's cover story, there are contests on the primary ballots for several other offices.
On the Democratic side, incumbent mayor A C Wharton is heavily favored
over county jailers' advocate Jeffrey Woodard, who is running a protest
campaign against what he sees as Wharton's cautiousness.
As it happens, Woodard is also giving verbal support to the campaign of outgoing county commissioner John Willingham, a longtime Wharton antagonist, who is pushing an ambitious program of reforms, including a proposed payroll tax. Opposing both the tax and Willingham in the Republican primary is political newcomer Brent Todd.
SHERIFF: Incumbent Mark Luttrell had the Republican ballot all to himself after Roland ally John Harvey thought better of a race, but several Democrats are vying for the right to challenge him on August 3rd. The field includes businessman and Alcohol Commission head Reginald French, educator Jesse Jeff, sheriff's deputy Bennie Cobb, and police captain Elton Hyman. French is favored.
CIRCUIT COURT CLERK: Democrats Roderic Ford
and Johnnie Ruth Williams are vying for the right to oppose incumbent
Jimmy Moore in August. Both Democrats are relative unknowns;
CRIMINAL COURT CLERK: Democrats Kevin Gallagher and Vernon Johnson compete for the right to take on incumbent Bill Key of the GOP. Gallagher, a former aide to county mayor Wharton, has campaigned aggressively and has support from key Democrats of both races who covet diversity on what is otherwise a predominantly African-American ticket; bail bondsman Johnson is a veteran activist;
JUVENILE COURT CLERK: In the Democratic primary,
school board member Wanda Halbert and former clerk Shep Wilbun are
competing for the seat now held by unopposed Republican incumbent Steve
Stamson. The showdown is regarded as a tossup, though some regard Wilbun as
the favorite because of a general feeling that his former tenure as clerk was
unfairly maligned in the media and in the courts (where a misconduct charge
against him was dismissed). The hard-working Halbert's tenacious campaigning is
respected, however.
PROBATE COURT CLERK: On the Democratic side Sondra Becton takes on Leon Dishmon. GOP incumbent Chris Thomas is unopposed. Becton, a consistent antagonist of former boss Thomas over the years, is favored in her primary race.
SHELBY COUNTY CLERK: This clerkship, vacated this
year by outgoing Republican incumbent Jayne Creson, has races going on in
both parties. On the Democratic side, the contestants are Charlotte Draper,
Otis Jackson, Zoltan T. Scales, and Joe Young.
Draper and Scales are currently employed in the clerk's office, while Jackson, a FedEx employee, and Young, a mental health administrator and former state Democratic official, have more political experience per se. This race, like that between Republicans Debbie Stamson and Marilyn Loeffel, is considered too close to call.
Stamson, currently an administrator in the clerk's office and wife of Juvenile Court clerk Steve Stamson, has been endorsed by Creson and has considerable support among party regulars, while two-term county commissioner Loeffel has a strong base in her home base of Cordova and among social conservatives.
There are no primary races for DISTRICT ATTORNEY GENERAL, where GOP incumbent Bill Gibbons and Democrat Gail Mates are unopposed; for TRUSTEE, where incumbent Republican Bob Patterson and Democrat Becky Clark lack opposition; and REGISTER, where the August candidates will be GOP incumbent Tom Leatherwood and Democrat Coleman Thompson. -- JB
Last Thursday, at the end of his first full day as the undisputed Democratic Party nominee for the U.S. Senate, 9th District congressman Harold Ford Jr. concluded a statewide bus tour in hometown Memphis with a brief, rousing -- and highly nonpartisan -- speech in front of his East Memphis headquarters.
Though Ford at one point made a respectful, even gallant reference to Clarksville state senator Rosalind Kurita, who had withdrawn from the Democratic primary race the previous day, he made no effort to adapt any of Kurita's sometimes militant Democratic rhetoric to his own style, which remained virtually free of any partisan inflections.
One of the characteristics of the congressman's stump style is his habit of arbitrarily working the names of audience members into his remarks. Thus it happened that Larry Papasan, the former MLGW head and current board chairman of Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, became the recipient of one publicly offered confidence.
At one point in his rhetorical roll, Ford said, "I'm not a Democrat, Larry Papasan, running up to Washington yelling 'Democrat, Democrat, Democrat, Democrat.' Somebody's going to go, and I know I make some Democrats upset at times because I'm just a believer [that] if it works, you have to support it. And if it doesn't work, you don't support it."
In fact, were it not for the multiple uses of the word "Democrat" in that one passage, Ford would have used the word "Republican" at least as often, if not more so, in his 10 minutes or so of speaking, after being introduced to the crowd by former Georgia senator Max Cleland.
And the congressman was careful to be as value-neutral as possible in his terminology. No GOP-bashing, a la Howard Dean. (Or, for that matter, Harry Truman.)
Periodically citing members of his audience, Ford acknowledged office-holders of both parties. Among the Republicans he called by name were "my friend" District Attorney Bill Gibbons and Sheriff Mark Luttrell. ("I didn't mind," professed the unmentioned Reginald French, one of several Democratic candidates for sheriff who were on hand.)
Luttrell, in fact, is a political neighbor to Ford; his headquarters (which Luttrell formally opened early this week to a large gathering) adjoins that of the congressman's, a space which has historically been occupied by GOP campaigns. On the other side of Ford's HQ is the headquarters site of Shelby County mayor A C Wharton, a Democrat.
Ford's ecumenical style at times made him sound like a candidate in a local nonpartisan race: "I don't know of any Republican way of paying $69 per barrel of oil. I don't know of any Democratic way to lose your job. I don't know of a Republican way to pay too much for prescription drugs. I don't know of a Democratic way to run up the deficit. And I certainly don't know of a Republican way to get a knock on your door, Sidney Chism, saying, 'Mr. Kirk, Commissioner Kirk, that's your baby that's dead.'"
(The congressman's evenhandedness extended even to that carefully balanced mention of the two Democratic candidates for a County Commission seat, Chism and incumbent Cleo Kirk. For the record, the term-limited Kirk is ineligible to serve but is campaigning nevertheless.)
The most direct reference Ford made to the three major candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the Senate came via a warning to the crowd that "terrible" things would be said by them about him and members of his family.
"There's nothing you can say and do that will bring any distance between me and my family," Ford declared. "They're my family, and they're all I've got. But I want to say one thing: I'm running, not them."
He went on: "If you want to debate why it is that your party has voted for five years and run up a deficit, come ask me. If you want to debate why it is that you were in Congress ... for two of the years that the president was there and you voted to cut veterans' spending, come talk to me. If you want to debate why health care is where it is, come talk to me. Let's have that debate."
Even Ford's most direct appeal to traditional Democratic allegiances, at the end of his speech, was politically ambidextrous. "I'm proud to be your nominee for the Democratic Party. I'm going to make Republicans proud, and I will make independents proud. I will make this state proud."
At his conclusion, Ford told the crowd that regardless of their partisan leanings, they should ignore the "bad things" they would hear about him and his family, and "if Republicans can defend Don Rumsfeld and George Bush, I know you can defend me."
To judge by a continuing bitterness toward Ford on the e-mail networks and in the blogs of hard-core Democratic progressives in the wake of Kurita's withdrawal, the congressman may have a harder time getting some of his own party-mates to defend him.
But he seems to have calculated that the prize he seeks among the voters of a politically variegated state is more likely to be won by blander and broader-based appeals like the ones in his speech Thursday night.
It will be up to Ed Bryant, Van Hilleary, and Bob Corker, the three GOP Senate hopefuls, to make Ford seem more "Democrat, Democrat, Democrat, Democrat" than he chooses to on his own.
"I had worked just as hard as a possibly could for a very long time. And sources of possible support I had reason to expect would be open to me weren't." Thus it was that state senator Kurita, cutting her losses, decided last week, a day before the formal withdrawal deadline, that she would exit the Senate campaign she had been doggedly pursuing for well over a year.
One of those sources, Kurita acknowledged, was Emily's List, the women's movement political action committee whose name is an acronym for "Early money is like yeast." In Kurita's case, it never rose. Nor did support from several other Democratic Party sources -- both statewide and national -- that she, a practitioner of traditional Democratic politics, had reason to expect help from.
Her positions, including opposition to basic changes in Social Security and to the highly restrictive bankruptcy bill that Ford voted for last year, were measurably closer to the policies espoused by the Democratic leadership in Congress than those of the Memphis congressman, but it had become clear that the national Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, headed by New York senator Charles Schumer, was backing Ford. Indeed, on a barnstorming tour last year, Schumer cited the Tennessee Democratic primary as one of several he had an interest in and warned Kurita publicly about "attacking" Ford.
Under the circumstances, one of Kurita's most significant fund-raising boosts had been achieved last year from an innovative ad she placed on several political Web sites, showing the face of Bill Frist, the outgoing Republican incumbent, morphing into that of Kurita. "Replace this Republican Doctor ... with this Democratic Nurse," the ad said. Her fund-raising in the last quarter of 2005 was significant, though far less than that of Ford, who recently announced that he had raised $1.5 million in the first quarter of 2006 -- putting his total to the stratospheric level of $5.7 million, marginally ahead of previous fund-raising leader Corker.
Kurita's withdrawal came as a shock to local supporters, several of whom had spent time with her as recently as the previous weekend, when she came to Memphis to participate in a skeet-shooting event.
Kurita said there was "absolutely no deal" with Ford or with any representative of his campaign, nor had there been any contact between the two campaigns. Asked if she intended to endorse the congressman, she said, "I really haven't even begun to think about that."
Up to this point, GOP Senate candidate Bryant, who represented part of Shelby County as 7th District congressman from 1995 to 2003, has made the most number of visits to Shelby County. But his Republican opponents may be on their way to catching up.
Former 4th District congressman Hilleary, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2002 and now serves as GOP national committeeman from Tennessee, made his ritual fly-by "announcement" last Wednesday at the Wilson Air terminal, where Corker had made a similar appearance last month. Although contending for the record that "there's plenty conservative vote to go around," Hilleary made it clear that he'd just as soon fellow conservative Bryant decamped from the race to make for a clearer shot at Corker, widely regarded as more moderate.
In a press release this week, Hilleary bore down on the point, claiming to be leading Bryant in most polls and to have out-raised him financially in the first quarter of 2006, with new receipts of $412,355. For his part, Bryant continued daily e-mail attacks on purported shortcomings of former Chattanooga mayor Corker's administration and released a new Zogby poll showing him with a larger potential lead over Ford than Hilleary.
Corker, who visited Memphis for several days this week, trumpeted his own fund-raising, which showed first-quarter receipts of $772,000 -- more, he said, than the combined amounts of $767,000 collected by Hilleary and Bryant ($335,000).
Another year, another path?
Members of New Path, a predominantly African-American group which describes itself as "a nonpartisan political action organization dedicated to encouraging young leaders in Shelby County," held a press conference at the Tom Lee Memorial on Riverside Drive last week to introduce three of the group's endorsees in this year's elections. They were: Mike Rude, a Republican primary candidate for the Shelby County Commission's District 1, Position 1 seat; Melvin Burgess Jr., Democratic primary candidate for the commission's District 2, Position 2 seat; and Kevin Gallagher, Democratic primary candidate for Criminal Court Clerk.
New Path, which is largely credited for having helped member Tomeka Hart to an upset win for the Memphis school board in 2004, held a fund-raising event later in the week -- one which, said Mike Ritz, another GOP candidate for the District 1, Position 1 seat, had to do without some of the group's traditional donors, who were supporting his campaign, not Rude's nor that of Charles Fineberg, who also seeks the seat.
"They never even invited me for an interview," said Ritz, who charged that New Path had made its selections arbitrarily, in an effort to present a slate balanced by party and race.
The Single-Resource Theory
Four members of the "Fellows" program of the Leadership Academy (formerly Goals for Memphis) have decided to help Shelby County voters cut to the chase when confronted with the record number of candidates running in a gargantuan number of races (pushing 200, depending on where the voter lives) on the county's various election ballots this year. Lesley Beasley, Nicole Hernandez, Jenny Koltnow, and Kerr Tigrett, hoping to provide a "single source" point of reference, have compiled a "Guide to Memphis and Shelby Counted Elected Offices" (ShelbyCountyElectionGuide.com) with "specific information about city, county, state, and federal elected offices [including] a job description, length of term, salary, minimum qualifications, name of current seat holder, election information, and a related Web site."
Any further questions will have to be answered by the candidates themselves, if they'll talk turkey. But this is a start.
Several plots, real or alleged, are afoot in the politics of Shelby County just now. To take some of these, in no particular order:
1) Ford vs. Ford vs. Whomever: Last week's filing deadline for statewide and federal races ended with lawyer Joe Ford Jr., son of the county commissioner, as one of several candidates for the Democratic primary for the 9th District congressional seat being vacated by his first cousin, current U.S. Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr.
Simultaneously, another first cousin, the current congressman's brother Jake Ford, filed as an independent.
For the record, Joe Ford Jr. sounded genuinely annoyed at Jake Ford's filing, disclaimed any family-wide knowledge of or participation in his decision to run, and scoffed at both Jake Ford's qualifications and his chances of polling many votes as an independent. "I don't care what his name is, who his brother is, or who his dad is," said Joe Ford, who predicted a victory in the general election for the winner of the crowded Democratic primary.
There were others, however, who saw the double-Ford entry as a ploy to ensure that a Ford family member would still be on hand to contest the issue among black Democratic voters if state senator Steve Cohen, the only major white candidate, should emerge as the Democratic nominee.
In the ensuing three-way race, which would presumably include a white Republican, Cohen's vote total would be squeezed, allowing a Jake Ford victory. Or so goes the theory. Meanwhile, various Democrats were supposedly exhorting Jake Ford -- probably in vain -- to pull out by this Thursday's withdrawal deadline.
2) LaSimba Gray et al. vs. Cohen: There was no doubting that an effort was under way to undermine Cohen's chances from another direction. The Rev. LaSimba Gray, a principal organizer of a multi-candidate forum held on Sunday night at First Baptist Church on Broad Street, made no bones about it in his introduction of the aspirants:
The forum was "to make some sense of the confusion that is taking place," Rev. Gray said. "All that we have fought for all of these years ... we could end up losing it this year." He went on: "Tonight's forum is to see if we can come to some sense of for whom we should vote. It may well be that, for the first time in 32 years, African Americans will be without representation in the U.S. Congress from West Tennessee."
That was fairly direct corroboration of Cohen's somewhat anxious paraphrase, before the event, of a well-known Carly Simon lyric. "I'll bet this song is about me," the senator said.
In the event, Cohen sang effectively from his own songsheet, pointing out a series of his votes and legislative proposals over the years that expressly benefited African Americans as well as several instances of his having supported black candidates against white ones in local elections.
"I've always represented African Americans," Cohen said in a passionate opening statement, which concluded thusly: "I ask you to vote for the content of my character and not the color of my skin, and you'll never ever regret it!" In answer to several questions and in his closing remarks, Cohen made similar statements, to general applause.
After the event, several of the other candidates expressed regrets, both to Cohen and to this reporter, that the racial issue had been brought up. In defending his approach, Gray acknowledged that Cohen had fairly represented blacks in the state Senate but insisted that his preference for an African-American candidate would be paralleled by Cohen in an election featuring a Jewish candidate: "If Steve Cohen voted, he'd vote for the Jew."
Apprised of this, Cohen, who is Jewish, expressed disappointment at Gray's interjection of a religious element and pointed out that he had supported John Kerry, a Catholic, over Joe Lieberman, a Jew, in the 2004 Democratic presidential primaries.
For the record, a poll of attendees at the forum favored candidates Ed Stanton, Ron Redwing, and Marvell Mitchell.
3) Bailey and Bailey vs. Whomever: Though the Shelby County Democratic Party was unable, for deadline reasons, to decertify former longtime Republican activist J.W. Gibson as a County Commission candidate for District 2, Position 1 on its May 2nd primary ballot, the party's steering committee did formally deny Gibson's status as a "bona fide" Democrat after a vigorous debate of the party's executive committee last week.
A plot within the plot, as it were: Various partisans of outgoing term-limited Commissioner Walter Bailey -- notably, the incumbent's lawyer son Jay Bailey, who spoke vigorously against Gibson at last week's meeting -- are pushing for a "victory" for Walter Bailey, whose name remains on the ballot. The theory: If the incumbent finishes ahead, the party committee will then be able to substitute its own choice, presumably the younger Bailey.
Offsetting this prospect was a growing support in the party ranks for a third candidate, Darrick Harris, who acquitted himself well in a forum for Democratic commission candidates last week. Jested Harris about the party loyalty issue: "My voting record looks sort of like my fourth-grade report card: It's got D's all over it."
Mayor Sammons? One of the visitors to the Election Commission on filing-deadline day last week was City Council member Jack Sammons, who engaged in animated and friendly conversation with another interloper, local Republican eminence John Ryder. It was Ryder who -- on behalf of former county mayor Jim Rout and the GOP establishment -- recruited John Bobango for a successful 1995 run against then-incumbent Sammons, who had opposed Rout in 1994.
Sammons, Ryder, and Bobango were all best buds by 1999, when Bobango stepped aside, and Sammons, who later became finance chair for the local Republican Party, regained his seat.
Now Sammons is eyeing a further political step. He acknowledged that he was seriously considering a run for Memphis mayor in 2007, thereby becoming the first of several rumored mayoral candidates to make such an overt declaration.
Preview of Possible, er, Coming Attraction
"That's Western technology, sir. A eugenicist like yourself should be on top of that!" That was me, talking to James Hart, would-be Republican candidate for Congress in the 8th District (though the Republican Party itself has taken steps to strip him of the party label on the ballot).
Having arrived at the Coletta's restaurant in Cordova, site of Hart's "debate" last week with John Farmer, another Republican primary candidate, I discovered to my chagrin that my trusty Olympus recorder had slipped out of my jacket pocket during an impromptu afternoon nap at home. And, though I scribbled notes furiously during the Hart-Farmer encounter, I make every effort to ensure the verbatim accuracy of all quotes and therefore asked Hart, who had his own pocket recorder and had further furnished a compliant audience member with a video-cam, if he would mind downloading a recording from either and sending it to me from his Paris, Tennessee, address.
That was when Hart, who claims racial supremacy for Europeans and their descendants and campaigns on the issue, confessed he had just bought both contraptions and didn't know from downloading or anything else technical. And that was when I made my crack.
"That's like when that fellow said 'Sieg Heil!'" admonished Hart -- his reference being to Farmer's disgusted retort to one of his more perfervid denunciations of "inferior" races.
(Two interested observers, General Sessions judge Betty Thomas Moore and her husband Alvin Moore, both African Americans, had discreetly -- and understandably -- left the restaurant in the middle of Hart's impassioned declaration that blacks possessed "lower I.Q.'s and smaller brains.")
In any case, Hart did make a tape recording while playing the video and sent me a copy. The result is pretty muddy, and I'm making my way through it. I'll be happy to write a fuller account of the proceedings later if that seems needful. Or maybe this is 'nuff said.
Meanwhile, Farmer's reaction is not unique. I can attest to the fact that virtually every self-professed conservative I know, conventional or otherwise, has made a point of communicating to me disgust with Hart's out-and-out racist views, which include his advocacy of "eugenic abortion."
Indeed, with Hart in the race, the term "centrist" may need to be re-defined.


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Various sessions from September 2017 (read full article for details)Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter EX4 3LSExperimental and inclusive workshops open to early-to-mid-career artists of all disciplines and curious people who want a license to nurture their creativity with others.
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