tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post6581914184053181074..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-40139115736986756002008-01-15T18:27:00.000-05:002008-01-15T18:27:00.000-05:00Easy there, vector. Best keep the white sheet and hood in the closet. <BR/><BR/>I'm pretty sure you've got a couple of your facts wrong, starting with "no economic growth". In the 25+ years I've been in Indy, there most surely has been economic growth in the inner city.<BR/><BR/>And I won't even address your smear on African-Americans, except to say that I can point to plenty of white politicians who haven't ever done a thing except collect a check.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I'm a white Republican.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-16902371143486987472008-01-15T17:12:00.000-05:002008-01-15T17:12:00.000-05:00Here comes the backlash! Jon Elrod will in the special election. This is the reason Carson is not giving up his seat in the council. It makes sense, questionable council election, questionable caucus voting and the list is growing. The African American elected official is a major disgrace to the community of Indianapolis. If you add up all of their accomplishment in our City, State, Federal government this is what it amount to: "0" With no Economic growth in Indy,poverty, and the major influx of drugs and violence. When will these self serving politicians take a hint and retire into the private sector. Whooops I forgot no onw will hire them. This also applys to the late Julia Carson. What a legacy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-41568125361181896082008-01-15T16:01:00.000-05:002008-01-15T16:01:00.000-05:00Anybody that thinks Andy Jacobs can control the County Chair is either smoking crack or Jocelyn Tandy. She's busy posting her usual obsessive lies again today - anonymously, of course. She's so disgraced that she dare not use her real name (whatever it might be today).Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-21474582363777518042008-01-15T15:57:00.000-05:002008-01-15T15:57:00.000-05:00Gary: please remove the libel so recklessly posted on your blog at 1:25pm by 'anonymous'. It is factually incorrect and offered with no substantiation whatsoever...Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-63841183047813592472008-01-15T15:55:00.000-05:002008-01-15T15:55:00.000-05:00Gary<BR/><BR/>Controversial as usual. Of course the convention was stacked in favor of Andre with the help of Andy Jacobs.<BR/><BR/>The Democrat Party Caucuses is known for duplicating lists of precinct committeepersons. The current and accurate lists were always given to the handpicked candidates for slating, and the inaccurate lists were given to the candidates they wanted to defeat.<BR/><BR/>Mailers were returned by the postal service. The bad list had lots of typos in the spelling of names, addresses, zip codes and telephone numbers. <BR/><BR/>It has always been the county chair's convention because he can fill each of the vacant precincts with his/her people to vote for his choice on the Party's ticket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-20755691017261238822008-01-15T14:39:00.000-05:002008-01-15T14:39:00.000-05:00That is a complete lie! She did NOT raise that person. That is completely arroneous. Whoever is posting that crap is doing deliberate smear and slander.Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-14738829940762921442008-01-15T13:25:00.000-05:002008-01-15T13:25:00.000-05:00Julia also raised the grandson who brutally tortured a couple on the westside just because they were gay. <BR/><BR/>I would like to recommend the 48th replay of the Julia Carson memorial on Comcast 22 tonight. It gets better each time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-32877877256790335382008-01-15T07:23:00.000-05:002008-01-15T07:23:00.000-05:00Coem on Advance Indiana. You all knew that the selection of Andre Carson was fixed from the beggining!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-53020273891391490382008-01-15T00:28:00.000-05:002008-01-15T00:28:00.000-05:00Louis Farrakhan for Chief of Staff!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-44978897707634552752008-01-14T23:20:00.000-05:002008-01-14T23:20:00.000-05:00Once and for all, my understanding is that Andre's mother may of had some mental handicapp and that is why his grandmother stepped in to help. Also, Andre has never been in trouble. Not every candidate or person for that matter can have a perfect life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-64547282227820121062008-01-14T21:30:00.000-05:002008-01-14T21:30:00.000-05:009:01--you raise an interesting point. If Bil indeed worked publicly for a Republican council candidate last fall, barring a deathbed-type conversion, in my mind, he'd be eligible for a toss from any committeeman job for a period of time. How long? I'm nos ture: but he certainly shouldn't be eligible this soon.<BR/><BR/>And, sadly, those who know him well will tell you...in most causes which he backs, there is a controversy soon thereafter. It's a little more than coincidental. This is a long history.<BR/><BR/>He is certainly entitled to support the candidate of his choice in whatever forum he's eligible to do so. I doubt he was fully eligible Saturday. He'll have his Special Election, Slating and Primary votes to vent his spleen. So be it. <BR/><BR/>He did raise some interesting procedural points, tho.<BR/><BR/>If he's even partially right, this was a lousy election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-76838609845150721002008-01-14T21:01:00.000-05:002008-01-14T21:01:00.000-05:00Bil Browning cant even make up his mind if he is a Dem or a Repub.....he has no room to complain about anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-15546525261657747122008-01-14T19:15:00.000-05:002008-01-14T19:15:00.000-05:00"The people that will put Andre over the top don't even have phones let alone Internet connections." <BR/><BR/>And now they'll be able to vote since the D's have the voting machines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-39665081004165073932008-01-14T19:13:00.000-05:002008-01-14T19:13:00.000-05:00Andre needed to take the gum out of his mouth. It was cheap.<BR/><BR/>David O needs to put a real-honest-to-goodness suit on. A really skinny dude in a ridiculous oversized t-shirt. What David O, did you think people didn't know who you were?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-33730799773051008542008-01-14T18:18:00.000-05:002008-01-14T18:18:00.000-05:00The people that will put Andre over the top don't even have phones let alone Internet connections. All this blathering is inconsequential.<BR/><BR/>How many votes did the guy with the website advertised here get at the caucus? Six. Not even double digits. <BR/><BR/>Didn't someone predict he would be embarrassed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-18281267480246768472008-01-14T18:16:00.000-05:002008-01-14T18:16:00.000-05:00How convenient that voting machines would go missing....Democratic politics as usual!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-5788484653360172152008-01-14T15:52:00.000-05:002008-01-14T15:52:00.000-05:00OK, Wilson:<BR/><BR/>Elrod's site: Under construction because he hasn't been annointed to the office since his birth and he just received his party's nod. I give it an Incomplete.<BR/><BR/>Carson's site: <BR/><BR/>A. Begins with a list of big-wigs who support him (because they know what happens to people who defy the machine or they are part of the machine). Nothing about common citizens who support him. We are supposed to be impressed, apparently, that elected Democrat officials support the annointed Democrat candidate.<BR/><BR/>B. He's running on Grandma's juice. The first sentence in his bio is: "André Carson is a 33 year-old native of Indianapolis, raised and mentored by his grandmother, Congresswoman Julia Carson." (Ever wonder why one of Julia Carson's children couldn't raise her own son?) So his primary qualification is that his Grandmother was the seat's incumbent before her death. Not very inspiring.<BR/><BR/>C. Absolutely terrible writing. Sentences such as: <BR/><BR/>"His winning ways and ability to connect concepts with reality brought him into the world of marketing..." <BR/><BR/>Huh?<BR/><BR/>"He is a graduate of Arsenal Technical High School, where his passions for law enforcement first took hold." <BR/><BR/>How many passions for law enforcement does he have? Most of us have only one passion for our vocation.<BR/><BR/>"I stand for peace, justice and equality for all." <BR/><BR/>Who is he, Superman? Platitudes are weak arguments.<BR/><BR/>"This past week, Indiana sent its largest contingent of troops since WWII off toward the War in Iraq." <BR/><BR/>Are these troops going "toward" the war or to the war? Personally, I would prefer just to go toward a war, but I fear these troops are going all the way in.<BR/><BR/>There are many more examples of tortured syntax and wobbly usage. It's impressive that the site is up so soon after his slating (unless he already knew the outcome before the vote) but a little more editing might have helped it not appear to have been written by a high school sophomore.<BR/><BR/>Finally, there is this contradiction:<BR/><BR/>"As our nation's growing concern for Homeland Security developed, André was detailed to the Indiana Department of Homeland Security's Intelligence Fusion Center. There he worked on an anti-terrorism department to provide Indianapolis and all of Indiana with the security measures necessary for our physical safety."<BR/><BR/>Then: "...our country is still unprepared for a terrorist attack."<BR/><BR/>Since he was apparently plucked from boring old booze and cigarette enforcement to save Indiana from terror, who is to blame that we are so unprepared?<BR/><BR/>I give it an "A" for speed, a "C" for content, and, as a former writing teacher, a D- for form.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-60696215646263991832008-01-14T15:41:00.000-05:002008-01-14T15:41:00.000-05:00Wilson, are you actually fishing for website compliments? Funny of the day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-25013209791105966372008-01-14T15:30:00.000-05:002008-01-14T15:30:00.000-05:00Lots of sour grapes here....and people making more predictions that wont come true...some of these same people were saying that Andre didnt have a chance in the caucus, that the caucus would go for 4 or 5 ballots....etc etc etcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-68791749238860830572008-01-14T15:20:00.000-05:002008-01-14T15:20:00.000-05:00Compare websites:<BR/><BR/>http://www.AndreCarson.com<BR/><BR/>http://www.JonElrod.com<BR/><BR/>Contrast and discuss!Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-31907192636684773992008-01-14T15:01:00.000-05:002008-01-14T15:01:00.000-05:00http://www.fortwaynenews.com/index.php/2008/01/11/dominatrix-seeks-julia-carsons-seat/<BR/><BR/>who i'm voting for. and whos that black person on the leash? or is color only skin deep? <BR/>and what of "political prostitution"? seems a prime pre-requisite to be a congressperson? I'm betting she's going to be really popular in Washington. and who's in the "little black book"? inquiring minds want to know.<BR/>giggle!David C Roachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03001418779103813547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-72393470121923982422008-01-14T13:03:00.000-05:002008-01-14T13:03:00.000-05:00What else do you expect from Democrats? <BR/>Go ahead and yell over that, it's the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-44437362110353709352008-01-14T12:40:00.000-05:002008-01-14T12:40:00.000-05:00The Marion County Democrats do have a shuttle service. It is called IndyGo. Just ask Wilson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-89025448745817332892008-01-14T12:39:00.000-05:002008-01-14T12:39:00.000-05:00Carson's people got the updated list emailed to them while the other candidates had to wait.<BR/>It's one thing to win by a (very) small majority when everything is run aboveboard. When there are all sorts of other weird things going on, it starts to look awfully fishy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-81710111471720848702008-01-14T12:35:00.000-05:002008-01-14T12:35:00.000-05:00Mike O'Conner was on vacation in California? Interesting.<BR/><BR/>I suppose when the Marion County Democrat Chairman already knew who the winner would be there's really no reason be at you Party's caucus.<BR/><BR/>Dan Parker's record is simply appalling and this joke of a caucus was just that, a joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com