Clinton B. LeSueur: Our District, Our State and Our Nation needs more morality

Magnolia Report ^ | June 2, 2003 | Clinton B. LeSueur

[JohnnyZ]

As the 2003 election season kicks off I hope we the citizenry will factor in candidates moral stance on issue before we cast our vote.

As I continue to travel the 2nd District and the State, I am motivated yet humbled by the number of people, both black and white who are asking me to run for U.S. Congress again in 2004.

However, I am disheartened and saddened by some of our leaders, both political and religious, weak stance on moral issues. Many have expressed privately their concerns with the growing homosexual movement in our district, our state and our nation. Well, I want to be one of the first to publicly say "homosexuality is Biblically, Spiritually and Morally wrong" and should have no leadership role in our religious and political institutions.

Two weeks ago as I sat and talked with a pastor in Greenville, he intimated that he was told, it's nothing to walk through the halls of schools and see two girls kissing, in today's society. Last week while in Jackson a secretary intimated to me that three boys were caught in a bathroom stall in a middle school having sex and the principle prevented it from getting to the media.

In the same week, while sitting in the barber's chair, a young lady in college expressed to her dad that she takes extreme precaution when changing clothes for a basketball game because only two of them on the team are heterosexual. Yet, in Congress there are representatives who have voted against allowing prayer in school. And voted in favor of allowing homosexual partners the right to be included on each other health insurance and retirement benefits, which are rights reserved for married couples.

Levticus18:22 says, "You shall not lie with a male as with a women. It is an abomination." I Corinthians 6:9-10, says, "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicator, nor idolater, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God."

The Bible clearly categories homosexuality with adulterers, therefore, if we consider homosexuality to be morally correct then so is an adulterer. If our society thinks that homosexuals should have the right to marry then an adulterer should have the right to more than one family, to be pastors and ministers etc.

I am writing this article because it's time that we who consider ourselves to be upright moral men and women speak out against wrongful deed. A wise man once said, "The best way to fight evil is to take up arms against wrong doing." And should Jesus Christ continue to lead me to run for Congress in 2004 morality will be as integral to my campaign as education and jobs. According to Genesis, God created Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve.

Congress is currently debating whether businesses have to hire transvestites.

[JohnnyZ]

Classic LeSueur, not big on grammar but strong on substance and principles.

[JohnnyZ]

Incumbent Bennie Thompson defeated Clinton LeSueur 54-44 in 2002; LeSueur announced soon afterward that he would try again in 2004. He is one of the few prominent black Republicans in Mississippi. (Black) Tchula mayor Yvonne Brown is also mentioned as a possible candidate.

[RAT Patrol]

Who is this guy? I think he's fantastic!

[WKB]

ping

[JohnnyZ]

He's usually described as a jounalist/reporter by profession. I don't know TOO much about him, but if he runs again hopefully he'll have Haley & Co. behind him full force; he didn't get too much money in 2002.

[WKB]

Who is this guy? I think he's fantastic!

He is the Conseravtive Democrat who would have defeated Liberal Bennie Thompson if the Republicans had not spent all their money on the Golden Boy Chip Pickering.

[GiveEmDubya]

54-44? That's closer than I had originally thought, and I'm assuming that prior to this, Thompson's margins were pretty sizable.

With the right tools we can take the seat over. 44% is a pretty good starting point--no wonder people want him to run again.

[WKB]

he didn't get too much money in 2002

It all went to Chip Pickering who would have won anyway.

[WKB]

ping

[JohnnyZ]

He is the Conseravtive Democrat who would have defeated Liberal Bennie Thompson if the Republicans had not spent all their money on the Golden Boy Chip Pickering.

He is the conservative Republican

[WKB]

. He is one of the few prominent black Republicans in Mississippi.

He is a DINO.

[WKB]

He is the conservative Republican

I voted for him in the Democrat primary.

[WKB]

He is the conservative Republican

I voted for him in the Democrat primary.

[WKB]

http://www.election.cbsnews.com/campaign2002/county/u_s__house_ms2.shtml

[RAT Patrol]

I'll start voting democrat if they start sounding like this guy.

[JohnnyZ]

CLINTON LESUEUR is a Republican. He defeated Charlotte Reeves in the Republican primary in 2002. Bennie Thompson is a Democrat.

[JohnnyZ]

http://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/EleResults/RepPrimary2002.pdf

GOP Primary results for 2002.

[RAT Patrol]

Okay, you're right.

[JohnnyZ]

Okay, you're right.

It's a burden, to be sure.

[WKB]

I hate Bennie Thompson more than I hate the Clintons.
I break my neck to get to the polls to vote against him
Sometinmes I forget who and when I just know why.
It was the election before when I voted for the blcak conservative DIM.
Where would I be without my fellow Freepers?

[AuH2ORepublican]

"(Black) Tchula mayor Yvonne Brown is also mentioned as a possible candidate."

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Has Brown said anything of late about making the race? Tchula is heavily black and even more heavily Democrat, so Brown obviously has the ability to attract crossover votes, which are much needed to defeat Thompson.

Getting to 44% is the easy part, since Bush got around 44% in the district in 2000. The hard part is getting to 50%. Do you think LeSueur can make it?

[AuH2ORepublican]

Looked it up. According to the 2000 Census, 96% of Tchula residents are black. Holmes County (where Tchula is located)is 79% black, and in the 2000 election Gore got 5,447 votes to Bush's 1,937 (Gore got 74% of the two-party vote)---I have to assume Gore got close to 90% of the vote in Tchula. If Yvonne Brown was able to get elected as a Republican under those circumstances, she must be something special.

[JohnnyZ]

Where would I be without my fellow Freepers?

Same place I was, drunk, lying in a ditch with no girlfriend and credit card debt. Since I joined FR all that has gone away! No debt, pretty girlfriend, when I'm drunk (okay so that's hardly ever) I lie in a well-made bed.

Or sometimes on the couch.

Did Dubya really get 44% in 2000? The district changed quite a bit in 2002, of course, but I'm not sure what effect that had. Thompson got something like 77% in 2000.

[WKB]

she must be something special.

The fact that her husband Pastor's the biggest Black church in town might help.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Did Dubya really get 44% in 2000? The district changed quite a bit in 2002, of course, but I'm not sure what effect that had. Thompson got something like 77% in 2000."

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Bush got 39.5% in 2000 under the old lines. The black percentage was reduced by 1.5% in redistricting, so I'm guessing Bush would have gotten between 41-43% under the new lines. So the 44% by LeSueur in 2002 wasn't anything groundbreaking.

[WKB]

So the 44% by LeSueur in 2002 wasn't anything groundbreaking.

To us that have Bennie Thompson as a congressperson any ray of hope is groundbreaking. Bennie has gotten in the high 70's before..
Now that Chip is in soild maybe the Rerpublicans can throw the dog a bone.
If Haley wins big that will help also.
All this IMHO

[Kuksool]

Clinton is the man! We need more people like him in public office and our churches. The world would be a better place if we could make a clone army of him.

[stboz]

I wholeheartedly endorse Clinton's run for the 2nd District seat. I only regret that I will be living in California when it comes time to vote. Goodbye Mississippi, it has been good.

At least I will be one more peg in Davis's political coffin.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"To us that have Bennie Thompson as a congressperson any ray of hope is groundbreaking."

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You're right, I shouldn't have underestimated the effect of a Republican actually holding a nincumbent black Democrat under 60%. It eliminates the air of invincibility that permeates among Democrats in majority-black districts.

LeSueur needs to get at least 30% of the black vote and 75% of the white vote in order to win. Getting 15% of the black vote and "keeping it close" won't send Thompson packing. I hope you're right and LeSueur can build upon his past success and defeat Thompson.

[bourbon]

I hate Bennie Thompson more than I hate the Clintons.

Bennie is awful. He makes Mike Espy look like wonderful by comparison. My heart bleeds for anyone in his district. Believe me, I know what it's like to live with leadership like that. For a year and a half, I lived in Bobby Rush's district in Chicago!!

By contrast, I really like Clinton LeSeur. I met him briefly once, and my father gave him some money (even though we don't live in his district). He is an impressive figure in person--energetic, charismatic and amiable.

If he runs in 2004, I'll find a way to help him out.

[bourbon]

Since I joined FR all that has gone away! No debt, pretty girlfriend, when I'm drunk (okay so that's hardly ever) I lie in a well-made bed.

Behold the mighty powers of FreeRepublic!!!

(Btw, thanks for posting this article. I love hearing about Clinton B. LeSeur!)