E. W. Jackson
Posted on 05/29/2013 9:22:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Any conservative, who thinks E.W. Jackson winning Virginia's 2013 Republican Lieutenant Governor nomination is a good thing, needs to have his or her head examined. A former marine, lawyer and minister, Jackson has made incendiary remarks in the past about gays, blacks and Democrats and yet refuses to retract anything he has said.
This “firebrand” won’t help the Republican ticket of Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli for Governor and Mark Obenshain for Attorney General in a state that has become more purple than red and in which the race for governor remains rancorous and tight. Jackson referred to gays and lesbians as “sick” and “perverted” people and compared homosexuality to pedophilia. Defending traditional marriage is one thing; encouraging hate is another.
Jackson assailed Democrats for being “anti-God” and said Planned Parenthood “has been far, far more lethal to black lives than the KKK ever was.” Blacks who choose to have abortions do so willingly. Blacks like Emmett Till who were tortured, lynched and murdered by the Ku Klux Klan had no say in their deaths. There is no comparison between the two and I don’t understand how a black Republican like Jackson could make such a comment.
Slavery and the Civil Rights movement was one of the worst times in American history. Democrats and Republicans diminish the historical significance of both using such preposterous analogies. But when black Republican’s like Jackson make these comments to woo black voters, it does the opposite. Blacks tune out conservatives like Jackson as loony.
Telling black liberals they are slaves on a planation or any derivative thereof doesn’t make blacks want to hear the conservative message of economic empowerment through education (school choice), less taxation and less government. I’ll say it again, conservatives need to end the slave talk. That is, talk about the Democrat Party’s history of fighting for slavery, segregation and secession and how even today Democrat policies keep blacks in segregated, failing public schools and falling down America’s economic ladder.
Jackson’s excuse for his offensive comments was he made them as pastor of Exodus Faith Ministries, the church he founded but now as a candidate he vowed only to about jobs and the economy. But Jackson is still the same person. As a native Virginian, born and raised in Richmond, I know something’s wrong when the Richmond Times-Dispatch, one of the most conservative paper’s in the country, is daily deriding Jackson as a right-wing nut.
“Note to aspiring Republican politicians: When Ken Cuccinelli says you have gone too far, you might want to take a few steps backward,” wrote the Richmond Times-Dispatch May 24, 2013 editorial page.
The GOP ticket should be unified in its message. Instead Jackson is an unwelcome distraction causing more harm than good. Cuccinelli has been mum on his running mate. Pictures of the three GOP candidates convey a chilliness between Cuccinelli and Jackson. For conservatives who need their memories jogged, after decades of Virginia voting Republican in presidential elections, President Obama won Virginia in 2008 and again in 2012. Mitt Romney lost because he lost the minority vote to Obama. Looking at these results, not to mention Tim Kaine’s victory over George Allen in Virginia’ 2012 Senate race, one would think Republicans in the state would learn their lesson and nominate candidates that would attract -- and not repel -- more voters.
As political analyst Larry Sabato said: “Cuccinelli brought this problem on himself.” Cuccinelli successfully got the Virginia GOP to change the nomination rules from a primary to convention format to ensure his victory over Lt. Governor Bill Bolling for the gubernatorial nomination before Bolling decided not to run. Fewer conservatives voted in the convention than would have voted in a primary. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reminded readers, “Jackson came in fourth in a 2012 primary for the Senate and probably would have fared about the same this time around.”
In a May 28, 2012, letter to the editor, John Bloom, E.W. Jackson’s Newport News, Va. coordinator wrote “Jackson is a uniter.” (More like a divider my mother laughed.) Describing how Jackson bested seven other candidates for the Lt. Governor nomination, Bloom gushed, “Something special was happening.” I’d argue disastrous. Nominating a candidate who has a record of preaching hate toward Americans isn’t going to win the GOP votes in Virginia or anywhere.
I’ll say this again for thousandth time, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney lost the 2012 election for many reasons but one was Romney’s “willful neglect “of minority voters. Republicans need to lean in to more Americans with compelling candidates. Jackson isn’t one of them.
During a recent visit to a Virginia women’s Republican club, a few white conservatives mentioned Jackson to me, assuming I would like him because he’s a black conservative like me. I didn’t know who Jackson was. But what I find ironic is the same Republicans blasting black liberals for only voting for Obama because he’s black expect me to do the same with Jackson. Candidates matter and I don’t vote on race.
Many Republicans still believe they can win elections ignoring the black vote. Blacks and whites make up the largest proportion of the electorate. Latinos are trailing both groups because many are in the US illegally and ineligible to vote. In 2012, for the first time blacks voted at a higher rate than any other minority group.
Aside from the Jackson fiasco, I have read precious little about Cuccinelli taking his message beyond Virginia’s white electorate. With polls showing an exceedingly close race between Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe, every color vote will count in Virginia. Have Virginia Republicans learned any new tricks? If Jackson is the best they’ve got, then the GOP is more doomed than I thought.
E. W. Jackson
“I’ll say this again for thousandth time, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney lost the 2012 election for many reasons but one was Romney’s “willful neglect “of minority voters. Republicans need to lean in to more Americans with compelling candidates. “
Red Herring.
Romney would have had to win over more than 73% of Hispanics to win the election. More of a share than Obama had. Romney had problems with inspiring the base to turnout. Precisely because he was a wet noodle RINO.
You don’t understand Va off year elections. Repubs will sweep. Democrats really don’t care what happens in the state houses, they think nationally, kinda like you. Now shooo.
Never heard of EW Jackson before but I apprehend from this article that he is someone worthy of my financial support. This being an odd year I needed someone to support and it sure as heck wasn’t going to be Krispy Kreme.
I think your state is changing around you and you're depending on trends that may no longer be true. Just because Virginia hasn't elected a governor of the same party as the one in the White House since the late 70's doesn't mean that can't change. You live in a blue state now. Deal with it.
Wanna put money on it? Repubs win the governor and lt Governor. Put money on it or shut up.
Crystal’s a twit.
Inasmuch as your opinion is valued here, what is your opinion on Wright’s views, as expressed herein?
I'll just shut up and watch.
Nominating a candidate who has a record of preaching hate toward Americans isn’t going to win the GOP votes in Virginia or anywhere.
GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney lost the 2012 election for many reasons but one was Romney’s “willful neglect “of minority voters.
Many Republicans still believe they can win elections ignoring the black vote.
I have read precious little about Cuccinelli taking his message beyond Virginia’s white electorate.
Mz. Wright is obsessed with race. She's the opposite of Martin Luther King and what she professes to be ...
Summed it up! Bam!
Matthew 10:
32 “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.
33 But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.
Blacks like Emmett Till who were tortured, lynched and murdered by the Ku Klux Klan had no say in their deaths. There is no comparison between the two and I don’t understand how a black Republican like Jackson could make such a comment.
Got news for ya Crystal: The babies didn’t have a choice about being hacked in pieces, dragged out of the womb, and thrown in a garbage disposal.
I agree...and maybe we can check with the VA dims to get tips on how to get you here to vote for them..as many times as you like!
bkmk
What I thought, now shooo.
This guy, EW Jackson, has virtually no chance to win in the State of Virginia at this time. None. He'd have been an afterthought if we had a real primary. He's a gadfly candidate that the public in Virginia is not likely to vote for in a general election. Not only is Jackson almost certainly not going to be the next Lt. Governor (because Aneesh Chopra will almost certainly crush him), this nomination made it even tougher for Cuccinelli - and Republicans up and down the ticket.
Jackson referred to gays and lesbians as “sick” and “perverted” people and compared homosexuality to pedophilia.
Jackson assailed Democrats for being “anti-God” and said Planned Parenthood “has been far, far more lethal to black lives than the KKK ever was.”
I agree with these things, but they are election losers. Jackson would be a good radio talk show host, but he's not a viable candidate in Virginia for Lt Governor. Yes, I know many in the grass roots think you can say stuff like this in today's Virginia and win a statewide election, but the grass roots in Delaware thought Christine O Donnell could be a serious candidate too. Too many people have no concept of political reality and are just voting to nominate the most conservative candidate - instead of backing the most conservative candidate that CAN win.
It's truly amazing just how politically tone deaf so many people on our side really are. The Democrats have been incredibly destructive to America, but the one thing they seem to know how to do is not throw winnable elections away on ridiculous candidates like O'Donnell, Angle, Akin, McMahon, Maes, and now EW Jackson.
How much money you willing to put on it? Put up or shut up.
I’ll bet you right here and now. How about 25 bucks?
I hope you win, but the odds are heavily in my favor - even in an off year election that should overwhelmingly favor our ticket. EW Jackson is actually that bad.
How about 100 bucks?
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