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.
I’ll stick with 25. I’m not much of a gambler and it sucks for me to bet against the person I want to win.
Buh bye.
Crystal Wright is all wrong for Townhall.
Reading her diatribe you would think that EW Jackson is a white racist. I don’t think she knows that EW is Black.
Of course Crystal is one of those whites who thinks that Conservative Black men are Uncle Toms.
You're not even in the ballpark.
Crystal Wright is a black conservative woman living in Washington, D.C. Some would say she is a triple minority: woman, black and a Republican living in a Democrat dominated city. By day, Crystal is a communications consultant and editor and publisher of the new website, www.conservativeblackchick.com. Ms. Wright holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Georgetown University and a Masters of Fine Arts in Theatre from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Jackson is not likely to win a statewide, general election in the state of Virginia. She is simply pointing that out.
Aside from his conservative ideology, the guy is a looney tune, and gives conservatives a bad name. Sorry.
He’s another Alan Keyes type. A fruitcake. Look at his youtube videos. Try selling that to anyone outside of Free Republic.
The media will have a field day with him.
Seems the hard truth offends once again, just like it always does.
He’s another Alan Keyes type. A fruitcake. Look at his youtube videos. Try selling that to anyone outside of Free Republic.
The media will have a field day with him.
Exactly correct. He has virtually no chance to win a statewide election in the Commonwealth of Virginia, yet almost all the responses here are folks who think EW Jackson is a good choice for nominee. Is it that our grass roots just wear political blinders round the clock, or do our folks just possess no political savvy whatsoever anymore?
I just did a random search on EW Jackson and watched 2 videos one on homosexuality and marriage and the other on the Federal govt role in natural disasters and the tenth amendment. I agree with him totally, so I am I looney tune too?
Put up the 100 bucks or shut up. I am tired of you. Put your money were your fat yap is or GTHO.
I don't care for gambling. 25 bucks is my limit. Take it or leave it and quit acting like a whiny little jerk.
You don't like what other people have to say here so you think you can be a thread bully and shut them down with this "bet me or shut up" crap.
EW Jackson is a HORRIBLE nominee who will probably hurt our entire ticket, and I don't care if it offends you to hear that or not. Grow up and stop being a crybaby.
He seems a great deal ‘smoother’ than the candidates you mention - at least what I saw of them.
It’s a long reach but if he’s as smooth in hostile situations as he was in the videos I looked at he’ll pull it off.
Being a good campaigner goes a long way and he seems to have the chops. We’ll know very soon.
I am worried about Cooch letting the media make him comment on Jackson’s remarks instead of ‘Caulife’s. Jackson’s gonna have to show a lot of the ‘love the sinner’ meme to protect both himself and the other R candidates.
I hope the difficulty of his candidacy influences the conservatives and establishment in the RPV to work together with respect for each other in the future.
Try listening to him and form your own opinion.
Apparently this moron doesn't realize that the states are not required to take federal aid for disaster relief, but instead only receive it upon them requesting it, of which almost no state has ever failed to do. · 17 paulchartley paulchartley 1 week ago
He doesn't think that the federal government should be involved in disaster relief BUT he does think that the states should band together to help each other out in the event of a disaster. Isn't that kind of the same thing? · 15 All Comments (91) click to leave a comment trinityplayer12 trinityplayer12 12 minutes ago
Apparently, you are intelligent in thought and correct in statement. Very well said. · in reply to Thayer79 (Show the comment) CaliforniaConformity CaliforniaConformity 1 day ago Conservatives don't seem to understand that we spend money on ourselves so we don't end up like third world countries found in Africa. That spend no money on benefitting the common man. · Larry Allen Brown Larry Allen Brown 2 days ago
This man is a moron. The next time Virginia gets devestated by a hurricane,and it will happen, tell him he's on his own. My understanding is that we live in the UNITED States of America. We're all in this together. The idea of sovereignty of the states is pretty absurd. Virginia doesn't issue passports, nor does it have the authority to wage war. You can't cherry pick what you decide makes you soverign and what doesn't.
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.”
These comments, which I agree with, are general election losers (at least at this time) in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Period. And Jackson is probably on record saying more controversial things than the Democrat party will know what to do with.
Screw you. $100 bucks to you you load mouth coward.
Insults and attempts at bullying is all you've got. Listen again you little worm, I am not someone who likes to gamble - especially when it forces me to bet against my own side. I'm willing to make an exception and bet you 25 bucks that Jackson loses. If it's not rich enough for your blood, go cry to someone else.
It's a long reach indeed. This is the kind of candidate you dream can win, but they usually can't. Firebrand type candidates with controversial backgrounds tend to struggle. Now add to that the fact that Virginia has 2 Dem Senators and elected Obama twice. As another poster said, Jackson is an Alan Keyes type candidate - and his electoral record is awful.
I am worried about Cooch letting the media make him comment on Jackson’s remarks instead of ‘Caulife’s.
They are going to try. The media is going to try to tie every controversial thing Jackson has said to Cuccinelli. This puts Cuccinelli in the position of having to distance himself or otherwise shoot down statements Jackson has said.
I hope the difficulty of his candidacy influences the conservatives and establishment in the RPV to work together with respect for each other in the future.
Let's hope so. The problem I see for Jackson is I don't see what he gains for our ticket. Cuccinelli was already going to be known more as a social conservative than he probably wanted to run on. Instead of balancing the ticket, we've now made it a 100% social conservative ticket in a state that isn't exactly trending in that direction.
What odds are you giving?
You seem unable to quit posting here, are you on a mission? Trying demoralize us, why don’t you keep out of Virginia politics buckwheat, and learn to put your money where your mouth is.
Well according to some rectum openings on this thread you should be giving me odds.
Babies aborted have no say in their deaths.
You keep talking about Chopra as if he is the Dem candidate - he isn't, not yet anyway. He still has a primary to get through.
Personally, I would like to see Ralph Northam win the Dem primary because even my dog could beat him in a statewide primary - oh and I absolutely despise the cretin.
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