Democrats want Watts to postpone retirement

Washington Times ^ | 6/28/02 | Dave Boyer

[kattracks]

Prominent black Democrats are among those urging Rep. J.C. Watts Jr. of Oklahoma, the lone black Republican in Congress, not to retire.

"I want to see him stay," said Rep. John Lewis, Georgia Democrat and a veteran of the struggle for civil rights. "I think he can make a contribution. It's important for him to stay."

[Reagan is King]

Rats. I'd like to see him stay as long as Jesse Helms. Good men are hard to find up there.

[SpringheelJack]

But the lobbying by influential Democrats underscores his importance as the highest-ranking black in Congress. House Democrats have no blacks among their elected leadership posts.

Yet the Democrats elected a Klansman (Byrd) to be Senator Pro Tem, 4th in line to the Presidency. The Dems sure have done a swell job, luring blacks back to the plantation: and they have them just as they always like them to be, loyal --- and marginalized.

[staytrue]

House Democrats have no blacks among their elected leadership posts.

I thought this deserved highlighting.

[Salvation]

"I want to see him stay," said Rep. John Lewis, Georgia Democrat and a veteran of the struggle for civil rights. "I think he can make a contribution. It's important for him to stay."

I would like to see him stay, too. He seems quite young. Anyone know his age?

[Alabama_Wild_Man]

Roger that !!

[SpringheelJack]

The article said 44, much too young to retire. I hope he will continue to serve: this country needs good men like him.

[Red Jones]

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