Maynard Jackson urges Democrats to change course (The Guy Clintons Hosed)

AJC ^ | 11/15/02

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

WASHINGTON -- Maynard H. Jackson, the former Atlanta mayor who lost out to Terry McAuliffe for chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee last year, wrote McAuliffe this week demanding a meeting of the party's executive committee to discuss the midterm election "horror show" and "correct our course immediately."

"We need to meet, analyze what happened last Tuesday and where we are, and plan without delay where we go from here," Jackson wrote in a letter dated Nov. 13, reflecting similar concern among other party leaders. "A Democratic victory in 2004, including key Southern states, will require that we not waste a minute."

A spokeswoman for the Democratic Party, Jennifer Palmieri, said that McAuliffe and Jackson, a member of the party's executive committee, had talked about the election last week and that McAuliffe had received the follow-up letter.

"They had a good conversation a few days ago," Palmieri said, adding, "We had planned to have an executive committee meeting by conference call in the next couple weeks, and we're going to go ahead with that."

Jackson and several other prominent black Democrats opposedMcAuliffe for the party leadership after the 2000 presidential election, withJackson complaining that McAuliffe was "preoccupied with money," and neglected the party's grass roots.

But Palmieri said Jackson had not signaled any intention to try to challenge McAuliffe at the party's next scheduled meeting here in February. "I haven't heard any indications that anyone is going to challenge the chairman," she said.

Jackson did not return repeated telephone messages or an e-mail message left with his office in Atlanta.

In his letter to McAuliffe, he wrote: "Last week, you returned my call and we discussed the Nov. 5 horror show. While I continued to agree with you that we must 'stay positive,' I asserted that our party and its leadership must accept responsibility for last Tuesday's predicted problems and, as a condition precedent to positive solutions, admit the problems and correct our course immediately."

[hang 'em]

Let the rat fratricide begin. How sweet it is.

[Capt. Tom]

Maynard H. Jackson, the former Atlanta mayor who lost out to Terry McAuliffe for chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee last year, wrote McAuliffe this week demanding a meeting of the party's executive committee to discuss the midterm election "horror show" and "correct our course immediately."

Maynard Jackson is getting uppity isn't he. - Tom

[ctonious]

Let the rat fratricide begin. How sweet it is.

Let's just call it 'Ratricide, for short.

[T Lady]

Thanks for posting this; it's too bad it probably won't see the light of day in too many other papers or news broadcasts.

How much longer are Black Americans going to allow "Money Bags" McAuliffe and the Democrat Party to screw them over before they actually get a clue?!?!