Fiery Black Conservative Running For Congress in North Carolina

Talon News ^ | October 10, 2003 | Jimmy Moore

[Tempest]

They sound like they'd be great additions to the Republican party. I hope they win.

[JohnnyZ]

This thread isn't about you. Except for the part that is.

[BobS]

"He describes public schools in the inner-city as a precursor to life as a criminal or as a dependent on the government."

I love this guy!!!

How can I help him from the left coast?

[Kuksool]

Didn't Snyder attack Liddy Dole for being a carpetbagger last year? Then upon that hearing that Burr is running for the Senate, Snyder moved to the NC-05 in hopes of winning the open House seat. I guess challenging Bob Etheridge in the NC-02 is too hard for him.

[JohnnyZ]

Didn't Snyder attack Liddy Dole for being a carpetbagger last year? Then upon that hearing that Burr is running for the Senate, Snyder moved to the NC-05 in hopes of winning the open House seat. I guess challenging Bob Etheridge in the NC-02 is too hard for him.

Snyder did indeed lambast Dole as a carpetbagger. However I think he used to and still lives in Lexington, which is in Mel Watt's gerrymandered district. I don't know that he's moved into NC-5 or plans to, although I don't get a lot of Snyder news. FReeper cphine is tight with him so I'll ping but he's been AWOL from FR for a while.

He uses as a defense the fact that Sue Myrick did not live in NC-9 when she first ran, and Walter Jones Jr. may not have either(?) in his district. And he lives very close to NC-5. I say run against Watt, he needs some series challengers, although Dr. Ada Fisher, another black Republican, is running this year.

[Kuksool]

***I say run against Watt, he needs some series challengers***

I concur, put the heat on Mel Watt. Give him a good scare every 2 years. That way, in the next round of redistricting, Watt will demand to have as many minority voters packed into his serpent-shaped district as possible. If Watt's district were to disappear, the NC-02 and the NC-06 would change from rock solid GOP districts to marginal ones.

[mhking]

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[rdb3]

Another conservative black man...

Yo Mike. Remember some time ago when I suggested that the term "black conservative" was bad and that it should be reversed to "conservative black?"

I'm seeing "conservative black" more and more these days. Have you noticed this?

[JohnnyZ]

Kinda sad that of the conservative black conservatives running in 2004, none is favored to win. Cain, Robinson, Winters, Scott, Glenn, LeSueur, Coit . . . probably 0-7. We can hope though.

[mountainfolk]

I can't vote for Vernon Robinson either but I sent a check off several months ago and will do more later. Before we were redistricted to the 6th we campaigned for him and I know he will have no trouble getting white votes if he wins his primary. I don't live in NC now but I know he would be an outspoken burr under the saddle of the RATS. He is no mamby pamby.

[DeFault User]

packed into his serpent-shaped district

Several years ago there was a great cartoon about how Watts' district got its shape. It showed a Dem poltico launching a load of tobacco juice at a North Carolina map. The resulting splotch and dribble down the map was Watts' district.

Natural black districts in eastern North Carolina were never created because they had been gerrymandered years earlier to protect white DemocRat congresscritters.

[mhking]

I'm seeing "conservative black" more and more these days. Have you noticed this?

Yep. (and I'm one of the folks using the term more as well...)

[Mike Darancette]

Robinson sounds like a keeper. The US Congress will be Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood.

[AmericaUnited]

Wow! Awesome!

[Huber]

I personally would have a hard time in choosing between them.

Here's how I decided; Jim talks the talk, Vernon walks the talk.

It's always difficult to know how a candidate will actually perform in office once elected. Peer pressure. lobbying and media attacks frequently have the effect of separating the official from their stated principles.

I have seen how Vernon performs under fire, and he has demonstrated that he is as solid as Senator Helms was. It's really a very easy choice in the 5th!

[McGavin999]

He asks for "prayers for my family and this campaign" which he calls a "valuable and precious gift."

You've got it, I think I can find a few bucks I can send your way too. This guy sounds great!

[TaxRelief]

Hey, everyone tried telling Snyder he missed the stop and belonged in his own district. The guy does not listen to anyone. There are no free rides anywhere.

[Huber]

...of the conservative black conservatives running in 2004, none is favored to win

Favored by whom? Once some of these guys really get some exposure, things will change.

[JohnnyZ]

Favored by whom? Once some of these guys really get some exposure, things will change.

I hope so. Favored = "predicted by me to have the best % chance to win"

I'd say Vernon has a good shot, also Cain (depending on whether he catches fire, how much $$ he spends, how well Collins does), followed by Glenn and Winters -- but all of these folks are going up against established politicians (Broyhill, Foxx, Westmoreland, Collins, Isakson) with more existing support. They'd need a good campaign to win. Luckily 3 of them only have to worry about the primary, but LeSueur and Winters would have uphill general elections.