The Jeb Bush Nobody Knows -- Part 12: The Top 3 Reasons Alec Baldwin Visited Jeb in FL

Re: Jeb's new judicial appointments - www.jeb.org ^ | March 8, 2002 | summer

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The Jeb Bush Nobody Knows -- Part 12: The Top 3 Reasons Alec Baldwin Visited Jeb in FL

Written by summer - a former Dem, now an independent and a FL certified teacher

Reason #3 - THANK YOU, JEB. Although not reported in the media, Alec actually came to Tallahassee to personally thank Jeb, for instituting an equal opportunity program - one which the Clinton/Gore Administration approved as complying with federal and state civil rights requirements. (Gov. Jeb Bush's equal opportunity program is known as : "One Florida.")

From this statement, by Gov. Jeb Bush:

"The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has found the One Florida Initiative fully consistent with Florida's historic federal/state civil rights partnership agreement. This welcomed action by the Clinton/Gore administration suggests that the truth about One Florida's positive impact is beginning to shine through. I remain committed to sharing that truth with all Floridians."

Reason #2 - THANK YOU, JEB.Although Gov. Bush Jeb and Alec were mentioned today on Page Six in the NY Post, the brief blurb did not include another reason Alec came to thank Jeb. Gov. Bush recently appointed two highly qualified, new judges to serve FL's highly diverse population:

(a) Gov. Jeb Bush appointed a highly qualified male immigrant was appointed to the bench in Pinellas County. This new judge may be the first Korean to be appointed to such a position in FL.

More information is available here.

An excerpt from above link:

Tuesday, March 5, 2002

St. Petersburg Times

Judge is pioneer on the bench

By William R. Levesque

Seung Woo "Sonny" Im moved to Florida from his native South Korea in 1974, an 11-year-old overwhelmed by a different language and culture.

Before long, he found himself fascinated by the government of his new country.

"Coming from a country where political leaders came to power by various means, it amazed me in the United States to watch people step down from power in a peaceful way. I became fascinated with the Constitution," Im said.

On Monday, Im fulfilled his parents' immigrant dreams when Gov. Jeb Bush appointed him to a Pinellas County judgeship, making Im the first Asian-American in Pinellas-Pasco, and perhaps the entire Tampa Bay area, to be appointed to the bench.

Im, 38, said he thinks he may be the first Floridian of direct Korean descent to be appointed to a Florida judgeship.

"It's a validation, of sorts," said Im, a Republican who specialized in criminal and corporate law. "If you had stopped us at the Miami airport in 1974 and pointed to me and said, "That boy is going to be a judge,' they might have laughed at you."

This is Bush's second notable judicial appointment in the area. In November, the governor appointed Debra Roberts as a Pasco judge, the county's first African-American jurist.

...The Asian population in the Tampa Bay area has more than doubled in the past decade, according to the U.S. Census. In Hillsborough, about 21,000 people listed their race as Asian for the 2000 census. In Pinellas, the figure was nearly 19,000.

Prabodh C. Patel, president of the Florida chapter of the Asian-Pacifica American Bar Association, said he thinks Im is the second person of Asian descent to have been appointed to a Florida judgeship. He said another judge in Broward holds the distinction of having been the first.

Patel said Bush's appointment sends a positive message to the Asian community.

"I think we are achieving racial balance in the appointment of judges," he said. "I would say that it inevitably leads to more understanding of cultural and social problems of the Asian community."….

(b) Alec also thanked Gov. Jeb Bush for appointing another highly qualified person to the bench. Alec read about this "unexpected but widely acclaimed choice" in a Miami Herald article here.

Excerpt of Miami Herald article:
Tuesday, March 5, 2002
Miami Herald

Black lawyer appointed judge of Circuit Court

By Beth Reinhard and Brad Bennett

In an unexpected but widely acclaimed choice, Gov. Jeb Bush on Monday appointed an African-American lawyer born in a Fort Lauderdale housing project, Elijah H. Williams, to serve on the Broward Circuit Court.

Williams, 42, joins Judge Ilona Holmes to become the second black judge on the current Broward circuit bench, and only the fifth ever.

He has been in charge of legal affairs at the Broward Sheriff's Office since 2000. As a youngster, he worked at a Fort Lauderdale florist's shop and dreamed of joining the stream of lawyers coming and going at the courthouse.

A black man has not served on the circuit bench for nearly two decades, since Henry Latimer resigned in 1983.

''The historic significance will be irrelevant unless I do an outstanding job as judge,'' Williams said in a statement.

Greg Durden, president of the T.J. Reddick Bar Association of black attorneys, said: ''The whole black community is buzzing with the news.''

Only three of Broward's 77 judges are black: Holmes on the circuit court and Mary Rudd Robinson and Zebedee Wright on the county court. ….

''I want to thank the governor for helping to diversify the bench,'' Holmes said. ''This is historic.'…'

Reason #1 - THANK YOU, JEB. In addition to thanking Gov. Bush for his recent, historic appointments to the bench, Alec wanted to thank Jeb for setting an example worthy of notice to People for the American Way, as that organization reportedly opposes a judicial nominee supported by blacks in Mississippi, as explained here:

NYT - NATIONAL DESK | February 17, 2002, Sunday

Blacks at Home Support a Judge Liberals Assail

By DAVID FIRESTONE (NYT) 1641 words
Late Edition - Final, Section 1, Page 22, Column 1

LEAD PARAGRAPH - Back in Washington, his opponents have depicted Judge Charles W. Pickering as the personification of white Mississippi's oppressive past, a man so hostile to civil rights and black progress that he is unfit for promotion to a federal appeals court.

But here on the streets of his small and largely black hometown, far from the bitterness of partisan agendas and position papers, Charles Pickering is a widely admired figure of a very different present….

Thank you, Governor Jeb Bush, for being the one to set an example others should follow.


The "Animated" Alec: "Thank --- you ---JEB!!!"

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Note: The above "Animated Alec" was created by: pt17, FR poster.

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Re your post #196 - My pleasure, Truth Addict. I'm so glad you enjoyed this article!

And, believe it or not, until you mentioned it, I did not even think of Reno's 'little red truck' in comparison with the BIG red truck behind Gov. Bush! LOL! :)

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But, now that you've put that thought in my mind, I'm posting this great photo again! LOL...:)


Gov. Jeb Bush meets with families of the Truckers Association.

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PSS Also see post #194, not from me.

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Hi John, Thanks so much for your insightful post #194. I think you hit the nail right on the head here:

I understand your comments about "educating" many in the voting public about the meeting point between diversity and qualifications. If it is done properly, the point can be made effectively that qualifications come first, and diversity can be a bonus. I guess I am oversensitive to this issue because it seems there are so many times when the conservatives cowtow to the liberal idea of diversity, and stress that above the value of qualifications. The emphasis is the difference between conceding the premise and making a good point.

Angelique, John understood exactly what I intended to say. Hope you don't mind that I pinged you here too! :)

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And, what I intended and hoped to do!

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Thank you for your entire post, LCS. And, yes, this is exactly the point I was trying make:

It is a fact that the Dems and the media make it seem that conservatives are racists, and that many of the sheeple believe it. That is why this information needs to get out. Conservatives may feel resentment that we should have to defend ourselves against unfair and unjust charges, and in a perfect world we would not, but this is a far from perfect world.

PS FYI, Angelique. :)

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Angelique, In short, if someone doesn't say it, other voters don't know it. That's why I posted about these judicial appointments.

And, as I said earlier in the thread, I read every one of his announcements -- about ALL his judicial appointees -- before posting here. They were all highly qulaified. White, black, men, women, Asian-American -- he's got a highly qualified pool of people he has appointed to the bench. There's not any one "trend" I noticed, except that they were all highly qualified.

But, others -- not you -- might be very surprised at the people Gov. Bush has appointed to the bench, because non-conservative voters often wrongly believe conservatives are racists.

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Dog, Have you checked out the animation by weegee on post #114? (And, the other animation by p17, at the end of my article?) You're due for a laugh! :)!

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HA! This is a great thread!

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You bet.

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:)!

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Yeah, it turned out to be pretty fun overall! :)

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"Senator, I want to ask you a question about the other catastrophic event that happened in this country before 9/11 - which was the election of 2000," Baldwin said to laughter from some and raised eyebrows from others in the audience.

Smart Alec, let's review:

Media Democrats said Florida polls were closed, though western time zone polls were open;

Media Democrats awarded Florida to Gore, further suppressing turnout of Republicans, though no statistical basis existed;

Dimpled chads were proof of vote fraud, said manufacturer of Vote-A-Matic;

Vote-A-Matic ballot puncher was stolen and found in trunk of Democrat political activist;

Democrat lawyers formed shock squads using five-page memo to disenfranchise our servicemen and women attempting to vote absentee from bases around the world;

Democrats attempted Miss Cleo-type fabrication of voter intent in so-called "under-votes";

Democrats attempted every type of violation of election law imaginable in frenzied attempt to pad Gore vote;

Secretary of State Katherine Harris attempted to enforce existing election law and was demonized by Democrat media (Dan Rather, this Bud's for you.);

Supreme Court of Florida (SCOFLA) played the part of the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland, dictated that clocks would run backwards and pigs would fly;

Supreme Court of U.S. (SCOTUS) restored rule of law;

George W. Bush became our 43d President;

Al Gore became a bearded university professor;

Alec Baldwin became a bearded, fat, out of work, divorced liar.

Facts are terrible things.

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"Supreme Court of Florida (SCOFLA) played the part of the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland, dictated that clocks would run backwards and pigs would fly;"

I was hung between that one & your apt description of Gore's eventual fate...
Hilarious isn't even the word.

You're The Man, Phil.
~Hands-down. {G}

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Jeb bump!

[CounterCounterCulture]

That's some sweeeeeeeet animation!

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Re your post #213 - Whew! Now, I wish Alec would log onto Free Republic and respond to THAT!

Also, it was proven through some congressional study that whenever GW did win a state -- like TN, for example -- the media withheld that information for as long as possible. By not reporting GW's winning states immediately, voters might then get the impression: Al Gore is winning all the states, and GW is just picking up a state here and there.

That is very deceitful, IMO.

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Hey, nice to hear from YOU! :)

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Thanks for bumping this thread, SoDak! :)

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That's some sweeeeeeeet animation!

Thanks for your post, CounterCounterCulture. Weegee and pt17 really did a great job in the animation department! :)