See what happens when you do things you don't normally do?
I happened to catch a bit of the "Tom Joyner Morning Show" while driving my kids to school earlier than usual this morning, and Jackie Reed, formerly of BET, now with real news outlet (okay, that was mean, but BET really is that bad...) was interviewing a young preacher from Georgia named Rev. Markel Hutchins. Well, guess what he's doing?
ATLANTA, GA (2008-02-22) The fallout over the Presidential endorsement made by Georgia Congressman John Lewis continues.
The civil rights veteran was criticized for supporting Hillary Clinton instead of Barack Obama. Now, Lewis is denying a New York Times article saying he'll cast his super delegate vote for Obama.
And this week, a new civil rights leader, hoping to capitalize on the controversy, announced he's running against Lewis in the July Democratic primary.
You may remember Rev Markel Hutchins as a spokesman for Kathyrn Johnston's family. The 92 year old woman was killed by Atlanta police in a botched drug raid. Moving into politics, Hutchins says John Lewis should have been on the Barack Obama bandwagon a long time ago.
HUTCHINS: I think the winds of change are blowing in America and they have turned into a whirlwind in the 5th Congressional district.
It all started in October when Lewis gave his long sought after endorsement to the Senator from New York.
LEWIS: Hilary Clinton will be a strong leader. She will fight for what is fair, for what is right and for what is just.
Apparently, Lewis' metro Atlanta district disagreed. On Super Tuesday, about 80 thousand district voters chose Obama; almost 53 thousand more than Clinton.
Evidence, according to Hutchins', that Lewis is out of touch.
HUTCHINS: I don't think that Congressman Lewis had the right as an elected representative to throw the support of the 5th Congressional district behind a candidate that the people in this district clearly were not favorable to.
Lewis is a Super Delegate whose vote at the party's convention this summer is not tied to his constituents. That concerns Hutchins.
HUTCHINS: in some sense there is a potential for our Congress person to cancel out the votes of the overwhelming majority of people that live in the district that he's elected to represent. [From Public Broadcasting Atlanta]
Hutchins gave many of the same quotes to Ms. Reed, after which Tom Joyner asked Reed whether this phenomenon might strike other Black members of Congress who failed to go the way of their districts. He fished for some names, and came up with Stephanie Tubbs-Jones of Ohio, Maxine Waters of California and Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who made a grand "I'm still Black" apologia for herself at this weekend's "Come to Tavis" conference. He didn't come up with any Florida names...
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"[T]he practice of arbitrary imprisonments, have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.' Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 84, August, 1788
