Comments on: Ass Power and Suburban Poverty http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/04/07/ass-power-and-suburban-poverty/ The Future is Here Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:05:56 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lester Spence http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/04/07/ass-power-and-suburban-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-1576 Lester Spence Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:13:54 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/04/07/ass-power-and-suburban-poverty/#comment-1576 Last I checked, he had a significant number of black supporters. The only people who don't know if he's for real is Debra Dickerson and Stanley Crouch. Last I checked, he had a significant number of black supporters. The only people who don’t know if he’s for real is Debra Dickerson and Stanley Crouch.

]]> By: credo http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/04/07/ass-power-and-suburban-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-1575 credo Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:05:06 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/04/07/ass-power-and-suburban-poverty/#comment-1575 Bottom power is Obama appeal. Folks want to meet him. While they are going door to door. They want him to meet them in the field. Obama is appealing to those folks in the surburbs. And he is not waiting for the African American community to decide if he is for real. Bottom power is Obama appeal. Folks want to meet him. While they are going door to door. They want him to meet them in the field.

Obama is appealing to those folks in the surburbs. And he is not waiting for the African American community to decide if he is for real.

]]> By: tootsie http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/04/07/ass-power-and-suburban-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-1574 tootsie Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:36:13 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/04/07/ass-power-and-suburban-poverty/#comment-1574 Doc suffering is a good cataylist,to find common ground Doc suffering is a good cataylist,to find common ground

]]> By: Keith http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/04/07/ass-power-and-suburban-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-1566 Keith Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:56:52 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/04/07/ass-power-and-suburban-poverty/#comment-1566 Hey Lester. That's interesting about the timing of when yoiu interviewed the late Mayor Young. I too was fortuinate enough to be able to spend several hours with him about a yeare before he passed. At the time I hadn't been living in Detroit for much more than a year. Anyway, about "ass power." Very strong point, as the most recent mayoral election in Detroit proved. Former Deputy Mayor Freman Hendrix was absolutely confident he had the thing won, and the polls seemed to bear him out up until about a few weeks before the election when his support started to evaporate. Those last few night before Election Day, it was Kilpatrick and his troops who definitely called on the "ass power", bringing out folks who normally never show up at the polls. One of the most significant untold stories of that election is why Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Minister Louis Farrakhan all felt Detroit was so critical - and that it was so crucial for Kilpatrick to win - that they all came to rtown to campaign for Kilpatrick. Some in the mainstream media joked about it and wondered what they were doing here. Like they got lost or something. Believe me. They were not lost. And there was a reason why they believed so strongly that Hendrix could not be allowed to win. Hey Lester.

That’s interesting about the timing of when yoiu interviewed the late Mayor Young. I too was fortuinate enough to be able to spend several hours with him about a yeare before he passed. At the time I hadn’t been living in Detroit for much more than a year.

Anyway, about “ass power.” Very strong point, as the most recent mayoral election in Detroit proved. Former Deputy Mayor Freman Hendrix was absolutely confident he had the thing won, and the polls seemed to bear him out up until about a few weeks before the election when his support started to evaporate. Those last few night before Election Day, it was Kilpatrick and his troops who definitely called on the “ass power”, bringing out folks who normally never show up at the polls.

One of the most significant untold stories of that election is why Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Minister Louis Farrakhan all felt Detroit was so critical – and that it was so crucial for Kilpatrick to win – that they all came to rtown to campaign for Kilpatrick. Some in the mainstream media joked about it and wondered what they were doing here. Like they got lost or something.

Believe me. They were not lost. And there was a reason why they believed so strongly that Hendrix could not be allowed to win.

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