By Any Means Necessary
Is Rev. Sen. James Meeks the next Malcolm X? The slain civil rights leader is quoted as saying the title line. Rev. Sen. James Meeks is openly flirting with running for Governor. Why?Well Rev. Sen. Meeks wants more school funding. He said he will cast aside his campaing if the Governor can show him 4 Billion dollars for school funding. That is bad news for the Hot Rod. While Meeks will never win he will pull enough votes from the Governor. Don't forget Judy Barr Topinka is not a stranger to the Southside of Chicago. One of her senior staffers is the wife of Congressman Bobby Rush. Four years ago Congressman Rush endorsed Topinka for Treasurer over the Democratic nominee. Who knows what will happen this time. So with Rush and Topoinka taking votes to the right and Rev. Sen. Meeks taking votes to the left the Hot Rod is not left with much of a Black base!
While I feel Rev. Sen. Meeks is doing a noble thing I do not believe in splitting the vote and one should remain a good Democrat. Uh oh, Meeks is not a Democrat! So, he has no allegiance to the Governor or the party, that's even worse for the Hot Rod. Meeks needs 25,000 signatures to be on the November ballot. Through an alliance of mega-churches that will not be a hard feat. So, do I endorse the Meeks move no, but to paraphrase Chris Rock, he shouldn't do it, but I understand!
posted by Kris Anderson @ 4:47 PM
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Now, I'm not a Meeks fan b/c he has the potential to be "malcolm X" if he were to mobilize his "flock" and give them something "real" to put their hands on in THIS lifetime, but I have to say that I am impressed by his "by any means necessary" approach. If you understand that state of the educational system, you will understand that in the long run, it doesn't matter who is in office if the education piece is not addressed.
Meeks is doing what ALL Blacks and Latinos (or anybody who's kid goes to a CPS school) should be doing. We should be saying that you will NOT get our vote until this disaster called an equal education is dealt with appropriately. These kids need technology, books, less than dismal surroundings, and better paid and motivated teachers. Until we have these things, our kids will always be underachievers. How does a court house look better than a school? How is there money for wars and security, but not education.
But I digress. We'll see if Meeks has the "testicular virility" to follow through.
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