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| Kass interviews Chicago congressional candidate Isaac Hayes |
| 2010-10-04 |
| ...(Hayes and I) sat down for breakfast late last week at the Billy Goat. And if Jesse Jackson Jr wants to sit down with me for a tasty Spiros Special breakfast sandwich and talk — without lawyers and spinners — he's welcome. I asked Hayes: How difficult is it being an African-American conservative in a district where the Jackson family machine is so dominant? "It's difficult if you're not willing to speak up about what you believe," Hayes said. "If you're weak, you wouldn't want to do it. It's my opinion that black conservatives have to have strong character. The easy smear is when you're called a traitor to your race, or an Uncle Tom. That happens a lot. "But just look at what's happened to the black community over the decades. Look at the family. Look at the lack of economic opportunity," he said. "These problems are in part because of liberal Democratic policies. But people like me get smeared as race traitors for not being liberal Democrats? That's ironic. But that's not why the media is interested in me." Reporters are now interested in Hayes because Jackson — a child of privilege who has always been about as deep as a teaspoon — has been weakened.... The smart people say Jackson couldn't lose his re-election bid in a heavily Democratic district to a conservative Republican unknown. They may be right. They're smart people. But I get the feeling that voters are exhausted by Jackson's drama.... |
| Posted by:mom |
| #3 I'll bet he's a complicated man and no one understands him but his women... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-10-04 21:26 |
| #2 Hmmmm. Looks like I know where to send the last of the "elect conservatives" money.... Thanks. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-10-04 20:48 |
| #1 i wanna see him ride down that bridge with Jesse Jackson on the hood of his car...from the neck up. ______________________ Vote for "The Duke of New York" _________________________________ p.s. "He's 'A' Number One!" |
| Posted by: borgboy 2010-10-04 02:19 |