Dale Jackson on Les Phillip

For those of you who are not familiar with Dale Jackson, he is an ultra-conservative talk-radio show host. In the past he has taken on various liberal icons and won a tremendous following in the Tennessee Valley. One recent liberal leaning opponent has been Florence's Matt Osborne.

While if required to use a one word description of my political beliefs, I do use the adjective "conservative." Yet I don't believe that any or us can be fitted into a precise box. No two individuals will ever be completely alike in their political beliefs or even definitions. I sometimes agree with Jackson, while at other times my alliances are with Osborne.

However, today we are reprinting a blog from Dale Jackson's Attack Machine. The subject is political newcomer Les Phillip, a man who will become familiar to all of us in the immediate future, and a man about whom Jackson has some pithy and relevant remarks:


Les Phillip who has made it clear he will challenge Rep. Parker Griffith in 2010 for his Congressional seat, has also been named Head of Minority Outreach for the Alabama Republican Party.

No, that's not the amazing part...

That amazing part is that because he is a BLACK REPUBLICAN (MY GOD!) and an IMMIGRANT (AH MY EYES!) there is a thought that he must clearly be some sort of token being brought into the master house to do the "mastas bidding".

This isn't identity politics, it's stupidity politics.

My favorite blogger of all time is a crotchety old relic known as "Redeye" over at "Left in 1969's Alabama" and he is offering Phillips some free horrible advice...

The advice, to some it up neatly, GET BACK ON THE DEMOCRAT PLANTATION!

Despite popular GOP opinion, African Americans are not stoopid. They are not "dependent" on the democratic party. They are not "looking for someone to take care of them" or "lift their boats". If your plan is to "win their favor" you are not going to do by looking down on them.

It's just mind boggling to me that Redeye and others can't see that being 95% connected to one party is detrimental to their issues. They can't see that the GOP has no incentive to work on "black issues" (I hate that phrase) if they haven't had a chance to get their votes.

Guys like Les Philip and Michael Steele are not tokens, they represent an attempt by the GOP to engage the minority community and ask for their votes.

But not Redeye...

And you might want to check out this blog for some advice, or not.

I call it as I see it. Ol’ boy is letting these dudes symbolically whip his back like a slave. As chairman, he has the power to hire and fire but yet he’s required to re-hire someone whom he let go? Every other chairman has controlled the purse strings, but Steele cannot do so?

Steele is clearly politically weak, and not HNIC but in a Tobyesque situation.

If Redeye was not a blind political hack who only sees color and is owned by the Democrat Party he would see value in both parties considering minorities as potential voters and candidates.

Thanks, Dale, for allowing us to use your column. SS