Tell it all Brother Smyre, tell it all. DNC ignored South, but we won't go away, and as Zell has taught us, we can't be kicked out of our Party.
Did you read the sermon delivered by Brother Calvin Smyre Baxter & Galloway's PI today? The text came from Politics 101 by President Reagan.
His qualifications were ideal: A white-haired ex-governor from Georgia. But he hadn't written a book
On the first weekend after the debacle, the few Democrats remaining in Washington huddled around a smoky fire, contemplating their chances of surviving this latest Ice Age.
One of them, maybe more, looked to the warm South and swallowed three or four mouthfuls of pride. They picked up the telephone and asked a former Georgia governor if he would be interested in the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee.
No, it wasn't Zell Miller at the other end.
The call was made to Roy Barnes, who we understand turned the feeler aside. He wasn't interested.
Which is a pity, according to Calvin Smyre, the state representative from Columbus and 21-year member of the Democratic National Committee. Smyre blames Republican gains in Georgia largely on the decision by the Kerry-Edwards campaign to ignore the South.
"You can't get elected if you ignore an entire region of the country," Smyre said.
A new chair will be elected next year by Smyre and 239 other members of the DNC. Right now, other names being mentioned include Howard Dean, former Clinton aide Harold Ickes, Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile and Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack.
The choice will depend largely on exactly who is running the party — a murky topic that's similarly wracking Georgia Democrats.
His qualifications were ideal: A white-haired ex-governor from Georgia. But he hadn't written a book
On the first weekend after the debacle, the few Democrats remaining in Washington huddled around a smoky fire, contemplating their chances of surviving this latest Ice Age.
One of them, maybe more, looked to the warm South and swallowed three or four mouthfuls of pride. They picked up the telephone and asked a former Georgia governor if he would be interested in the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee.
No, it wasn't Zell Miller at the other end.
The call was made to Roy Barnes, who we understand turned the feeler aside. He wasn't interested.
Which is a pity, according to Calvin Smyre, the state representative from Columbus and 21-year member of the Democratic National Committee. Smyre blames Republican gains in Georgia largely on the decision by the Kerry-Edwards campaign to ignore the South.
"You can't get elected if you ignore an entire region of the country," Smyre said.
A new chair will be elected next year by Smyre and 239 other members of the DNC. Right now, other names being mentioned include Howard Dean, former Clinton aide Harold Ickes, Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile and Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack.
The choice will depend largely on exactly who is running the party — a murky topic that's similarly wracking Georgia Democrats.
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