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Georgia’s Republican governor won’t endorse town’s first racially integrated prom

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Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) has refused through a spokesperson to endorse one town’s first-ever integrated high school prom, saying that he would rather not take sides on the issue. According to Atlanta’s WMAZ Channel 13, politicians from both parties have stated their support for black and white students from Wilcox, Georgia, but Deal declined to join them.
[FONT=georgia, palatino linotype, palatino, times new roman, times, serif]Raw Story spoke to activist Bryan Long of the [/FONT]progressive group Better Georgia[FONT=georgia, palatino linotype, palatino, times new roman, times, serif], whose group has asked Georgia elected officials “to publicly support the students of Wilcox County who are[/FONT]fighting to end a ‘separate-but-equal’ high school prom.”[FONT=georgia, palatino linotype, palatino, times new roman, times, serif]
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TheDemSocialist said:
And Rand Paul wonders why his party cant get the African American vote..
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Republicans can't get the Africsn-Amerixan vote because they have allowed Democrats to paint them a certain way.

Why the Governor of a State would be asked about a local issue. It's not a state issue. There was no answer he could have given that would not have pissed some people off. He should have just refused to answer the question.
 
Did Georgia's Democratic governor endorse it?
 
TheDemSocialist said:
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Deal Spokesman said:
"This is a leftist front group for the state Democratic party and we're not going to lend a hand to their silly publicity stunt."
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yawn.
 
Tigger said:
Republicans can't get the Africsn-Amerixan vote because they have allowed Democrats to paint them a certain way.

Why the Governor of a State would be asked about a local issue. It's not a state issue. There was no answer he could have given that would not have pissed some people off. He should have just refused to answer the question.
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he did answer the question
now it is known he is a political coward - at least regarding racial issues
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Or its because they have painted themselves that way
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They have allowed themselves to be painted that way by responding to ridiculous inquiries and questions as if they deserved serious answers. They get asked questions that have no reasonable answer and then abused when they answer in an unreasonable fashion.
 
justabubba said:
he did answer the question. now it is known he is a political coward - at least regarding racial issues
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He shouldn't have answered it. Either that or he should have said.... That's a local issue not a state one, talk to the mayor instead of me.
 
Tigger said:
He shouldn't have answered it. Either that or he should have said.... That's a local issue not a state one, talk to the mayor instead of me.
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and he would still wind up looking like a political coward who refused to take a position regarding a racial question
 
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First ever? WT... this is in color and is digital. I didn't think they had that back in 1955.. What? From April of 2013? OMG! I thought we were in a time warp of some sort.

First ever integrated prom. 2013. Unbelievable.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
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[FONT=georgia, palatino linotype, palatino, times new roman, times, serif]And Rand Paul wonders why his party cant get the African American vote... [/FONT]
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Are these people associated with the illegal wire-tapping, race-baiting Progress Kentucky??

Campaigns - Progress Kentucky
 
Dittohead not! said:
First ever? WT... this is in color and is digital. I didn't think they had that back in 1955.. What? From April of 2013? OMG! I thought we were in a time warp of some sort.

First ever integrated prom. 2013. Unbelievable.
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It does seem weird. The sad part is Georgia isn't even the most backwards part of the south. The Carolinas are even worse.

In the governor's defense, he had nothing to gain politically from making any type of comment, and anything he would have said would have been used as ammo against him. As it is not really a state issue, silence was probably the best course politically for him.
 
Redress said:
This is complicated I know, but....did you know that Georgia is not Kentucky? It's true.
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A bit of investigation will show, if you go to BetterGeorgia.com site, you will notice they are an affiliate of ProgressNow who have affiliates in many states.

The 'possible' Kentucky connection are the one trying to bring down Sen. McConnell. Progress Kentucky - Home

Just askin...
 
I don't see it as damning that he simply didn't have anything to say. But the fact that racial integration still needs to be done is just mind boggling.
 
Paschendale said:
I don't see it as damning that he simply didn't have anything to say. But the fact that racial integration still needs to be done is just mind boggling.
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which is why it is such a shame the governor did not have the balls to say that

appears he doesn't want to piss off the good ole boys by coming out in favor of desegregation
 
WCH said:
A bit of investigation will show, if you go to BetterGeorgia.com site, you will notice they are an affiliate of ProgressNow who have affiliates in many states.

The 'possible' Kentucky connection are the one trying to bring down Sen. McConnell. Progress Kentucky - Home

Just askin...
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According to a prominent Tea Party activist, this tape could have come from the Right.

In the tape, McConnell aides acknowledged that they had less material against another potential Democratic challenger, Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky’s secretary of state. David Adams, a Tea Party activist in Kentucky, said Mr. McConnell’s concern about threats from the left was misplaced.

“It’s going to come from the right,” said Mr. Adams, who is seeking a conservative opponent to Mr. McConnell. “The fact that he’s coming unglued about this thing should make clear to observers that he may not be ready for the challenge that lies ahead.”
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And I agree that McConnell is coming unglued.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
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There are a lot of Georgians not too happy with Deal. But if the Georgia Democratic Party puts up another Atlanta Liberal to run against him next year, Deal will win easily. But a South Georgia guy, like perhaps John Barrow could win against him. But the Dems in this state love their Atlanta Liberals. Deal switch from Democrat to Republican back in 1995.
 
justabubba said:
and he would still wind up looking like a political coward who refused to take a position regarding a racial question
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The only appropriate answer is: "That's not a State issue. That's a local issue. It's none of the State's business." An answer which would be played as ignoring an issue instead of simply limiting State power and Involvement appropriately.
 
Tigger said:
The only appropriate answer is: "That's not a State issue. That's a local issue. It's none of the State's business." An answer which would be played as ignoring an issue instead of simply limiting State power and Involvement appropriately.
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On the contrary. The appropriate issue response would be "the issue is outside my role as governor, but I support the prom on a moral level as an individual who opposes segregation."
 
Paschendale said:
I don't see it as damning that he simply didn't have anything to say. But the fact that racial integration still needs to be done is just mind boggling.
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This is the elephant in the room that the conservatives here don't want to address, so as usual they deflect.
 
justabubba said:
which is why it is such a shame the governor did not have the balls to say that

appears he doesn't want to piss off the good ole boys by coming out in favor of desegregation
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2013 and still trying to figure if we should desegregate. Amazing but not surprizing.
 
rathi said:
On the contrary. The appropriate issue response would be "the issue is outside my role as governor, but I support the prom on a moral level as an individual who opposes segregation."
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As An elected official you should always be separating his personal opinions from his official statements. His personal opinion should never be part of an official statement.
 
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