Random thoughts of a free Black mind, v. 157

October 18, 2012 Filed under COMMENTARIES Posted by admin

FAMU leadership – We reported last week that one of the “Marching 100’s” band members pled “no contest” to the criminal charges against him regarding drum major Robert Champion’s hazing-related killing. FAMU will need tested, steady, principled leadership moving forward as it deals with this fiasco. My strong recommendation for FAMU’s next prez? Dr. Henry Lewis III, current Florida Memorial University president. He’s a Tally native, a FAMU grad who is Harvard-trained, has been a president of a national Black organization, served as dean of the FAMU Pharmacy school and the university’s interim president, and has an outstanding fundraising track record. Dr. Lewis, your alma mater needs you…

Debate No. 2 – Good performance by Bro. Prez. If this was a heavyweight fight, he would have won a unanimous decision by a comfortable margin. My group of 50-year-old brothers, all Obama fans – I’m the only independent voter – were texting during the debate in real time and were extremely relieved.

Romney looked hostile, rude, and disrespectful. Candy Crowley’s confirmation of Obama’s “Rose Garden” speech mentioning “terrorism” was a knife in Romney’s gut. Want to know how Romney’s people knew they lost? Did you see all the tight faces of Ann Romney – who dragged Mitt out of the venue – and all of the Fox News GOP apologists immediately after the debate?

IOU – I know I owe you a column on the wussy Florida Democratic Party. I also owe you some information from the Nielsen study on Black consumers. Give me some time to get through the election, and we’ll turn our attention to those matters. One thing about Florida Dems – they’ll put Black faces in high places. But is that meaningful to the average Black Democratic voter, or is it just Black window-dressing for a political party that seems too incompetent to get out of its own way? More to come…

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