Comments on: A Democrat as Vice Mayor in Chesapeake?

By: Partisan politics at the local level? « VIVIAN J. PAIGE

Partisan politics at the local level? « VIVIAN J. PAIGE — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:45:20 +0000

[...] above doesn’t live it up to the headline. It barely discusses the party issue at all, despite Jim’s take on it. Instead, it focuses on what has been a tradition in Chesapeake – and in Norfolk, too: that [...]

By: Brian Kirwin

Brian Kirwin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:51:40 +0000

One can be a total nitwit and also be racist.

By: Henry Ryto

Henry Ryto — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:06:11 +0000

Brian,

I don’t think Ella Ward’s other sandal has dropped yet. I can’t believe that someone bright enough to make Chesapeake Dems Chair would launch such a half-baked frontal assault.

Therefore, I think she either wants something else here or she’s a total nitwit.

By: Brian Kirwin

Brian Kirwin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:36:33 +0000

Henry, if a white person insisted that someone be vice-mayor because he is white, you wouldn’t simply call him “silly”

Racism is racism, no matter which race happens to benefit.

By: Henry Ryto

Henry Ryto — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:23:51 +0000

I think Ella Ward is silly, not racist. There’s now a Republican majority on City Council and they’ll organize as they see fit.

The irony is that if Cliff Hayes hadn’t party-switched, he’d be in position to shoot for Vice Mayor now.

What I smell here is Ella Ward setting the table to race-bait the RPC if they don’t elect an African-American Vice Mayor.

By: Brian Kirwin

Brian Kirwin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:09:23 +0000

Racism – judging people by race.

Guilty of Racism – Ella Ward