In the upcoming special election for mayor Memphis there are many factors to be considered before election day. Numerous Black candidates, several White candidates, of which are all professional poli-trick-ans. Then there's Jerry"The King" Lawler who is not a professional poli-trick-an but has more name power then any one in the race having been on TV every week in Memphis for the last 37 years who has a base of wrestling fans who could turn into votes both Black and White.
Then there's the gender factor all the announced candidates are male except for one White female Carol Chumney,and one Black female Sharon Webb. Chumney will get both Black and White votes and with several White men in the race she will get more Black votes then White. Where Chumney would have picked up a larger percentage of the White vote just because she herself is White,some of that vote will now go to a White male versus her.
Sharon Webb's entry is considered a joke in the Black community, Webb who stated in the last mayor's race that God told her that she was going to win sits on the school board with questionable online degrees receiving 4 degrees in 4 years. Webb is considered just to be another Black with an ego problem who has no remote chance of winning.
But lets add another factor, A Black female with name power and a base of support. The entry of a Black female who has ran a city wide race and won, versed on the issues, knows city government, can can toe to toe with any male candidate in a debate. who has the appearance of toughness,and has taken on the powers that be could change the political horizon for this upcoming election.
If this were to happen this female Black could control the Black female vote, could pick up a large percentage of the White female vote especially those who think that a black is going to win any ways and also demand a large percentage of the Black male vote. If this Black female can stand firm on issues and answer questions directly that A.C. Wharton dances around she could steal some of his base support.
If a strong Black female enters the race and can knock holes into the platforms of Jim Strickland and Kemp Conrad and show that she is a better choice in the Black community that any of her Black male counter parts history could be made all over again as the first woman is elected mayor of memphis that just happens to be Black..........Hmmm now where do we find her?
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I'm curious. How much money or advertising does it cost to get your support for Memphis Mayor?
I SELL ADVERTISING IF YOU ARE A CANDIDATE CALL ME AND FIND OUT IDONT TALK TO MIDDLEMEN AT ALL
The factor that you always leave out is that educated voters both black and white...male and female will vote for the most qualified candidate...black or white, male or female.
You don't just sell advertisement, you sell your SOUL!
Online education is great in places with a lucrative job markets; Los Angeles, Dallas, Cincinnati, Boston! The job market need leaders that have completed a formal education. Onground, online, whatever people of Memphis; complete your education so that you can contribute and compete with your peers worldwide.
Once you've gain a professional skill; leaving Memphis will be an option.
Don't think because it is online employers will not hire you because they will; also you can start your own business!
Hint: If it is availalbe online you have access to higher education that is flexible around your job, family etc; also online Higher Education (College) is a 45.5 Billion dollar industry...many Ivy leagues and teir one colleges are starting to get in own the action in order to maintain their customer shares.
Please don't listen to people who do not have a college education; unless they are encouraging you to go to college and finish!
I have a completed degrees onground (USC), online (Argosy) and in blended format (Boston U).
""Some leaders in Memphis maybe discouraging citizens to embrace non traditional education (online) because it makes formal education more accessable to minorities and poor people"
Everybody needs a skill, trade, etc. in order to compete in the 21st century and beyond.
There are no more excuses for anybody to make!!!!!
Janis Fullilove would fit the bill insofar as garnering the black female vote. She is a real mess. That is what this city needs to erase the memory of Willie Hereton. Anything to erase the memory of Willie Herenton even if it finishes of this city is sorely needed. Maybe then some Indians will immigrate from the reservations. Any tribe would be better than the present tribe.
If the above is no a solution, then maybe one of those rockets from North Korea will level this hovel of a city.
The first elected black mayor of Memphis has surely made a mess of this city. Five times over puts the fault in the hands of the voters. How stupid!
Mayor Herenton, will not resign and will finish his current term.
Could it be Wanda Halbert?
It seems that she would scare off as many women as she would attract
and she would not get one single white vote.
I nominate the negro AndrewClarksenior he makes me feel good about myself as a white man. He always blames blacks for everything. He even forgave a white cop for beating his pregnant aunt to death while seeking a hospital to give birth ( after all the sign clearly said "whites only". He could also get the biracial vote and conservative vote since he is married to a white woman ( isn't mixed race marriage a familly value).
He also is divorced like alot of good republicans like newt, rush, and gulliani so he can get the hypocrite vote.
"Hmmm now where do we find her?"
Get the manager of the Backyard Burger on Poplar and Marne to run. She runs that place better than Herenton runs the city...
The only female with that broad appeal, experience and temperment is Tomeka Hart! Last I heard, she is not ready to run.
if that woman is wanda halbert she will also be seen as a joke.
Wanda wants to run.
Black black black, white white, black, black. Who gives a F***.
Hey 6:39 Use your degrees and proofread your post.
I wouldn't hire you if you write like that on a regular basis.
It's really just one step above Thaddybear.
I just hope we don't get a dam nigger woman!! They is so sturpid!! Bitch's can't drive without a cell phone stuck up to they ear. Then they gots them dam rooster hair cuts. Lawd lawd lets don't get no black bitch.
Thaddeus Augustus Matthews said...
"I SELL ADVERTISING IF YOU ARE A CANDIDATE CALL ME AND FIND OUT IDONT TALK TO MIDDLEMEN AT ALL"
I interpret your answer as an admission of an established price for garnering your support for mayor. It must not be a whole lot of money based on the fact those you have supported through their advertising within your media have been second rate loosing candidates.
You have gone back and forth in your support of Willie. It's hard to tell whether you were looking for a job or just some attention from what you perceived as the big man.
"THE BLACK FEMALE FACTOR IN THE BID FOR MEMPHIS MAYOR"
Let's call them "Black Birds", not
"Black Femail".
1100 YOU CAN INTERPRET ANY DAMN WAY YOU CHOOSE. IF A POLI-TRICK-AN AD IS HEARD ON MY SHOW HE OR SHE HAS PAID THE SAME AS WITH YOUR PRECIOUS ca OR ANY OTHER MEDIA.
aND UNDERSTAND I DONT GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOU THINK....PERIOD
MY SHOW IS LISTENED TO BY THOUSANDS IN THIS AREA AND THIS SITE IS READ EVEN BY THE LIKES OF YOU SO YES MY FRIEND I CHARGE FOR EXPOSURE,,, NOW FUCK YOU AND STAY ON THE TOPIC
I nominate the negro AndrewClarksenior he makes me feel good about myself as a white man.
That is too funny!!! Thad is very true in his belief that too many blacks folks will run and dilute the black vote. Lawler is a joke, so he will get the vote from wrestling fans, but not much more.
Wanda Halbert in the race? Please do join in Wanda so the black vote will be further diluted.
Time for a change.
I hope black Memphians are paying attention to all of these racist white folks on this sight. This is really how they feel about us and our community.
Its about the money and that is the american way. I aint mad at this man for selling advertising to politicians that he does not agree with. Whats funny is alot of these politicians still have to come to this Black Man to get there message out to our community. They have to pay this black man even though alot of them dont like him at all. I love it and Thad keep making that money because at the end of the day that is the way to close the gap between the white and black community.
Beverly Robertson from Civil Rights Museum? Smart, popular, great leader!
HELL TO THE NO! ARTHEA FORD, JANICE FULLLOVE, NEED I SAY MORE! WOMEN ACT OFF EMOTIONS,AND A BLACK WOMAN RUNNING THINGS, AND MEMPHIS CRIME IS LIKE A HOT SUMMER DAY IN HELL.
here's an idea...
how about we not worry whether the candidate is white or black, but how good of a job he or she could do for ALL of the people in the city of memphis???
race-baiting is the old way of doing things, thad. wake up, join the rest of us in 2009, and work toward improving the city, not dividing it.
"Recession is when your
neighbor loses his job.
Depression is when you
lose yours.
And recovery is when
Herenton loses his."
If Janis Fullilove's problems could magically disappear, she'd be the best female candidate for the mayor of Memphis. As far as Sharon Webb is concerned....I don't want my mayor sounding like a runaway slave everytime she opens her mouth. It's bad enough she's on the school board and can't speak correct english and if she had a larger platform from which to be heard, Memphis would really be looked upon as being backwards and ignorant. Having said all that, she seems like a nice, likeable person.
7:51 AM
Your do the proofreading and corrections; I have a meeting to attend! Ciao
I just hope we don't get a dam nigger woman!! They is so sturpid!! Bitch's can't drive without a cell phone stuck up to they ear. Then they gots them dam rooster hair cuts. Lawd lawd lets don't get no black bitch.
9:37 AM
Right on brother! Fuck them ghetto bitch's. Look at dam Janis Fullofdrugs!!!
Wanda Harbert only beat Parkinson cause people knew her name from being on the school board. She represent an area that has the highest crime in the city and high infant morality. So what has she done for the area she represent?? NOTHING... SAME THING SHE WOULD DO IF SHE BECAME MAYOR.
Thaddeus why dont you promote getting voters to come to the special election so the wrong person wont win by a small margin.
Yes I believe the next mayor need to help both blacks and whites.. come on dont think Turley and Belz dont have Willie on payroll. Look at downtown compared to whitehaven. Graceland is the second most visited house in America and you cant even find a place to eat or a nice hotel to stay in the area. AND THATS A BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD...
Lets stop this circus.. pick one or two ppl and roll with them and let the voters decide....
Hey Thaddeus. I know I am off subject and I don't know if you have already done this type of show, but you can do one on the landlords pulling these foreclosure scams? It would be nice if you had an expert who could give us innocent tenants some advice. My landlord gave me a notice to vacate in 45 days due to him selling the house, but he has been getting foreclosure letters in the mail. I don't know who to call for help.
Keep up the good work.
A Black Female for Mayor is an AWESOME idea. I apologize for contacting you thru Facebook. I just do not feel Halbert is the person. Not because here legs are bigger than mine. City of Memphis Offical we need to wipe the slate clean and began BRAND new. Janice Fullilove and Ricky Pete are examples of voting on name recognition. You said it on the AIR, we need to do our homework and pick the correct person. AC, Halbert and Lowery are not the one.
Tomeka Hart fills the bill, but she's very young, right?
Wanda Halbert is a raving lunatic JOKE.
I think there's a generation of talented Black women out there, but King Willie just moved them from the plantation to his harem.
He marginalized women, gave them jobs only if they gave him favors.
Willie is a big reason why it's hard to find a strong Black woman candidate.
Good idea, though, Thad. 2/3 of Black votes in Memphis are cast by women. If Chumney were Black -- and I don't really like her, BTW -- she'd be a shoo-in.
How in the world can you criticize anyone for having an online degree when you break a verb in every sentence. You are a prime candidate for any kind of degree.
The top two choices for Memphis' next mayor should be the two that had the guts to challenge Herenton while he was still in office - Herman Morris and Carol Chumney. The need for a new Mayor didn't arise as a result of Herenton's resignation.
All these others now coming out of the woodwork b/c "the coast is clear" is evidence they do not have the courage or fortitude to lead the city.
As for a black female leading the city, at a minimum she should be a black woman who is not a 'baby momma'. A problem with this city is too many bad examples.
Living in Cordova and returning back to South Memphis to visit family and friends, you asked about a Strong Woman that would do good as the Mayor, in my opinion, Pastor Gina Stewart fits the bill. As I listen to your show sometimes, you keep taking about RACE. Being Retired Military and to have traveled all over the world(and still do), why do you continue to (try to)divide this city with the RACE CARD? Shouldn't it be who's most "QUALIFIED"? ADVERTISEMENTS COST MONEY; BY "any means necessary"???????
I wish that Ophelia Ford was in her right state of mind for the position of Mayor of Memphis. She is able to stand up to people like Mike Fleming and tell him where to kiss off. She has a powerful voice. I love her and wishes her the best in her recovery. She would make the best female in my opinion. An opinion is something we all have.. Peace, Mello
I know of only one woman in this city that fits those requirements Thad. That is Sara Lewis. She knows city government. I think she was the first black female to win a city wide election on the school board. Like her or not she has been a winner, is absolutely brilliant, has fire and sticks to her guns.
I didn't always agree with her tactics, but man she always had he facts rights and proved a lot of us wrong. She went at the former superintendent about lying to her. The press made a big deal out of it. They tried to publicly lynch her. The sister stuck to her guns and I'll be damned if she wasn't right. It all came out. There was some bullshit going on with the contracts all the time.
She is shrewd, has impeccable integrity, she carries a big stick and talks loudly. Again her bombast gets to me sometimes, but she was highly effective in whatever she tackled. I have heard that her department works holidays to keep the youth program afloat. It is one of the few divisions in the city that functions and functions well they say.
Hey, Ms. Lewis give em hell just for the fun of it!
I just hope we don't get a dam nigger woman!! They is so sturpid!! Bitch's can't drive without a cell phone stuck up to they ear. Then they gots them dam rooster hair cuts. Lawd lawd lets don't get no black bitch.
9:37 AM
Right on brother! Fuck them ghetto bitch's. Look at dam Janis Fullofdrugs!!!
4:59 PM
I totally agree!! Out of bed a female is totally useless! Women belong in the home taking care of the chillren and the house. That way the man comes home to a clean house, fresh clothes, and a good supper. I wouldn't hire a female for nothing.... well maybe some coochie and a blow job.
Name Rec got us Fullilove, Peete, Ford, and the rest of the "JAIL BIRDS". When will MEMPHIS CLEAN HOUSE? Blacks, White, Latinos, Orientals, Indians. Just look if we were smart enough to have one of each on the City Council. Believe me, with a Melting Pot as such, we would have some NEW IDEALS and NEW Businesses coming from Mexico, Korea, Japan and other Countries but I forgot, Memphis only wants to be BLACK and WHITE and "STAGNATED".
Anonymous said...
How in the world can you criticize anyone for having an online degree when you break a verb in every sentence. You are a prime candidate for any kind of degree.
1:54 AM
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On yesterday!
Jannis Fullilove, now that's a great Memphis politicial leader. Get twisted up, have a wreck that almost kills people, get your license suspended, continue driving, apply for lost drivers license when it's realy suspended.
And now the public servent needs a fund raiser to support her----she needs to mayor of Memphis. A real leader that can make good decisions.
Wait until Pedro runs. The Afros wont know whay hit them.
It don't matter, A C will win.
Not a fatctor!!
I cant't think of any black "garden tool" that is qualified.
Can you?
Bonekeisha For Mayor!
Name recognition ... yeah.
People in Memphis vote STUPID.
GOOD GRIEF. BLACK THIS WHITE THAT. YOU ARE CONTINUING THE DIVIDE. NOTHING WILL EVER GET BETTER IF YOU DON'T STOP SPEWING THIS ON THE SURFACE DIFFERENCE. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE KEEPING THE WHEEL OF RACISM MOVING.
PROGRESSIVE, FORWARD THINKING PEOPLE OF ALL RACES DO NOT EVEN CARE ABOUT RACE ANYMORE!!
DO YOU REALLY THINK THIS WAY OR IS THIS ALL JUST FOR SHOW?? SO SAD. I HOPE YOU AREN'T RAISING CHILDREN TO BE THIS WAY.
maybe AC will put on a pair of panties and a blond wig. i don't put nothing pass this negro.
Warren G, get yor head out of Thaddus ass!
NO MORE NIGGERS!!!
Thaddeus, just what the hell are you up to now. You know that the Mayors race is full of incompatent wannbes. AC may just be the BEST candidate in the race. I know that you and Jerry Law less are fast becoming friends, has he promised you something if he wins. Thaddeus I've listened to your shows since the days when you had a women on your show that screwed her dog. You are fast becoming the worst person in the black community when it comes to information that can be trusted. You may have a bunch of snitchers who will call you or send you and email when they believe that they have something to say, but when it comes out of your mouth, you have motive. You are a joke.
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