Discussion for article #226600
Don’t know that I give a shit about either of these DINO’s. I’ll live with them, but that doesn’t mean I care about their gasbag bloviations aimed purely at making political hay.
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Political version of this:
There are no such things as DINOs, FYI. Saying such a thing makes you sound arrogant.
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I don’t think the senator even understood what Rendell was talking about. He was talking about bringing the clergy out into the streets with the police; she as referring to the clergy preaching within the there churches. Two different things.
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Good point.
I don’t often agree with Rendell but I do see his point here. I don’t think Ferguson was fully prepared for the fallout of this killing. I think they figured a kid was shot, no big deal, we’ll move on soon to the next one. They did not anticipate the anger - not necessarily for THIS crime but for all the other constant harassment, abuse and killings by cops. They are mad but I think underneath it is a fear of policemen, of who’s next.
Maybe the clergy thing on the streets early on would have helped. They could have tried it but that opportunity has long passed.
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Uh, not my intent. My intent is to say that both Rendell and McCaskill tend to say assholic things because of the constituencies they have to placate. Rendell is kind of a dick, as well. “Arrogant” why?
There you go. The missing piece of the puzzle. Community organizing is well underway, but commercial media wants to only show the fireworks and confirm the narrative.
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More religion is what the Taliban would want too.
Sticking your head in the sand does not make you an ostrich, as much as you try.
That is pretty funny. True, sad, but funny.
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He is right and she’s over reacting. There is obviously something missing in Ferguson. This has been a topic of discussion in places where there are community outreach efforts in place. There is in Rochester NY and probably in Philadelphia too.
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In the words of our great Community Organizer in Chief: “Stop hollerin’ at each other”.
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Both are kinda right, both kinda wrong. Philadelphia’s civil affairs unit, if I recall, started as a response to the civil rights movement, and clergy are still active in engaging the community to keep peace and dialogue conversations going. Ferguson was a typical white suburb when cities burned in the 60s, and clearly didn’t change as it’s population changed. Some Philly pastor friends are in Ferguson now working to bring peace to the community by standing with the protestors. I think Rendell was talking about should have done, McCaskill talking about reaction. Still comes down to police actions and reactions, which continue to be as wrong, foolish and stupid as can be. (Lived in Philly vicinity all my life, was old enough in the 60s to understand and remember, not old enough to join the protests. That came with Vietnam.)
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I’ve been impressed with the cogent, rational punditry offered by many ordinary people on the streets in contrast with the uninformed semi-hysteria of those paid to opine…
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Of course the economic hardships that underpin the demonstrations is being ignored, the result of Republican economic policies. The unemployment rate is 18% among blacks in Ferguson, MO.
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She talked past his point about Philly having a mechanism in place so the city government could talk to the citizens on an ongoing basis. I didn’t hear McCaskill say anything like that exists in Ferguson. It looks like anything that’s happening now is being done ad hoc.
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I’m actually shocked Rendell didn’t recommend sending private equity firms in.
Hear that Ms. Mccaskill is finally going into Ferguson for the photo opt with AG Holder after 11 days of doing nothing…What a waste she is…
A white paper on the racist ills of Ferguson and 2 other cities…Shocking in its discrimination!
No, actually, the clergy have been working with the police all through this. The meetings with the police have been held in churches. Clergy are working to try to calm the people, many of them serving as leaders/organizers of the protests in an attempt to keep them peaceful.
Ferguson may not have had an ongoing relationship between clergy and police, but the notion that they have not been involved is wrong. Claire may not have articulated it well, and Rendell seemed to be ignoring what the clergy have been doing since the protests started, whether they had an agreement with the police or not.
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