Comments on: ‘To hell with all the bloggers’ – Candidate Willie Herenton

By: Wet Wednesday With A Slice Of Les Paul | Speak to Power

Wet Wednesday With A Slice Of Les Paul | Speak to Power — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:46:57 +0000

[...] exposed us to a bit of political theater in Memphis today according to the stream on Twitter. It’s not like he hasn’t done this before. I’m sure Steve Ross will have something to say about Willie saying he doesn’t give a [...]

By: frenchm

frenchm — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:22:48 +0000

@rachelpeepers You have your facts wrong. The lady was black and still works for MCS. Get your facts straight because you sound as stupid as Herenton does. Womens rights have changed in the years and no women are on their hands and knees doing nothing they don't want to do. Herenton is a drunk idiot and you're just as ignorant to be a follower. If you want him in congress embarrassing the city of Memphis with his thuggish ways, then you vote for him. It's not a black and white world. There are many more catastrophic situations going on that over rule your fore-fathers being slaves.

By: rachelpeepers

rachelpeepers — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:50:09 +0000

Willie W. Herenton, the former mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, who's running for election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010 is admired by many. And for good reason. Not just because Willie had the audacity to say, “to hell with all the bloggers. ” I say, “Mr. Herenton, good for you. You call em' like you see em”. Last I looked, freedom of speech was still a constitutional guarantee. Moreover, I especially admire the fact that so far almost 80% of the money Willie's raised comes from whites. I admire the fact that Mr. Herenton stood up to the sex harassment claims while a school superintendent in his earlier days. Granted, she was his employee, but also white. Mr. Herenton said, “Sue me you white bitch. I have enough lawyers to drain you. Plus you got the part of me you wanted.” The woman was fired and Willie resigned, but not because he was on the verge of being indicted. Because he had bigger fish to fry. Fact is, Mr. Herenton is all man. When Willie had an out of wedlock child, Herenton crowed,”heck the world needs some whiter babies, even if they can't jump.” Willie Herenton. A man's mad who knows how to whip women into shape. ” You don't have to marry 'em says Willie, just put 'em on their hands and knees. When they not cleaning the floor, they can clean the pipes.” Mr. Herenton, thanks for the interview. “Just between you and me.”

By: rachelpeepers

rachelpeepers — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:43:21 +0000

Willie W. Herenton, the former mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, who's running for election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010 is admired by many. And for good reason. Not just because Willie had the audacity to say, “to hell with all the bloggers. ” I say, “Mr. Herenton, good for you. You call em' like you see em”. Last I looked, freedom of speech was still a constitutional guarantee. Moreover, I especially admire the fact that so far most 80% of the money Willie's raised comes from whites. I admire the fact that Mr. Herenton stood up to the sex harassment claims while a school superintendent in his earlier days. Granted, she was his employee, but also white. Mr. Herenton said, “Sue me you white bitch. I have enough lawyers to drain you. Plus you got the part of me you wanted.” The woman was fired and Willie resigned, but not because he was on the verge of being indicted. Because he had bigger fish to fry. Fact is, Mr. Herenton is all man. When Willie had an out of wedlock child, Herenton crowed,”heck the world needs some whiter babies, even if they can't jump. Willie Herenton. A man's mad who knows how to whip women into shape. ” You don't have to marry 'em says Willie, just put 'em on their hands and knees. When they not cleaning the floor, they can clean the pipes.” Mr. Herenton, thanks for the interview. “Just between you and me.”

By: drhorrible

drhorrible — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:47:30 +0000

Just wondering... did any of those bloggers investigate whether non-blacks were (allegedly) ever allowed to be among the officers guarding Mayor Willie's home or if there was a pattern of discrimination?

Or did they investigate whether he (allegedly) threw delegations from companies and the like out of his office because they didn't contain blacks?

Just sayin', maybe these are things they should look into if Mayor Willie rubs them the wrong way.

By: pabarge

pabarge — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:43:13 +0000

Mayor Willie …. black

By: MoReport

MoReport — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:40:48 +0000

Charles Laughton as Henry VIII, stuffing his face,
tossing the bones over his shoulder to his dogs,
and replying to criticism of his manners:
'Manners are dead.'

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:33:49 +0000

> “I also would like to remind Herenton and the slew of politicians that think bloggers are unimportant is that we all vote…”

But unless you vote democrat you will soon become irrelevant except to the extent that you foolishly continue to earn money to pay for the welfare state that purchases the votes of the emerging permanent voting majority. Unless you blog in as many languages as those in which ballots are printed, nobody will care what you blog about because they won't be able to read it anyway.

“Down the road,” we will be roadkill. Bloggers are interesting, but will soon be politically irrelevant. Herenton will, upon his taking office, be set for life. Blogging Mommy is trying to make the ends meet while her husband works until November to pay the family's taxes.

By: SunDogII

SunDogII — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:06:59 +0000

You don't understand Willie Herenton; he's convinced that he is a viable candidate precisely because he makes such statements (and believes them). He is a blatant racist, which is the only campaign rationale he has.

By: Pyrthroes

Pyrthroes — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:29:02 +0000

To hell with all the stupid, one-trick politicians: How's that sound? Keep up the dumpster-diving with your cash-cow lobbyists of choice until bloggers (sic) lower the boom. Bumwads.

By: peskyfly

peskyfly — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:06:37 +0000

Comments like that don't hurt him a bit. Of course they don't help him either. Like Sean says, he's alienated himself into a corner.

By: T. Sharp

T. Sharp — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:20:15 +0000

You are absolutely correct. We wrote about that yesterday as well and Grand Divisions has a great post about it from yesterday on LGBT issues.

Herenton: The Alienation Candidate

By: Sean_Braisted

Sean_Braisted — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:58:16 +0000

Herenton has sought to alienate Whites, Jews, Gays and Lesbians, and just about anyone who doesn't support blatant racism…its no surprise that he wouldn't care about the blogger constituency.