Comments on: Young leaves pro-Wal-Mart group

By: The Agony, Comeupance, and Learning Experience of Social Media Rage at infOpinions?

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:32:19 +0000

[...] Andrew Young was with Working Families for Wal-Mart. (Follow that first link and you’ll see yet another reason why you shouldn’t trust Wikipedia, by the way.) Young stepped aside awhile back. Well, he may have actually been asked to leave – after this (Source). But, what if he hadn’t left? Would Young have shown greater interest in oversight of the Working Families for Wal-Mart projects? Do they not have any ownership in this story? [...]

By: Peach Pundit » Taylor “sorry” for Young’s comments, but keeping him on staff

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:01:35 +0000

[...] “Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor reached out to the Jewish community Monday, expressing regret over the inflammatory comments his campaign co-chairman — former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young — made recently about Jews, Koreans and Arabs,” the AJC reported today. “Mark Taylor called me today and was sorry,” Sherry Frank, executive director for the Atlanta chapter of the American Jewish Committee, said Monday. “Mark was expressing his concern for anything that was hurtful to the Jewish community. [...]

By: Jeff Emanuel

Jeff Emanuel — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:12:55 +0000

It’s closer to 3,000, Atl.

By: atlantaman

atlantaman — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:08:41 +0000

“The Blame Whitey (and now Jews, Koreans and Arabs) Rhetoric Game is a deeply-entrenched, hard-to-break habit.”

Couldn’t agree with you more. It’s pretty much the only page in their election playbook. I’m constantly amazed at how anti-semitic the blacks can be after all the hard work and dedication from Jews during the civil rights movement.

I guess when you play the politics of blaming everyone else for your problems the Jews are an easy target since they’ve been getting blamed for the world’s problems during the last 1,000 years.

By: SpaceyG

SpaceyG — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:17:48 +0000

Andy got caught “playing church” – outside of church. The Blame Whitey (and now Jews, Koreans and Arabs) Rhetoric Game is a deeply-entrenched, hard-to-break habit. You’d think with Cynthia Mac losing so badly just a coupla weeks ago, that anyone and their daddy could now see that such ancient, worn-out rhetoric is just for losers.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:39:31 +0000

With Wal-Mart’s use of eminent domain aside. I don’t really have a problem with them.

By: Mike Hauncho

Mike Hauncho — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:06:46 +0000

Why should anyone believe that he really feels sorry for what he said? You can’t “retract those comments” and act as those it was an accident. Young spoke from the heart on that one and blamed everyone for it, except blacks. He has every right to say what he said but stop acting like it was a slip of the tounge and just stand behind what you say.

By: SpaceyG

SpaceyG — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:03:14 +0000

Yep, being a ‘ho for Wal-Mart ain’t all it’s cracked-up to be. I’m not even on the payroll, and they astroturfed the crap outta me on their stupid, fake blog:

http://georgia.forwalmart.com/

A definition of astroturfing is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing