Not every turncoat Democrat in the Missouri House has an office on the third floor of the Capitol with the Republican leadership, but if a Democrat does have an office there, she might as well tattoo “traitor” on her forearm. Admittedly, you already knew what to think of Jamilah Nasheed and Penny Hubbard for their vote Wednesday to hand the redistricting goodies to Republicans. Traitors both. Thanks to them, Democrats are consigned to having only two of eight Congressional seats–hardly representative of the way Missourians vote.
Nasheed and Hubbard share office 317. They belong in the august company of Rodney Hubbard and Ted Hoskins, who were also on the third floor–and deserved to be.
Republican speaker of the House Steve Tilley, flanked by Nasheed
What doth it profit a woman if she gains the whole world and loses her own soul? But for a third floor office, ladies? Well, they might be getting a lot more for their treachery than the office space, but I wouldn’t know about under the table deals.
Nasheed is claiming that she did it to protect Clay’s seat.
Nasheed, who said some House Democrats threatened to kick her out of their caucus for her vote, said she was not concerned with what the Democratic Party wanted the map to look like, explaining, “I’m black before I’m a Democrat.”
“My concern is the 1st Congressional District and what is good for the 1st Congressional District,” she added.
Right. Like having only two Democrats instead of three in the Missouri delegation to the House is likely to help the people in the 1st Congressional District? She just handed Paul Ryan another vote in his war on poor people, and there are plenty of poor, BLACK people in the 1st.
Don’t try to sell us that bullshit, Nasheed. Just take your thirty coins of silver and shut up.
(Photo courtesy of MoNewsHorizon)
I forgot to add, like son like mother.
There are interesting stories on this subject in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, including today’s on the front page by Rebecca Berg: “Legislature overrides Nixon veto of redistricting map” at this link: http://tinyurl.com/4324gzb
When I searched the Post-Dispatch on-line I also found a blog by Jake Wagman, posted today: “Carnahan, once again, confronts House colleague on redistricting.” The link is: http://tinyurl.com/3qefauo
This describes some confrontational dust-ups between Carnahan and his erstwhile Democratic colleagues. Protecting your own seat clearly takes precedence.
I disagree with the thesis of this article…Carnahan is out because of Carnahan. I am not a Democrat so this partisan fighting means nothing to me. Nasheed voted to get rid of Carnahan instead of keeping him. She admits race is the determining factor. She got to exert the same kind of power that white politicians have been exerting on her people for 500 years…”I don’t like you, get out”. I am thrilled for her. Had Carnahan been one fifth the leader his parents were/are, she would not have seen him as an enemy…JUST as I see him as an enemy. He voted to extend the Patriot Act, he voted for TARP, he was proud of “Cash for Clunkers” which was a nice subsidy for Japanese car makers and car lots all over the country. He was a soft spoken follower who stood shoulder to shoulder with DINOs like Bayh and Leibermann. As Glenn Greenwald and Rachel Maddow expose “the impotence of the partisan loyalist” we should learn a lesson. No progress, no justice, no political certainty for weak leaders.
Please forgive me Jean. Please.
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