  Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 967 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.204 |
| ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 2027 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.105.69 |
Take note of the names on his list.... these will become the House Committee Chairmen if the Democrats win in November. | ||
The_nerd Member Username: The_nerd Post Number: 296 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 68.9.47.117 |
But President Bush is the "Decider!" If we let things like the constitution get in the way then, by golly, the terrorists will stop the cuts to medicare that are vital to this nation's national defenses. | ||
Detrola Member Username: Detrola Post Number: 16 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 69.14.28.209 |
You have to admire how much time and effort Rep. Conyers spends working on behalf of detroit. | ||
Irish_mafia Member Username: Irish_mafia Post Number: 478 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.222.54.70 |
Isn't Conyers in jail yet? | ||
Ltorivia485 Member Username: Ltorivia485 Post Number: 2609 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 199.74.87.98 |
Of course not, Irish mafia. Where did you get that source? | ||
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette Post Number: 666 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 68.60.177.56 |
John Conyers is an actual patriot. So rare, I'm not surprised the blinkered right can't see it. | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1165 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225 |
If he is a patriot so is Judge Deborah Tyner. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3728 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
The Republicans are smearing John Conyers and Charles Rangel. Judiciary and Finance would be in their hands and that makes the right wingers cringe. Combine that duo with a Democratic President and Congress could change things, and things need changing. jjaba, first helped elect John Conyers in 1964. | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1166 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225 |
So,jjaba, you are the one I should blame. And I like Rangel. He honored Tuskegee Airmen. | ||
Irish_mafia Member Username: Irish_mafia Post Number: 480 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.222.54.70 |
Damn Jjaba! Diapers need changing too...can't we assign them to that? | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3737 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
Blame jjaba and the voters who put John Conyers in since 1964. How many elections did he stand for? Amazing. He's almost rivals John Dingell. Even The Rock hasn't got that kind of record. And The Rock knows how to work a precinct. (No socks in summer, Pink Izod shirt, khakis.) jjaba taught Conyers how to say SAALAM ALEKUM. jjaba, Westside precinct captain. | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1169 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225 |
jjaba--You are right ( as usual.) He has been there a long time. I never worked on an election campaign except for 5 or 6 judges. I honestly don't remember. You were on the committee. Who did Conyers defeat in '64? | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3745 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
John Conyers was born in 1929 in Detroit. He's 75 yrs. old now. He holds a JD degree from Wayne State. (1958) Admitted to Michigan Bar, 1959. He served in Korean War and worked for Cong. John Dingell 1959-61. In the 2004 election vs. Veronica Pedraza, he won by 84%, drawing more than John Kerry by 11% in his District. In 1964, he was elected to the House of Reps. in Dist. 1. In 2000, he was assigned to Dist. 14 in a re-shuffle. He represents Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Dearborn, and some downriver communities. Rosa Parks worked for Conyers, 1965-1988. Conyers has been in Congress 40 yrs., second only to Dingell as the Dean. Conyers has run 20 times and won 20 times. He is Dean of the Black Caucus. In 1974, Conyers was active in the Watergate Hearings and the onliest Congressman to also be on the Clinton Impeachment hearings. The slang for this kind of seat is "Conyers holds a Civil Service Seat." Safe Safe Safe. jjaba worked in the 1964 campaign when he lived on Ewald Circle on the Westside of Detroit. jjaba. | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1178 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225 |
The Rock: Your Honor, I move that jjaba's testimony be stricken from the record. The question posed was who did Conyers defeat in the '64 Congressional election, and all we got was a self-serving, pious platitude. Court: Motion Granted,moving party will submit a taxed Bill of Costs. | ||
Jiminnm Member Username: Jiminnm Post Number: 497 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 68.35.85.184 |
jjaba, I'm a bit disappointed in a fellow Technician. What has Conyers done for Detroit or his district in the last 15-20 years to warrant your strong support? | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 560 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 69.242.223.42 |
There's no need to get exercised over the likes of gadflies on Capitol Hill such as Conyers and his analog in the Senate, Russ Feingold. If there were windmills in DC, they would be tilting with them instead. And they'll never ever become Committee chairmen again. But the radiclibs can dream their impossible dreams when they sleep, for what good that brings. | ||
Drdetroit Member Username: Drdetroit Post Number: 61 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 64.136.27.229 |
Let me get out of here before I fall Asleep!!!! | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3750 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
John Conyers has brought millions of the Federal trough to Detroit. Obviously, he can't save Detroit from itself. He is well known for hospital projects. He is held in high esteem by Black Americans on par with Adam Clayton Powell, Louis Stokes, Whitney Young, Andrew Young, Maynard Jackson, Richard Hatcher, and Coleman Young. He represents Detroit with dignity. On the nation's issues, he take no prisoners. He loves to duke it out with everybody. He championed the cause to free South Africans. Rock, your honour, jjaba is still trying to find your answer. If you know, instead of taunting, tell us who ran against Conyers in 1964. For crissakes, that was 20 elections ago. What is jjaba, chopped liver? jjaba. | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1182 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225 |
As I said on April 29 at 5:30 in the morning--"I honestly don't know". I assumed you did. I can wait. No hurry. Give it some thought. Call your buddy, Bonior. Maybe he might know. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3754 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
The Rock, call John Conyers: Wash. DC: 202-225-5126 Detroit: 313-961-5670 Trenton: 734-675-4084. Tell us what you find out. We are in no hurry. On on WWW.johnconyers1964electionres ults.gov. jjaba on the Westside. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 976 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.204 |
all I can find so far is that Conyers defeated Richard Austin in a bitter primary - was there no other opposition? | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1185 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225 |
okay, jjaba, I will check with his various offices and see what I can find regarding the 1964 election. However, since Mr. Conyers is out of Washington so much on his various cross-country ventures, it might be awhile before we ( I ) get the answer. So to quote your other buddy, the late Adam Clayton Powell (who I think got excluded from the House in the 60's for spending too much time in Bimini), "Keep The Faith,Baby." | ||
Mikem Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 2448 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.43.15.105 |
Conyers beat Robert Blackwell, ~138,000 to 26,000. Seat was previously held by Lucien Nedzi(D). | ||
Rustic Member Username: Rustic Post Number: 2383 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 128.36.108.81 |
The republican candidate in a '64 Detroit congressional election would have been a formality (even moreso than nowadays). Remember, LBJ took something like 2/3rds of the votes in the state that election and probably polled over 3/4 in Detroit so in addition to a strong D district you had a very strong national candidate running for pres. Typical of Detroit elections then and now, the interesting stuff would have been during the primary ... I'll ask my father if he has any anecdotes ... Yay Detroit! | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 1099 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.40.250 |
There was probably a redistricting around that time, or switched districts, as Nedzi never lost an election until he retired in 1980. Some people know when to retire. He was chairman of the Select Intelligence Committee for the Watergate hearings, and on the House Defense Committee. (Also was my mom's next door neighbor growing up in Hamtramack, and lived in our Nortown neighborhood near Van Dyke and Outer Drive.) | ||
Mikem Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 2449 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.43.15.105 |
He moved from the 1st district to the 14th in 1964. First elected to Congress in 1962? | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3756 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
Thanks MikeM. Where Lawyer Reseacher Scholar The Rock couldn't and didn't, you, Hornwrecker, and Rustic saved jjaba's ass. jjaba wishes to observe that Adam Clayon Powell is a respected black congressman among blacks. Where's "my buddy" in all of that? (Rock, that comment was weaker than Lims' third cup of Chinese tea.) There are plenty of good Jewish elected officials for jjaba, thank you. jjaba, Westside Dexter bus Torah bukkor. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3757 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
jjaba tried to call Conyers office but his staff was doing child care, waiting for his car to be fixed, or marching in the May Day immigrant parades. jjaba will try again. jjaba. | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 3615 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197 |
lol and yawn (for us younger folk) at this whole exchange, but particularly Jjaba's last post. | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 1102 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.40.250 |
Jjaba, The_rock was busy padding his hours; don't be surprised when you receive the bill and the answer about two weeks later. | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1186 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225 |
Hornwrecker--behave yourself. You are making mischief. Lmichigan-relax, you,too, will be old some day. Mikem has posted the election results. And I just talked with Bob Blackwell. He is not willing to concede defeat until the absentee ballots Jackie Currie's ambassadors distributed for him are all counted. the rock--sipping his 3rd cup of tea at Victor Lims | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3761 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
It took the Rock 6 minutes to place that last post @ $300.00 hourly billible= $30.00, usual and customary. jjaba. | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1188 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225 |
wise-ass, oops! I mean wise-guy. | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 3229 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.252.127.221 |
I'm trying to find a use of the facility to raise money to restore Brodhead Armory. The_Rock vs. jjaba, no holds barred as the featured event? I'm trying to get hold of Lord Layton to M.C. it. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3766 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
jjaba's got no hound in that fight. Sorry. Great idea to restore that Art Deco beaudy. jjaba. | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 3620 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197 |
As to the subject, why hasn't there been any national news coverage of Conyer's filing? I've heard NOTHING. And can't seem to find anything on the internet save a few liberal blogs. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 988 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.204 |
The AP carried it last week with a Saturday followup Other than that the media are big chickens afraid to analyze what the fallout from such a case could be...Conyers' case is about Congressional vs Executive Branch power which some feel is out of control right now. | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 3621 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197 |
That's what I figured. Our "Imperial President" has Congress and the media whipped, which is why I always laugh when conservatives believe in the conspiracy theory of a "liberal-biased media." Ha! | ||
Detrola Member Username: Detrola Post Number: 17 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 69.14.28.209 |
Miguel de Cervantes is smiling. | ||
Irish_mafia Member Username: Irish_mafia Post Number: 487 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.222.54.70 |
"That's what I figured. Our "Imperial President" has Congress and the media whipped, which is why I always laugh when conservatives believe in the conspiracy theory of a "liberal-biased media." Ha!" ______________________________ ___________________ Good point. The media is just a bunch of conservative hacks! | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 3622 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197 |
No, they aren't that, either. They are simply whipped. They've lost their hunger to search for truth. |
