Top McDonnell Backer Sheila Johnson (BET) Blasts Confederate History Month

[babylonsister]

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/republican-party/top-mcdonnell-supporter-sheila-johnson-blasts-confederate-history-month/


Top McDonnell Backer Sheila Johnson Blasts Confederate History Month


Sheila Johnson, the wealthy co-founder of Black Entertainment Television, a Democrat whose endorsement of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell burnished his credentials as a “moderate,” releases a statement tearing into McDonnell’s decision to reinstate Confederate History Month:

“I must condemn Governor McDonnell’s Proclamation honoring ‘Confederate History Month,’ and its insensitive disregard of Virginia’s complicated and painful history, the remnants of which many Virginians still wrestle with today.

“The complete omission of slavery from an official government document, which purports to be a call for Virginians to ‘understand’ and ’study’ their history, is both academically flawed and personally offensive. If Virginians are to celebrate their ’shared history,’ as this proclamation suggests, then the whole truth of this history must be recognized and not evaded.”

As Ben Smith notes, the last thing Republicans want to be talking about right now is anything that suggests the GOP is a “regional, cultural party,” and this, coming from a wealthy African American supporter with a high media profile, is exactly the sort of ingredient to ensure that this conversation continues.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Well Princess Damn Sheila got what she wished for.

Ignorant twat. Rich but still ignorant. And no taste, either!

[countingbluecars]

2. Too late Sheila.

You let your greed blind your judgment in supporting McDonnell.

[malaise]

3. Serves you right fool

You were a mere tool.

[jaysunb]

4. Bob & Sheila

good examples of people who should never get hold of a lot of money. :evilfrown:

[CurtEastPoint]

6. Oh, NO! That's her 2nd jusband, the Judge:

On September 24, 2005, she married Arlington County Circuit Court Chief Judge William T. Newman, who presided over her divorce from Robert L. Johnson in 2003.


How conveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenient!

[jaysunb]

11. I was referring to, Bob

didn't know about the latest version.

[HipChick]

5. They fell for his pony show..

3..2..1

they got what they voted for..

[bpj62]

7. Sheila Smith

It made no sense to my why she supported Bob McDonnell at all. The republican party does not represent African Americans in any way at all. I cannot understand why any African American would ever want to join the Republican Party. Maybe it is the Southern Baptist thing. It just confuses me.

[Gin]

8. she is a tool...and this is what she got in return... HA!

[Taverner]

9. Maybe BET will realize that the GOP is not your friend, ever.

[ecstatic]

10. Interesting. It's like sleeping with Tiger Woods and expecting a call

or even acknowledgment the next day. I'm glad that she wrote the letter, but I'm amused that she was actually surprised by the governor's behavior. WTF did she expect from a repug?