Alabama County Creates “Barack Obama Day”
CavMom emailed us with this bit of disturbing news. Her comment is as follows:
“The guy has no even served as President. He has accomplished nothing in the way of helping the citizens, and yet they feel he deserves to be honored. This smacks right in the face of all who have actually served our country with honor.”
Ala. county sets ‘Barack Obama Day’ as new holiday
via Breitbart
MARION, Ala. (AP) – A small central Alabama county whose mainly black residents gave Barack Obama more than 70 percent of the vote on Election Day has created an annual holiday in honor of the president-elect.
The Perry County Commission voted 4 to 1 to observe the second Monday in November as “The Barack Obama Day.” County offices will close and its roughly 40 workers will get a paid holiday.
The sponsoring commissioner, Albert Turner Jr., said the holiday is meant to highlight the Democratic president-elect’s victory as a way to give people faith that difficult goals can be achieved.
The majority of the county’s 12,000 residents are black.
The county commission’s three black members and one of its two white members voted for the resolution.
[Racists...]
Commissioner Brett Harrison said Wednesday he voted against the resolution because of the holiday costs to the county, which has a $2.2 million annual payroll and is one of the poorest in the state. He said closing the courthouse would also idle some state employees.
“I’m a Democrat, but just in these financial times, it’s not using the county’s money wisely,” Harrison told The Associated Press by phone Wednesday. “The recognition is certainly well-founded.”
Turner said copies of the resolution, adopted at a Nov. 25 meeting, have been mailed to Obama and his transition team.
An Associated Press exit poll found black voters in Alabama almost universally supported Obama while more than eight in 10 whites backed Republican John McCain. McCain carried the state with 60 percent of the vote.
4 December, 2008 at 10:36 am
Click the link to the article and read the comments. They are priceless!
(here is just a couple)
“Don’t we all celebrate Obama on December 25th ?”
“If they can vote themselves a day off, why not just vote themselves all rich. County got no money? No problem, just vote yourself rich and every little thing, gonna be alright. A-iaght.”
“My first reaction was “I’m overwrought with ambivalence.” Now I am thinking that it should only be a HALF DAY since he’s HALF WHITE.”
4 December, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Only white folks can be racist. Don’t you guys know anything about BLT, and Rev. god D@@ America Wright?
Evil demon white people!
Sarc/off
4 December, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Was in Target today lookin gor child’s book. There on shelf are books already on Obama. One titled “Barack”, other “Barack Obama”. ???????????
Tomorrow is “conference day” in Supreme Court. Can we dare hope any longer that the justices will be intelligent and see this guy for what he really is? It is something we, the American People, should be able to have more say in. If we have to vote for Federal judges, why cana’t we vote for Supreme Court justices? And kick them out when they fail to represent us fairly. Thihs is looking like more “racist” and “bribery” .
How can nine people be so blind to all the evidence and to 17 lawsuits??
This has been well-manipulated by the Supreme Court in all its delays to wait until the last month. If I’m wrong in presuming they’re going to deny this and dismiss it, I’ll apologize, but it sure looks like more conspiracy.
5 December, 2008 at 5:07 pm
The county voted 70% Obama. By a curious coincidence, the county is 70% black.
6 December, 2008 at 1:18 am
Ok, so what if he ends up being found ineligible? Is it too late to get refunds from the caterers and signage people?