I have been watching "state senator Steve Cohen", and his actions of late. He supplied me with a new term I like, "National Democrat". If nothing else, it's an honest declaration. To me it simply means a Democrat willing to scratch your back, if you scratch his. His specialty is his legislative prowness, and his ability to push certain projects and have them pass. He is credited with being the king, of the Tennessee lottery. He has made a career, out of pushing for legalizing the lottery. He is very receptive to his constituents that's for sure. The problem is determining who they are.
His latest outburst on the senate floor, I think was hypocritical. How can he challenge anything as being incorrect, based on religion. He is an Orthodox Jew, that built a career around legalizing gambling. This issue was ironically brought up, after he got his lottery passed. I'm sure he has sat through many prayers, in his time serving in the senate. Does he suddenly feel convicted? I wonder how many Jewish people play the lottery? I bet they are the recipients, of some of the college scholarships though. I think his objection was politically motivated. Liberals like to see a show.
Which brings me to my final point. He is the only candidate, to mount a serious campaign challenge. Against Congressman Harold Ford Jr., since he took the seat. Now that is definite that Harold Ford Jr. is stepping down. Steve Cohen has announced that he is a candidate, for the District 9 Congressional seat. The Democratic field is packed. There are at least seven other candidates that will have their own base. I won't try and list them all, it would take too long. They all have already pulled filing petitions. The thing about it is, the others will be battling for the same group. The Democratic Black vote. Leaving Mr. Cohen a niche of his own. Steve Cohen has crossover appeal. He is White and a Democrat, a perfect combination for this race. Not just color, but party as well. He may just have enough connections, to pull this thing off.
Wilder rejects Cohen plea for neutral prayer
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January 11, 2006
NASHVILLE -- The expected controversy as the Tennessee legislature convened Tuesday was over an unexpected matter -- the Senate's prayer.
When Senate Speaker John Wilder introduced the minister of the day, Sen. Steve Cohen asked him to follow Senate rules and suggest the prayer be "nondenominational and nonsectarian." Cohen, D-Memphis, is the Senate's only Jewish member.
"I appreciate your thoughts but I can't tell Ralph Duncan how to pray," said Wilder. Duncan is a Franklin minister and former state senator.
Said Cohen: "I've been a member for 24 years and I'd appreciate it if the rules were followed."
Wilder: "What do I do, Steve? Do I tell him he can't pray in the name of Jesus Christ?"
Cohen: "That would be a sectarian prayer."
Wilder: "I can't do that. I can't tell him what to say."
Before the prayer, Duncan told the chamber he led congregants at his Graceworks Ministries in Franklin in prayer for all 33 senators and their families. "When we prayed for you Sunday, it was not for Democrat or Republican, man or woman, Jew or Greek."
In the invocation, Duncan asked that all be blessed, "our lives healed and our children protected from corrupting influences." He concluded, "In Christ Jesus' name I pray, Amen."
Cohen later told reporters, "I think the alleged conduct of some of the members up here shows the prayers have not been doing a real good job in making us do what we should be doing.
"And I think that a lot of times, the ministers and the prayers and God and religion are used up here by politicians. It looks good to have a prayer, but then when you go into business and do things that aren't what I think is considered Godly, holy and appropriate, that's wrong."
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