Same Old Soup Reheated

(Clockwise - Keith Norman, Javier Bailey, Richard Fields, Desi Franklin)

The Shelby County Democratic party has elected a new chairman. Pastor Keith Norman was voted in as the new head over opponent Javier Bailey. As I stated in an earlier post. I think this is an attempt to clean up the party's image. The former chairman (Kathryn Bowers) is under indictment for bribery charges in the Tennessee Waltz. Though we have no problem we know of with Matt Kuhn. He didn't do much to clear up the party's image either. Especially for those who were concerned to begin with. Mr. Bailey wouldn't have helped matters much considering his problems with the "State Bar Association". Let's face it, the Democratic party suffers from a serious issue of credibility. Until yesterday, I held some optimism for the future of the party. I listened to a radio show yesterday that shook my faith, as far as anything changing. Thanks to Jennings Bernard and some others. Among the first orders of business will be what I call infighting. There seems to be one faction more concerned with removing Richard Fields from the executive board. Than dealing with the more pressing issues of today. I personally don't think they will have much success with this. Attorney Fields is a part of both Desi Franklin's and Sidney Chism's group. He had to get a majority vote to get the position in the first place. This is the beginning of division in the party. Either way there's going to be casualties. Which ever group Keith Norman sides with, the other one will be upset. I think this will be the look of things to come. It's hard to convince others to join a fight already in progress.

I heard someone say they were excited about the prospect of conducting a meeting, minus a longtime argumentative member. Who regularly creates confusion and causes disruption. Don't count your chickens before they hatch. You may have gotten rid of one, but picked up several others. You better believe this guy is going to be coaching eager ears from the sidelines. I detect this is an avenue for some of these people to vent their frustrations. It allows them the opportunity to take an organization by force. I have repeatedly voiced my displeasure with hijacking a party. This is what I see in the future for the party.