Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Legislature / Woods By Narrow Majority, Tennessee House Honors Michael Jackson
Posted by Jeff Woods on Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:53 PM
Last week in the session's first dustup, Republicans objected to voting on the resolution and bumped it from the House's consent calendar of noncontroversial measures. House GOP caucus chairman Glen Casada later explained some Republicans thought it was wrong to spend a few hundred dollars--the cost of printing a resolution--to honor someone, no matter how famous, who wasn't even from Tennessee.
No one spoke against the resolution today. "We're recognizing an icon," Rep. Ulysses Jones, D-Memphis, told the House. Rep. Eric Swafford, R-Pikeville, did poke fun at the controversy, mixing some of the singer's song titles into his commentary:
"I don't want to be starting something, but I think this is an easy as ABC or one two three. I know that you all have been working day and night, and this resolution is not that bad. I personally think it's off the wall because the man was an entertainer and a thriller so just remember the time, keep the faith because it doesn't matter if you're black or white, just take a look at the man in the mirror or just beat it."
House GOP leader Jason Mumpower and Rep. Susan Lynn were two surprise yes votes, along with 11 more Republicans. Only three Democrats voted no: Mike McDonald of Portland, Henry Fincher of Cookeville and Mike Stewart of East Nashville. Pith will try to track down Stewart to ask what he's got against the King of Pop.
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Aww-w-w-w, Tennessee officially loves Jacko. Isn't that touching?
The next thing that really ought to be done is to display his sick ass in wax in a prominent place somewhere around here – Symphony Hall might be an appropriate spot. (That would be temporary. Just while a stone sculpture is being finished.) Jacko would fit really well among such as Bach, Brahms and Beethoven. After all, moon walking, crotch grabbing, skin bleaching, plastic surgery and child molestation rank right up there with music artistry.
Only trouble I can forsee is how to describe him. Jacko really wasn't black anymore. Nor was he really white. Maybe trans-racial might work.
Our legislature needs to spend whatever time necessary to get this exactly correct. Nothing deserves more immediate attention from our solons.
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