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How a lesbian, liberal Democrat turned Tookie's lights out [Melanie Morgan column]
WorldNetDaily ^ | 12/16/2005 | Melanie Morgan

Posted on 12/16/2005 10:11:35 AM PST by Impeach98

How a lesbian, liberal
Democrat turned Tookie's
lights out

Posted: December 16, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

It was a little after midnight as scores of pro-gang activists gathered in a vigil to honor their hero "Tookie" Williams. I was at this media group-grope at San Quentin prison. As reporters interviewed reporters, I stood watching and waiting for the inevitable nuttiness I knew was going to follow.

Aware of the growing passion amongst those in the pro-Crips contingent, I decided to leave before any unruly mobs could materialize with their threats to run down anyone who didn't believe in "Tookie's" innocence.


Melanie Morgan Outside San Quentin Prison

Williams (whose real first name is Stanley; "Tookie" is his Crips' gang name that he refused to renounce) was finally put to death early on Tuesday for the murders of four innocent people.

Thank God. And thank Susan Kennedy.

Ironically, justice was served because of the hiring of a liberal, lesbian, abortion-rights activist named Susan Kennedy, a top aide to recalled-Gov. Gray "Electricity Crisis" Davis.

Before watching the lights go out under Davis, Kennedy had served as the executive director of the California Democrat Party.

And with that background and track record of political involvement, you can understand why the world of Republican politicos was rocked a couple of weeks ago when Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he had chosen Susan Kennedy to serve as his top adviser – his chief of staff.

Schwarzenegger's selection of Kennedy set off a firestorm in the GOP, and with good reason. Consider the reaction of Democrats had John Kerry or Al Gore named Karl Rove as their chief of staff.

Gov. Schwarzenegger already had problems with his conservative base after several missteps during his first term. But the Susan Kennedy appointment was the one that had solidified the backlash against Schwarzenegger by fellow Republicans.

And now Schwarzenegger was in a bind. If he granted "Tookie" clemency, he would have surely turned growing Republican skepticism into a full-blown GOP revolt against him.

Schwarzenegger had gotten himself into this mess when he agreed to grant Williams a hearing to consider sparing him from the death penalty. It was another one of those "I want to reach out to the liberal people of California" gestures that reminded conservatives why they didn't much like Schwarzenegger in the first place.

Angered victims'-rights groups questioned how Schwarzenegger could possibly consider granting clemency to a man who had founded the Crips gang and murdered four human beings. "Tookie's" Crips have robbed, raped and murdered thousands upon thousands of innocent victims, destroying whole families and neighborhoods.

When he was convicted of murder, jurors on the Williams' trial said "Tookie" had looked over toward them, called them "sons of bitches" and threatened that he would exact revenge and, "was going to get all of them."

No wonder the criminal-coddling liberals love him so much!

The "SaveTookie.org" website has proclaimed "Tookie" to be, "a great fighter against racism, injustice, and the death penalty."

They celebrate his stand against the death penalty? Apparently, "Tookie" only supports death by gang-murder, but opposes capital punishment. "Good for him" cheer the soft-on-crime liberal apologists!

Liberals have turned the concepts of "right" and "wrong" on their head. They now are amazingly redefining prison as a resume-booster, like a college degree or a record of involvement with charitable organizations.

Patt Morrsion, who writes liberal witticisms for the Los Angeles Times and delivers liberal invective over the airwaves for National Public Radio, wrote this week that: "Not everyone who goes to prison is Nelson Mandela or Mahatma Gandhi ... Being sent to prison does not automatically give anyone a leg up the hero ladder."

Apparently Ms. Morrisson thinks that lots of the time going to prison does make one a hero.

Maybe Ms. Morrisson is unaware of the fact that another Mandela has been involved with the effort to re-write history to demean victims and their families. Winnie Mandela, Nelson's ex-wife, spent time at San Quentin strategizing with "Tookie" Williams on how to avoid the death penalty.

What a great match, since Winnie Mandela was herself accused of murdering a 13-year-old boy.

The same liberals who are now making "Tookie" Williams into a martyr, demanding a state funeral for a cold-blooded killer, also spawned Susan Kennedy, that far-left, liberal activist who now serves as Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's right-hand woman.

So, did Susan Kennedy kill "Tookie"?

In the Byzantine twists of California politics, the governor denied clemency to Stanley "Tookie" Williams because Schwarzenegger knew he could not survive the hemorrhaging of any more Republican support.

And for that you can thank Susan Kennedy, the woman who was on the watch when the lights went out in California during the energy crisis under Gray Davis.

This time you could say she turned the lights out on "Tookie."

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Melanie Morgan is chairman of the conservative, pro-troop non-profit organization Move America Forward and is co-host of the "Lee Rodgers & Melanie Morgan Show" on KSFO 560 AM in San Francisco.


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: calappointment; ksfo; melaniemorgan; moveamericaforward; schwarzenegger; stanleywilliams; susankennedy; tookie; wnd; worldnetdaily
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To: Rastus
I saw some of the same comments you did and thought that people must have skimmed it and assumed Melanie was saying Susan Kennedy made the decision to go ahead with the execution.

But, as you point out, Melanie's point is not that - but rather her assertion of the reasoning for Schwarzenegger's decision to deny clemency. Because he couldn't take another hit on his right flank.

Glad you caught that. I was too tired of responding to other posts and points to make that point as well.

41 posted on 12/16/2005 1:56:37 PM PST by Impeach98
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To: Impeach98

I'm an article-skimmer, so I recognized the problem. :)

Let's do a modern day Boston Tea Party, dress up like liberals, and demand that Kennedy resign so as not to be "tarnished" by Arnie's decision! Because, right thing on Tookie or not, I doubt if Anrie can survive the decision to bring her aboard.


42 posted on 12/16/2005 2:12:33 PM PST by Rastus
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To: Rastus

I think the point is that had Susan Kennedy declined the job and Arnold picked a conservative, he might have been tempted to tilt to the left and his Hollywood buddies by sparing Tookie.

The fact that Susan Kennedy accepted the job was the final nail in Tookie's coffin. Arnold may have let Tookie take the needle any way, but the Kennedy appointment certainly sealed his fate.

Melanie is saying that Arnold felt compelled to tilt to the right on this one. I am having a little fun with the liberals by blaming it all on Kennedy. Without the fire storm on the right, who knows what he might have done?


43 posted on 12/16/2005 2:14:29 PM PST by RWGuy
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To: downwithcommies
"In my town two 14 year old girls were sentenced to 4 years for murdering a pregnant 17 year old. There was nothing but warm embraces and compassion for the heinous criminals."

I have two questions:
1. What misbegotten turd world country do you live in?
2. Were the killers black, white, Hispanic oriental, or Native American?
44 posted on 12/16/2005 2:32:45 PM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon Liberty, it is essential to examine principle)
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To: Rastus
"Let's do a modern day Boston Tea Party, dress up like liberals, and demand that Kennedy resign so as not to be "tarnished" by Arnie's decision!"

Ha ha! I love it.

45 posted on 12/16/2005 2:49:51 PM PST by Impeach98
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To: calcowgirl; Impeach98

We really don't know, do we? We can only guess at Arnold's motives. We have a difference of opinion.


46 posted on 12/16/2005 4:56:08 PM PST by RTINSC (Being Offended is the Natural Consequence of Leaving Your Home...)
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To: GladesGuru

I live in eastern Iowa, and the girls were white.


47 posted on 12/19/2005 10:16:07 AM PST by downwithcommies
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To: downwithcommies

Yikes! What are they putting in the water there, anyway?

Why did the two 14 year old murderesses say they killed their victim, if I may ask?


48 posted on 12/19/2005 2:23:18 PM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon Liberty, it is essential to examine principle)
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