[nfb-talk] Best of Luck, Parnell

Joshua Lester jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
Wed Jun 13 03:17:05 UTC 2012


I agree, Chris!
For the record, I wish Mr Diggs well, and if he wins, he'll make
history, for all of us!
Blessings, Joshua

On 6/12/12, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mike, Joshua, and everyone,
>
> This may be one time when I will actually agree with Mike! <Smile!> Two
> people with strong opinions debating on a list full of other people with
> strong opinions... makes things interesting! LOL! OK, Mike, I'll stop
> giving
> you a hard time now! :)
>
> Anyway, a lot of Federationists were supporting Parnell because he was a
> blind guy running for Congress and doing pretty well; a Federationist in
> fact. However, I want to make it clear that to the best of my knowledge, it
> wasn't an official position that the Federation was taking. In other words,
> NFB didn't come out and say we were supporting Parnell for Congress as an
> organization. So, Mike is right; while NFB members have various political
> leanings, the NFB itself, as an organization, doesn't have anything to do
> with partisan politics, and isn't publicly Republican or Democratic.
> Joshua,
> it just happens that you and I agree on a lot of things politically. But
> this has nothing to do with the NFB, and the NFB doesn't have an official
> political position. Dr. Maurer made this clear when he announced that
> Parnell was running for Congress on one of the Presidential Releases.
>
> Frankly, I think this thread should die before it gets out of hand. I just
> don't want what happened last September on the NABS list (Joshua, you
> probably know what I'm talking about) to happen to this list, or any other
> NFB list for that matter, because that's not what the Federation or our
> lists are for. For those of you who aren't on the NABS (student division)
> list or weren't when this happened, in short, somebody posted something on
> the 10th anniversary of 9/11 about remembering the people who died on that
> day and doing volunteer work in your community in their memory. For some
> reason I can't understand, this seemingly innocent post began a huge thread
> which turned into a political debate, then descended further into what
> looked to me as a "mud-slinging" fight. A lot of us tried to make it stop,
> but the people who had started the political "mud-slinging" continued it,
> to
> the point that Dave Andrews had to put our list on moderated status, which
> meant that every post to the list went to him for approval, and he decided
> what got posted to the list and what didn't. I don't want that to happen to
> this list, so I hope we let this thread die before it gets out of control!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:29 PM
> To: 'NFB Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Best of Luck, Parnell
>
> Joshua:
>
> With respect, there are many Federationists who would disagree with you per
> your "unfortunately" comment below, just as there are many Federationists
> who would agree with you. I am one of the former.
>
> However, one of the great strengths of the Federation is its
> nonpartisanship. We deal with blindness virtually exclusively and try to
> work with persons in power, whatever their political persuasion might be.
>
> So I would respectfully suggest that comments of a political nature be
> avoided whenever feasible.
>
> See ya in Dallas.
>
> Mike Freeman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Joshua Lester
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:17 PM
> To: ckrugman at sbcglobal.net; NFB Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Best of Luck, Parnell
>
> I read that.
> Unfortunately!
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 6/12/12, ckrugman at sbcglobal.net <ckrugman at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> He's running as a Democrat.
>> Chuck
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joshua Lester" <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Best of Luck, Parnell
>>
>>
>>> Not that it matters, but what party?
>>> Just curious.
>>> Thanks, Joshua
>>>
>>> On 6/12/12, Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR) <Bennett.Prows at hhs.gov> wrote:
>>>> Today is the primary election in South Carolina! Our own Parnell
>>>> Diggs is running for Congress in the 7th District there. He has
>>>> steadfastly told everyone he meets about the NFB and his loyalty to
>>>> it and us.  Let's all wish Parnell all the best of luck, and know it
>>>> won't be just luck when the election is over, and he is the front
>>>> runner. Remember, no matter how you finish, Parnell,  we are proud
>>>> of your work.  Go get 'em tonight, and carry on to Congress in the
>>>> fall!!
>>>>
>>>> /s/
>>>>
>>>> Bennett Prows
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