My Report: Forget Shirley Sharrod, What About Ieshuh Griffin

Does this woman sound like she has a problem with white people?

Ieshuh Griffin, Wednesday, Madison, Wisconsin, state capitol, a government accountability board hearing, Milwaukee assembly candidate Ieshuh Griffin said this about the slogan under which she wants to run her campaign.

GRIFFIN: My statement of principle says "Not the White Man's Bitch." I'm stating that in my point of view the average politician is a token, and a bitch is not a person, it's a female dog that rolls over. The man has been used in music, the white man's been used Michael Jackson and other artists, what have you. It's in no way derogatory. I'm trying to effectuate change.

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RUSH: Now, here are some details about Ieshuh Griffin, an independent running for a downtown Milwaukee seat in the state assembly who wants to use the phrase "Not the White Man's Bitch." When you hear that, what do you think it is? It's obvious. She's not talking about a dog. "A legislative candidate from Wisconsin can't use a profane, racially charged phrase to describe herself on the ballot, an election oversight board decided Wednesday. ... [T]he state's Government Accountability Board voted to bar that wording, agreeing with a staff recommendation that it is pejorative and therefore not allowed. State law allows independent candidates to have five words describing themselves placed after their names on the ballot as long as it's not pejorative, profane, discriminatory or includes an obscene word or phrase. ... 'It's a freedom of expression,' [Ieshuh Griffin] said. 'It's not racial. It's not a slur.'"

The fact that she's saying she's not a "bitch" is not a slur. More to the point is that she seems to be a black woman who refuses to accept "middle classness", and who will call other blacks who work side by side with whites, Uncle Toms. Moreover, she probably views any white person who gives her a friendly hello smile as being condescending to her, rather than just being friendly.

This is the story that deserves much more purchase than Shirley Sharrod...but will the mainstream media run with it?

It will be interesting to see if she gets elected.