It looks like Ms. Tinker may be getting her campaign ad advice from John McCain's camp. Hey, if scaring white folks about a black candidate is an acceptable tactic, , why shouldn't the reverse be acceptable as well, right? It looks to me like despicability (and desperation) crosses racial lines.

I find it very interesting how Baker has found a new nickname for Cohen. Cohen is now to be referred to as Steve "the author of a resolution apologizing for slavery" Cohen. Give me a break! Cohen is just like the rest of them, a blatant opportunist who does nothing but use and manipulate our community. The sooner our church leaders wake up and see this reality the sooner we can move on to real and meaningful representation in Congress. Where was Cohen with this slavery apology bill all these years and now that he's on the verge of losing his seat all of a sudden he runs around the halls of Congress trying to quickly pass such a bill in the middle of the night. Shame on our democratic party leaders too that such an important subject would be treated with such haste and as a campaigning tool. Cohen and all his cohorts disgust me. It's time for him to go.

Listen, 9th District, listen closely to the messages you are reading and hearing. Do Ms. Tinker's words and actions reflect the manners, the morals, and the etiquette of our citizens? No -- the thinking voters in our district have grace and dignity and respect for others. Let us stand united by the rights that we have -- move beyond the wrongs for which none of us today are responsible. Let us move forward, not backwards.

Jackson Boone, you are either sadly misinformed or you are deliberately spreading lies. Cohen was sworn in as a Representative in January 2007 (first term). He proposed the resolution in February 2007. Since then, he and the 100+ co sponsors of the bill have been negotiating with the Senate over a similar bill that was stalled there. Why are you summoning church leaders to action? Are you suggesting that voters in the 9th District can't make decisions for themselves and need someone to tell them how to vote? How just like Nikki Tinker, with her stories of people sitting on the porch waiting for their checks. Shame on Cohen? Shame on you! You must think anyone who reads your post can be easily manipulated.

W Bailey needs to issue an 'apology' for calling Nathan B Forrest "despicable". Obviously he knows nothing of the real man.

From the Washington Post: "Let's get it all out, Cohen said. "When people commit injustices and do bad things, they ought to apologize and ask for forgiveness. Just be a good human being. Countries should operate in the same manner. Slavery is abhorrent." This comes from the mouth of the same man who brought us this chestnut: "Congress shouldn't legislate history" (Town hall meeting, Memphis, June, 2008) The Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project monitors hate groups and extremist activities throughout the U.S. and publishes the Center's award-winning Intelligence Report. It also offers training to help law enforcement officials and human rights groups combat organized racism, including an online hate crime training course for law enforcement professionals. Hatewatch and the Intelligence Report chronicled the efforts of congressmen, such as those of Steve Cohen, Robert Wexler, and John Murtha, to help cover up the murder of 1.5 million Christians. Historians view the event as the precursor to the Jewish Holocaust, mainly because Hitler himself said that it was the precursor to the Jewish Holocaust. Cohen doesn't think this is significant, probably because of his membership in the Turkish Caucus, and perhaps his lackadaisical attitude is aided by the many thousands of dollars he has received from the Turkish government and its agents. Perhaps he doesn't truly believe his own words that "countries should operate in the same manner" when it comes to apologies or recognition of injustices. Perhaps he should have a parenthetical footnote to his statement (*except if it involves the extermination of Christians from a continent). Which event? Read more at: http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=935 What is Nikki Tinker's position? It is the same as Barack Obama's. Ask Tennessee Titans' Rien Long: "I am proud to be endorsing Nikki and hope she wins her August 7th primary race," remarked Rien Long, whose 27th birthday just happens to be the day of the election. "I believe Nikki will bring the energy, intellect and integrity the people of Tennessee's Ninth Congressional District need and deserve. I also believe that people like Steve Cohen, who are playing an active role in blocking legislation in Congress that would mark the first genocide of the 20th century (Armenian Genocide), have no place in Congress." Nikki Tinker, like Barack Obama, supports the legislation. "Sadly, Cohen is an apologist for the Turkish government, which has never admitted to genocide," Long added. "My family has been in America for nearly 100 years, because one of my great-grandfathers escaped the genocide of the Christian minority of Turkey. Many of his nieces and nephews were not as lucky." Long was the subject of a documentary film in 2006, "The Long Journey from the NFL to Armenia," which chronicled a visit he made to his ancestral homeland. "During my trip, I stood just a few miles from the Turkish border and over that border stood Mt. Ararat, where the Bible says Noah's Ark landed in Armenia. That mountain is now in Turkey, which just adds to the disappointment I have in a person like Congressman Cohen, who does favors for the foreign government of Turkey, which spends millions of Turkish tax dollars every year to lobby jaded politicians against Armenian Genocide recognition," Long added. "I know Nikki Tinker will not be a lapdog for the Turks like Steve Cohen, who encourages genocide denial, by fighting congressional recognition," Long concluded. Long won college football's Outland Trophy in 2003, which is awarded to the best interior lineman. He was then picked in the fourth round of the NFL draft by the Tennessee Titans and has made Tennessee his home ever since. Please savor the irony that the originator of an apology for slavery has made it to a hate crimes ("monitors hate groups and extremist activities") watchdog group's naughty list. I already voted for Tinker. I hope you do as well.

the shorter geraldo: Cohen is a Turkish agent! Yawn.

go away, geraldo. don't come back unless you have something to say that involves real issues that affect the living residents of the 9th district.

To those who need simplification: The actions of your congressman have ended up on a hate crime watchdog's radar screen.This organization is widely known for its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups. The cited article exposes your candidate's true character and is extremely relevant to Memphians wishing to determine the legitimacy or illegitimacy of his claim regarding the sincerity of his slavery apology, the single act that has defined his last term. One cannot commit a hate crime against one ethnic group and claim to support the rights of another. If you feel that you know more than the Southern Poverty Law Center about hate crime, please contact them to discuss at: 400 Washington Ave., Montgomery, Alabama 36104. They are located just off I-65.

Yet when Tinker was asked if there was any vote of Cohen's she disagreed with, she had no answer. Yes, she filled out your little form, but she wasn't there for you when it counted, was she?