There's a very good chance Louis Cheek will defeat the man many consider the worst DA in America. If I were betting today, my money would be on Cheek.
But what if Nifong wins? What will happen? Will the fight for justice go on?
You bet it will!
Sure, there’ll be deep disappointment and some tears; but no recriminations. Pros recriminate. We’re amateurs who put our best out there. We’ll be thanking everyone who helped and asking: “What’s the best way to go forward?”
Joan Foster at Liestoppers thinks Cheek will win but she knows how Liestoppers and the rest of us will go forward should Nifong win:
[We] will still be here tomorrow morning, breathing fire. Forget despair… think dogged determination. We don't do angst, we redouble our efforts.Joan’s right.
Every Ashley propaganda piece has fueled a stunning rebuttal from someone on the blog. A twisted missive popping up from the professor-ly-pitiful Gang of 88 is manna for our creative heaven. Every Nifong outrage inspires us, rejuvenates us, rededicates us. […]
A Nifong victory tonight will not bring ANY of us to despair. It will burnish ALL of us to whatever brilliance we might hope to possess. We will dig deeper, we will delve further… we will leave no stone unturned.
We will write and rhyme and reason... parse the law and produce wickedly funny cartoons. We will not be eviscerated by a Nifong win today… by heaven, this crew will be invigorated.
Nifongistas, we'll all still be here. You ain't seen nothin' yet.
None of us will give Nifong a day’s rest until he’s out of office. After that, he can spend all the time he likes meeting with his defense attorneys.
Joan’s editorial is here.
4 comments:
as long as Nifong is in office, Duke lax supporters ought to consider an economic boycott of Durham business establishments. Even doing it for a day would send a powerful message!!!!!!!
I don't normally comment, but, since my parents ARE business owners in Durham. Just who would this send a message to? What ability do small business owners, with the exception of their vote, have to influence Nifon being in office?
There are many people not only in the US but around the world watching this case very closely. Mike Nifong is no friend of better race relations. I pray that the people of Durham vote him out of office so that the healing may begin.
Many voters get their information from newspapers and tv but as we know the defense attorneys and a few bloggers are bringing the truth to the people.
Thanks to you all
Economic boycott of Durham business should have started long before this. The Duke lax supporters did their part - it was Cheek and Monks who did not. Durham is welcome to and deserves whoever they elect.
Unfortunely, this case and New Orleans has confirmed many sterotypes. We will keep paying the welfare and food stamps as payment.
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