OT: Heard this last night

[PineGroveBully]

The GOP nominee for a senate seat in Michigan, a West Point grad Apache pilot in Iraq, his father is from and grew up in Starkville. James Jones, impressive fella.

 

[WrapItDog]

The GOP nominee for a senate seat in Michigan, a West Point grad Apache pilot in Iraq, his father is from and grew up in Starkville. James Jones, impressive fella.

It would be cool if he uses his Darth Vader voice in Senate Hearings**

I think the Michigan Senate guy is named John James

 

[PineGroveBully]

You are correct sir

 

[blacklistedbully]

Saw him interviewed. Black man who said his dad is from Starkville, and as a black man, could not enroll at Miss State. Unless his dad is older than 70, that's inaccurate. Whether true or not, it was not exactly positive press for us.

But yes, he seems like an impressive guy.

 

[WrapItDog]

“My father was born in 1941 in Starkville, Mississippi, and lived directly across from Mississippi State University, and couldn’t go there because he was black,” he said, the news site reported. “As a result of the effort he put in, he went and served his country in Vietnam and then he went through and started a business. And because of the help that he received and the effort that he put in he was able to realize the American Dream.”

“James’ father co-founded James Group International, a group of companies offering global supply chain management services.”

https://heavy.com/news/2018/08/john-james-wife-elizabeth-family-michigan/

 

[PineGroveBully]

Yep, but it was what it was, Mississippi in the 60's. At least we'd been up for playing against him in basketball

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

But can he speak sheet music?

 

[The_Pylon]

By contrast, Michigan St had integrated it's football team in 1913:

https://alumni.msu.edu/stay-informed/story.cfm?id=515

(article starts with reference to Game of Change)

 

[Shmuley]

At times like this, one is thankful that ESPN will 17 up the identity of the aforementioned university.

 

[Tripper123044]

John James.


https://www.detroitnews.com/story/n...e-republican-primary-james-pensler/901532002/

 

[MSUDawg25]

I realize Mich State believes they are the only MSU, and that’s cool. But it would probably have been wise to use something besides MSU in an article that references both Michigan State and Mississippi State.