Sammie Was Black

Only one black man earned a spot with Sinatra's Rat Pack in Las Vegas.

Sammy Davis Junior.

Mister Show Business might have been the token black for the Silent Majority, but Mr. Show Business was well aware of his place in the white world after a stint in the Army.

"Overnight the world looked different. It wasn't one color any more. I could see the protection I'd gotten all my life from my father. I appreciated their loving hope that I'd never need to know about prejudice and hate, but they were wrong. It was as if I'd walked through a swinging door for eighteen years, a door which they had always secretly held open. My talent was the weapon, the power, the way for me to fight racism. It was the one way I might hope to affect a man's thinking."

While a headliner at The Frontier Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Davis lived on the other side of the tracks and club owners subjected him to the same Jim Crow treatment prevailing throughout the Deep South and most of America. As his popularity rose, Davis refused to play any casinos practicing racial segregation, which was a brave act considering most of the joints were owned by the Mafia.

Even worse was his kidnapping by a mobster to prevent his dating the actress Kim Novak. He got the message, but raised the ante by breaking a long-standing white-black taboo by kissing Nancy Sinatra.

After JFK refused to invite him to the inaugural party, Davis switched parties and his support of Richard Nixon tarnished his stature in the black community, but he was the first black man to sleep in the White House as a guest.

I don't have a bad word to say about him.

He was all Show Business.

To see his talent, please go to the following URL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFYiRTPsrqg

He did what he had to do to do his best for himself and his people.

# 45 Impeachment Odds

Back in August of 2017 the odds for Donald Trump's impeachment stood at $500.

The pseudo-POTUS' actions over the last two years has dropped that payday to $125.

The White House and GOP have battled against any requests for records or transcripts or tax returns, however after the latest phone call to the Ukrainian president cracks # 45's united front has shown cracks. Trump has attacked any and all of his party losing faith in the MAGA movement, while his predominantly white political base remains structurally sound. The VP's wife called on the devotees to go down on their knees for # 45. I think she meant in prayer.

A male supporter said to a reporter about the Ukraian phone call that everyone makes mistakes.

Not everyone forcefully demands that a country's leader accept a pro quid quo exchange of investigating his rival Joe Bidin's son for corruption in return for military weaponry and a pseudo-presidential visit. Rudy Guiliani, the madman, handled the negotiations. Four of his compatriots have been arrested fleeing the country. Trump is sticking with Rudy, but Congress will subpoena the ex-NYC mayor by the month's end or at least that would seem like a good bet at least until you consider Trump's uncanny ability to slip the noose throughout his adult life.

Impeachment doesn't appear likely today.

But who knows what tomorrow will bring to the table.

The smoking gun.