All Our Vote:
My brother pointed me to this Op-Ed in the New York Times where a Republican congressman in our home state of Michigan claimed that, in order for Bush to carry Michigan this November, the ‘Detroit Vote’ (80% black) will have to be “surpressed”.
That’s more than a little creepy. Pair it with other stories about black college students threatened with arrest for voting at the wrong polling place and elderly African-Americans made the subject of law enforcement intimidation for supposedly filing incorrect absentee ballots and small wonder there’s a need for a hotline like 1-866-OUR-VOTE, to report voter harassment and intimidation.
Anyone think we wouldn’t need such a thing in 2004? Anyone think its an odd coincidence that black folks overwhelmingly vote Democrat?
Welcome to Bush America.