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Commentary: Republican Racism
Racism has become an essential part of the
Republican Party�s election strategy.
By Mick Youther
Racism is not only alive and well in America, it
has become an essential part of the Republican
Party�s election strategy.
� �[In the 2000 election] tens of thousands of
eligible Florida voters were wrongly prevented
from casting their ballots--some purged from the
voter registries and others blocked from
registering in the first instance. Nearly all
were Democrats, nearly half of them
African-American.�-- Gregory Palast, The Nation,
1/18/01 (Bush �won� by only 537 votes.)
� �Supposedly, these were convicted felons
forbidden to vote in Florida, but 90% of them
turned out to be innocent of any crime--except
perhaps Voting While Black.�-- Jim Hightower's
Lowdown, 4/5/03
The only reason this Republican voting rip-off
was exposed in the 2000 Florida election was
because of the intense scrutiny brought on by the
close Presidential race. If you don�t believe
they are doing the same thing all across the
nation for the 2004 election, I have a bridge I�d
like to sell you.
� �If we do not suppress the Detroit vote, we're
going to have a tough time in this election
cycle.�-- State Rep. John Pappageorge (R-Troy),
at a meeting of the Oakland County Republican
Party, Detroit Free Press, 7/16/04
� ��Republican poll watchers in Arkansas
reportedly drove away voters in predominantly
black precincts by taking photos and improperly
demanding identification during pre-election day
balloting in 2002. Recent reports of voter
suppression tactics also came from Louisiana, New
Jersey, South Carolina, and several other
states.�-- GayToday, 5/25/03
� �A nationwide review reveals a disturbing
pattern in closely contested states of Republican
office-holders with close ties to the Bush-Cheney
campaign: Remove eligible voters from official
rolls and erect barriers to new or young voters
and minorities who vote overwhelmingly
Democratic.�-- Hans Johnson In These Times,
8/20/04
� �The GOP election workers, most of whom live
outside the targeted precincts in western and
central Louisville, Portland and Newburg, will be
on hand to challenge voters who they suspect
aren't eligible. ��(They) have only one purpose:
to intimidate and suppress votes in the West End
and other minority areas,� Tim Longmeyer,
chairman of the Jefferson County Democratic
Party, said during a news conference yesterday�--
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), 10/23/03
� �This is the endgame strategy the Republican
Party has decided to utilize, rather than
positive strategies. They are strategizing, �How
can we get those folks we don't care about from
going to the polls?��-- Rep. Alexander Lipsey
(D-Kalamazoo), Detroit Free Press, 7/21/04
Because a high percentage of African Americans
vote Democratic, they are an easily identifiable
target for voter suppression. Every time
Republicans can prevent an African American from
registering, or voting, or having their vote
counted�there is a good chance that they have
eliminated a vote for the Democrats. This has got
to stop.
� �The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was specifically
enacted to prevent voter intimidation and
suppression. A violation of the act constitutes a
felony. The act imposes severe penalties on those
who try to disrupt the democratic process, as
well it should.�-- Detroit Free Press, 7/2704
� ��we're not just going to sit there and wait
for it to happen. On Election Day in your cities,
my campaign will provide teams of election
observers and lawyers to monitor elections, and
we will enforce the law.�-- John Kerry at the
N.A.A.C.P. convention in Philadelphia on
Thursday, quoted in the New York Times, 7/19/04
� ��more than 60 nonprofit groups have banded
together to form a �Voter Protection Coalition.�
The group is planning to have 25,000 volunteers
-- including 5,000 lawyers -- staff Election Day
hotlines, videotape polls and go to court if
necessary.�-- Jo Becker, Washington Post8/26/04
� �America's Families United, a racial-justice
advocacy group that is registering thousands of
people, has set up a "voter protection project"
to ensure that its new registrants make it onto
the rolls, by comparing each new voter list to
its own list.�-- New York Times, 7/19/04
While George W. Bush speaks of patriotism and
democracy, his party conspires to systematically
deny African American citizens� their most basic
right�the right to vote. This is not a racism
born of ignorance or culture. This is a
premeditated racism, designed to illegally deny
the vote to as many democrats as possible. This
is definitely not the Republican Party of
Lincoln.
� �Four decades ago, the opposition to the civil
right to vote was easy to identify: night riders
wearing white sheets and burning crosses. Today,
the threat comes from partisan politicians
wearing pinstripe suits and clutching laptops.�--
Martin Luther King III and Greg Palast, The
Baltimore Sun, 5/8/03
Posted September 20, 2004
If they can take the vote away from one group,
they can take it from you. We need to help
protect everyone's right to vote. You can email
your comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=887
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