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Kerry Suggests Bush May Prevent Black Vote
Fox News ^ | Sept 12 2004 | AP

Posted on 09/12/2004 10:34:50 AM PDT by everitt12

WASHINGTON — John Kerry (search) suggested Saturday night that Republicans may try to keep black voters from casting their ballots to help President Bush (search) win in November. "We are not going to stand by and allow another million African American votes to go uncounted in this election," the Democratic presidential nominee told the Congressional Black Caucus (search).

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,132145,00.html

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blackvote; florida2000; kerry; suppression
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If Kerry is already trying fear they have to be freaking out in the inner circle.
1 posted on 09/12/2004 10:34:51 AM PDT by everitt12
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And incidentally what about the Military vote. Is he as concerned that the absentee ballots might end up in the trash again?


2 posted on 09/12/2004 10:36:22 AM PDT by everitt12
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"Disenfranchised voter" argument already in play. Trying to inspire and enrage the Jesse Jackson crowd even though they can't stand Kerry. Or Edwards.


3 posted on 09/12/2004 10:36:27 AM PDT by BonnieJ
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To: everitt12

4 posted on 09/12/2004 10:36:41 AM PDT by null and void (the mockery of life in a galvanized body)
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There is so much wrong with this.. first and foremost, ASSuming that the African American vote will continue to automatically go to the dems. I believe that community is starting to wake up to how they have been used by the DNC over the years.
Second, you know he is getting desperate when they pull this card out of the deck.
Third, I wonder how much they will complain about their own party suppressing the military vote... and on and on and on...
5 posted on 09/12/2004 10:37:17 AM PDT by mnehring (YP4W)
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I saw a clip from this speech. It was the republicans did it in 2000, and they'll do it again this year. Sickening how wealthy, educated people can believe that crap.


6 posted on 09/12/2004 10:39:31 AM PDT by nuconvert (Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
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As with most things liberal, the opposite is true. The amoralist Demorats can't comprehend that anyone would not try and stop voters who are against them.


7 posted on 09/12/2004 10:39:38 AM PDT by TheDon (The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON)
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Bush should capitalize off these irrational statements of Kerry's.

Just make a long list of them, laughingly repeat them and frame the guy for the idiot he is.

The Kerry camp is going down for the third time. Implossion iminent. Stand back...


8 posted on 09/12/2004 10:40:46 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservatives)
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I agree with Jesse Jackson on this one. If anyone supresses the black vote this time around it will be Kerry and his vanilla shake campaign.


9 posted on 09/12/2004 10:41:02 AM PDT by JLS
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"We are not going to stand by and allow acts of voter suppression, and we're hearing those things again in this election."

What an outrageous statement !


10 posted on 09/12/2004 10:41:25 AM PDT by nuconvert (Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
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What Kerry meant: "I think black people are stupid. If I tell you that a million black votes went uncounted in 2000, you people are dumb enough to believe me. And if I tell you that the Republicans plan to do it again, I bet your eyes will get all bugged-out like in the movies. At least, that's what Theresa told me would happen. I don't actually know any black folks, so I'm just going on what she says. She was born in Africa, you know -- and she tells me that you people are dumb as a sack of hammers."


11 posted on 09/12/2004 10:42:35 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I have two words for John Kerry: "YYYEEEEAAARRGGGHHHH!!!!")
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Why doesn't he just say that he supports a completely free and fair election rather than single out the votes of African Americans as needing protection? Because he fears losing a free and fair election so he only cares about protecting votes from a particular racial/ethnic group that he assumes will go to him. What next? Kerry will promise to protect gay votes or Jewish votes?
It's paternalistic and offensive, as usual.


12 posted on 09/12/2004 10:43:10 AM PDT by gutshot
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040912/D8524CP00.html

Another article about that.

You know a few weeks back Rush made the point that you can predict what a demo'rat will by listening to what he accuses republicans of doing.

Prescient if he is right. But will PUSH/Rainbow or the Sheila Jackson Lee's of the world call him on trying to suppress the African-Americans who support W?
13 posted on 09/12/2004 10:43:49 AM PDT by everitt12
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Don't worry John, we've got the U.N. monitoring things this time around. < /sarcasm >


14 posted on 09/12/2004 10:44:36 AM PDT by RogueIsland
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I'm sure Dan Rather will be doing some indebth reporting on how President Bush is planning to suppress the black vote...memos and all.


15 posted on 09/12/2004 10:44:40 AM PDT by CWOJackson
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ROTFL


16 posted on 09/12/2004 10:45:12 AM PDT by everitt12
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Shame on you kerry for this hateful racist rhetoric.


17 posted on 09/12/2004 10:46:10 AM PDT by Wardawg (Hanoi John Forgery Kerry was here.)
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"We are not going to stand by and allow another million African American votes to go uncounted in this election,"

Did any - any - member of the media call him on this little factoid?

There are two chance of that; Slim and None - and Slim is HIV positive.

18 posted on 09/12/2004 10:46:16 AM PDT by ErnBatavia ("Dork"; a 60's term for a 60's kinda guy: JFK)
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Wow - we've gone from "disenfranchising" right up to "preventing" already.

Since BUSH is such powerful force, he should have no problem sweeping the election right out from under his opponent. (/refusing to type the name).

(/smiling from ear to ear that it's a shoe in that W will be re-elected.....YEAHHHH!!!)

NordP (www.pledgewear.com) – I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

And now this just in, out of Iraq...

www.affordablevideo.net/funny/newsreportfromIraq1.wmv

19 posted on 09/12/2004 10:46:29 AM PDT by NordP (The terrorists aren’t bullies on a playground; they’re hard core, “24” TV, head-sawing TERRORISTS!)
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"We are not going to stand by and allow another million African American votes to go uncounted in this election," the Democratic presidential nominee told the Congressional Black Caucus.

The fact that he has the nerve to actually say this out loud shows just how desperate he really is at this point. Even the blatantly biased Civil Rights Commission, run by that gem of a gal Mary Frances Berry, came up with NADA on disenfranchised black FL voters. What a joke.

20 posted on 09/12/2004 10:47:52 AM PDT by agrace
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