Posted on 10/27/2006 1:00:36 PM PDT by Zakeet
"Despite a generally buoyant Democratic Party nationally," the New York Times reports, "there are worries among Democratic strategists in some states that blacks may not turn up at the polls in big enough numbers because of disillusionment over past shenanigans." What shenanigans would those be? The paper explains:
"This notion that elections are stolen and that elections are rigged is so common in the public sphere that we're having to go out of our way to counter them this year," said Donna Brazile, a Democratic strategist. . . .
Democrats' worries are backed up by a Pew Research Center report that found that blacks were twice as likely now than they were in 2004 to say they had little or no confidence in the voting system, rising to 29 percent from 15 percent.
And more than three times as many blacks as whites--29 percent versus 8 percent--say they do not believe that their vote will be accurately tallied.
Voting experts say the disillusionment is the cumulative effect of election problems in 2000 and 2004, and a reaction to new identification and voter registration laws.
Who exactly made the notion that elections are stolen or rigged "so common in the public sphere"? Wouldn't that be the Democrats, who never got over their grudge over Al Gore's photo-finish loss in 2000, who preposterously claimed Ohio was stolen in 2004, and who are already warning that if they don't do as well as they expect this year, it will be because of Republican dirty tricks?
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It seems to us that the real problem here is that the Democrats have outsmarted themselves. By creating the false impression that black voters are victims, they have discouraged blacks from going to the polls.
(Excerpt) Read more at opinionjournal.com ...
In 2002 I was a poll watcher and latr had a conversation with a black gas station man. When I asserted that everyone alive got to vote, he laughed and agreed, "Oh, you know how they do, now, too." One of the mysteries of black allegiance to dems is that the dems will blame blacks, if they lose.
All one really needs to erode voter turnout in urban precincts is a snap of cold weather or heavy rains. It's obviously not scientific in nature, but anecdotal evidence suggests Republicans are more committed to reaching the polls when they've made the decision to vote.
~ Blue Jays ~
OK, OK, LOL :).......at least we all agree he had a similar drooler......hard to keep track of them.
You got to love those Dimorats.
Leave it to them to create a lie, convince masses of people about the lie only to find - gee, everyone believes it; OH NO!!!.
So now the people they indoctrinated don't care what happens; they have already been totally sold the lie that their votes don't count.
The black Americans who were on the recieving end of the Dims indoctrination should wake up and realize how they have been manipulated into remaining on the Dimorats plantation.
And just which party has been trying to convince blacks that their votes don't count....Hmmmm
Inquiring minds want to know.
I'm sorry to insult the insult the intelligence of some black Democrat voters, but gee whiz, how stupid to you have to be in order to believe that? And how scummy must the Dem leadership be to manufacture such a filthy lie? They truly want to undermine the integrity of our republic.
I watched every min of the Civil Rights investigation and there was no real interferance anywhere in the stat. This stuff sells in the Northeastrn cities.
Good one ... and so accurate ...
the Foleygate boomlet only takes you so far, the rest of their balloons - except Iraq - is busted.
...."Many Republicans in Washington state believe that the Democrats stole the razor-thin 2004 governor's race there, but does anyone think a New York Times reporter will go to Walla Walla and write a sympathetic piece about white conservative voters who are so disillusioned that they plan to stay away from the polls?"....
Yes the LIBS did steal the governors race in 2004! King county (Seattle AKA SF north) suddenly found some 2000 ballots on the third count (second recount - which the liberal had lost both previous counts). When it was pointed out to King county election officials that you can not "recount" ballots that were not counted in the first place, they said "woops, we messed up, and now they are mixed up with everyone elses. There is no way to tell who voted for who. Darn!" You guessed it! Lib elected! (Agian, on the second recount) And the fools on the left have the nerve to accuse the GOP of voter fraud?
As a Washington state resident and voter, I challenge any LIB to say voter fraud to me with a straight face!
"It seems to us that the real problem here is that the Democrats have outsmarted themselves. By creating the false impression that black voters are victims, they have discouraged blacks from going to the polls."
I couldn't be sadder about the Rat predilection for shooting themselves in the foot. Hey, why don't y'all see if you can indict a gay Congressman as a pedophile, too? LOL!
regarding post 22
In 2004, it rained on cleveland, a dem stronghold, while most of the rest of ohio was dry.
or in gwb's words
"The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them. "
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