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*Barf Alert* Why Millions of African-Americans Won't Vote For Obama
University of Saint Thomashttp://www.stthomas.edu/lawmagazine/2008/Summer/Stuckey.html | 2008 | Shawn Stuckey

Posted on 10/04/2008 11:27:57 PM PDT by TypeZoNegative

When the election rolls around in November, a large, traditionally Democratic constituency will be missing. Many would expect this constituency to come out in droves to support Barack Obama, but this group of men will not cast their ballot for the African-American presumptive Democratic presidential candidate. These men will be noticeably absent from the polls, not because of apathy or anger or any of the other traditional voting deterrents; these men will remain away from the voting booths because they are legally prohibited due to felon disenfranchisement laws. Felon disenfranchisement laws have resulted in the loss of the right to vote in 13 percent of the United States’ African-American adult male population and, in some states, particularly in the South, 40 percent of African-American men are likely to be disenfranchised permanently.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: criminals; felons; felonvote; hobbledblack; kenhamblin; obama
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Well boo hoo hoo. If these idiot felons stopped following the stupid hobbled black myth that imbues the black community and did something with their lives other than shoot and kill everybody else and make it a living hell for those of us who want to succeed, they would be able to vote for their empty talking hero.
1 posted on 10/04/2008 11:27:58 PM PDT by TypeZoNegative
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To: TypeZoNegative

Sounds like the majority of the Obama base.


2 posted on 10/04/2008 11:29:40 PM PDT by nobamanada (No Way, No How, No Hussein)
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To: TypeZoNegative

Here, here! I second that motion.


3 posted on 10/04/2008 11:30:21 PM PDT by NowApproachingMidnight (Defeating liberalism is a strategy, electing McCain is a tactic)
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To: TypeZoNegative

Tough...and as for the mexicans we all need to get Border Patrol Caps and visit the polls on election day...they’ll make ‘em run and hide...stopping illegals from voting...HA


4 posted on 10/04/2008 11:31:25 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: TypeZoNegative

I’m willing to bet many of them will vote anyway.


5 posted on 10/04/2008 11:34:02 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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If these idiot felons stopped following the stupid hobbled black myth that imbues the black community ... they would be able to vote for their empty talking hero

Truly. But then, though able, would they still want to?

6 posted on 10/04/2008 11:37:08 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Don't tase me, Pa!)
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Felon disenfranchisement

Almost as bad as the "undocumented workers" bullchit. My suggestion to these maggots would be, if you want to vote, don't commit murders, rapes, burglaries, robberies etc. The choice is up to you.

How 'bout now we discuss Second Amendment Rights "disenfranchisement." If this is important enough to restore their voting rights, we should also restore their Second Amendment rights! Shouldn't we?

7 posted on 10/04/2008 11:39:36 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (DemocRATS are "scared" of strong, intelligent women.)
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Lousy personal judgment... check.
Doesn’t pay taxes... check.
Preys on productive, law-abiding Americans... check.
Votes for socialists... check.

Is there any conceivable way that adding even more of these people to the voter rolls would be a net positive for society?

Sorry but I’m just not seeing it. We need to raise the bar for voting, not lower it.


8 posted on 10/04/2008 11:50:49 PM PDT by bornred
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To: TypeZoNegative

Boo frikkin” hoo. It’s the price you pay, bro.


9 posted on 10/04/2008 11:54:03 PM PDT by sofaman (Moses dragged us through the desert for 40 years to the one place in the ME with no oil - Golda Meir)
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How about many of them aren’t as stupid as the Democrats think and hope they are.


10 posted on 10/04/2008 11:56:19 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: TypeZoNegative

Exactly. These felons probably never voted before they committed their crimes. Now, all of a sudden, it’s all important??


11 posted on 10/04/2008 11:58:05 PM PDT by redhead (Alaska--The only state in the Union with dirty Escalades.)
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...laws have resulted in the loss of the right to vote in 13 percent of the United States’ African-American adult male population and, in some states, particularly in the South, 40 percent of African-American men are likely to be disenfranchised permanently.

The article is stating in effect that 13% of African American males are felons generally, and in some places 40%.

The article misses its own point:

If true, the problem isn't voting, it is a serious indictment of the community referenced and its moral disintegration. It should also be advocating racial profiling.

If false or exaggerated, it is a racist slander

12 posted on 10/05/2008 12:01:52 AM PDT by verklaring (Pyrite is not gold)
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The premise is bogus. White, Asian and Latino felons can’t vote either.


13 posted on 10/05/2008 12:03:06 AM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhaul Congress! It's the sensible solution to restore Command to the People.)
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I think it’s too bad there aren’t any tapes of the Jesse Jackson impersonation Obama did when he was at Harvard. That would sure raise some eyebrows.


14 posted on 10/05/2008 12:09:11 AM PDT by SlapHappyPappy
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There are also millions of black voters who won’t vote for Obama because they are Christian and do not support him on the issue of gay marriage.


15 posted on 10/05/2008 12:14:01 AM PDT by weegee (Obama's a uniter?"I want you to argue with them (friends,neighbors,Republicans) & get in their face")
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My dad made some great mistakes and served a few years of prison time.
Every election cycle his greatest grief was that he could not vote.
He knew and understood why, because of his crime he lost this precious privilege.
I really think the prison time was not as bad for him as not being able to vote.
16 posted on 10/05/2008 12:58:00 AM PDT by svcw (Great selection of gift baskets: http://baskettastic.com/)
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....40 percent of African-American men are likely to be disenfranchised permanently.

They "disenfranchised" themselves.
They're felons, and that's the law, and IMO, it's a good one.

17 posted on 10/05/2008 1:09:01 AM PDT by Bullish ( Reality is the best cure for delusion.)
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"Sounds like the majority of the Obama base."

LoL! yep! I guess when they are asked who they are going to vote for they say "Obama" but leave out the "if I could" part.

18 posted on 10/05/2008 1:09:10 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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“these men will remain away from the voting booths because they are legally prohibited due to felon disenfranchisement laws. Felon “

Too.

Damn.

Bad.


19 posted on 10/05/2008 2:02:23 AM PDT by Salamander (Blue Oyster Cult is the soundtrack to the Revolution.)
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To: verklaring

You can take a tour of any Maryland state prison and you’ll notice something pertinent to those statistics, right off the bat.


20 posted on 10/05/2008 2:06:32 AM PDT by Salamander (Blue Oyster Cult is the soundtrack to the Revolution.)
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