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The GOP's Shameful Vote Strategy With Election Day almost upon us, it's not clear whether President Bush is running a campaign or plotting a coup d'etat. By all accounts, Republicans are spending these last precious days devoting nearly as much energy to suppressing the Democratic vote as they are to mobilizing their own. Time was when Republicans were at least embarrassed by their efforts to keep African Americans from the polls. Republican consultant Ed Rollins was all but drummed out of the profession after his efforts to pay black ministers to keep their congregants from voting in a 1993 New...

Here is the c-span web page with the Oct. 19, 2004 interview with Greg Palast: Greg Palast Discusses Black Voter Suppression by Republicans The interview is the third and last on the page and looks like this: "Washington Journal Entire Program Tony Blankley, Washington Times, Editorial Page Editor Greg Palast, Harper's Magazine, Contributor Elgie Holstein, Kerry-Edwards Campaign, Energy Adviser & Myron Ebell, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Director of Global Warming Policy 10/19/2004: WASHINGTON, DC: 3 hr. : C-SPAN" The interview with Mr. Palast starts at 01:38:00 on the RealOne Player.

Under mounting political, legal and financial pressure, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. yesterday backed away from its plan to carry a film attacking John F. Kerry's Vietnam War record, saying it would air only portions of the movie in an hour-long special scheduled for Friday. "The experience of preparing to air this news special has been trying for many of those involved," Sinclair chief executive David D. Smith said in a statement. "The company and many of its executives have endured personal attacks of the vilest nature, as well as calls on our advertisers and our viewers to boycott our stations...

October 19, 2004 — The Big Story on Action News is a politically motivated film furor Tuesday night in Jenkintown. Supporters of George Bush and John Kerry went nose to nose Tuesday night in Montgomery County, and neither side had any intention of backing down. Nerves are fraying at the edges, and there are still two weeks before Election Day. The emotion of this politically charged presidential election got the best of some people. People who came out to see the anti-Kerry film, "Stolen Honor" were already upset that management of the Baederwood Theater cancelled the showing after threats of...

I just came from the Baederwood Theatre in Abington, PA where "Stolen Honor" was to be shown to an expected full-house. Upon arrival I was told that the theatre canceled the show due to called in threats of violence. There were about 100 people milling around outside the theatre, mostly Bush supporters, when I arrived. The Bushies were rightly indignant that we couldn't see the film and the sKerry supporters were almost gleeful in their posturing. One "vet for Kerry" was getting in the faces of many of the Bush supporters, and had to be separated by the police more...

DNC RESPONDS TO DRUDGE [10/14 05:41 PM] The DNC has issued a long statement, mostly accusing "For decades, Republicans have engaged in systematic voter suppression and intimidation, from throwing minorities off the voter rolls to ripping up Democratic voter registrations. We make no apologies for fighting these tactics by exposing the dirty tricks when they happen, and helping educate local officials and activists about past Republican tactics so they can prevent them from occurring this year."They also list what the DNC insists is the complete "section of their field manual titled "How to Organize to Prevent and Combat Voter Intimidation"...

DNC posts larger excerpt of manual confirming use of "pre-emptive" accusations of voter suppression/initmidation. Confirms authenticity of Drudge's single page excerpt.

A preview of NBC Nightly News for October 13, 2004 indicated a high profile news item on black voter intimidation. From the way the piece was set up in an ad for NBC News, I strongly suspect Tom Brokaw is going to allege Republican attempts at black voter turnout suppression. Chalk another one up for the MSM touting DNC talking points du jour. This time it is Republicans disenfranchising blacks!! If any freeper catches this tomorrow, please report on it.

This election year, the vote in urban America will not be bartered away by the fear mongers like Jesse Jackson and former democratic presidential candidate Al Sharpton, who feel it is far better to concoct a lie and surround it with hyperbole and memorable rhymes that remind the urban or minority voters that the boogie man from the conservative Republican right is going to sneak into their community, into their voter precinct and suppress their vote. Of course it is absurd, and it certainly does not matter that the facts, which are clear and convincing that this is not only...

Kerry Accuses GOP of Suppressing Voting 1 hour, 13 minutes ago By MARY DALRYMPLE, Associated Press Writer CLEVELAND - Republicans have been trying to suppress voting in states where the presidential race is too close to call, Democratic nominee John Kerry (news - web sites) said Sunday at one of the city's largest predominantly black churches. "In battleground states across the country, we're hearing stories of how people are trying to make it harder to file for additional time, or how they're making it harder to even register," Kerry told an enthusiastic congregation at East Mt. Zion Baptist Church. "We're...

CLEVELAND - Republicans have been trying to suppress voting in states where the presidential race is too close to call, Democratic nominee John Kerry (news - web sites) said Sunday at one of the city's largest predominantly black churches. "In battleground states across the country, we're hearing stories of how people are trying to make it harder to file for additional time, or how they're making it harder to even register," Kerry told an enthusiastic congregation at East Mt. Zion Baptist Church. "We're not going to let that happen because the memories of 2000 are too strong. We're not...

Posted on Mon, Oct. 04, 2004 Kerry says Republicans suppressing voting in swing states MARY DALRYMPLE Associated Press CLEVELAND - Republicans have been trying to suppress voting in states where the presidential race is too close to call, Democratic nominee John Kerry said Sunday at one of the city's largest predominantly black churches. "In battleground states across the country, we're hearing stories of how people are trying to make it harder to file for additional time, or how they're making it harder to even register," Kerry told an enthusiastic congregation at East Mt. Zion Baptist Church. "We're not going to...

...Senator Jon Corzine: "Voter suppression and intimidation . . . in Florida again!? The GOP used voter intimidation and outright fraud to hand Florida to George W. Bush in 2000, and if we don't stop them, they'll do it again." Yes, the political urban legend that black voters in Florida were harassed and intimidated on Election Day four years ago is making a comeback. Only yesterday Jimmy Carter, fresh from blessing Hugo Chavez's dubious victory in Venezuela, moaned that in 2000 "several thousand ballots of African Americans were thrown out on technicalities" in Florida, and that this year more black...

..voter intimidation........The Orlando Sentinel and The Associated Press reported the allegations in July, but the story attracted little attention until it was repeated by Bob Herbert, an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, several weeks later. "The long and ugly tradition of suppressing the black vote is alive and thriving in the Sunshine State," Herbert wrote. Since then, the allegations have been repeated in numerous newspapers, on National Public Radio, at Salon.com and elsewhere. Six House Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown of Jacksonville, asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to investigate. That was followed by an identical request from...

Voter Suppression and Disenfranchisement is nothing more than codeword for Voter Fraud President Franklin D. Roosevelt was quoted as saying that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” and some nearly 63 years later he is right. What we have to fear is the hijacking of our Constitutional Republic by radical leftist force bended on obtaining power again at any cost once again. These forces have aligned themselves with the Democrat Nominee Senator John F. Kerry are engaged in a smear and fear campaign targeting the senior and minority communities of America. Senator Kerry, who claim to...

Kevin is on Hannity right now discussing lies about Republicans trying to keep blacks from voting.

Again, Kerry, the empty suit, continues to invent lies about Bush, this time with the race card. Now he is trying to appeal to the left's ignorant and YELLOW DOG voters, with more lies and absudity about the GOP. And now it is Bush that is going to "suppress the black vote"....and how, Mr. Kerry, is the President going to do that??? Of course, he does not tell us that...just more of the same old, tired, Dem playbook lying rhetoric we have heard for so long. Great food for his audience, the YELLOW DOG DEMS, especially those that are more...

WASHINGTON - John Kerry suggested Saturday night that Republicans may try to keep black voters from casting their ballots to help President Bush 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. "We are not going to stand by and allow acts of voter suppression, and we're hearing those things again in this election." Kerry has a team of lawyers to examine possible voting problems to try to prevent a repeat of the 2000 election disputes. He...

WASHINGTON - John Kerry suggested Saturday night that Republicans may try to keep black voters from casting their ballots to help President Bush 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. "We are not going to stand by and allow acts of voter suppression, and we're hearing those things again in this election." Kerry has a team of lawyers to examine possible voting problems to try to prevent a repeat of the 2000 election disputes. He...

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