Kerry Hints GOP May Suppress Black Votes

[Terri]

Kerry Hints GOP May Suppress Black Votes

Nedra Pickler
AP
Yahoo News
Sept. 12, 2004

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 also has said he has thousands of lawyers around the country prepared to monitor the polls on election day.

More (http://story.news.yahoo.com /news?tmpl=story&cid=536&e=2&u=/ap/20040912/ap_on_el_pr/kerry)

[Basheva]

As I recall all the "election disputes" that occurred in Florida were in districts in which the election process was run by democcats on ballots designed by democrats.

Once votes are cast - the ballot does not contain racial information, so it is impossible to disregard those ballots cast by black citizens - or any other race for that matter.

By the way.....we never did hear of a full accounting of the black churches that were supposed to burn once Republicans were elected. Remember that?

[Trav]

If a republican says somthing like "Black voters usually vote Democrat" even though that is usually what happens according to statistics and polls and what not. THEY ARE ACCUSED OF BEING RACIST!

But, if a democrat says somthing like that, nothing...

Heck, you cant even pay and old man a compliment with out being considered racist if your a republican...

I believe the only people keeping the Black population down is the Dems.

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I often wonder why J.Kerry and that other donkey never resigned their senate seat? Because they both would be un-employed. Could this be the reason? Bud M

[LKH]

Welcome, BudMarten! If they had any character, those guys would certainly resign their seats just as Bob Dole did when he ran for president. But then we haven't expected the same level of integrity from Democrats as we have from Republicans in years.

Trav, you have it exactly right!

John Kerry and Silky Pony are busily at work dividing this country because the division is good for them. They do it very subtly, but do it nonetheless. One just has to be very perceptive to see it. Not all want to look for it. Not all want to recognize it when they see it.

[Bigdog]

Quote[/b] ]I often wonder why J.Kerry and that other donkey never resigned their senate seat? Because they both would be un-employed. Could this be the reason? Bud M

Well, one of them is going to be unemployed, anyway.
Little John's senate seat is up for renewal this year and we damn sure weren't going to reelect him! Not after the "non-performance" he has shown.

[jimmyjoebob]

You can bet that these Kerry lawyers have one goal in mind....election theft. I suspect, they have evaluated any new vote tabulation processes to be used in this election, and have piggy-backed new tactics onto procedures they have been employing in elections for decades. The following article exposes how Democrats have been stealing elections. The techniques they use are exposed in this article and were obviously used in the last Presidential election, in Florida.

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WorldNetDaily
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'How Democrats steal elections'
Veterans of hand recounts describe techniques used to change outcome

By Jon E. Dougherty and David Kupelian
© 2000 WorldNetDaily.com

The manual vote recounts being insisted on by Democratic operatives in Palm Beach County, Fla., have been used for over 20 years to steal elections from Republicans, claim several GOP veterans of hand-recount election-upsets.

According to Bob Haueter, who served as chief of staff for former California Assembly Minority Leader Scott Baugh, and who is an expert on manual recounts, a Democrat lawyer intimately involved in "stealing" elections from Republicans through hand recounts admitted to the process and even shared the techniques involved.

WorldNetDaily - How Democrats steal Elections (http://www.worldnetdaily.co m/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ ID=17718)

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[jimmyjoebob]

I have observed the increasing accounts of ballot fraud over the last several elections. Uncovering and exposing many of these fraudulant tactics are obviously gaining momentum since the 2000 Presidential election. In addition to the link in the above post, you may want to read this one. Although it is in the New York Times (biased), it still contains some interesting information.

Quote[/b] ]Absentee Votes Worry Officials as Nov. 2 Nears

By MICHAEL MOSS, The New York Times

As both major political parties intensify their efforts to promote absentee balloting as a way to lock up votes in the presidential race, election officials say they are struggling to cope with coercive tactics and fraudulent vote-gathering involving absentee ballots that have undermined local races across the country. *
Some of those officials say they are worried that the brashness of the schemes and the extent to which critical swing states have allowed party operatives to involve themselves in absentee voting - from handling ballot applications to helping voters fill out their ballots - could taint the general election in November.

Absentee ballot voting fraud (http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/elections/article.adp?id=20040 913065609990003)
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[Pamela Bridgeman]

You know I'm a black voter who has never voted for a Democrat my entire life. Heck, the first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan - been voting straight-ticket Republican ever since (except for those non-partisan judges)(And this year got an Independent, who is really a Republican in my sights for an office). Got plenty black friends just like me. Why doesn't someone poll us about what black voters think?

[termind]

Welcome, Pamela!

This thread has convinced me to dust off the Bill Sammon book At Any Cost: How Al Gore Tried to Steal the Election. I read it at publication with a perspective on the past. It's probably a good prediction of shinanigans for the upcoming election as well.

[Tar Heel Zoomie]

It all boils down to the same eternal truth. Whenever they are faced with a loss, the Dims change the process so that they can alter the outcome if necessary. A good example is here in NC, the Dims were losing almost all the judicial races to Republicans so they changed the process such that all judicial races are now "nonpartisan" which means the party affiliation of a candidate does not appear on the ballot. Now the voter has to find out that informatiion him or herself prior to voting. We need to take the elections process and the reapportiionment process out of the iinfluence of politicians (although I admit I don't know how). The unlimited early voting the Dims passed in NC thinking it wuld help them, turned against them when the reality of the fact that it was the Republicans (who have jobs) realized it made it earier for them to vote, turned out in mass to vote early!!!!

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[Basheva]

Welcome Pamela - good to have you join us!

There is only one thing that will suppress the black vote and that is if black citizens choose not to vote.

I think that when a democrat says that there is an effort to suppress the black vote, that is an insult to black voters. They are as knowledgable as anyone else as to what their rights are to vote.

The inference that the democrats make with such statements is that black citizens have no knowledge of their rights, are unable to make decisions for themselves and are easily swayed into not voting.

That's insulting.

[jimmyjoebob]

It seems Dems have also been diluting the military absentee votes through technicalities. Similar to what Gore tried in Florida. They know that the military votes are cast in-large, Republican. I think the military is trying to alleviate problems associated with military voting and the technical arguments raised by Democrats to throw out their votes.

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[karoden]

Great post Pamela, and glad to hear from a fellow Republican, but the Liberal media doesn't want to hear from you. They only want to hear from the Jessie Jacksons, and Al Sharptons whom they have anointed as the spokes persons for all Black's. Jackson, and Sharpton are for hire, and with their mind's of PUtty, and their willingness to sell their fellow Black's out for their own financial gain, and a moment on the TV screen they are just what the Democratic Spin Doctor's are looking for. To Parrot a infamous, and Poetic "SCAB LAWYER" "If You Won't LIE, then The Lib Media Won't Buy". If Dan Rather, Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw, and Chris Matthews have their way you will never be heard from.

Kerry is assurring the Black voter's that he has put out a call for thousands of "SCAB LAWYER's" to report for duty, to insure their votes are not stolen. I wonder if he would release his military record's and allow thousnads of honorble, and ethical lawyer's to review them and render an opinion http://www.gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[JJBiener]

Kerry and his surrogates are resorting to the only tools they have left to sway votes: fear and hatred. *It has worked for them in the past so like a one-trick pony they keep doing the same things over and over again.

As millions of Blacks become comfortable in the middle and upper classes of our society, it becomes harder for the Democrats to keep them loyal. *Promises of more government spending and high taxes won't resonate with Blacks who don't depend on government services and who will be adversely affected by higher taxes. *Democrats need something else to keep Blacks voting for them in large numbers.

Fear is a strong motivator. *By accusing Republicans of trying to suppress the Black vote, Democrats play into fears of racism and racial hatred. *It brings back distant memories of Jim Crow laws, poll taxes and literacy tests and places the blame for these crimes at the doorstep of the Republican Party. *This may be the biggest piece of political misdirection ever since it was Democrats who perpetrated these crimes, not Republicans.

We do bear some responsibility for Kerry being able to use this particular club. *We knew he was going to do it. *We knew it because Democrats always do it. *Democrats get points for consistency of not creativity. *They have been running the same campaign for 30 years. *On some issues they haven't changed in 60 years. *There is no excuse for the GOP to not be prepared for these baseless attacks. *We should have an answer ready for every standard attack from the Democrats and we should blast them every time they try to turn one segment of the population against another.

[Merika]

Welcome Pamela. I know a few black voters who are very strong Republicans. They are legally registered, know where the voting polls are, totally intend to make that vote and RESENT being put in a box by John Kerry or anyone else who makes the assumption they can't do this without being babysat through the process. It's demeaning!

[Thundercat505]

[QUOTE--jjbeiner--Kerry and his surrogates are resorting to the only tools they have left to sway votes: fear and hatred. It has worked for them in the past so like a one-trick pony they keep doing the same things over and over again.]

I fully agree with you jj, but for one thing. that is a two trick pony. if they cannot get you to vote for them they don't want you to vote at all.

to be honest with you, they think that all john q public are stupid, dumb, retarded, and in particular the black voters. because of the afore mentioned shakedown jackson, loudmouth sharptongue, et al, who folks, are admittedly not bright at all. they are gauging the entire black population by this handful of retards and saying that if they say it is so, it is so.

like the unions backing lurch, and thinking because all their members will vote that way because they back him, what a farce. each person with a mind of their own and able to find the information is able to decide how they will vote instead of being told how.

since several states use the touch screens the hand counting of ballots won't be of any help, but the major kicker is the military votes than can be manipulated and kept out by sending stuff out too late, not enough forms, etc. which is hopefully going to be resolved and not allowed to happen. with that many votes at stake, I just wonder!!!!!!!!

[Corgie Girl]

1) When the Dimocrats are desparate, they resort to the race card or the welfare/Medicare fear card tactic. Polls show seniors are catching on and I suspect a lot of blacks are too.

2) If anything has been a surpressor of blacks, it has been the Demotratic (Victocratic) Party! They continually portray their constituency as victims and treat them like children that can't fend for themselves. The "spend at all cost" programs keep their block in line and dependent. Unfortunately, it stunts their growth and punishes them if they try to leave the system (ask anyone who has tried to get off long-term Welfare support)!

3) I don't think the vote will be close enough for a hand count to be necessary. I think that Kerry's going down in flames!!!!!