Voter Intimidation Allowed To Happen

gmart74 · May 29th, 2009, 09:35 AM

Does this bother anyone else? It was wrong when white supremacists did it, it should be wrong when black supremacists do it.

Charges Against 'New Black Panthers' Dropped by Obama Justice Dept. - Political News - FOXNews.com

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	The charges stemmed from an incident at a Philadelphia polling place on Election Day 2008 when three members of the party were accused of trying to threaten voters and block poll and campaign workers by the threat of force -- one even brandishing what prosecutors call a deadly weapon.

Bama4Ever831 · May 29th, 2009, 10:37 AM

Pretty ridiculous if you ask me. It is wrong.

jthomas666 · May 29th, 2009, 10:39 AM

Here's the thread on the issue from Election Day.

rizolltizide · May 29th, 2009, 10:49 AM

Happened to me. I was intimidated on election day. There's this dude that lives on the corner up the street from me, drives a VW bus with a battery operated fan on the dash, you know the type. He has this little sunfish sailboat with a patch that he sewed onto the sail that says "Impeach Cheney, Arrest Bush" that he comes by my dock with frequently along with his ugly wife. I shoo them away most anytime I'm out there and get a chance to do so.

Anyway, I was standing in line in the church parking lot waiting to vote and here comes dorkboy walking up carrying all his Democratic Party propoganda, late to the party of course. As he got near me asking if anyone needed information on the Democratic candidates on the ballot I couldn't help but be intimidated by his appearance, demeanor, and this ungodly odor of pork rinds and dirty feet. I don't know if I'll ever be the same. Next time he comes by my dock I'm gonna throw him a bar of soap.

It's On A Slab · May 29th, 2009, 11:00 AM

Clutch the proverbial pearls.

Where were the crocodile tears in 2004 when Ohio had wide-spread voter suppression....by public officials, no less?

Was the 2004 Election Stolen? : Rolling Stone

Ohio swung the election. Or is it a case of "It's OK if you're Republican"?

gmart74 · May 29th, 2009, 11:08 AM

any intimidation of voters should demand the highest penalty. it undermines our entire process of government.

CrimsonChuck · May 29th, 2009, 11:16 AM

Something is very fishy about this Fox article. Read this...from election day. First off, there were two people. Not three as the Fox article states. One of those people had a poll watching certificate, so he was allowed to stay. The other was asked to leave, and he left without incident.

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Man asked to leave Philly polling place - Blogs from CNN.com

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	Cathie Abookire, a spokewoman for the Philadelphia District Attorney's office, says the office is not investigating the matter, calling it a "non-incident." Abookire says, "We have had no complaints from any voters that they have been intimidated."

Could it be that the Bush justice department brought charges falsely against these people due to the faux Republican party outrage about "voter intimidation" that never actually happened?

Edit: I do need to add that the guy who had the gun is a moron of a high caliber. But as I said, the police asked him to leave and he left. When someone is comitting a crime (even if it just speeding), it is the police officer's call whether to arrest someone or to just give them a warning. Here, the officer chose to give him a warning. No Obama or Bush officials were involved in that decision. He left after the warning. End of story.

RamJamHam · May 29th, 2009, 11:27 AM

It's bad when anybody does it, whether it's in Ohio, Florida, or elsewhere, and whether it's Democrats, Republicans, or otherwise.

Here in Black Belt Alabama, the absentee ballot process can be abused to allow dead people to vote, a circuit clerk (and wife of a candidate) can have absentee ballots sent to her house instead of the courthouse, and the local circuit judge (and brother of said circuit clerk) can refuse to recuse himself in an action to subpoena said absentee ballots where he subsequently quashed the motion, causing the Attorney General's office and the Administrative office of courts to step in. If you don't believe this, Google Hale County and voter fraud. The irony is that in the Black Belt, you are going to have black folks elected anyway, so there doesn't even seem to be a straight-face reason for using these tactics other than simply to win. And we can't even have the most rudimentary of photo ID requirements in this state because it might disenfranchise people who don't have a driver's license, the result being that a utility bill is a sufficient ID here. How ridiculous is that?

Seems that the only thing that has changed is the color of the people trying to take advantage of the system.

gmart74 · May 29th, 2009, 11:34 AM

	Quote:	RamJamHam
	The irony is that in the Black Belt, you are going to have black folks elected anyway, so there doesn't even seem to be a straight-face reason for using these tactics other than simply to win.

stupid is as stupid does

Bamabuzzard · May 29th, 2009, 11:59 AM

	Quote:	RamJamHam
	Seems that the only thing that has changed is the color of the people trying to take advantage of the system.

Watch yo mouf. You know good and well the only folks that take advantage of folks is whitey.

TRUTIDE · May 29th, 2009, 01:24 PM

With ACORN being embraced by this admin and more readily funded by our tax dollars, voter fraud practices are just going to become more and more of a reality in this country. Our overseas military have all but been shut out from voting by the libs. As can be seen by liberal responses in this thread, the libs invite and excuse this kind of behavior rather than stand against it. I would support prosecuting any voter intimidation/fraud no matter which side is doing it. Obama has made his way through Chicago politics where this kind of thing is the norm. The New Black Panthers endorsed OBAMA. He is paying back all of his other supporter groups in kind. Why would it be surprising that he would let these guys off?

Bama4Ever831 · May 29th, 2009, 03:41 PM

	Quote:	TRUTIDE
	I would support prosecuting any voter intimidation/fraud no matter which side is doing it.

I agree with this. The rest of your post...not so much. I think a lot of people are making much ado about nothing in some of these cases.

Relayer · May 29th, 2009, 07:30 PM

I don't see the problem here.

The second video in the link clearly shows that the fellow in the black military-style uniform and boots carrying the billy-club was probably just there just providing valet parking.

He even seemed to take an extra special interest in the student with the camera, which was nice. We need more helpful folks like him.