Originally Posted by prof.pickles

And your unimpeachabe source is the a single quote from the WSJ's editorial staff, hardly a non-partisan group themselves. Again, I ask you what arguments other than insults and innuendo do they give to refute the charges?

What makes a federal commision or the other sources invalid? Your word? Aren't the stories in the report real?

KMA-628:

The stories that I pasted, and there are many more in the report, have nothing to do with
legally disenfranchised felons, if that is what you are referring to. If not, I'm very curious what law there is that legally disenfranchises african americans living in Florida.

Reread my post...you'll see descriptions of people normally able to vote that were impeded in 2000. Read the report....it details polling places that were moved without notice, selective refusals because of minor issues that didn't seem to effect voters in more affluent districts. I don't see how mentioning these facts amount to petty games.

Ustwo: the Republican party turned their back on the legacy of Lincoln as soon as they courted the southern democrats that left their party over civil rights issues. Strom Thurmond had been a republican for a very long time. Tasteless plantation imagery will do nothing to bring african americans back to the party.

To all:
I am not alleging a Republican conspiracy here. I doubt that any one group planned all of this mess to throw off the african american vote. It does reveal a pattern of neglect that should enrage all of us, regardless of party. To avoid allegations this time around, Republicans should have joined with Democrats in a massive effort to reform the Fla. system. We should not waste our outrage in violent condemnations of any accusation of wrongdoing, particularly when their are so many documented cases....we should use it speaking up for those deprived of a voice no matter what creed we personally swear allegiance to for that is the essence of what an American should be.