Scary black man with weapon outside a polling place somewhere!!! It’s a scandal!!! A “voter suppression” outrage!!! And Obama’s scary black men are coming to get you next!!!
I don’t care much about this silly story and, apparently, neither did any voters. Not a single one of them filed a complaint of “voter intimidation” during the 2008 “incident” captured on video for a minute or so outside a polling place in a largely minority area of Philadelphia and then played endlessly on Fox “News” ever since. Naturally, the footage is always accompanied by some sort of pretend “outrage” from the Fox host in each instance.
As the incident has even less relevance to the lives of Americans as the death of Natalie Holloway, we haven’t covered it more than once or twice here, most recently last July when Washington Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander took the bait in support of his paper’s regard of the non-story as some sort of “political bombshell”.
But, with the death-by-fake-scandal of ACORN, the Republicans need something on which to hang their fake, vaguely “voter fraud”-related, very much black people-related investigations in Congress as they take over the majority in the House. So, get used to it. We’re all gonna be forced to hear about this silly story — over and over again — whether we like it or not, in the coming months (and, probably even years!) as the GOP hold hearings and “investigations” on this story, rather than on ones which actually matter.
So to that end, if you’re not already familiar with the ridiculous “scandal” concerning the “intimidation” by two jackasses from the so-called “New Black Panther Party” at a polling place in 2008, Adam Serwer’s summary at WaPo today (of all places) has you covered. He’s even honest enough to take his paper on directly for the ink they continue to give to the non-story courtesy of their Rightwing columnist (one of many) Jennifer Rubin.
Gosh, I wonder if, when the GOP hold their hearings on “voter intimidation” at the polling place, they’ll also be demanding that Eric Holder prosecute this guy as well. Somehow, I’m doubting it.
If you want to see a real example of election problems, look at Colleton County, SC. This county certified 1,389 more votes than were actually cast in the November election. The State Election Commission and the Colleton county election commissioners agree they screwed up, but refuse the change the official results.
It is a shame there is no masked man video to go along with the story.
http://www.scvotinginfo.com/colleton-county.html
Speaking of which, is there an ACORN documentary in the works?
The unjust ACORN outrage, and repulsive unapologetic participation of politicians and New York Times and other news tabloids, is an ongoing source of anger for me. A documentary about the lie-based persecution of ACORN that makes all parties to this crime accountable for all time NEEDS to be made. They should not get away with it, at least in the minds of people for generations to come and in history books.
And yet it’s not an outrage that my local polling place, also the town’s municipal building, was plastered with partisan materials? They even filled out the sample ballot with all GOP candidates and loudly questioned me about what my political affiliation is. Perhaps I’m the only registered green in my town, but I’m less intimidated by a fake black panther than I am by these decidedly serious local clowns.
I found at least one ACORN documentary is in production (pre-production):
http://sundialpicturesllc.com/acorn-documentary.html
ACORN: THE RISE, FALL, AND FUTURE OF AMERICA’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL ANTIPOVERTY ORGANIZING GROUP, will cover the founding of ACORN in 1970, it’s four decades of effective organizing up through ACORN’s voter registration drives during the 2008 election, attacks from right wing media and the Republican Party, how it dealt with internal divisions and scandals, and future plans for a decentralized ACORN.
To round out the fake scandal here, if you grew up in the sixties you’d note the distinctive whiff of the New Black Panthers. I’m guessing they’re some kind of phony group too. Why else would they get time on FOX to spout relatively inarticulate crap? They kind of remind me of the folks who kidnapped Patty Hearst.