Posted on 09/25/2004 3:29:34 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
..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 Democratic U.S. Sens. Bob Graham of Florida and Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.
.... At a church on Orlando's west side Wednesday, the voters league shared its concerns with members of an international group that is in Florida to monitor the November election.
....FDLE administrators have said allegations that they intentionally intimidated black voters are unfounded.
Officials said they selected several female agents to help with the interviews so voters would be more at ease. Most of the interviews were conducted the same day in June, and no voters have been contacted since then, they said.
FDLE officials also have said the stories of intimidation were trumped up to distract from the ballot-tampering accusations lodged against Thomas.
"We welcome the investigation," FDLE spokesman Geo Morales said.
Some prominent members of Orlando's black community give little credence to reports of a systemic effort by the FDLE to stifle the minority vote.
.... Daisy Lynum, a black city commissioner who has always been quick to speak up about racial inequities suffered by her constituents, said a few of those interviewed by the FDLE did feel intimidated by the visit. But that wasn't the FDLE's intent, she said......
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Spot on!!
Bump!
Bumps!
Do you think one chill pill is enough? Perhaps a straight jacket would stop the hand wringing.
Note to the Dems: Somehow I think voters in Orlando are a bit more worried about Jeanne at the moment.
Isn't it something.
I think the last time a state got hit 3 times in one season, was TX - way back when.
Last night I heard on the news that FL hasn't been hit four times since the 1890's. Folks down there are in our prayers.
I suppose the truth is out there somewhere.
I also heard.... the Florida Keys haven't been hit since 1919. Living there sounds like a safe bet.
The other thing to remember is that the men in those robes were mostly Democrats.. not Republicans.. is the oddest thing.. That this little fact keeps on being forgotten somehow.
Why shouldn't they? Conservatives worry (correctly) about 106% Democratic voter turn-out in Illinois and Florida...
Forgotten? More like Dimocrats never let the facts get in the way of their b/s. ;)
I'm sorry, wasn't it Democrat George Wallace who stood in the doors of the University of Alabama in 1963 to bar desegregation and proclaimed ? Which party does Robert "Grand Dragon" Byrd belong to?
Which party supported and passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
We all know when corrine calls for an investigation she has committed a criminal act. A diversion from the real truth of Brown's get out the vote scam/voter registration. The B'a tch needs some time in the tombs.
It would have to be in suppository form.
Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!
The misinformation boggles the mind.
I guess public schools are doing just what LIBERALS want them to do.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
What happened to the rest of my sentence??? How odd.
"wasn't it Democrat George Wallace who stood in the doors of the University of Alabama in 1963 to bar desegregation and proclaimed "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever"?
They're probably not smart enough to administer it. Are you going to step up to the plate?
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