Posted on 10/21/2014 6:59:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Democratic effort to pump up the African-American vote in Georgia just took an interesting turn.
A reader has sent us this early-voting turnout mailer sent out by the Georgia Democratic party that focuses on the shooting of Michael Brown and subsequent unrest in Ferguson, Mo. It contains an interesting line that concedes the problem of low interest among black voters:
If we want a better, safer future for our children, its up to us to vote for change. The choices may not always be perfect, but the cost of inaction is simply too great.
Heres a complete look:
And this:
Followed by this:
And this:
Update 7:05 p.m. We caught up with Democratic Party Chairman DuBose Porter at an event in Milledgeville this evening. He said the situation in Ferguson easily applies to Georgia:
Again, its about opportunity. Are you going to be in situaitons more like that? I mean, thats when you dont have people having the opportunity for jobs or to participate in their community and the opportunity to grow. When you have communities like that that are stagnant thats what were getting to in Georgia and when you offer people the HOPE grant to get retrained, or the fundamentals in education so we can get our dropout rate down. That very much of what that climate is, is what were trying to change here.
Is it fair to link it to police violence?(continued)
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