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<P id=BlogTitle><B>Justice Dept: Blacks MUST Have Democrat Label to Know How to
Vote</B></P>
<P id=BlogDate>Posted By Bobby Eberle On October 20, 2009 at 9:02 am</P>
<P>There have been some crazy actions to come from Obama and his advisors
regarding race. Remember when, not knowing ANY of the facts regarding an
incident between a white police officer and a black professor, Obama said on
national television that the officer acted "stupidly?" Or how about Obama's
20-year affiliation with a pastor who blasts America and advocates racial
division?</P>
<P>Well, now I think I've seen it all. Obama's Justice Department has ruled
against the actions of the town of Kinston, North Carolina. What did this town
do that was so terrible? The residents voted overwhelmingly to eliminate
partisan elections for mayor and city council members. The Justice Department
stepped in and said, "Whoa! Wait just a second!" According to the Justice
Department, blacks in Kinston must have the Democrat Party in order to elect
their "candidate of choice." How insulting! Basically, what Obama's team is
saying is that blacks will only vote for Democrats, and without the party label,
blacks can't figure out for themselves which candidate will get their vote. This
is not only a slap in the face of the voters, but it continues Obama's efforts
to divide people along racial lines rather than bring them together.</P>
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<P>The <B><A
href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/20/justice-dept-blocks-ncs-nonpartisan-vote/?feat=home_cube_position1"
target=top>Washington Times</A></B> has an excellent accounting of what is
happening in this small North Carolina city. Following a city vote to do away
with partisan elections for city offices, the Justice Department blocked the
action:</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE>The Justice Department's ruling, which affects races for City
Council and mayor, went so far as to say partisan elections are needed so that
black voters can elect their "candidates of choice" - identified by the
department as those who are Democrats and almost exclusively black. The
department ruled that white voters in Kinston will vote for blacks only if
they are Democrats and that therefore the city cannot get rid of party
affiliations for local elections because that would violate black voters'
right to elect the candidates they want.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>Candidate of choice? Basically they are saying that blacks will ONLY vote for
Democrats, and if there is no party label, they won't know what to do. Obama's
team also continues to take steps backward in race relations. Saying that whites
will only vote for a black if there is a party label attached smacks of blatant
bigotry. Furthermore, to say that blacks can't figure out who their "candidate
of choice" is without a party label, Justice Department officials are making a
huge assumption about the intelligence of black voters.</P>
<P>First of all, if a person is running for office, and that person is the
"candidate of choice" for a voter or group of voters, it doesn't matter if that
candidate has a party label attached or not. Shouldn't the electoral process by
a process where voters actually pay attention to issues, do a little research,
and then make an informed decision? What the Obama folks are saying is, "Forget
all that! We just want them to vote for the Democrat."</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Justice Department spokesman Alejandro Miyar denied that the
decision was intended to help the Democratic Party. He said the ruling was
based on "what the facts are in a particular jurisdiction" and how it affects
blacks' ability to elect the candidates they favor. "The determination of who
is a 'candidate of choice' for any group of voters in a given jurisdiction is
based on an analysis of the electoral behavior of those voters within a
particular jurisdiction," he said. Critics on the U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights are not so sure. "The Voting Rights Act is supposed to protect against
situations when black voters are locked out because of racism," said Abigail
Thernstrom, a Republican appointee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
"There is no entitlement to elect a candidate they prefer on the assumption
that all black voters prefer Democratic candidates."</BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>Keep in mind that according to the news story, this city votes Democrat
overwhelmingly... both blacks and whites. Kinston "voted by a margin of nearly
2-to-1 to eliminate partisan elections in the city."</P>
<P>The news story gets ridiculous when one reads the quotes from Loretta King,
"who at the time was the acting head of the Justice Department's civil rights
division."</P>
<P>"Removing the partisan cue in municipal elections will, in all likelihood,
eliminate the single factor that allows black candidates to be elected to
office," she said.</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Ms. King is the same official who put a stop to the New Black
Panther Party case. In that case, the Justice Department filed a civil
complaint in Philadelphia after two members of the black revolutionary group
dressed in quasi-military garb stood outside a polling place on election last
year and purportedly intimidated voters with racial insults, slurs and a
nightstick.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>Through King's efforts, the charges against all but one of the Black Panthers
were dropped.</P>
<P>The Justice Department's actions are not only racial, but overtly political.
As noted by Hans A. von Spakovsky at <B><A
href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OWIwNWIxMjE5ZDI0OTRkYTU3NmY1Yjg1N2JhZDFlMDY="
target=top>National Review Online</A></B>:</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE>The attorneys in the Voting Section also increasingly use the
Voting Rights Act as primarily a political bludgeon to protect and enhance the
electoral successes of the Democratic Party. Thus, in the Kinston objection
letter, the Department stated that “it is the partisan makeup of the general
electorate” that allows the winner of the Democratic primary to win in the
general election. But of course, the VRA is supposed to protect voters, not
majority parties. The fact that blacks are a controlling majority in the city
is essentially deemed irrelevant.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>This is yet another example of Obama's advisors showing that they are not
ready for their duty to represent the entire country. They are partisans, and
they are ideological radicals.</P>
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