Comments on: Notice Anything Strange?

By: DosPeros

DosPeros — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:14:50 +0000

They think they can pull one over on under-educated black voters,

Nice. Yeah, you’re right…no paternalism there.

Look, JG, maybe P-Diddy will call you over to read the ballot for him, but he isn’t going to let you sit in the hot-tube with the hoochies and drink his Old-E.

By: Eural

Eural — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:59:28 +0000

Shorter DosPeros – yes, Republicans do have a hard time understanding why they don’t get the black vote.

By: Justin Gardner

Justin Gardner — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:17:34 +0000

It’s both an integrity and a race issue.

And yes, Republicans needn’t wonder why they don’t get the black vote when literature like this was being handed out in poor black neighborhoods. They think they can pull one over on under-educated black voters, but ultimately it’s a bad move because whatever votes they may get as a result of fraud, they’ll lose a 1,000-fold due to this information becoming public.

And by the way, how is paternalistic to call Republican operatives out for being so short-sighted? My point is that they need to appeal to the hopes and dreams in a certain voting block, not what they percieve to be their weaknesses.

By: DosPeros

DosPeros — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:22:45 +0000

It is an integrity issue, not a race issue. I would whole-heartedly agree that it is shady (although I think it is protected by the 1st amendment). The last paragraph of the post, though, is just goofy.

By: gal

gal — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:29:32 +0000

I disagree, DosPeros. I live in MD and found it very interesting how much campaign literature filled my mailbox — mainly from Republicans who were very, very careful to never identify themselves as Republicans. Shady, perhaps, but not overtly deceptive. However, I think the “sample ballots” were a step over the line, no matter who they targeted.

By: DosPeros

DosPeros — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:17:14 +0000

Not as condescending as the paternalism displayed in the post, gal.

By: gal

gal — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:21:57 +0000

I would argue that this tactic is deceptive to not only blacks but all voters. DosPeros, your comment is condescending.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:47:09 +0000

Here we go again with a gross glossing over and oversimplification of the question at heart…

By: DosPeros

DosPeros — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:10:32 +0000

Yes, the black man needs protection from the those tricky Repubs. God I’m glad I’m not black, because if I were, my lilly-white liberal protectors would drive me to the brink of insanity.