Is anyone really surprised?



ACORN wasn’t a household name in the last election but documents show Democrats were just as eager to accuse the GOP of treating minorities unfairly in 2004 as they are in 2008.


A nine-page section of 66-page 2004 Kerry Edwards Colorado state Election Day Manual titled “Minority Voter Intimidation” begins: “Over the past twenty years, there have been repeated efforts by the Republican party and Republican Party candidates to harass and intimidate minority voters in an effort to reduce the number of African-American and/or Latino voters.” The manual then instructs Democrats how to look for minority voter intimidation tactics and how to publicize it to the media with special tactics designed for mainstream and specialty press.


Such intimidation tactics might take the forms of “efforts to create longer lines at the polls, targeting in minority communities,” or “slower responses to voting machine breakdowns in minority precincts.”


“If no signs of intimidation techniques have emerged yet, launch a ‘pre-emptive strike.’” The manual said this should be done by placing stories in mainstream and specialty press “in which minority leadership expresses concern about the threat of intimidation tactics” and “prime minority leadership to discuss the issue in the media; provide talking points.”

In other words, here’s how it works:

If you feel the Democratic candidate is not doing as well as he should be in your voting area, and you happen to be a member of the Victim-of-the-Month Club, simply contact your local media outlet and screech at the top of your lungs about how abused you are by the evil GOP.  Tell the newspapers and the broadcast outlets that you’re *insert color of skin, or even slight hue here* and that you feel you’re being denied your right to vote by a conspiracy headed by Bush/Cheney/Rove/Halliburton/Evil Christian Sarah Palin/Old John McCain. 

The specially coded combination of catch phrases comprised of skin color and the names of prominent Republicans will surely raise questions about whether the minority of choice is being denied a voice in our election process, and the Marxist Democrat will have the opportunity to prolong the election, sue the local elderly retirees who check your name at the table when you enter the polls run the evil GOP voting precinct, or merely draw attention of the rest of the world to how evil America is by denying the Black Man his entitlement of sitting in the Oval Office.

Welcome to today’s elections.

Someone please buy me an island!

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