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2009-10-20 Home Front: Politix

Feds Overrule Local Vote to End Partisan Politics

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Posted by Bobby 2009-10-20 06:13|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 I didn't go far enough. here's the rationale. Now I understand.

"To begin with, 'nonpartisan elections' is a misconceived and deceiving statement because even though no party affiliation shows up on a ballot form, candidates still adhere to certain ideologies and people understand that, and are going to identify with who they feel has their best interest at heart," said William Cooke, president of the Kinston/Lenoir County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Some people can't tell the candidates apart without a label.

Posted by Bobby 2009-10-20 06:26|| 2009-10-20 06:26|| Front Page Top

#2 president of the Kinston/Lenoir County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

And here I thought referring to blacks as 'colored' was racist. /sarc off

This was never about equality, fairness, or justice. This was about power.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-10-20 07:44|| 2009-10-20 07:44|| Front Page Top

#3 The city government of Phoenix used to be terribly corrupt until it adopted non-partisan "charter government", which means that candidates cannot officially run by party, and there are no party tickets. The party hacks hate it, because the candidates have to run on credentials instead of just affiliation.

Just yesterday, it was suggested that FOX News should counterattack Obama by advocating that Chicago be federally, or by the State of Illinois, forced to have a charter government.

If they did that, you could hear the screams of pain from the Democrats all the way in Peoria.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-10-20 10:31|| 2009-10-20 10:31|| Front Page Top

#4 because that would violate black voters' right to elect the candidates they want.

Correction

The candidates the Demicratics shove in Black's faces and ORDER them to "Like" and vote for.
(Or the EEEVIL republicans will kill you all by eliminating the freebies that the HONEST DEMOCRATS are trying to give you (Buy your vote) with.)
(We know that you Blacks are too Lazy to research the candidates so we HONEST DEMOCRATS wii choose for you.)

I wish I could say Snark, but it's too true.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-10-20 13:37|| 2009-10-20 13:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes, the Justice Department is collaborating with the Democratic party machine to keep the local voters locked on the plantation -- ensuring the blacks vote along racial lines and the whites along party lines to the same result. The locals need to hire themselves an effective community organizer to ensure the will of the people, expressed overwhelmingly a year ago, is enforced.

Posted by trailing wife 2009-10-20 14:25|| 2009-10-20 14:25|| Front Page Top

#6 This is the same "Judge" that dismissed voter intimidation charges against the PA Black Panthers. Surprised?

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2009-10-20 14:44|| 2009-10-20 14:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Wow -- This story is scarier to me than a lot of the national news topics!

Posted by ExtremeModerate 2009-10-20 15:43|| 2009-10-20 15:43|| Front Page Top

#8 I wonder what would happen of the good folks of Kinston, N.C. told the Justice Department to F-k off and die...

What will Justice do? Send in the FBI? Federal Troops? Siege ballot boxes and hold them?

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-10-20 17:23|| 2009-10-20 17:23|| Front Page Top

#9 "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."

Translation: The DemocRat-run federal gummint thanks black people are too stupid to vote for their own choice unless Daddy gummint labels the candidates for them so they don't screw up at the ballot box.

Typical leftist bigotry.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-10-20 19:00|| 2009-10-20 19:00|| Front Page Top

#10 If this had been The Onion or Scrappleface, it would have been seen as an over-the-top, overly mean piece of satire.

Posted by ExtremeModerate 2009-10-20 23:24|| 2009-10-20 23:24|| Front Page Top

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