Apparently, the decision not to file a criminal case on this matter occurred before Obama was even in office. The case was downgraded to a civil case ELEVEN DAYS BEFORE PRESIDENT OBAMA TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE, TWENTY SIX DAYS BEFORE HOLDER WAS BECAME AG, AND NINE MONTHS BEFORE THOMAS PEREZ WAS PUT IN CHARGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION. I put this all in caps for those of you who have trouble understanding time and facts. So, the reality is that it was the Bush Administration that thought there was nothing much to this case at all. I guess that means they support the anti-white racism of the NBP, according to Cult logic.
The other thing that is just fucking hilarious about this whole story is that the precinct in which the "voter intimidation" occurred is a heavily Democratic district? Why would they intimidate their own voters? Unless they were simply a thuggish group of assholes, much like the Phelps buttholes, that have no relationship whatsoever with the Obama administration...except the fact that they are black.
Hmmm....I wonder if Cult members understand that black people don't all think the same...
As to why the Obama administration dropped the civil case, here is a pretty thorough explanation.
The decision not to further pursue the civil case reflected long-standing practice regarding Section 11(b), which prior to the Bush administration had last been used to stop a statewide voter-caging effort. The allegation that would have supported pursuing a broader case was the idea that there was a nationwide effort to place New Black Panthers at polling stations for the purpose of suppressing white votes -- the original complaint read that the NBPP "made statements and posted notice that over 300 members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense would be deployed at polling locations during voting on November 4, 2008, throughout the United States." The career attorneys recommended dismissing the case on the basis that there wasn't enough evidence to support that claim.
Seems pretty obvious and straight forward to me. But I know that Barack Obama was born in the United States.
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What is obvious and straight forward is that those NBP party members standing outside of polling places aren't cult memebrs, therefore the public links them to your side. Another thing that is obvious is that you don't like that very much, which is why you are so mad and insulting. Keep ignoring Obamas policies.
Thank you for the information, but what's the point of the post?
Are you suggesting that it's actually okay because Bush did it? That those who campaigned on ethics, transparency and accountability shouldn't be expected to improve on the shoddy work of their predecessors?
Are you suggesting that it's actually okay because an open and shut case of voter intimidation was only going on in one place, instead of several as they had expected?
Are you assuming, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that conservatives all adore Bush like (or possibly worse than) liberals are adoring of "sort of God" Obama? And that attacking that blind, mindless adoration is more important than whether or not the crime actually occurred and the perpetrator got punished?
Are you assuming that adoration will cause conservatives to all say "oh that's all right then" and ignore the evidence of their own eyes?
What's the purpose of this?
great post anonymous. good luck getting answers to those questions as they will leave this discussion as usual.
This was outstanding...
The New Black Panther Party plays the same role for the right that Hutaree-style militants play for the left: They're a tiny, uninfluential group whose importance is magnified to keep the base excited. Left and right wind up worrying more about each other than they care about the institutions that actually govern the country.
http://reason.com/blog/2010/07/14/panthermania
Yeah, and things like high gas prices as well as kittens dying had everything to do with the Bush administration on this blog.
How is that hope and change working out these days? Running to the NAACP and screaming racism is soooooo the future isn't it? Are we in the new era of politics yet?
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