Virginia RNLA Leader on the Politics of Intimidation
RNLA Virginia Advisory Board member Ashley Taylor has penned an op-ed in The
Washington Times
concerning the Obama Justice Department's shameful stonewalling of an investigation into the dismissal of a voter intimidation suit against members of the New Black Panther Party for their actions outside of a Philadelphia polling place in November 2008's General Election. Please click here for the op-ed.
This comes on the heels of President Obama's "Vote 2010" message that Politico's Ben Smith says displays an "unusual demographic frankness" in pitching to African-Americans and Latinos among other groups. This is an interesting contrast in messages. The President's Vote 2010 message encourages minority groups to come out and vote in the midterm elections to ensure that the same coalition that elected Obama President and large Democratic majorities to Congress in 2008 comes out in 2010 "to keep our nation moving forward." Meanwhile, President Obama's Department of Justice has allowed blatant voter intimidation, an historical tactic to repress minority voters, to go unpunished. This is, unfortunately, a step backwards.