Thursday, October 19, 2006

Mark Foley and Black Voter Disenfranchisement

Earl Ofari Hutchinson wrote a scathing commentary on Republican Mark Foley recently. He argues that Foley was a critical player in the disenfranchisement of black voters during the 2002 elections. He writes,

Foley played a pivotal role in sealing Bush's much-disputed snatch of the White House. He helped shove thousands of dubious votes into the Bush column in his home district of Palm Beach County, Florida. And he enraged thousands of Democratic leaning black, Jewish, and elderly voters by passionately and publicly defending the manipulation, exclusion, and possible outright fraud of their votes.
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