By Kim Voynar Voynar@moviecitynews.com
Oh, Lordy, the Black Folks are Voting!
Alright, I’ve not posted on political stuff for a few days, but wow, this one just blew me away. Over on Daily Kos early this morning, they posted this email sent by David Storck, the chair of the Hillsborough Republican Party (that’s the county in Florida that includes Tampa):
THE THREAT:
HERE IN TEMPLE TERRACE, FL OUR REPUBLICAN HQ IS ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM OUR LIBRARY, WHICH IS AN EARLY VOTING SITE.
I SEE CARLOADS OF BLACK OBAMA SUPPORTERS COMING FROM THE INNER CITY TO CAST THEIR VOTES FOR OBAMA. THIS IS THEIR CHANCE TO GET A BLACK PRESIDENT AND THEY SEEM TO CARE LITTLE THAT HE IS AT MINIMUM, SOCIALIST, AND PROBABLY MARXIST IN HIS CORE BELIEFS. AFTER ALL, HE IS BLACK–NO EXPERIENCE OR ACCOMPLISHMENTS–BUT HE IS BLACK.
I ALSO SEE YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEIR PROFESSORS FROM USF PARKING THEIR CARS WITH THE PROMINENT ‘OBAMA’ BUMPER STICKERS. THE STUDENTS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC TO BE VOTING IN A HISTORIC ELECTION WHERE THERE MAY BE THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT.
Oh my lordy, the black folks are coming out to vote! Close the doors, douse the lights! Jesus H. Christ, folks. I don’t even know where to start. With Storck’s inflammatory assertion that the turnout of early black voters is a cause for alarm? How about the brilliant part where he asserts that the only reason black voters are voting for Obama is because he is black, his implication that they don’t know or care about Obama’s stance on issues? They “seem to care little” based on what, Mr. Storck? Did you actually schlep your ass over from the GOP HQ to — gasp! — talk to those black voters? Are are you just making a blanket assumption about the motivations of carloads of black voters?
Heavens to Betsy, those black voters couldn’t possibly be voting on issues, could they? Is it, perhaps, possible, that they see in Obama a chance to turn things around in this country? Is it possible that they want the same access to health care that the predominantly white, male Congress has? Do they perhaps think Obama has his finger more accurately on the pulse of what the majority of Americans want right now? Do they just want change?
The most accurate thing on the Daily Kos post: “Here is what I find most interesting of all: no one will suggest that Storck is anti-American.”
That’s right, because the Republicans who won’t see this as email as an issue indicative of a greater underlying problem in the GOP would never admit that the implication that it’s a BAD thing to see increased voter turnout if that increased turnout is coming from the minority population is in any way a racist idea. Just a few more days, folks. Just a few more days.
The irony is that Storck’s stupidity in forwarding that email, and the subsequent coverage in the Florida news media, might very well motivate that many more minority voters in that state to turn out and vote to support Obama. C’mon, Florida! Get those minority voters motivated and out there. Let’s see Obama take that state.
Wow! This Storck guy is unbelievable! I can’t believe in th 21st century someone actually still thinks like that!! He ought to be whipped and hanged. I truly hope more minorities vote, and they vote for Obama! We do need change, because this country can’t survive another 4 years like these last 8!! Heaven help us!
Of course people still think like that! You think McCain is still at 45% because of his pleasant personality and keen grasp of geography?