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FNC's Jarrett suggests DOJ "thinks it's OK to intimidate white people, not OK to intimidate black people at the polls"

July 30, 2009 3:21 pm ET

From the July 30 edition of Fox News' The Live Desk:

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    • Author by DAWUSS (July 30, 2009 3:24 pm ET)
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      • Author by peace4all (July 30, 2009 3:36 pm ET)
           
        hello fellow WOW player :)
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        • Author by DAWUSS (July 30, 2009 3:40 pm ET)
             
          I'm a semi-recurring Star Wars: Galaxies player, actually.
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          • Author by peace4all (July 30, 2009 3:44 pm ET)
               
            i have not played that in a long time. quit when they went to the cookie cutter char. instead of the trees. was very sad when it changed. was a creature handler and pistoleer. sorry. OT but i don't get to talk about gameming nearly enough..lol
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          • Author by fishergirlusmc (July 30, 2009 3:51 pm ET)
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            It is true that the DOJ threw out a case against three club wielding Black Panthers who were photographed out in front of a polling place. Would you agree that they were very intimidating toward ANY citizen regardless of color? But I think what is frustrating is that when they speak of disenfranchising black voters we take that very seriously and rightfully so, but when the shoe is on the other foot, our DOJ dismissed the charges very quickly.
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            • Author by shaggles (July 30, 2009 4:04 pm ET)
                 
              Haven't seen the picture or heard about this case. Do you have a link to some more info?
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            • Author by The_Cat (July 30, 2009 5:07 pm ET)
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              Merely standing outside is not threatening. Merely being black is not threatening. Their choice of clothing was not threatening. This is a non issue.

              Black voters were disenfranchised by having their names illegally expunged from the voter rolls, particularly in Florida under Jeb Bush in 2000. Are you seriously trying to compare these two things, fishergirlusmc? And, are you aware of how foolish such a comparison makes you look?
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              • Author by fishergirlusmc (July 30, 2009 5:20 pm ET)
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                Cat the men were carring clubs. Yes I would say that is intimidating. Where am I wrong?
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                • Author by The_Cat (July 30, 2009 5:41 pm ET)
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                  And it was illegal for them to be carrying clubs? Did they brandish them? Did they verbally threaten anyone? Did they block the door and prevent people from entering?

                  Simply being in possession of a club is not wrong or illegal, fishergirlusmc. Neither is 'military style' clothing.

                  There were many black people congregating around my polling place in 2008, because it was in a predominantly black neighborhood. If I had feared them and decided not to vote, can you really argue it was -their- fault and not -mine-?
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        • Author by harley (July 30, 2009 4:38 pm ET)
             
          huh? What is this?
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    • Author by Conchobhar (July 30, 2009 3:44 pm ET)
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      A "reporter" from the Moonbat Times? Sure, I'll take his word for anything.
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    • Author by John Paradox (July 30, 2009 3:46 pm ET)
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      Q: how do you intimidate a NeoCon at the polls?


      A: allow a black/brown/red/yellow person to vote.
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    • Author by Prospect (July 30, 2009 3:47 pm ET)
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      how cute.

      That could be the conclusion that some people reach. Does anybody find it funny how Fox News always says that "Some people" feel this way. "Most people" feel that way, but they never really tell us, who these people are?

      I guess by that logic Glenn Beck should've just said.. "Some people" think the president is racist.. and he would've gotten off without any backlash.
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      • Author by RABBITLUVR (July 30, 2009 4:01 pm ET)
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        That was mentioned in 'Outfoxed'. A tactic that seems to only work with the intellectually-challenged.
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    • Author by Cpt.FancyPants (July 30, 2009 4:50 pm ET)
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      Let's be clear about today's Black Panther Party, especially the one in Philadelphia: I kid you not, the Philadelphia Black Panther Party consists of a 5'4" dude with dreds, his elderly friend, and the dude with dreds' six year old kid. I've been to several events where these guys show up, and they are about as intimidating as a toddler brandishing a plastic butterknife.
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    • Author by The_Cat (July 30, 2009 5:04 pm ET)
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      "Now, with more on this, is John Sullivan..."

      Apparently a man who is willing to go beyond the actual facts and begin shamelessly speculating. 'Sort of a political position' like this is 'sort of a make believe scandal'? Isn't this the conservative Justice Department, deck conveniently stacked by Gonzalez against liberals? And, wouldn't that make this Bush's fault, or, to put it another way, a -legacy- problem, like the war, the economy, etc.?
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      • Author by fishergirlusmc (July 30, 2009 5:23 pm ET)
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        Even if It was Bush's justice department it is still wrong to stand outside a polling place weilding clubs dressed in military like garb no matter what color anybody is. You don't think a 70 year old citizen might be intimidated by this?
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        • Author by foghornleghorn (July 30, 2009 5:33 pm ET)
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          Yup, and they were arrested. What's your point?
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        • Author by The_Cat (July 30, 2009 5:45 pm ET)
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          fishergirlusmc:

          Where is this 70 year old citizen? Can you produce them? Do you have a statement, a police report, any evidence that they exist outside of your imagination?

          You say 'wielding' clubs, but they were either 'carrying' them or 'brandishing' them. One is against the law, and one is emphatically not. One polling place I voted at was in a nursing home. If hospitals creep me out so badly that I can't go in and vote just from the smell, would you also say that the nursing home was breaking the law?
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