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- inactive, on 12/15/2007, -5/+39He was the governor of Arkansas not Alaska.
He has proven by hiring Rollins he plans to be the same old stodgy candidate as the others. America needs change. Rollins and the huckster are a continuation of the current path.
Chuck the huckster.
And Rollins too. - dunderballer, on 12/15/2007, -4/+17yuk thinkprogress.
Here's an article about the 1993 aftermath: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,9 ...
My God, Huck manages to do something dumber every week but the freak show social conservatives like him more with every gaffe. - banmaster, on 12/15/2007, -3/+13Well it worked fantastically for Bush in Florida 2000, so its only natural that the repubs see anyone who has a history of doing somehting similar as a star to hitch their wagon to in '08.
- enginbeering, on 12/15/2007, -1/+10Some African American leaders they are...
- Aviatrixt, on 12/15/2007, -3/+12Isn't that de rigeur for any Republican campaign staffer?
- lukas88, on 12/15/2007, -7/+15Paying people not to talk is pretty lame for both the person paying and the leaders taking the money, but trying to turn it into a race issue is just unnecessarily inflammatory. Pretty much what I have come to expect from thinkprogress.org
(watches as their legion of followers digg me down) - s1mph0ny, on 12/15/2007, -3/+10That's not suppressing black voters. That's bribing "African American Leaders." If you're not smart enough to come up with a candidate on your own, you shouldn't be allowed to vote anyway. Shame on huckabee; greater shame on the sell-outs, and black sheep.
- banmaster, on 12/15/2007, -7/+13Just like the 57,000 people who were misidentified as felons in Florida 2000 because they happened to share a birthday and 1st name of a real felon? Oh wait, weren't they black too? But that was just coincidence, right. Right??
- Makaveli604, on 12/15/2007, -1/+6The current path 30 years ago maybe. I wasn't aware racism and homophobia were..
Oh *****. You're right. - relentless1914, on 12/15/2007, -3/+8I'm an African American and a Christian and I have NEVER had a minister or church tell me who to vote for. You're making this up. If a church told their congregation who to vote for, the IRS would be all over it and they would lose their tax exempt status. Try again.
- TripcodeMel, on 12/15/2007, -1/+5Arkansas is AR, not AK. Don't you *dare* lump him in with us.
- DangerCollie, on 12/15/2007, -0/+4Interesting that someone with such high moral character would need to hire such a dirtbag campaign chairman. If God is really on your side, why not hire someone with ethics?
That's the difference between using faith as a cloak and really living it. Now we know which one Huckabee is. - inactive, on 12/15/2007, -1/+5So what if Huck-a-bee staffer paid black leaders? Would it make your happier if he screwed their daughers for free as did Bill Clinton?
- SigmaDraconis, on 12/15/2007, -8/+11You must be talking about that "Technology" section that still exists.
- Frostman3D, on 12/15/2007, -2/+5If the "black leaders" allowed themselves to be bought off, then they weren't very good "black leaders" now, were they?
- chocolatetacos, on 12/15/2007, -2/+5Anyone else notice that the summary is inaccurate? The article says he asked black ministers not to speak out, and paid Democratic political workers not to go to work. That's not paying black leaders not to speak out. Dramatized, *snore*. Talk to me when this makes a respectable news outlet.
- pimpdown, on 12/15/2007, -1/+4Try clicking that button that says "Technology". I like the Linux section myself.
- dinostabOMG, on 12/15/2007, -0/+3Uh huh. Anyone who doesn't want to put up with a leader who wants to turn us into a theocracy must be an extreme left sheep. Right.
- inactive, on 12/15/2007, -1/+4Good point. The fact that the black leadership took money for not speaking out is pretty telling as to where they really stood.
- chocolatetacos, on 12/16/2007, -0/+2Ah, I didn't read the NYT link in the blog. Apologies. Blog spam?
- Jeffler, on 12/15/2007, -1/+3We don't want you in Toronto. There are already too many of you people in this city, I'm actually thinking of moving away in a year or so to a smaller city.
- dinostabOMG, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2Yes, so they don't exactly do it - they use a lot of implications and secondary persuasion.
- dinostabOMG, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2"Mr. Rollins said the campaign MADE DONATIONS to pro-Florio ministers who agreed not to press the Governor's cause from the pulpit AND payments to Democratic Party workers who sat Election Day out." [emphasis mine]
I'd say RTFA, but you'd probably persist in lying regardless. - smacksaw, on 12/15/2007, -1/+3Could you actually read my comment?
"I bet this guy has all the credentials Huck is looking for."
Congratulations on doing what you accused me of - failing to read. Great job. - zippy747, on 12/15/2007, -9/+11Huckabee is so full of *****
- savethemooses, on 12/15/2007, -5/+7Huckabee presidency = theocracy = first flight to Toronto
- rishubhav, on 12/15/2007, -10/+12Ok, I hate Huckabee just as much as anybody else, but its not like this was explicitly race focussed. It was more like the staffer went after a large voting bloc of his opponent and they just happened to be black
Please read the actual Times article before you start calling racism... - minox, on 12/15/2007, -2/+4Isn't it kind of illegal for a minister to tell a church who to vote for? Can't they lose tax exemption?
- dougbell, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2What part of Africa are the "African American Leaders" from?
- chocolatetacos, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2They actually didn't if you read the article carefully. The summarizer didn't.
- pimpdown, on 12/15/2007, -1/+3Regardless of your race you should think for yourself. This is why religion is so damaging. Those so called leaders could have actually had some integrity but than that would ruint the terrific racket know as religion.
- devfox, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2who cares! Vote for Ron Paul and forget about the Hillbilly Huckabee.
- dinostabOMG, on 12/15/2007, -1/+3"Mr. Rollins said the campaign MADE DONATIONS to pro-Florio ministers who agreed not to press the Governor's cause from the pulpit AND payments to Democratic Party workers who sat Election Day out."
Here's that pesky quote from the article again. Take your lies elsewhere, if you don't mind. - TheLoneHoot, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2"digg is full of sheep who will believe anything that supports their world view..."
Which explains your presence I suppose? So people sharing a political opinion that is opposed to your own, makes them sheep... and people who share your political opinions couldn't possibly be labeled such. Okay, thanks for clearing THAT up. - dznqbit, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2I think I'd prefer Huckabee to Murkowski, that scum, but yeah stupid mistake for a website with "think" in the url.
- inactive, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2I was about to say the same. I hate the term black leader. There's no such thing as a black leader.
There are a bunch of black people who lead various groups but there is no leader of black people. So it's ***** anyway. It's like saying that black people only vote for who their "leader" chooses. They simply don't. - TheLoneHoot, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2reported
- TheLoneHoot, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2Oh wait, you like a theocracy? See you in Iran soon I guess.
- dinostabOMG, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2Fair enough - but it doesn't change the fact that they were trying to underhandedly influence the election. Rollins perceived the task as suppressing the black vote. Whether he did or not, and whether the people voted as they were told to or not (or would have), they were using bribes in order to influence a segment of the voting population based on race.
- dinostabOMG, on 12/15/2007, -0/+1I really doubt that was the guy's thinking in going into those areas.
- mcquitty, on 12/15/2007, -0/+1I guess the people at ThinkProgress.org don't proof. "Today, former governor Mike Huckabee (R-AK) announced Ed Rollins as his new campaign chairman."
Hmm. Last time I looked, (R-AK) was Republican from Alaska. R-AR is Arkansas. Great job guys. - inactive, on 12/15/2007, -0/+1That's what the article is about.
The principle behind this article is that black people do what their "leaders" tell them to do. And I find that insulting.
"Regardless of your race you should think for yourself"
Duh. - inactive, on 12/16/2007, -0/+1A lot of those weirdo websites have a bunch of mistakes. It is as if they have no fact checkers or proofreaders!
- DavidGX, on 12/16/2007, -0/+1Right over your head, huh?
- Lilitou, on 12/15/2007, -0/+1Yes, but since it's only occasionally enforced, it rarely stops anyone.
- inactive, on 12/15/2007, -0/+1So say that.
"Huckabee tried to buy the black vote."
The people that were supposedly bribed are not black leaders. Would you call a white minister a white leader? - ogbar, on 12/15/2007, -2/+3I've had 2 friends tell me about this happening all the time... one was from NJ, the other from the south (i don't remember where). both baptists and both always cajoled into voting democrat from their church leaders. Just because You are African America and a christian doesn't mean you have you're finger on the pulse of the situation.
- inactive, on 12/16/2007, -0/+1Is he planning to spend more money on our border or in Iraq?
Remember that money is borrowed. Does wrecking our country cause you to support the huckster? -
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