Another superb piece...

by jeninRI on Fri May 11, 2007 at 06:03:51 PM EST

I realize that this may be an obscure musical reference but it has bearing when you recall that
Trent Lott's "gaffe" in saying "...the United States would have avoided "all these problems..." if then-segregationist Strom Thurmond had been elected president in 1948-- was only in being truthful out loud with the press in the room when he lauded Strom Thurmond's approach to African Americans because we are seeing the proof in this GOP initiated plan.

Gov. Strom's 1948 campaign stance was:
"All the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, our schools, our churches."

And so it comes full circle and we can now complete his statement with "All the lawyers of Washington CAN force the Negro out of our voting booths."  Cause we don't really see them much in our homes, our schools ,our churches anymore with the resegregation that has been occurring here in the South.  The voting booth purge will complete the plan.

 Ironically and tragically, the current Congressional  focus on this issue, though critical,long overdue and necessary, could possibly have the unintended consequence of helping to solidify the Republican base ,especially in the South, because the GOP has been employing the Southern Strategy subrosa to keep the Bubba vote for years.  By making the discrimination and racism overt again, they will regain a certain segment of the Southern vote that has been alienated by the Wars, by the destruction of the manufacturing base that fueled their now extinguished prosperity, and by the steady stream of corruption scandals.  This is an issue they can wrap their brains around and endorse--very quietly of course. They can rejoin the GOP with pride.
Which was the whole point of Trent Lott's "gaffe"-membership retention.


by DEFuning on Sat May 12, 2007 at 08:03:46 PM EST

The salient point to this very troubling story is that this approach to the DOJ is not an aberration, a statistical outlier.  It is intentional, insidious, and incredibly planned and implemented. Thank heavens for those bold enough to speak out about this for without their help, this story might have succeeded in spreading the cancer to all of our systems, and so compromising their original missions, kill our democracy and the rule of law.

by DEFuning on Sat May 12, 2007 at 08:52:36 PM EST

The author of the "plantation" email will be featured on NPR tomorrow.

by Publius Revolts on Mon May 14, 2007 at 10:24:08 PM EST