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Kingfish, this is absolutely unbelievable. You need to read an editorial from the washington times.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/sep/3/scandal-at-justice-enabling-vote-fraud/

good lord, so my reverse-discrimination feelings isn't a conspiracy theory?!

I remember when Ike Brown ran an ad in the Noxubee County newspaper listing the names of all the people who had voted in the previous Democratic primary who would NOT be allowed to do so in the upcoming one -- every name on the list of several dozen belonged to a white person.

I FULLY believe that what was done (and, some places, still is done) to minority voters is a crime and should be prosecuted. But allowing the Ike Browns of the world to do the same stuff doesn't create some sort of cosmic justice, it just perpetuates the divide.

where is jerry mitchell on this?! it could earn him another grant or 2. oops, wrong pigmentation

Awww, poor white people. Always being discriminated against. boo hoo hoo

Assmunch @315. Discrimination is wrong. Period.

I can't even finish the transcript...it's disgusting how discrimination is rewarded now under the guise of, what? You did it to my peoples 50 years ago?

I'm sure Donner K would rather this testimony never occur, wait... in some recesses of the world it didn't.

That hypocritcal bitch won't touch this. Nor her minion of young, stupid mushheads.

3:15

ive been robbed 2x , burglarized 2x, and assaulted 1x by blacks, and once defrauded by a white. i fight back. but once the 70/30 line got crossed, harvey lost it. jxn blacks complained that they were abused by the majority whites, and when they get in power/majority, what do they do? same thing they complain of.
we have moved family out of hinds, my business out of hinds, and my wife's business is moving as soon as we can. so you can boo hoo when the whites don't foot all the bills.

I seriously doubt the JFP or the CL would touch this testimony. It runs counter to their recurring theme that only blacks are oppressed.

Revenge isn't Equality.

Perhaps we should consider a march to the capitol on the weekend. I work during the week and need to keep my job.

I was appalled at the testimony. The failures of bureaucracy at the highest level are disgusting. To think that educated administrators cannot see past color does nothing to promote equality. When I read who was involved, I was shocked, immediately. Really. It is one thing to think it and debate, it is an entirely different thing to hear direct knowledge of the social engineering promoted with respect to voting based on personal agendas. Do we really understand a participatory democracy? Voting is an inalienable right, I hope.

9:53 PM... Yep, got a job, can't afford to lose it. Forget showing up to political rally's of ANY sort. Your humor is deep. The reality of every American still evades political discourse and actors. I share your frustration.

While I harbored secret hopes that this President would keep his word and try to bring the races closer together, I believe that the contrary has occurred. The divide between the races has widened under Obama, and practices like the ones outlined in this testimony are simply a reflection of the attitudes of the leadership. No one seems to want a level playing field, and nothing will change until black people quit blindly voting people like this into power. Bill Billingsley

What did you expect? Obama belonged to a church that sent out newsletters claiming Israel got nukes so it could wipe out black people.

Bill -- seriously? The "races" were so close during the GWB administration?

You are right, no one wants a levelplaying field -- no one, whether they are black, white, Asian, Persian, etc. We all want advantages because we are messed up, selfish humans.

Things will improve ONLY when people a) quit using race as an excuse for their own bad behavior and b) quit blaming bad behavior of others on race.

Sometimes an asshole is just an asshole. I guarantee you that if those morons at the DOJ saw any personal advantage in protecting a white person, they would do it. And vice versa.

PEOPLE are messed up -- the skin color happens to be incidental.

9:28, I never said that the races were close at any point. Unfortunately, that hasn't been the case in my lifetime, and I'll probably go to my grave without it getting much better. I simply said that I had hoped that Obama's election would help bring blacks and whites closer together - you know, change, yes we can, Scarlett Johansson, Chris "Tingly" Matthews, all that pre-election hype. I agree with almost all of your post, though, other than your assertion that no one wants a level playing field. I do, and I think there are plenty of people who think like I do, both black and white. We'll take an advantage if we can get it, but we want it to be earned through education and hard work, not because of the color of our skin. The point of Kingfish's post was to show us that certain people in the Department of Justice are only after justice when it is applied in favor of blacks or people who speak English as a second language. White minorities, like the one in Noxubee county, need not apply. That's racism, pure and simple, and just because blacks have traditionally been victims of racism doesn't give them the right to give it back. Yes, they're assholes as well, but their decision seems to have been based on race and nothing else. Behavior like this is what gives ammunition to white racists who also would rather see the races driven apart instead of brought together, so that's how I came to my conclusion. Bill Billingsley

I am glad - but amazed - to read the indignation of the commenters here. As one that has worked in elections most of my life, this is no shock. I am just glad that finally someone from the VRD division of the CRD of DOJ is finally "spilling the beans". For decades the VRD has been acting this way - enforcing the law only in one direction. The Ike Brown case was monumental - and those that take shots at Pres GWB should remember that it took courage to appoint people to this division in DOJ that would enforce laws "equally" - we finally got DOJ to realize that discrimination goes both ways.

Judge Lee's (federal) order restricted Ike Brown from participating in elections - but Ike violated this in the 2009 Canton Municipal Dem Primary when his nephew ran. But (State) Judge threw the election challenge out on a technicality not involving Ike, that prevented the evidence from being presented.

Ike - and his tactics in multiple MS counties - continues. And the Federal Government is going to do nothing about it. At least not under this administration. Hopefully in 2013 we can get a DOJ that will enforce all laws equally.

In the meantime - demand repeal of the VRA that allows 30% of the states of the USA to be discriminated against. Pete Perry