Bid For Black Vote Spurs Racially Charged Tactics

[Chris_]

Bid For Black Vote Spurs Racially Charged Tactics
^{by COREY DADE
October 27, 2010}

In Alabama, a recently recorded phone message targeting heavily black communities lays out an ominous warning before the narrator goes on to endorse Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ron Sparks and lieutenant governor hopeful Jim Folsom. The voice is that of an African-American state senator, an influential longtime politician in Alabama, who begins, "Hello, this is Hank Sanders ... and I'm still mad as hell."

"I say hell no!" he continues. "I ain't going back to the cotton fields of Jim Crow days. I'm going forward with Ron Sparks, Jim Folsom and others who will do right by all of us."

The Alabama "robocall" came in response to Republican candidates' pledges to roll back the health-care overhaul and other initiatives pushed through by Obama. Many black Democratic leaders see that as a threat to the legislation's promise of providing health insurance to millions of working-class blacks not covered by employers.

The Alabama Republican Party has accused Sanders of race-baiting. "It's pretty sad that the Democrat Party believes that the only way they can win in 2010 is to scare people with images of slavery and cotton fields," state Rep. Mike Hubbard, chairman of the Alabama Republican party, said in a statement. He called on Sparks and Folsom to denounce the robocalls. So far, they have not done so. Sparks has responded to questions about the calls by saying racism still exists in Alabama, The Birmingham News reports.

NPR

"If'n you don't give us a bunch of free swag, ya'lls racists."

Shove it where the sun don't shine, Sanders, you race-baiting pig.

[true_blood]

Bid For Black Vote Spurs Racially Charged Tactics
by COREY DADE
October 27, 2010

In Alabama, a recently recorded phone message targeting heavily black communities lays out an ominous warning before the narrator goes on to endorse Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ron Sparks and lieutenant governor hopeful Jim Folsom. The voice is that of an African-American state senator, an influential longtime politician in Alabama, who begins, "Hello, this is Hank Sanders ... and I'm still mad as hell."

"I say hell no!" he continues. "I ain't going back to the cotton fields of Jim Crow days. I'm going forward with Ron Sparks, Jim Folsom and others who will do right by all of us."

WHAT?!? I thought those days were LONG gone? Stupidity, racism and ignorance all rolled into one in that phone message. Ron Sparks, you should be ashamed of yourself.

[JohnnyReb]

WHAT?!? I thought those days were LONG gone? Stupidity, racism and ignorance all rolled into one in that phone message. Ron Sparks, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Are you kidding?...
 
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