In August of 1939, the Germans and the Soviet Union signed the famous "Non-Aggression Pact". The Nazis had duped the Russians into believing that they only wanted to invade Poland and had no intentions of going to war with them. But in June of 1941 with the Germans "Operation Barbarossa", the Russians found out the Nazis were full of you know what.
What does this have to do with voter suppression and African Americans? The GOP have duped a lot of Blacks into believing that voter ID laws are for protecting against voter fraud by illegal alien Latino voters. They have also duped a lot of independent White voters into believing the same thing.
THE GOP KNOW IF THEY CAN PREVENT 10% OF AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM VOTING ESPECIALLY IN SWING STATES, THAT CAN INCREASE THEIR CHANCES OF DEFEATING OBAMA BY 25%.
To me it should be obvious to all. It started out in 2004, with the GOP calling for voter ID, in all elections, and ended up including the shutting down of all voting traditions used by African American communities in 2010.
The GOP Think Tanks, have concluded they have lost the African American vote perhaps forever. They thought maybe they could counteract Obama by naming, an Uncle Tom like, Micheal Steele, as RNC Chairman. He failed at his task to lure the Black Vote from the Dems, and they kicked him to the curb.
SO SINCE THEY COULD NOT LURE THEIR VOTE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUPPRESS IT.
They also knew that they could not just come out and say that their purpose, was to prevent Blacks from voting, not until Mike Turzai spilled the beans. So they hid their true agenda under the guise of preventing illegal alien Latinos, in the hopes Blacks would not come out to challenge the legislation with a massive voter turn out. IT WORKED. Blacks had no idea that they were actually the intended target.
As a middle aged Black man, I use to hear Blacks and Whites use this notion, "If you want a negro to do something, tell them to do the opposite". I know this is offensive to many, but you have to remember 50 years ago, it was politically correct to use such racist crap as fact. Blacks joked about it, racist Whites believed it.
THE PROBLEM FOR THE GOP, IS, THEY BETTER HOPE IT IS JUST A MYTH.
To use another analogy from WWII, they may have wakened a sleeping giant. Since the truth has come out and Blacks are no longer in denial of what the GOP is attempting to do in Pennsylvania, Florida, and Ohio, we are more galvanized than ever to make sure their attempt fails. In Social and Public media Blacks use,
GET OUT THE VOTE IS A GROWING THEME.
Now many more may vote, who did not intend to vote, before the truth came out.
Like my grandma use to say,
"THEY SHOULD HAVE LEFT, WELL ENOUGH, ALONE."
