White Man charged with Murder of 13-year-old Black Boy Wants trial moved - Forum Shopping to Avoid Black Jurors?

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Racist Suspect John Spooner is accused of murdering Darius Simmons, an unarmed black 13 year old in front of his mother in an unprovoked shooting in the front of her home on May 31 in Milwaukee. After the murder, even though Spooner confessed to the murder, the police searched the mother's home, detained her for hours and arrested her other son. [MORE]  Possibly to avoid non-white jurors Spooner initially requested a bench trial. Then he changed his mind and requested a jury trial - and to possibly avoid non-white jurors in Milwaukee he now wants to change court location. In other words, his explanation for the venue change appears pre-textual. -bw [MORE]  From [HERE] The 76-year-old white man charged with killing his 13-year-old black neighbor wants his upcoming trial moved out of Milwaukee County because of the publicity the case has received.

Circuit Judge Jeffrey A. Wagner set a Dec. 21 hearing date to rule on the motion to change venue or impanel a jury from another county. Spooner's case remains scheduled for trial in January.  Prosecutors will have to file a reply to the motion prior to that hearing date. A brief supporting the motion suggests that news reports about the case have inflamed public sentiment toward the case and biased potential jurors against Spooner, citing comments readers have left to online versions of news reports. (as if the internet does not exist outside Milwaukee.)

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"True Negroes from the Black Hood": White Students at University of Minnesota Practice Racism in Homemade Video - then apologize

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From [HERE] YouTube has removed the video as a violation of policy that prohibits hate speech. [HERE] (but they refused to remove the movie depicting Muhammad as a child molester) The version above was uploaded by a Black man who also provides commentary. The students have also issued a statement.

According to the YouTube description of this video the two stars of this racist blackface rant are University of Minnesota Duluth students. 

The two young white women go through a variety of stereotypes in the 5-minute video--they touch on gangs and gun violence, slavery, fried chicken, collard greens, apes... the list goes on. They also express their fear that Black people will dominate whites if given the opportunity. More [HERE] on white supremacy/racism. 

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Time is up for Non-Whites in Israel: Attacks Killing Civilians & Massive numbers of wounded in residential areas in Gaza

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From [HERE] The death toll of the Israeli war against the Gaza Strip continues to rise today, with Israeli officials promising a protracted offensive and patting themselves on the back for doing so. And while the war started with the assassination of a Hamas military leader, the more recent deaths suggest the strikes are having a big impact on Gaza’s civilian population.

Israeli violence has left 24 dead and 200 wounded in Gaza. A total of three Israelis have died from rocket-fire coming out of Gaza. President Obama has reiterated “US support for Israel’s right to self-defense.” Obama discussed the escalating violence in the Gaza Strip with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday. He also expressed regret over the loss of Israeli and Palestinian civilian lives. [MORE] This does not look like self defense here - Israel's violence against civilians is not reasonable under the circumstances and Israel does not appear to be under any imminent threat of attack. It is deception/white supremacy to call this self-defense.

Palestinian medics wheel a wounded boy into the al-shifa hospital in Gaza City following an Israeli air strike on November 14, 2012. [MORE] 

The Israeli military launch a missile from the Iron Dome missile system in the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva into the Gaza Strip on November 15, 2012.

A picture taken from the southern Israeli town of Sderot shows smoke billowing from a spot targeted by an Israeli air strike inside the Gaza strip on November 15, 2012.

Palestinians inspect a destroyed building in an area targeted by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City in the early (sleeping) hours of November 15, 2012.

Palestinian youths inspect a destroyed mosque in Beit Hanun on the northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli air raid on November 16, 2012

A Palestinian carries a wounded woman into a hospital after Israeli air strikes in Gaza City November 14, 2012.

An injured Israeli baby is held by a security officer inside an ambulance at the scene where a rocket, fired from Gaza, landed in the southern city of Kiryat Malachi November 15, 2012.

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Israel’s Desire for Permanent Conflict - Lauches War on World's Largest Concentration Camp (Gaza)

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Israel’s logic in Palestine seems to run like this: if Israel steals lands and homes and livelihoods from the Palestinians, they have no right whatsoever to complain; and if they dare fight back, then they automatically become “terrorists”.America, the UK and most of the EU seem to agree. From [HERE] Israel’s assault on Gaza raises doubts that it has any interest in finding the lasting peace settlement it proclaims to want. Does the campaign have an alternative objective as part of a strategy to engineer a strike on Iran?

It’s probably the world’s most tragic never-ending story.For almost 65 years now, Israel has been bombing, maiming and humiliating the Palestinians, bulldozing their homes and placing Gaza in lock-down mode turning it into the world’s largest concentration camp. In the latest outbreak of violence this week both sides are accusing the other, “You started it!”Who knows? At this stage, does it really matter anymore who started the violence?

On Wednesday 14th, an Israeli helicopter attack killed Hamas military wing leader Ahmed Jabari (in photo), triggering a violent reaction from Hamas which rained little rockets over southern Israeli towns, which in turn brought in more Israeli air attacks killing 19, injuring 100 and leaving six children dead.

Dejá-vù: it’s January 2009’s “Operation Cast Lead” revisited; this time they’re dubbing it “Operation Pillar of Defense.” Clearly, Israel’s right-wing leaders do not want a peaceful agreement with the Palestinians.That’s why they’ve systematically sabotaged all possibility of reaching a two-state solution.

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White Federal judge upholds motorist provision of South Carolina immigration law - Non-Whites Can be Detained on Side of Road while Police Check Status

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From [HERE]  and [HERE] A judge for the US District Court for the District of South Carolina on Thursday upheld [order, PDF] a provision of South Carolina's controversial immigration law [SB 20, materials] that permits law enforcement officers to check the immigration status of motorists. Judge Richard Gergel (in photo), who is a white man, ruled that he would still prevent certain parts of the immigration law from taking effect. Gergel heard arguments Tuesday on the part of South Carolina's controversial immigration law that permits law enforcement officials to detain motorists on the side of the road for a "reasonable amount of time" while the officer checks the driver's immigration status. During arguments, Gergel asserted that 90 minutes is too long to detain a vehicle, but that 38 minutes could be considered reasonable and may not violate the constitutional protections against unlawful searches and seizures conferred by the Fourth Amendment .

Similar to Arizona's "show me your papers" law, the SC law cannot be enforced without racially targeting persons perceived by officers to be undocumented (all non-white persons or specifically, people with brown/black skin and/or an accent or any other stereotypical characteristic the officer has been indoctrinated with) in violation of the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable searches and seizures and the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. This provision of SB 20 is an unconstitutional “stop-and-identify” law that converts detentions into de facto arrests where officers rely on hunches and other impermissible factors in assuming that a person is in the country illegally. 

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(genocide watch) White Owned Arizona gun store ad: Obama voters (Non-Whites) ‘not welcome’ - (the Guns are for you!)

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From [HERE] Throughout his presidency Barack Obama has been viewed as an enemy of the gun industry. He is also is perceived to be an enemy of white people by many white people. Such white persons are racist suspects. Some of these white people are upset about Mittens' circuitry melt down and the White Party's (GOP) election destruction 2 weeks ago. Yet one Arizona gun store is taking that supposed animus to a new extreme.

The Southwest Shooting Authority, a gun store in Pinetop, Ariz., has published an ad its local paper following the presidential election declaring that Obama voters are barred from their establishment.

“If you voted for Barack Obama, your business is NOT WELCOME at Southwest Shooting Authority. You have proven you are not responsible enough to own a firearm,” reads the full text of the ad.

“It is about the direction that this country is going and the direction it’s been going for the last four years, and I feel like the people that voted for him are by and large the ones that are on the many entitlements and free stuff that they’ve been getting,” the store’s owner, Cope Reynolds, who is a white man, told the Huffington Post.

“If someone really believes that this country can get any stronger and do any better under the leadership of Barack Obama, then I don’t feel like they’re responsible enough to own a gun,” he added. (its no real conciliation prize but may be he can go somewhere 12/25 and at least have himself a white Christmas this year- bw) 

Important to note that President Obama has not enacted any new or stricter gun control laws and gun law reform was not a part of his platform, even in the face of two mass murders over the summer (Colorado & Wisconsin). Obviously, this is about racism/white supremacy and not about guns or Obama. 

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Nowhere to hide: Israeli bombs 'rain down' on defenseless Gaza civilians

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From [HERE] In heavily populated Gaza scores of civilians have been killed or injured in the latest attacks by Israeli forces. Human rights activists report from its largest hospital that some of the injuries are “consistent with the use of white phosphorous”.

RT spoke with two human rights activists, Adie Mormech and Joe Catron, who have witnessed the mounting civilian casualties at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza following the first day of Israel’s military operation “Pillar of Defense”.

'People completely exposed to the fourth most powerful military in the world'

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"Dwight Power!": N.C. White Supremacist Parade Interrupted by Clown Counter-Racist Protest, outnumbered 5 to 1

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From [HERE] A gathering of white supremacists attempting to promote an anti-immigrant message at a rally in Charlotte, N.C. was largely drowned out by a clown-themed counter-protest over the weekend.

WCNC reports that members of the National Socialist Movement and Ku Klux Klan ended up being outnumbered by at least five to one as they spoke out against Charlotte's growing Latino population, which they claimed was being largely bolstered by illegal immigration. The mocking counter-demonstration was organized by the Latin American Coalition, which said it was an attempt to underscore the absurd and hateful nature of the rally.

The protesters, many of them wearing red clown noses or face paint, played off the "white power" message of their opponents, throwing "white flour" in the air and holding up "wife power" signs.

Protestor Tom Strini, fully decked out in a bulbous red nose and rainbow clown wig, held up a sign reading "Dwight Power," alongside a picture of NBA star Dwight Howard.

 

It is great when white people reveal that they are white supremacist because it is difficult for non-white people to "always determine who is a racist, and who is not - as it is impossible to monitor (or judge) all the individual actions and words of any white person at all times." Racism is deception. Remember, being white supremacist has nothing to do with membership in one of these clownish organizations and there are differing ways to practice white supremacy. 

What is a “Racist Suspect?”

ANY white person who is CAPABLE of practicing racism against non-whites. Since all whites are able to practice racism in a white supremacy system if they choose to do so, it is correct (and logical) to use the term “racist suspects” to identify whites who do not openly function as white supremacists (racists). This is not a hateful, unjust, or racist statement, but it is a logical statement. .

What is a “White Supremacist?”

A white person (a racist) who practices racism against non-whites. Being a white supremacist has nothing to do with income, title, or status. It does not mean a white person belongs to the KKK, the Aryan Nation, or is covered with Nazi tattoos. A white supremacist can be a soccer mom, a businessman, or a US Senator if they are practicing racism against non-whites. Another term for a white supremacist is “racist white man” and “racist white woman.” . [MORE] 

After Election Blowout, Media Agree that Fox News Has Damaged the White Party (GOP)

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From [HERE] The end of the 2012 election has raised questions about media's impact on results. As candidates and their campaigns celebrate wins or mourn defeats, observers in the media argue that Fox News' political activism has damaged the Republican Party in light of its losses.

Over the past four years, Fox News employees have aggressively campaigned for Republican candidates. A Media Matters report found that leading up to the 2012 presidential election, over 32 Fox hosts and contributors campaigned for GOP candidates in more than 300 instances, nationally and in more than 40 states. Among them was Fox contributor Karl Rove, whose American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS promised to spend $300 million on ads for conservative candidates.

The same report revealed that five Fox figures advised Mitt Romney's campaign, and nine -- including John Bolton and Mike Huckabee -- "played key roles" at Romney events.

During the 2010 election cycle, more than 30 Fox hosts and contributors endorsed, fundraised, or campaigned for Republican candidates. According to a Media Matters report, those candidates often highlighted the support they had received from Fox.

Romney, the largest beneficiary of Fox News campaigning, was often advised by Fox's on-air personalities about what he should do. For instance, Bill O'Reilly said that Romney should "keep pounding" the message that Obama "doesn't like this capitalistic system." Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson said that Romney could create a "pretty compelling campaign ad" by juxtaposing Obama saying he had three years to fix the economy with him saying he needs another four years.

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Supremes to rule on Voting Rights Act, Maryland DNA collection

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In photo, the Plessy vs. Ferguson Supremes From [HERE] The US Supreme Court [official website] granted certiorari [order list, PDF] on Friday in Shelby County v. Holder [docket, cert. petition, PDF] to determine whether Congress exceeded its authority when it renewed Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 [Cornell LII backgrounder]. Section 5 requires jurisdictions with a history of preventing minority groups from voting to receive preclearance from the US Department of Justice or a three-judge panel of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official websites] before making any changes to their voting laws. Shelby County, Alabama, which is a jurisdiction covered by Section 5, has contended that Section 5 violates state sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment and also exceeds Congress' authority under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments [text]. The case is on appeal from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit which upheld the constitutionality of Section Five [opinion; JURIST report].

The court also agreed to hear Maryland v. King [docket, cert. petition, PDF] which concerns whether the Fourth Amendment [text] permits states to collect DNA samples from individuals charged with serious crimes. The respondent in the case, Alonzo King, challenged the validity of Maryland's DNA Collection Act [text, PDF] after state officials used his DNA to implicate him in a later crime. In July Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts [official profile] issued a temporary stay [JURIST report] that blocked a ruling by the Maryland Court of Appeals [official website] that barred police from collecting DNA from criminal suspects without a warrant.
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The Administration of No Justice: Indifferent, Clown Court Appointed Attorneys & the Constitutional Right to Defense Counsel

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No justice at all

As a result of the failure of many states to meet their constitutional obligations under Gideon, it is generally acknowledged that the kind of justice one receives depends very much on the amount of money one has, contrary to Justice Black's statement in Griffin v. Illinois and the phrase "Equal Justice Under Law" engraved on the Supreme Court building.

The difference is evident from the start. A person who can afford to retain a lawyer usually does so within hours of arrest, and the lawyer may secure the client's release shortly thereafter. People who cannot afford a lawyer may spend weeks or months in jail before being assigned a lawyer. Those who can afford a lawyer receive individual representation. Those who cannot afford a lawyer are often processed through the courts with only a few minutes of a lawyer's time.

But of far greater consequence of inadequate representation is the ultimate outcome of the case. The exoneration of over 100 people previously sentenced to death and the release of even more people as a result of DNA evidence has demonstrated the most drastic consequence of inadequate representation -- conviction of the innocent. In many courts, it is far better to be rich and guilty than poor and innocent.

 

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Texas Revenge Done for White Woman's Murder: Legal Lynching of Black Man Executed in 'Death Belt' Capital

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In photo, Mario Swain, another Black person put to death for killing a white victim. Blacks are 22 times more likely to be put to death when the victim is white and 81% of Executed Defendants had White Victims [MORE] even though Black people  make up about half of all homicide victims. [MORE] Texas is one of the states of what is often called the "Death Belt" - the southern states that together account for over 90% of all executions carried out since 1976. These states overlap considerably with the southern states that had the highest incidence of extra-legal violence and killings during the Jim Crow era. See Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching, Lynchings and What They Mean 74 tbl. II (1931). From [HERE] A Black man described by a prosecutor as "a serial killer in training" was executed Thursday in Texas for a woman's slaying during a break-in at her home a decade ago.

Mario Swain, 33, received a lethal injection for killing Lola Nixon at her home in East Texas' Longview two days after Christmas in 2002. When asked by a warden if he had a final statement before his punishment, the condemned prisoner shook his head, closed his eyes and took several barely audible breaths. Within a moment, all movement stopped. Swain was pronounced dead 30 minutes later, at 6:39 p.m. CST.

No family members or friends of Nixon were at the execution. Swain also had no relatives among the witnesses. Swain's attorney, James Volberding, said no late attempts were made in the courts to block the execution, the 13th this year in the nation's busiest capital punishment state.

The U.S. Supreme Court last month refused to review the case, and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals last week rejected an appeal that contended a prison expert's testimony during the sentencing phase of Swain's 2003 capital murder trial was false and misleading.

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Praise the Lord then. After Obama Election Romp, Billionaire CEO/ Mittens Donor Reads prayer, announces layoffs of 156 Mine Workers

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Got a Call from 'the Lard.' Like Tiger told 'em, Never Mess with a Billionaire's phone. CEO Robert Murray, who is white, made good on his promise of downsizing his company if that no good Obama was re-elected by firing 156 workers in spite of the fact that the $1.7 million he gave to the Republican candidates would have been sufficient to keep these jobs. [MORE] Murray's federal campaign contribution report [HERE]  From [HERE] A coal company headed by a prominent Mitt Romney donor has laid off more than 160 workers in response to President Obama's election victory. Murray Energy said Friday that it had been "forced" to make the layoffs in response to the bleak prospects for the coal industry during Obama's second term. In a prayer circulated by the company, CEO Robert Murray said Americans had voted "in favor of redistribution, national weakness and reduced standard of living and lower and lower levels of personal freedom."

This divine revelation sandwich was delivered by the Lard via him in a meeting with staff members earlier this week. (Naturally it was intended as a petition to the white Jesusssssss (in photo) because God is a white man, whose masterplan included Mittens, who had been handpicked to lead the White Party (GOP) away from the darkies[ness] [MORE] Said plan was foiled by negro evildoers who are the curse of Cain [MORE]. Here is the full text of the Billionaire's prayer

“Dear Lord:

The American people have made their choice. They have decided that America must change its course, away from the principals of our Founders. And, away from the idea of individual freedom and individual responsibility. Away from capitalism, economic responsibility, and personal acceptance.

We are a Country in favor of redistribution, national weakness and reduced standard of living and lower and lower levels of personal freedom.

My regret, Lord, is that our young people, including those in my own family, never will know what America was like or might have been. They will pay the price in their reduced standard of living and, most especially, reduced freedom.

The takers outvoted the producers. In response to this, I have turned to my Bible and in II Peter, Chapter 1, verses 4-9 it says, ‘To faith we are to add goodness; to goodness, knowledge; to knowledge, self control; to self control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; to godliness, kindness; to brotherly kindness, love.’

Lord, please forgive me and anyone with me in Murray Energy Corp. for the decisions that we are now forced to make to preserve the very existence of any of the enterprises that you have helped us build. We ask for your guidance in this drastic time with the drastic decisions that will be made to have any hope of our survival as an American business enterprise.

Amen.” 

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Never be a Black Criminal Defendant: Despite Judicial Finding that DA Suppressed Evidence of Innocence, White Prosecutors Appeal Black Man's Voided Murder Conviction

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In photo, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, a white man who practices racism. [MORE] From [HERE] Prosecutors decided Wednesday not to put George Allen back on trial for a 1982 murder, but hours later the Missouri attorney general’s office said it would appeal a judge’s ruling that overturned Allen’s conviction. The state also is asking for an emergency order to keep Allen, 56, in prison until the Western District of the Missouri Court of Appeals can decide the matter. There is no timeline for what happens next.

“We believe the facts and circumstances of the case and the trial court’s findings should be examined by the appellate court as part of the normal safeguarding process,” the attorney general’s office said in a prepared statement. Barry Scheck of The Innocence Project, which took on Allen’s case along with the Bryan Cave law firm in St. Louis, called the attorney general’s move “disgraceful.”

“This is an overwhelming case of suppression of exculpatory evidence of actual innocence, (plus) a clearly false confession taken from a mentally disturbed person,” Scheck said. “The appeal is wholly without merit and just cruel.”

In a 75-page ruling on Friday, Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green voided Allen’s convictions for murder, rape, sodomy and first-degree burglary in the killing of 31-year-old Mary Bell. She was slain Feb 4, 1982, in her apartment in the LaSalle Park neighborhood.

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McDonalds in WVA Hangs US Flag Upside down and at half mast in White Party (GOP) 'Super-Sized' Patriotic Celebration of Black President

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From [HERE] Some diners at the Follansbee, West Virginia, restaurant could not believe their eyes when they saw the flag the day after Obama dominated Mittens, a white man, in an election romp or destruction. An upside-down flag is a 'signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property. 

Have you had McDonald's in your car lately? smells great. As you know the service is dope. And as Uncle Ruckus (in photo below, RIP) taught- the food is simply delicious and very nutritious. Many are conviencently located in the hood, like liquor stores and churches - in fact, a study found that predominantly black neighborhoods had 2.4 fast food restaurants per square mile, while white neighborhoods only had 1.5 restaurants per square mile. [MORE] 

 

Don't Blame GOP: White Democratic Voters Also Do Not Wait in Line

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As if voting is something new. As if white supremacy is just a Republican thing. Right. Just like driving or walking (while Black or Brown), banking, getting an education and everything else of perceived value in the US seems to go down differently for non-whites. White people can barely wait in line at the CVS behind a Black person - they do not accept waiting in line to vote. White people in white Democratic precincts did not wait in line for 6 hours to vote for Obama. If so, where? If you waited in line you most likely are non-white. This is purposeful, strategic behavior by white people. The "we're all in this together" stuff is a game. The current operating system of White supremacy is the problem not technology or the GOP. 

A Hart Research study sponsored by the AFL-CIO found wait times to vote were significantly longer for Latinos and Blacks this year as 24% and 22% respectively waited in line longer than whites who voted. [actual study is HERE - just a graph, pictured above "Minorities, Democrats...". By the way, who is a minority when 90% of the world is non-white?]  

A different survey by MIT in 2008 found that wait times for black voters were more than twice as long as those for whites. This was for both early and election day voting.

Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections [MORE] 

Year

Total V.A.P.

Total REG*

% REG of V.A.P *

Turnout

% TO of V.A.P.

1960

109,672,000

63,854,789 *

58.22%

68,838,204

62.77%

1964

114,090,000

73,715,818 *

64.61%

70,644,592

61.92%

1968

120,328,186

81,658,180 *

67.86%

73,211,875

60.84%

1972

140,776,000

97,283,541 *

69.11%

77,718,554

55.21%

1976

152,309,190

105,024,916 *

68.96%

81,555,789

53.55%

1980

164,597,000

113,036,958 *

68.67%

86,515,221

52.56%

1984

174,468,000

124,184,647 *

71.18%

92,652,680

53.11%

1988

182,630,000

126,381,202 *

69.20%

91,594,693

50.15%

1992

189,044,500

133,821,178 *

70.79%

104,405,155

55.23%

1996

196,511,000

146,211,960 *

74.40%

96,456,345

49.08%

2000

205,815,000

156,421,311 *

76.00%

105,586,274

51.30%

2004

221,256,931

174,800,000 *

79.00%

122,295,345

55.27%

2008

230,782,870

TBD

TBD

132,645,504

57.48%

 

Anything for $: McNegro Michael Steele Promotes the Ongoing Smiling Face - lap dances for Pauly Shore

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From [HERE] Click photo to play

Snigger -- a sold-out smiling Sambo-Negro. 2) a South-Bender offender. Snigggers smile for nothing except an empty mind. They typically have an intellectual base yet are devoid of intelligence, thus promoting the on-going smiling face. They also often giggle and have a frivolous conception of society and scant knowledge of the vestiges of the trans-Atlantic slave trade that brought their sorry ass to shore. Sniggers are traitors and pawns of the oppressors. Watch the company you keep! Don't cross-over unless you are ready to bend over! (See: Straw Boss, Sambo & Criss-Crossover). [MORE] courtesy of Dr. Blynd. 

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When Texas Flips GOP is Done. Pet Negro's Pet Negro, Marc Rubio Discusses Undercover Plan to Trick Latinos into Believing White Party is not a White Party

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Already, California, Illinois and New York are lost. The GOP has not carried any of the four in six presidential elections. When Texas – where whites are a minority and a declining share of the population – tips, how does the GOP put together an electoral majority? [MORE] From [HERE]  Following Mitt Romney's loss on Tuesday, some Republicans have talked about the need to reach out to the rising demographic in order to stay competitive growing forward. Among them was Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who said in a statement posted on his Facebook page on Wednesday that the Republican Party needs to "work harder than ever” to communicate with minority and immigrant groups. 

A fast-spreading emerging edict on what Republicans need to do to appeal to Hispanic voters is that they need – really need – Latinos in their party like Sen. Marco Rubio.

Many pundits and other political observers believe that if Republicans have more Rubios, and give them more of the spotlight, it will undo the off-putting image of the party as one of out-of-touch older, Anglo men who cannot empathize or sympathize with most Americans. And with a Latino front and center, the emerging conventional wisdom goes, Republicans will cease to be written off by Latinos as being against them. [MORE] 

“If there's a winner tonight, it's the Senator from Florida, Marco Rubio,” said conservative columnist George Will in a television interview on Election Day after President Obama was declared the winner, “because all eyes are now going to be turned to him as a man who might have a way to broaden the demographic appeal of this party."

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Exit Polls Show Non-Whites Elected Obama: 93% Black, 71% Latino, 76% Asian

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In photo, Obama’s election night speech was made behind bullet proof glass in 2008. From [HERE] Exit polls find that a key to Obama's victory was winning 93 percent of African-Americans, 71 percent of Hispanics, and 73 percent of Asians. Mitt Romney took most of the white vote, which is 72 percent of the electorate. But it wasn't enough. President Obama was reelected Tuesday night in large part because of strong support from women and minorities. The lesson of his victory for both parties, but particularly Republicans, may be this: The primacy of white male voters has passed. In the modern era, it takes a diverse coalition to win the White House.

Look at the basic breakdown of Mr. Obama’s victory, according to exit polls (which may yet be revised). He won 93 percent of African-Americans, 71 percent of Hispanics, and 73 percent of Asians. He took 55 percent of the overall female vote, down only one percentage point from his comparable 2008 showing.

Mitt Romney, meanwhile, won about 59 percent of the white vote. That’s the best a GOP nominee has done among whites since 1988, and not too long ago such a performance might have guaranteed a winning margin of 270 electoral votes. After all, whites still make up 72 percent of US voters.

But that percentage has inexorably grown smaller election by election. In 2008 whites were 74 percent of the electorate. Given Obama’s popularity among minorities, Mr. Romney would have needed the support of even more whites to win – and Obama did well (or well enough) among white women, particularly single and young white women.

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