Republican Senate Candidate Worried Black Folks Will Steal Election

[meegbear]

Mark Kirk, the Republican candidate for Senate in Illinois, is planning on sending out special "voter integrity" squads to help prevent voter fraud. Where are they headed? Oh, just to four largely black neighborhoods in Chicago.

Isn't it great to see someone taking a stand against the widespread problem of voter fraud? Who cares if the so-called "Justice" Department has turned up "virtually no evidence of any organized effort to skew federal elections"? It must be a problem, because, uh, ACORN, or something.

Kirk was recorded talking last week with various state GOP big shots about his plan to send "lawyers and other people" to "vulnerable precincts... where the other side might be tempted to jigger the numbers somewhat." Those "vulnerable precincts," by the way, are Rockford, Metro East, and South and West Chicago—predominantly African-American neighborhoods.

Not that race has anything to do with it! No, a bunch of suited-up Republican lawyers questioning the credentials of voters on the south side of Chicago is race-neutral, not to mention exactly the right way to make sure the elections in this country are spotless clean and jigger-free.

http://gawker.com/5662648/republican-senate-candidate-worried-black-folks-will-steal-election

[WhiteTara]

1. i.e., vote?

what a disgusting specimen of our species.

[lame54]

2. Is Diebold black?

[SteppingRazor]

3. I don't think "jigger-free" quite covers Republican intentions here. n/t

[lame54]

4. Did he actually say "jigger"?

[pinboy3niner]

7. Wow! Subtlety is not their forte, is it?

He's probably chuckling to himself about how 'clever' he was to maintain deniability.

[KingFlorez]

5. Jigger is dogwhistle

I'm not one to reach when it comes to calling racism, but I'm calling it here.

[atreides1]

6. The Klan isn't dead in the North.

Did he really say "jigger"? Man what a racist prick!!

[LynneSin]

8. Hopefully the Dems will blanket Illinois. I know Santorum tried to do this in Philly

Because Republicans knew if we got the voter turnout he would lose.

We worked a district in a very heavily Russian district. It was funny because about every hour a 'Russian Translator' would show up saying he/she would assist voters in the voting booth to help translate.

:wtf:

Mind you, the district printed out polling information that translated everything from English to Russian and the handout was approved by both parties. Luckily we were working with 2 lawyers who kept sending these translators away since we found they were basically going into the booths and telling folks which levers to pull and promoting republicans.

Not kidding you!

[Bitwit1234]

9. Since every one knows there are more black voters in the south

side of Chicago, if the vote didn't turn out to be overwhelming Democratic then we know the republicans did something crooked, what in the hell is he complaining about he probably won't get diddly squat there.