One Guy's Opinion on the Political Scene By: Jim Herndon
It is hardly a coincidence that Barack Hussein Obama has co-sponsored a Senate measure that will allow all ex-felons to vote, and his campaign Web site instructs volunteers how to explain state laws, that are variable, to criminals who, in some cases, may have the right to vote.
Hardly coincidental, that is, because the majority of felons are black, and blacks are constantly calling talk shows and admitting to voting based upon skin color. Writers Dionne and Mike Baker report that, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University's School of Law “Roughly 13 percent of black men nationwide have lost the right to vote.” In Florida, a new law means that more than 115,000 former felons who have completed their sentences are now able to vote. They further reported that “Blacks represent about 40 percent of the people who've had their voting rights restored," Black man Kenneth Glasgow, who served 14 years on robbery and drug charges in Alabama, has launched a voter registration drive inside Alabama prisons where state law allows voting by felons convicted of lesser crimes such as of small drug possession, battery, and attempted burglary, even if the felons are currently serving a sentence. Glasgow estimates 70,000 felons in Alabama might be eligible to vote but haven't registered. He said getting them registered and to the polls can alter the state's political landscape. Glasgow said, "It's not a black-white thing." Of course not.
Race is not an issue in this campaign; sadly, it is the issue.
