Republicans Urge Minorities to Get Out and Vote on Nov. 3

[smirkymonkey]

MIAMI, FL—With the knowledge that the minority vote will be crucial in the upcoming presidential election, Republican Party officials are urging blacks, Hispanics, and other minorities to make their presence felt at the polls on Wednesday, Nov. 3.

"Minority voters should make their unique voices heard, especially the African-American voting bloc, which is always a major factor in every election," said Florida Republican Party voter-drive organizer Mark Monreal, as he handed out flyers at a community center in the mostly black Miami neighborhood of South Farms. "That's why we put up hundreds of brightly colored banners featuring Martin Luther King Jr. and the 'Vote November 3' reminder. We needed to make sure they know when we want them at polling places."

"You can't walk through a black neighborhood here in Miami without seeing our 'Don't Forget Big Wednesday!' message up on a billboard, tacked to a phone booth, or taped to a bus shelter," Monreal added. "The Republican Party has spared no expense in this endeavor."

GOP committees in Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Oregon, and Florida have spent more than $3 million on pamphlets, posters, stickers, and T-shirts bearing such slogans as "Put America First—Vote On The Third!" and "November 3rd Is Your Time To Be Heard."

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4043&n=1

It's The Onion of course, but it wouldn't surprise me if the Repukes did something like this.

[wanpete]

1. this is old, lame, and stupid. As an A.A. I am offended by this

kind of foolish trickery. I'd venture to guess that by now, just about all americans know that the election is on 11/2. If they are resorting to this kind of foolishness, they are really scared.

[smirkymonkey]

3. Actually, it's an Onion spoof on typical Republican disenfran-

chisement of minorites, but the Onion in the past has proved to be almost quasi-truthful concerning political matters.

[Joylaughter]

2. They ARE doing this

I was polled by phone in California and the interviewer asked me about which resolution I would vote for on November 3rd. I told her that election day was the 2nd and she said "It is? Oh, my paper says the 3rd." She sounded young and I'm sure she didn't know any better, but whoever put the poll together knew better. I pray we get these repukes out of power!