Give me a ticket for an aeroplane, Ken Blackwell just wrote me a letter

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_5019.shtml


Give me a ticket for an aeroplane, ain’t got time to take a fast train -- since the Republicans destroyed mass transit in the U.S. and there aren’t any fast trains -- Ken Blackwell just wrote me a letter. That’s the same Blackwell we all now know as the Katherine Harris of Ohio for his role in helping steal the 2004 election.

Blackwell, billing himself as “Former Ohio Secretary of State” and “Conservative Republican,” wrote a letter regarding “The One Way to Stop the Obama Machine.”

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Blackwell began the letter by asserting that he was a “clear and present danger” to the “Democrats.” Why? Because he “threatens self-appointed black leaders, the Democrat Party machine, and even Barack Obama’s grip on power.” Blackwell particularly takes offense to the fact that Al Sharpton “ . . . flew into the state to racially slander me by calling me Ken Whitewell” during his ill-fated run for the governorship of Ohio.

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Blackwell claims these evil Democrats “ . . . have gone out of their way to destroy me and other black Republicans like me.” I wondered why the Dems would waste their time to “destroy” one person, because who else is like him? And who cares? But Blackwell had gotten my attention.

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Blackwell’s always been a man of principle. First, when he was a left-wing black nationalist in the 70s. And then, when he was a charter reform progressive Democrat out of Cincinnati. And then when he was an Independent, and again when he became a Jack Kemp help-the-poor, kind-hearted conservative. And finally when he was a Steve Forbes help-the-poor-by-giving-money-to-the-rich Republican. Also, he was perhaps most principled when he appeared before white supremacist groups in Ohio and elsewhere and campaigned with far-right, born-again Christians like Rod Parsley. I guess it’s not hypocritical or opportunistic to hang out with people that want to lynch blacks and believe all Muslims will burn in hell (See “Why is the man who stole Ohio campaigning with a white supremacist?” by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, October 9, 2006 at Blackwell Article).

Still, the highlight of Blackwell’s letter was his ranting against Obama’s “Big Brother government.” It’s fair to concede that Blackwell knows a lot about Big Brother. He served as the UN Human Rights ambassador for former CIA director, and then president, George Herbert Walker Bush. So, we gotta give him his props. He associates with people (for example George Walker Bush and Cheney) who know about torture, unconstitutional and illegal domestic electronic surveillance, and overthrowing democratically elected governments. No wonder they wanted him to be Ohio’s secretary of state.
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why isn't he in prison?

Gee, I don't know weather to be insulted or take it as a compliment.

n.t.

It was back when he was doing some bullshit about requiring a state form on an exact weight of paper to be acceptable to register to vote in the good state of Ohio. I had nothing nice to say and he didn't bother to listen to much of it before he hung up on me. Fuck him then, fuck him now, fuck him tomorrow.