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The paragraph that really caught me in Greg Palast's latest expose of Banana Republicans shenanigan's in Jebbie's Florida was this one:

In Jacksonville, to determine if Republicans were using the lists or other means of intimidating voters, we filmed a private detective filming every "early voter" - the majority of whom are black - from behind a vehicle with blacked-out windows.

The private detective claimed not to know who was paying for his all-day services.
(via The Beeb)

Raw intimidation in black neighborhoods. Shameful.What next? White sheets?

So, Republican vote suppression tactics in North Philly might go something like this: The Republicans contest a lot of voters, with no other purpose than to create long lines to make people get tired and leave, and they park a couple of crudely obvious surveillance vehicles to scare people away.

Philly has a lot of food trucks&mdasj;soul food, Chinese good, jerk chicken—and one of those food trucks should pull up right in front of the Rethuglican defective's car, so they can't film anything. Then feed the people, so it isn't waiting in line anymore, it's a party! Maybe bring in a sound system.... Meanwhile, somebody should put a banana up the tailpipe of the defectives car...

NOTE Inspired by RDF's wonderful post back here.