Mr. Shaman
12-20-2003, 08:55 AM
.....Gone Wild!!! (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16465-2003Dec19.html)
" Texas Democrats, who had predicted that the Bush administration would approve the plan, said it would disenfranchise as many as 3.6 million black and Hispanic voters in the state.
"Until today, no Justice Department had ever approved a plan eliminating a majority-minority congressional district," Rep. Martin Frost (D-Tex.) said in a statement. "But the Bush Justice Department has made itself infamous by approving a plan to eliminate two majority-minority districts."
Frost added that the Texas plan "is the single greatest setback for minority voting rights in the 38-year history of the Voting Rights Act. It would have been laughed out of any other Justice Department -- Republican or Democratic."
Way to go, Mullah Ashcroft!!!!!
" Texas Democrats, who had predicted that the Bush administration would approve the plan, said it would disenfranchise as many as 3.6 million black and Hispanic voters in the state.
"Until today, no Justice Department had ever approved a plan eliminating a majority-minority congressional district," Rep. Martin Frost (D-Tex.) said in a statement. "But the Bush Justice Department has made itself infamous by approving a plan to eliminate two majority-minority districts."
Frost added that the Texas plan "is the single greatest setback for minority voting rights in the 38-year history of the Voting Rights Act. It would have been laughed out of any other Justice Department -- Republican or Democratic."
Way to go, Mullah Ashcroft!!!!!