Sometimes I sit and I wonder where leftists come up with their narratives. It’s almost as if a closet full of retards with crayons sit there drawing up ideas and at some point an adult says “Okay, children, let’s see what you have! Oh, blame Bush? Oh we like that one!”
When it comes to radio, I listen to a few shows. So few, in fact, that I can name them and be 100% sure I’m not missing anyone: Andrew Wilkow, Opie and Anthony, and Jason Lewis. On occasion, I tune into Hannity, but I’m not like some of my idiot lefty friends who tune into things that make them angry just so they can be angry, so I don’t really give Hannity a lot of ear time unless there’s an event dominating the news that I know I’ll agree with him on.
It just so happened that this week, on two shows I listen to, I heard the same idiotic remark. It was on the Opie and Anthony show and on the Andrew Wilkow show. Callers to both shows informed the hosts that there should be no outrage at Obama over the non-case against the New Black Panther Party for intimidating voters in front of a polling place in Philadelphia, and that they should be aiming their anger squarely at President Bush’s Justice Department and then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales because they didn’t get the job done.
I wish I was kidding.
The problem, of course, is that a lot of people believe this idiocy, and if two different people called two different shows with that same incorrect tidbit, you can bet someone is working overtime to make sure that that’s the narrative that sticks for this story. For the uneducated (or the unwilling to listen) here’s the timeline of events. At the end, you tell me who gets blamed for what.
Election Day, 2008
Two members of the New Black Panther Party are found standing outside a polling place in Philadelphia, one of whom was carrying a nightstick. The member with the nightstick, King Samir Shabazz was removed from the premises by Philadelphia police.
January 7, 2009
The United States Department of Justice, under President George W. Bush and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales files suit against the NBPP under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
April 7, 2009
Bartle Bull, a civil rights activist, says in a sworn statement that he witnessed voter intimidation by King Samir Shabazz, Jerry Jackson, and Malik Zulu Shabazz. Bull was a poll-watcher at the time of the incident. His sworn affidavit was never entered into the court record.
April 17, 2009
A Judge gives the option to the Department of Justice to seek a default judgment when the two NBPP members don’t show up for court. They’re given until May 1, 2009 to do so.
April 20, 2009
A default judgment is entered against the two members of the NBPP.
May 15, 2009
The US Department of Justice, under the direction of Attorney General Eric Holder drops the case against Jerry Jackson and Malik Zulu Shabazz even though the United States had effectively won it when the NBPP members didn’t show up. All chances of pursuing penalties for the actions of the two men were now gone. The penalty for King Samir Shabazz? He was no longer allowed to carry a weapon within 100 feet of an open polling location. Until November 15th, 2012.
So let’s see. Under President Bush and Alberto Gonzales, the case was started. Under Obama and Holder it was dropped and wrists were summarily slapped. Now I ask you, my good readers, who is to blame for the lack of a judgment against these folks and for the case being dropped?
The timeline says it all, doesn’t it?
My big question is who’s pushing this idea that it’s Bush’s fault?