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I cannot be the only one that is uneasy about the sentiment of "fearing" when Black people vote. The discourse around this issue seems to be along the lines of "It's about time Democrats started using better election strategies of bringing everyone together" and "Democrats need to get their act together instead of acting like Republicans", and not "It is appalling that a verbalized 'fear' of more Black people voting is not treated for the venom it is". Let me read that paragraph again, maybe it won't be so appalling:
Republican Rep. Adam Putnam of Florida has gone public with the fear that an Obama-generated black voter tide could "destroy" down-ballot GOP candidates in the South.
Hmmm ... nope, it is still a problem for me. Yet another reason why I have started to focus on Jack and Jill Politics (www.jackandjillpolitics.com), Sojourners (http://blog.beliefnet.com/godspolitics), Vivir Latino (http://vivirlatino.com/), and Daily Kos/deaf (http://www.dailykos.com/tag/deaf) instead of Salon for my non-watered down news. It is the only way for me to get a comprehensive picture of my socio-political ideals. Obviously, Salon cannot cover everything. But if I depended on Salon I would assume that all liberals were able-bodied White atheist.
