Jesse Jackson in Louisiana

From one of my Louisiana Correspondents:

It seems that nasty old bigot, Jesse Jackson, is up to his old tricks in Louisiana again. He's organizing busloads of New Orleans "exiles" to return and vote. And, of course, he complains that State and Federal authorities are trying to suppress the black vote and are violating peoples' civil liberties. His position is that people should be able to vote in New Orleans elections no matter where they live and also that the high price of gas is a violation of their civil rights because it makes it expensive to travel to New Orleans to vote. He likens it to a "poll tax". He calls on government to establish "satellite" voting centers everywhere the "exiles" live.

Read about it here.

The article concludes by focusing in on one such voter.

New Orleans evacuee Nona Armour, a Monroe City Schools employee, said she agrees with Jackson. She is driving to New Orleans to vote because she is not certain an absentee ballot could be received in time to be counted.

But gas is a problem and she said she is paying much more to vote than she would like.

"I just wish (Jackson) had done this a week ago," Armour said. "It seems kind of late."

But the state had already established satellite centers and made it possible to vote by going online. And bus caravans had already been set up. And, note, this woman now lives and works in Monroe, LA, on the opposite end of the State from N. O. but still claims the right to vote in the big city.

In related developments: Pennsylvania Democrat Gov. "Fast Eddie" Rendell recently vetoed legislation that would have cleaned up voting in his state, and the Democrat controlled State legislature in Maryland blocked passage of a similar measure, ensuring that massive voter fraud would continue. It is ironic that the party that calls itself "Democrat" should have such a vested interest in subverting the democratic process.