On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Me too. At first glance it looks like politics as usual, but let's see what > develops.
I can totally believe that it would be politics as usual except that I don't see what's to be gained from it. With the non-prosecution of voter intimidation cases in the South and with the politically motivated revenge prosecutions from the Bush DOJ, there was an obvious advantage to the actions. They were helping and taking out political opponents. With this case, though, I'm not sure where the motive lays. Helping the New Black Panther party? Well, maybe I guess, but honestly I think that the Panthers would use the prosecution as recruiting tool, like most fringe groups use "persecution". I could see the Obama DOJ stepping in with a group like ACORN, but the Panthers? That seems more dubious to me. Could be wrong though, I certainly don't always have an understanding of the deeper calculus of political power. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:297719 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
