Disallowed Criticism
Columnist and TV pundit Robert Novak is being excoriated as a racist for suggesting that voting irregularities occurred on a South Dakota reservation during the 2002 midterm elections, reports Native Times. Speaking on CNN’s "Crossfire," Novak said there were some "serious voting irregularities" that helped U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson win a close election in 2002 against challenger John Thune.
"In 2002, Thune would have been elected to the state's other Senate seat, but the election was stolen by stuffing ballot boxes on the Indian reservations," Novak said.
A statement from Sen. Tom Daschle’s office called the comments "unfair, offensive, and malicious."
"Mr. Novak's comments about the Natives in South Dakota were unbelievably crude and derogatory. It is hard to believe that a racist statement -- such as ‘the election was stolen by stuffing ballot boxes on the Indian reservations’ would be made at all, much less by a journalist," said South Dakota Democratic Party Chairwoman Judy Olson Duhamel. She called on Novak and CNN to apologize.
Ming the Merciless: Pathetic earthlings. Who can save you now?
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