Allow me to propose a new political activist group.
As we all know, among the many dangers that menace the US in the run-up to the 2012 US presidential elections are not only ghost voters and other forms of vote fraud, but also outright voter intimidation by uniformed, billy-club-wielding members of the “New Black Panther Party.” Voters whose complexion did not match that of the thugs were, ahem, discouraged from participating in the election.
As for myself, I’m Serbian-American, and that means European. When the census taker came around, she automatically marked “White” for my race. Of course, that’s just a customary term; we are not the color of new-fallen snow. Most of us have skin tones that are some shade of pink through beige.
What we are concerned about here is not race or skin color itself, but our rights as citizens to use the polling places without our heads being bashed in.
Like to get down in the trenches and mix it up?
So do I.
How do we go about it? What do we call ourselves?
Calling ourselves “White Panthers” wouldn’t work. Ill-wishers would immediately seize upon the word “white” to smear us as white supremacists. Those with long memories might mistake us for an even older version of the “Gray Panthers” leftist movement of some decades ago. And given that panthers are a dark (melanistic) phase of leopards, “white panther” seems almost an oxymoron.
Considering that some of us who want to be able to vote have pink skin, I have a better idea, or at least a funnier one. I love me some street theater, as long as it’s OUR side putting on the show for a change!
How about we all rent or make some Pink Panther costumes, call ourselves the “New Pink Panthers,” and assemble near the embattled polling places in such numbers that billy-club-wielding thugs will find themselves outnumbered? The padding and fur on the costumes would help to cushion and deflect any bumps and bruises. And you certainly don’t have to be “white” (dermatologically speaking) to put on the costume and join us. You just have to believe in the US Constitution, the laws of your State, and the right to vote.
Here’s what happened last time around, in 2008:
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You may wonder why I’m thinking about this just now. This is why:
Andrew Breitbart: Shock Photos: Barack Obama With New Black Panther Party on Campaign Trail in 2007
New photographs obtained exclusively by BigGovernment.com reveal that Barack Obama appeared and marched with members of the New Black Panther Party as he campaigned for president in Selma, Alabama in March 2007.
The photographs, captured from a Flickr photo-sharing account before it was scrubbed, are the latest evidence of the mainstream media’s failure to examine Obama’s extremist ties and radical roots.
In addition, the new images raise questions about the possible motives of the Obama administration in its infamous decision to drop the prosecution of the Panthers for voter intimidation.
The images, presented below, also renew doubts about the transparency of the White House’s guest logs–in particular, whether Panther National Chief Malik Zulu Shabazz is the same “Malik Shabazz” listed among the Obama administration’s early visitors…
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How about the Ivory Panthers
With or without costumes, it is a damned great idea to have liberty minded people show up in large groups at polling places to ensure that nobody is intimidated into not voting by 0’s thugs.
If we can’t afford full costumes with the Obamaconomy being what it is, we could at least buy some Pink Panther tee shirts, and maybe add pink plush hats with cat ears (at least for the ladies), considering that it’s cold in most parts of the US in November. The tee shirts shouldn’t be too hard to find online – just about every cartoon character is available on clothing.
Alternatively…we could recruit Tea Party members to show up wearing Gadsden tee shirts to assemble near polling places in embattled areas with their video cameras to make sure nothing untoward happens. I’ll have to remember to mention that the next time I go to a Tea Party meeting.
The name has already been taken by a homosexual group.
😳 If the group is still active, then we’ll have to choose something else. Maybe just wearing Gadsden Tea Party shirts would work. I don’t want to identify this with any particular race, ideology, lifestyle, agenda, or anything else other than support for the Constitution and the law.
What about Snow Leopards?
Snow leopards are rare. Just like the integrity of the Left in the 2008 election.
That could work.
@Mark V and others:
We could always call ourselves the Purple Finger Panthers!
We demand purple fingers at every US election!
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