the man who stole the 2004 election for smirk has something to hide

[donsu]

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_592.shtml


Why did J. Kenneth Blackwell seek, then hide, his association with super-rich extremists and e-voting magnates?




The man who stole the 2004 election for George W. Bush -- Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell -- has posted a picture of himself addressing the white supremacist ultra-right Council for National Policy (CNP). He then pulled the picture and tried to hide his participation in the meeting by removing mention of it from his website, kenblackwell.com.

First discovered by a netroots investigator (uaprogressiveaction.com), Blackwell's photo at the CNP meeting was found on Blackwell's website on Monday, March 6. Then it mysteriously disappeared.

Blackwell has ample reason to hide his ties to the CNP. When the Free Press investigated the CNP and its ties to the Republican Party, Chip Berlet of Political Research Associates told the paper that the CNP included "a former Ku Klux Klan leader and other segregationist policies." Berlet emphasizes that these "shocking" charges are easy to verify.

Berlet describes CNP members as not only traditional conservatives, but also nativists, xenophobes, white racial supremacists, homophobes, sexists, militarists, authoritarians, reactionaries and "in some cases outright neo-fascists."

Some well-known figures affiliated with the CNP include Rev. Jerry Falwell, anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly and the Rev. Pat Robertson. But it's the lesser-known CNP mainstays that are more indicative of the organization's politics. They include:
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the article ends with this:

"Small wonder the powerful right-wing extremist Council on National Policy would overlook its racist history to embrace an African-American like J. Kenneth Blackwell. Small wonder, also, Blackwell might want to hide what will certainly be a powerful and profitable association for him in his rise to the Ohio governor's mansion . . . and beyond."

[formercia]

1. And Reverend Moon, who foots the bill for the party

He started out by bailing out Tim LaHaye back in the '80s when the CNP was about to go under.

[AtomicKitten]

2. The Republicans reward their enablers of fraud.

[bleever]

3. Ohioans deserve to know who Blackwell serves: them, or

a super-secret society of right-wing extremists?

It's a simple question.

[pacalo]

4. Perfect example of the term "shaking hands with the devil"...

Ken Blackwell + former Ku Klux Klan leader + bigots of every cloth

The love of money is the root of all evil.

[donkeyotay]

5. The GOP crime family is a big tent, an equal opportunity employer

Blackwell has worked at HUD, the UN, on the board of the Campaign Finance Institute in DC, the Advisory Panel on the Federal Elections Commission, the National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council, the Harvard Policy Group on Network-Enabled Services and Government, the National commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform, and vice chair on the Working Group on Soft Dollars and Commission Recapture for E.R.I.S.A.

He's on the CFR and holds "the nation's highest security clearance."

all the above from JINSA's bio on him.

He also worked with Gingrich and helped Steve Forbes with his campaign.

He's a real go-getter. His role in bringing in Mark D Lay (MDL), despite their history in Pennsylvania is intriguing, since they lost more money for Ohio than Noe did, I believe.

[sofa king]

6. Jeez, is the guy regularly seen at David Allan Coe concerts, too?

[RazzleDazzle]

7. What an incredible fool. CNP!!????????? Holy Moly

Unreal.

And Berlet should know. He's spent decades now tracking and writing about the radical religious right and associated groups. Good work.

[troubleinwinter]

8. Coarse grit steel wool, coarse wire brushes,

cleanser, jugs of Chlorox, alcohol, disinfectant.

We need to scrub this filth out of our country. We need a good cleansing.

SUNLIGHT is a good cleanser.

[donsu]

9. sunlight is good except in Fl. who is in the midst of pretending to

throw sunlight on the govts. doings

so far Flordians haven't even got a tan from the sunshine

[Sparkman]

10. CA exports cotton & movies, FL exports oranges, OH....what, gran wizards?

[donkeyotay]

11. This reminds me of Chapell's skit about the blind, black man

who was a white supremacist. Power makes some strange bed fellows.