On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 16:24:35 GMT, "King Pineapple"
wrote:

Do a Google search on "Ralph Boyd" sometime, Skippy. He's a
Clinton-appointed Assistant Attorney General, who stayed on with the Bush
Administration, and was the one who investigated Palast's "fixed election"
in Florida.

Mr. Boyd, who FYI is himself black, found that Palast was, in fact, LYING.


Clarence Thomas is also African American and a poster child for
affirmative action, as is Dubbya, votes consistently for any issue
with a whiff of affirmative action, and, further, Thomas is widely
recognized for his lack of independent voice and "me too" voting with
Scalia.

You are proposing that Boyd's race means he would stand up for
disenfranchised voters in Florida? A specious argument. And further,
you assert Boyd's "findings" include direct evidence that Palast is
lying? Where are your sources?

Here is the most common assessment of Boyd:

"Ralph F. Boyd, assistant attorney general for civil rights, told the
Senate Judiciary Committee that there were "very few voters who
actually were prevented from voting." But that doesn't square with the
numbers of complaints filed by Floridians. For instance, the Justice
Department logged 11,000 complaints from mostly African-American
voters, yet determined only 14 warranted an investigation. "

kc