(12-17-2020, 10:19 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: The left discovered long ago that dropping the 'R' card is effective at culling queasy moderate Republicans.

You may remember I was here asking you to vote yes on FL amendment 3 for top two primaries.
In September, Sean Shaw and the Florida Black Legislative caucus said that passing this amendment would reduce minority representation.  There was no evidence, in fact the evidence we have points the other way.   No matter.  The League of Women Voters had been working on open primaries for 5 years.  They had already voted to support Amendment 3.  Suddenly they got scared of being called racist and so they changed their endorsement and linked arms with the FL Democratic party.  They have been a nonpartisan organization in Florida for 80 years!  But just a little hint of being accused of racism in 2020 brought them to heel. 

So yes, accusations of racism absolutely are a cudgel for the left.

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