WOKE VOTE: "For one stunning night, we were Ala-black-ma."

[pnwmom]

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http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/12/for_one_stunning_night_we_were.html

For months we were told our vote mattered.

Mattered so much that it would be the decisive factor in the tight, divisive U.S. Senate race between Democrat Doug Jones and his flawed opponent, Republican Roy Moore.

Mattered so much that whatever oval hand-wringing, nose-holding Republicans filled in on election day, it was deemed less vital than the turnout among the 776,000 eligible African American voters across the state.

Mattered so much that each misstep by the Jones campaign in trying to address, embrace and entice African Americans-and there were many--was called a death-knell for the man who reminded us way too many times that he prosecuted the Ku Klux Klan murderers of the four little girls who died in the 1963 bombing of the 16th St. Baptist Church.

Jones won with a late rush led by the arrival of some of the Democrats biggest stars, including former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker; as well as numerous grass root efforts, including Woke Vote, which galvanized young people on college campuses throughout the state, particularly young voters.

Now, he and the Democrats must deliver.

https://www.facebook.com/WokeVote/

[qwlauren35]

1. Interesting...

24 hour later, no comments.

I noticed the entire "prosecuted the KKK" thing. Was it the only thing the man did for the black community? Does that give him an automatic black vote? Surely, there was more?

[pnwmom]

2. As I understand it, it was the first time he made his "mark" as a prosecutor. n/t