Vote suppressors – you underestimated us.
Maybe you thought we were stupid. Maybe you thought we were weak. Or perhaps you totally misread some of our disappointment with the slowness of the progress President Obama is making on the issues we care about. That’s understandable – given how little you know about or care about or have tried to learn about (much less reach out to) us, why would you know any better?
It’s not surprising that you assumed that because, unlike in 2008, we haven’t been as loudly effusive in our support for President Obama. While the 2008 lines had a festive air, these lines are more somber and quiet. But there’s a reason for that. As he himself has said, he’s no longer just a candidate. He’s the President. He’s OUR President. This is not just a campaign for us. This is more serious than that. It’s a mission, a cause. We mean business.
We’ve seen what you have tried to do to this man. We’ve seen and felt the disrespect and disdain you show him. We’ve seen how you have endeavored to smear, demean, undermine and otherize him. And we’ve seen how you have pulled out all of the stops to try to keep us from voting for him.
Yes, vote suppressors – you misjudged us. You seemed to think we couldn’t see and hear you as you ham-handedly went about your nasty business, using all of the levers and mechanisms of power voters so stupidly turned over to you in 2010 when trying to teach our President a lesson.
But just because you don’t look at or listen to us does not mean we haven’t seen and heard YOU – and we’ve seen and heard and felt everything you were saying and doing. And while you weren’t paying attention, we got ready for you.
So we stand in these lines to show you that we will not let you snatch away our vote. We stand in these lines to show the world that we will not let you bully our President out of office with your ugly lies, racist language and Jim Crow tactics. We stand in these lines, quietly resolved to show him we have his back because he has ours.
Vote suppressors, you failed. Now, get out of our way.