Well if you're still here after my endless posts on the subject of the New Black Panther voter-intimidation case, then the answer is probably yes. Over at Greg's place, I write about how the final report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, complete with an unrebutted Democratic dissent, reveals just how flimsy and politicized the initial case was:
The two conservative "whistleblowers" deposed by the commission have used the fact that the attorneys who evaluated the case recommended going forward as proof the case had merit. In fact, as one of the attorneys mentioned in an e-mail, "The most difficult case to make at this stage is against the national party and [NBPP leader] Malik Shabazz." But the recommendation was premised on the obviously inflated evidence in the J memo, with its "narrative" framed with help from an outside political consultant, and with only Republican poll watchers as witnesses.
Of course, when the case was reviewed by the Obama administration, the weakness of the case the case against the national party became apparent, so they pursued an injunction against the one NBPP member with a baton, a decision that has been the basis of the unparalleled waste of time and resources that is this investigation, not to mention elaborate conspiracy theories about the anti-white racism of the president and attorney general.
It's really astonishing that we're still talking about this. When you consider how many legal obstacles conservatives have assembled to addressing racial discrimination, it's incredible that the allegation that the Obama administration is racist has gotten so much traction. There's no pattern or practice; there's just this one, flimsy case and a bunch of unsubstantiated allegations from people who liked it better when the Department of Justice was run like the College Republicans.
