Obama: Fire Voting Rights Chief

In a letter today, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) urged the acting attorney general to fire voting rights section chief John Tanner. Citing Tanner's remarks earlier this month that "minorities don't become elderly the way white people do: They die first," Obama wrote that "Through his inexcusable comments, Mr. Tanner has clearly demonstrated that he possesses neither the character nor the judgment to be heading the Voting Rights Section." He concluded: "For that ... Full Story »

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by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

Includes Obama's actual letter as evidence. Has the right context but one-sided in viewpoints. Lacks an objective investigation of Tanner's statements.

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