Talk about pummeling the opposition!

I was scanning election progress around 1:15 or so this afternoon, and saw that in a town in Pennsylvania, there were two members of the Black Panthers standing outside the entrance to the polling place.  One looked to be roughly 6′5″, maybe 6′6″, based on how far into the air the reporter was extending his arm to interview the guy, and the other guy was holding a nightstick in his hand, slapping it against his leg.

Now let’s examine this a little bit, shall we?

First of all, let the record show that these two gentlemen have every right to stand at the polling place.  However, my question is, why would they?  I sure as hell have better things to do than just stand outside a polling place all day.  But what, exactly, is their function in doing so?  They’re {presumably} not hired security, and if some type of skirmish were to break out, I’m fairly confident this town has a police force.  But the bigger issue here is, even if you ARE going to stand outside a polling place in support of your candidate, what in the friggin’ hell do you need the nightstick for?  That’s nothing but pure voter intimidation and it’s BULLSHIT.  It’s a bullshit tactic used for no reason than to try to force a race issue.

Now before you go accusing me of being some racist pig, I am not going to assume which candidate the Black Panthers endorse because, in my mind, it doesn’t matter.  What were these punk ass douchebags going to do, interview every voter coming in and/or going out, and if they didn’t vote for the candidate the Black Panthers felt they should have, were they going to beat the shit out of them?  Are you fucking kidding me?!  Tell me that’s not {racially motivated} intimidation.

Or better yet, answer this question: how is this situation any different than if the Ku Klux Klan were standing outside a polling place, in their equally punk assed full hooded bedsheet regalia, brandishing nightsticks or clubs or burning crosses or whatever?  Exactly my point.

America- land of hypocrisy.