THE RACE CARD COMES OUT:

Campaign Mailer Creates Controversy (Tiffany Cochran, 11/4/2002, WXIA-TV Atlanta)

A campaign mailer sent over the weekend to primarily African-American Democratic voters stirred up controversy Monday. The mail piece used the old state flag as a catalyst to get core Democrats out to the polls Tuesday.

The mailer has a man wearing a cap with a Confederate flag emblem on it and pictures of proponents of the old flag rallying to save it. The caption underneath reads “if they win” and when the mailer is opened up, it reads, “We lose.”

The Democratic Party is responsible for the mailer and Republicans said it was race-baiting. The mailer was also brought up during Sunday night’s GPTV gubernatorial debate.

The Republicans said it was racist but the Democrats said they will not apologize for the mailer. They said it was based on fact and on the Republicans’ record when it comes to African-American families.

It all comes down to black turnout tomorrow, so there's likely much more of this going on under the radar. Posted by Orrin Judd at November 5, 2002 12:41 AM