This morning, Ryan at The Daily Kingfish alerted us to an interesting development in the Jackson/Cazayoux robocall story: Apparently, the company responsible for placing those calls was listed as “Magnolia Computers,” which, as noted in the Louisiana Corporations Database, is owned by Darrell W. Glasper.
Darrell Glasper was the controversial chairman of BREC. He has been lauded by the guys over at LouisianaConservative.com and lambasted by the folks at Rolfe McCollister’s Baton Rouge Business Report. McCollister recently wrote:
This guy (Glasper) should have never been appointed in the first place and has been a disaster—and divisive force at BREC. That he could even come close to getting support from seven folks may say more about the Metro Council than it does about Darrell Glasper.
We recently had a Daily Report poll that asked if Glasper should be reappointed, and 82% said, “No.”
Glasper is also, apparently, a Republican, having donated money to the National Republican Congressional Committee three years ago.
There’s really only one way to look at this, despite what conservative commentators may imply about the dynamics of the upcoming election in November:
This is manipulative, dishonest, racist politics that should be publicly shunned and excoriated. And, if Representative Jackson is telling the truth (and we have every reason to believe that he is; apparently, he recently signed a sworn statement attesting to such), then it should be clear what this actually was: a Republican-backed effort to suppress African-American vote under the pretense of racial equality.
Ryan transcribes the call:
“I’m very upset that the National Democratic Party favored Don Cazayoux from New Roads over Michael Jackson. The Democratic Party raised $850,000 for Don Cazayoux which is the only reason Michael Jackson lost in the Democratic runoff. The National and State Democratic Parties always seem to back the white democrat over the black democrat and that’s wrong. Alot of us who are supporting Michael Jackson feel the National Democratic Party need to be taught a lesson. We’re not voting for Don Cazayoux because we believe Woody Jenkins will be a lot easier to beat in November when Senator Barack Obama is on the ballot. You haven’t heard many black elected officials supporting Don Cazayoux. On Saturday we’re going to stay home and see how the National Democratic Party do without us.”
“Paid for by Friends of Michael Jackson.”
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