Michael Moore: 96% black precinct in Cleveland with 13% voter turnout

[LTR]

This is unbelievable!

He mantioned this in a speech in Boston the other day. The transcript can be found here:

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=113

This is one of the most interesting parts:

I went to one of these meeting of ACT, I forget what it stands for. America coming together, one, two, and they put up on the screen a map of Cleveland, Ohio and they showed a precinct in Cleveland that was 96% African American. 96%. Total vote are turnout in 2000, 13%. You can't get more base of the Democratic Party than African Americans and if you don't have a message that will inspire them to come out on Election Day and tells them with no B.S. and shows them how their life will be better, we will not win this election. That will not happen. (applause) I say this not to rain on the party. We are all in this together. And as they said last night, we have a big tent. And all of us, from conservative democrats to greens who are voting democrat, are all in this tent right now for one common goal. That's to get our white house back in our hands, the majority's.

The most obvious place to start is the base.

[madaboutharry]

1. Chris Matthews and his pals at MSNBC

don't get that these are the people that Al Sharpton was talking to last night.

[truhavoc]

2. You might be partially right, but...

these are the people who most likely don't care about watching the conventions. We need to do more than just preach rhetoric, we need to inspire!