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Clearly "vote suppression" can't be squared with being pro-democracy, because a "good message" doesn't suppress a voter turnout, instead it changes the distribution of votes. Ostensibly, more votes would be distributed toward the candidate with the "good message".

But neither PapaDoc nor Bush have that message, and I'm quite sure suppression of the (predominantly) black vote is the goal. Don't get too sidetracked about whether the comment stems from racism, pure strategy, unconscious provincialism... or what not. It is entirely undemocratic and at this point I think focussing on the statement's overt anti-democracy (rather than its implied racism) is the smartest move.

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