So here's what happens when Republicans start turning voter suppression into a competition: In Ohio, it's gotten so bad that a state representative is leading an effort to add a Voter Bill of Rights to the state Constitution to prevent any more efforts
<i>early voting ordered by Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted, who keeps trying to prevent early voting, which he appears to think is especially rife with &ldquo;fraud&rdquo; </i>
All the dogs on my street started barking at that.
&ldquo;I guess I really actually feel we shouldn&rsquo;t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban &mdash; read African-American &mdash; voter-turnout machine.&quot;
Yeah, how dare <em>those</em> people, thinking they have a say in a participatory process! Any God-fearin&#039; Republican knows that the only people who should have a say are those who can write checks exceeding 5 figures.
<i>&ldquo;I guess I really actually feel we shouldn&rsquo;t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban &mdash; read African-American &mdash; voter-turnout machine.&rdquo;</i>
I hope that slide makes it onto the section of every Sociology 101 PowerPoint presentation that mentions &quot;privilege&quot;. Much as my own Psychology 101 presentations have a quote from Bill O&#039;Reilly about Sylvia&#039;s and ice tea on the section about covert prejudice.
Now, come on, my fellow snark mobsters - if you had a platform like the Republican platform, wouldn&#039;t you do everything you could to prevent people from voting on it?
The conservatives wouldn&rsquo;t have to supress voters if they just ran some intelligent, reasonable and qualified candidates like &hellip;. Ummmm&hellip; Oh how about? What? In jail? &hellip;.. I think I see the problem.
<i>who keeps trying to prevent early voting, which he appears to think is especially rife with &ldquo;fraud&rdquo; (if by &ldquo;fraud&rdquo; one means &ldquo;black people voting.&rdquo; Which of course one does).</i>
Ha ha ha! As if black people <i>could</i> actually vote! Like there was an amendment (or two) to the Constitution that actually said they should be able to vote!
<i>early voting ordered by Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted, who keeps trying to prevent early voting, which he appears to think is especially rife with &ldquo;fraud&rdquo; </i>
All the dogs on my street started barking at that.
&ldquo;I guess I really actually feel we shouldn&rsquo;t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban &mdash; read African-American &mdash; voter-turnout machine.&quot;
Yeah, how dare <em>those</em> people, thinking they have a say in a participatory process! Any God-fearin&#039; Republican knows that the only people who should have a say are those who can write checks exceeding 5 figures.
Based on the state seal, is the official song of Ohio Muskrat Love?
Ideas are for Out-of-Touch Ivory Tower Eggheads. What we need is more good old-fashioned populism, a la Steve &quot;Canteloupes&quot; King!
I see that MoDo&#039;s been sharing those chocolates she scored in Denver.
<i>&ldquo;I guess I really actually feel we shouldn&rsquo;t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban &mdash; read African-American &mdash; voter-turnout machine.&rdquo;</i>
I hope that slide makes it onto the section of every Sociology 101 PowerPoint presentation that mentions &quot;privilege&quot;. Much as my own Psychology 101 presentations have a quote from Bill O&#039;Reilly about Sylvia&#039;s and ice tea on the section about covert prejudice.
Now, come on, my fellow snark mobsters - if you had a platform like the Republican platform, wouldn&#039;t you do everything you could to prevent people from voting on it?
The conservatives wouldn&rsquo;t have to supress voters if they just ran some intelligent, reasonable and qualified candidates like &hellip;. Ummmm&hellip; Oh how about? What? In jail? &hellip;.. I think I see the problem.
I thought that it was a picture of Butch Otter.
Rattenbumsen?
Sounds like commanizim to me!
<i>who keeps trying to prevent early voting, which he appears to think is especially rife with &ldquo;fraud&rdquo; (if by &ldquo;fraud&rdquo; one means &ldquo;black people voting.&rdquo; Which of course one does).</i>
Ha ha ha! As if black people <i>could</i> actually vote! Like there was an amendment (or two) to the Constitution that actually said they should be able to vote!