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Voter supression ... Hmmm ... might this have something to do with being legally qualified to vote?
See the above response.
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Absolutely not. But that is the excuse being used to push these laws, isn't it.
Okay. Then why do you need a photo ID to cash a check at a bank? Is that voter suppression? Is that anti-minority?
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... about time ....
Many people don't. Tell me this... how is it so many people can go for long periods in their life with out a photo ID?
Many retired people do not have valid ID. They don't have a drivers license anymore, and don't need one to bank where they have been for a long period of time.
Many people only have college/university ID (which, btw will not be accepted in TX as a valid ID to vote)
There are may reasons why, and yet the neighbors they have known for years will be the same people who will have to ask for ID in order for them to place their vote.
There are better ways to keep up with valid voter registration than what is being done.
Absolutely not. But that is the excuse being used to push these laws, isn't it.
Unless something wild happens before Nov. the game is over. The GOP failed to convince enough people their platform is better.
Hope you guys fix your platform and come up with something reasonable in 2016. I'm really tired of the Democrats being the only game in town.
the debates haven't even happened yet. it's way too early to call this one.
however, i agree with you about the GOP platform. there are a couple planks there that i could not support. most importantly, the anti-gay stuff.
All of the social issues are non-issues.
The Democrat Party is not serious about anything that matters. It's like the drunken Frat on campus is running the country and hoping that nobody notices how money is being wasted.
anti-homosexual legislation isn't a non-issue. it's likely to be viewed historically as the civil rights movement of the 1960s is today. i can't in good conscience vote for candidates who are likely to attempt to deny basic civil rights to large groups of Americans.
i believed that in 1999 for a bit. then Republicans took over, spent us into oblivion, and thought that tax cuts could pay for it all. unfortunately, i don't think we're anywhere near the right of the Laffer curve, so i don't agree with them that tax cuts and austerity are the best way out. what i do like about the Republicans is that they are bringing important debt and deficits to light now, even if they are mostly just using it as a wedge issue. we need to talk about this issue, but i don't agree with their proposed solution. we've had the trickle down football yanked from us on kickoff too many times already.
O.K. Lesee.......ILLEGAL immigrants are ILLEGAL and therefore are prevented from voting. That sounds correct to me.
Those who do not have documentation to prove they are not ILLEGAL are prevented from voting. That sounds correct to me.
And, those who are so stupid, and/or so incapacitated that they can't tell their butthole from their elbow, to get an ID that is essential for an American citizen to function and whose vote would be a travesty because of this obvious mental debility ...... that vote negated would also be correctly voided.
Now, let us assume, that there are some that may qualify to vote but because of some weird circumstance simply can't legally get an ID. If one takes that infinitesimal category of American citizens and compare the value of the negation of their vote as compared to the negation of ILLEGAL & FRAUDULENT VOTING that takes place and distorts the veracity of every election because of a lack of voter ID, one can come to the obvious conclusion that VOTER ID IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY.
Unless something wild happens before Nov. the game is over. The GOP failed to convince enough people their platform is better.
FIrst of all, having a voter ID law will not stop illegal voting. People who want to vote illegally can simply have a fake ID made. My daughter knows half a dozen high school students who can fake an ID. The only thing VOter ID laws will do, as many courts have ruled, is suppress the votes of people who have a difficult time of getting a photo ID. There are so few voter fraud cases brought to court each year that it isn't worth preventing a legal voters right to vote.
Let's see . . . making things up about the minds of others you have absolutely no knowledge of.
What else can we do with that?
Everyone finds me devastatingly handsome; women everywhere want me; men want to be me.
Yep, that must be true, because I said so on a message board.
Unless something wild happens before Nov. the game is over. The GOP failed to convince enough people their platform is better.
Hope you guys fix your platform and come up with something reasonable in 2016. I'm really tired of the Democrats being the only game in town.
This is going in my Hall Of Fame of reponses.Damn Democrats ... letting the Chinese win the toxic waste war!!
What's not to like?
Especially her account of "Paul Revere riding through those streets warning, uh, the ... the British that they weren't going to be taking away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells."
I think someone has been ringing her bell. :roll:
Im no political expert nor am I a genius...but ive been saying for a long time that this election will come down to the debates...its neck and neck right now and the debates are right around the corner...and they will tell the tale and america will choose the winner then....Who is going to win...I dont have the slightest idea.
I agree, the debates will be very big to the few who remain undecided. Ryan will make Biden look like more of a buffoon than he does on his own and Romney will beat obama with facts and logic. Without his teleprompter obama just can't "build it"
Debates arent about oratory skills, however. They are about being able to make a concise answer in a short period of time. Obama, if you notice his press conferences, has a tendancy to filibuster and ramble on and on. That wont serve him well in a debate. Plus, all Romney has to do is what Obama had to do 4 years ago against McCain--appear electable. He doesnt have to win, he just has to show himslef to be an acceptable alternative.I don't know about Ryan v Biden but that is not really what matters. What does is that Obama is definitely a better orator than Romney.
Honestly i don't know what this "without teleprompter bandwagon people" have against Obama
I don't know about Ryan v Biden but that is not really what matters. What does is that Obama is definitely a better orator than Romney.
Honestly i don't know what this "without teleprompter bandwagon people" have against Obama
i agree that the debates will be interesting. Obama and Romney are both intelligent and capable debaters. the VP debate should be one to watch, as well.
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