Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The 'right' to vote

On the local precient level, all types of 'questionable' things take place. Oh say, accidentally knocking over an opponent's campaign signs, things like that.

But when elections and politicans who have National recognition (or former politicans) speak on voting, a certain level of ethics is expected.

Or should be...................

Mike Huckabee. A former Governor. A former Republican Presidetial candidate. A preacher.

'“Make a list…  Call them and ask them, ‘Are you going to vote on Issue 2 and are you going to vote for it?’  If they say no, well, you just make sure that they don’t go vote.  Let the air out of their tires on election day.  Tell them the election has been moved to a different date.  That’s up to you how you creatively get the job done.”
From : http://masonbuzz.com/2011/10/14/huckabee-defends-issue-2-to-crowd-in-mason/


US Representive Peter King. The 'good old days' when only over 21 year old white men who owned property could vote.

No women. No non whites. No one who didn't own land.

'As I roll this thing back and I think of American history, there was a time in American history when you had to be a male property owner in order to vote. The reason for that was, because they wanted the people who voted — that set the public policy, that decided on the taxes and the spending — to have some skin in the game'.
From : http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/rep-steve-kings-lament-dreams-about-whe


The Brennan Center For Justice.

•'These new laws could make it significantly harder for more than five million eligible voters to cast ballots in 2012'.
http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/voting_law_changes_in_2012


'Test of voter ID in Wisconsin leads to massive lines, voters giving up'
From : http://mnpublius.com/post/11436947295/voter-id-wisconsin-massive-lines-voters-giving-up

So much for 'We The People'..................




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