Common sense in House, nonsense from would-be Speaker
House Passes Bill to Make Voters Show ID
Pelosi: Voter ID Bill Is an Attempt to Suppress the Votes of Millions of American Citizens
Requiring someone to prove that he is 1.) An American citizen and 2.) The American citizen he claims to be amounts to ... "disenfranchisement"? Man, this broad's face has been stretched so taut that whatever was left of her brain has clearly oozed out of her ears and into Senator Kennedy's Seagram's and Seven!
More blather from the party that thrives on voter fraud.
When non-Americans, dead Americans or Americans who have already voted in another precinct vote, someone somewhere has his legitimate vote annulled. Inasmuch as this is almost assuredly a GOP voter (felons tend to vote Dem), Ms. Pelosi has no problem with that.
And isn't it so quaint how little the Dems think of "the elderly, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, people with disabilities"? It's as if these groups, so helpless and incompetent, should drop to their knees in thanks for the likes of Ms. Pelosi, who has no discernible skills other than the ability to procure frequent Botox injections. These folks are smart enough to vote, but too hapless to figure out how.
Normally, this sort of condescension would be branded racism, ageism, MoveOn.org-ism or whatever the newest ridiculous "ism" of the day is.
Perhaps, though, a compromise is in order: finger inking, as was done during the three votes in Iraq. This would not prevent Ms. Pelosi's illegal alien constituents from voting but would at least ensure they did so only once.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House voted Wednesday to require Americans to show proof of citizenship in order to vote, and the Senate moved to build a 700-mile fence along the Mexican border as Republicans sharpened attacks on illegal immigration before the midterm elections.
The 228-196 House vote on a new photo ID plan and the Senate's consideration of the fence were both part of a get-tough policy on illegal immigrants that Republicans have embraced after Congress' failure to agree on broader legislation that would set a path for undocumented workers to attain citizenship.
House GOP leaders have insisted that tighter borders and tougher laws must precede more comprehensive immigration changes. The House passed the fence bill last week and plans votes Thursday on other enforcement measures: to increase penalties for people building tunnels under the border, make it easier to detain and deport immigrant gang members and criminals and clarify the ability of state and local authorities to detain illegal immigrants.
Republican sponsors of the voter identification bill said it was a commonsense way to stop fraud at the polls. People need photo IDs to board planes, buy alcohol or cash checks, said Rep. Vernon Ehlers, R-Mich., chairman of the House Administration Committee. "This is not a new concept."
"This is what Americans want," said Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., "They want safe borders and they want safe ballots."
But Democrats assailed the legislation, saying it could hurt minorities, the poor and the elderly - groups that tend to vote Democratic - who might have trouble producing a photo identification.
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The bill would require everyone to present a photo ID before voting in federal elections by 2008. By 2010 voters would have to have photo IDs that certified they were citizens. In response to criticism that this would be a burden for the poor, the bill stipulates that states must provide the identification cards free of charge to those who can't afford them.
Pelosi: Voter ID Bill Is an Attempt to Suppress the Votes of Millions of American Citizens
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“Today, however, we are undermining that right to vote, and the reauthorization of the VRA. And in doing so, we are undermining our democracy. Though the right to vote is the foundation of our democracy, the bill we debate today would in effect disenfranchise millions of American voters: the elderly, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, people with disabilities; and the list goes on. As the NAACP has said, this bill ‘would disenfranchise many of the very citizens that the VRA is designed to protect.’ And the Republicans call that integrity. I don’t think so.
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Requiring someone to prove that he is 1.) An American citizen and 2.) The American citizen he claims to be amounts to ... "disenfranchisement"? Man, this broad's face has been stretched so taut that whatever was left of her brain has clearly oozed out of her ears and into Senator Kennedy's Seagram's and Seven!
More blather from the party that thrives on voter fraud.
When non-Americans, dead Americans or Americans who have already voted in another precinct vote, someone somewhere has his legitimate vote annulled. Inasmuch as this is almost assuredly a GOP voter (felons tend to vote Dem), Ms. Pelosi has no problem with that.
And isn't it so quaint how little the Dems think of "the elderly, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, people with disabilities"? It's as if these groups, so helpless and incompetent, should drop to their knees in thanks for the likes of Ms. Pelosi, who has no discernible skills other than the ability to procure frequent Botox injections. These folks are smart enough to vote, but too hapless to figure out how.
Normally, this sort of condescension would be branded racism, ageism, MoveOn.org-ism or whatever the newest ridiculous "ism" of the day is.
Perhaps, though, a compromise is in order: finger inking, as was done during the three votes in Iraq. This would not prevent Ms. Pelosi's illegal alien constituents from voting but would at least ensure they did so only once.
posted by Mr. Buzzcut at 7:31 PM
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