There are excellent developments to a story we posted last week on Republican-lead efforts to deny voting rights to homeowners facing foreclosures in Michigan. The story has gone national. The Barack Obama campaign, the Democratic National Committee and several Macomb County voters filed a lawsuit in federal court in Detroit to prevent the practice.
The injunction [would] prohibit the Macomb County GOP, the Michigan Republican Party, the Republican National Committee or anyone connected with them from challenging Michigan voters whose homes are on foreclosure lists.
Obama campaign general counsel Bob Bauer said during a conference call with reporters that the "lose your home, lose your vote" strategy, even if the challenges are unsuccessful, "creates an atmosphere of intimidation that could drive voters from the polls" because even people who aren't challenged may leave without voting because polling gets bogged down.
Even better news: The despicable Republican foreclosure strategy is now becoming a campaign issue because "Obama was joined by running mate Joe Biden and a dozen other Democratic U.S. senators in calling on Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey to ensure that voters facing foreclosure aren't harassed or intimidated at polling places."
But wait there's more. Macomb County Republican Party Chairman James Carabelli claims he did not say the state party would challenge voters whose homes are on foreclosure lists. The party boss claims he will sue MichiganMessenger.com for libel if they do not retract the story. 'Cause, you know, the Republican Party never challenges or suppresses voters and they can prove that.
Voting rights are a bedrock of the Democartic Party and it's fantastic the Obama campaign will challenge Republicans in Michigan over this sacred right. After weeks of lackluster campaigning and being off-message, it's downright orgasmic to hear Obama will adopt this issue. As we said last week, this is a winning issue in Michigan for the Obama campaign.
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My opinion:
ReplyDeleteIf you are getting a monthly handout from the government you should not get to vote.
If you are the recipient of any government assistance, you should not be allowed to vote.
The result is anarchy where slightly more than half the country can vote to use the power of government to forcibly take away the assets of the other half of the country.
When one American has to labor and another American is allowed to take the fruits of that labor, that is called slavery.
As related to this article, if you cannot prove that you are a citizen or that you live in the district, you should not be allowed to vote. Otherwise, what is to stop foreigners (who do not have our best interests in mind) from hijacking the election?
Thankfully, your opinion is in the minority!
ReplyDeleteAlso, by Government Assistance I would also hope that you would include subsidies in that i.e. "special tax breaks", loan gurantees, etc. etc.
clarification... only net contributors, not net takers, should be allowed to vote.
ReplyDeleteA net contributor, is one who gives more than they take - if they take at all.
I should write a book to rival the "fair tax" book. :)
Everyone that drives on an Interstate Highway is a "taker." What is the value of that?
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