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In reply to the discussion: THIS!! [View all]AndyTiedye
(23,500 posts)31. We are Clearly in Some Kind of End-Game Now
The teabaggers taking over so many state governments (a few more and they get to hold a Constitutional convention!),
the measures those state governments are taking under teabag control,
the gerrymandering, and the push to extend it to the Presidential election,
the Supreme Court decisions that have been made, Citizens United especially,
and the way the arguments are going on the Voting Rights Act case
We just won an election by a landslide a few months ago, but it doesn't really seem to matter all that much.
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I haven't spent more than 20 minutes voting in my blue state. I can't imagine state
bluestate10
Feb 2013
#4
Damn right. It is beyond belief that people in the US had to stand in line that long just to vote...
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#5
The right wingnut line is that they were mostly illegal voters or voting multiple times. :nuts:
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2013
#8
I think we have enough proof to prove that Republicans are not operating on good faith.
Baitball Blogger
Feb 2013
#14
I lived in two different areas of Georgia...one county that was urban, and one that was..well..white
TroglodyteScholar
Feb 2013
#22
It said we have the RIGHT to vote...but it doesn't say how convenient it has to be.
Auntie Bush
Feb 2013
#43
The Tee Vee Tells Them to Vote RAPEuglican, and the Preachers Tell Them to Vote RAPEuglican
AndyTiedye
Feb 2013
#35