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kestrel91316

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17. Look, if you AREN'T a citizen, you HAVE no right to vote.

Reply to cali (Original post)

Sat May 12, 2012, 10:44 AM

May 2012

Because your national loyalty is not to the US. This is totally as it should be.

I don't want my candidates to be elected by people who have no legal right to vote here. I want US to play fair and square, even if repukes don't.

I can't go to France and expect to vote there just because I happen to live there. I need to be A CITIZEN. And I refuse to whine and fuss about that little fact. It would be extremely nervy and presumptuous of me to assume that my mere physical presence in a country entitled me to participate in its political process.

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Arrrgh. FL, Scott, Purging voters: Nearly 200,000 Fla. voters may not be citizens [View all] cali May 2012 OP

here we go again oldhippydude May 2012 #1

same verse, same refrain. cali May 2012 #2

It's been that way for years. secondvariety May 2012 #6

If the last "purge" in 2000 is a model quaker bill May 2012 #3

Felon purge in 2000? Tennessee Gal May 2012 #4

Imagine that, and in Florida of all places. spicegal May 2012 #5

People Must Not Quietly Accept This DallasNE May 2012 #7

I've lived in Florida my whole life skydive forever May 2012 #8

sorry about that. Florida must have been cali May 2012 #9

I live here too... greytdemocrat May 2012 #11

Florida ranks 3rd, behind only CA and GA, among states with the most hate groups pinboy3niner May 2012 #18

Here in SW FL jehop61 May 2012 #10

And... greytdemocrat May 2012 #12

Or they just have the same name CanonRay May 2012 #13

My daughter IS eligible to vote in Florida HockeyMom May 2012 #14

Gov. Voldemort - just another repug nazi. Mc Mike May 2012 #15

We should have a forum titled: Ugh, Florida. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #16

Look, if you AREN'T a citizen, you HAVE no right to vote. kestrel91316 May 2012 #17

I got $100 that says 99.999+% of those people are legit. hobbit709 May 2012 #19

I agree. I just don't have a problem with requiring proof of actual kestrel91316 May 2012 #20

It's a shame that the money wasted on all the purges & lawsuits could not just be directed SoCalDem May 2012 #22

85% error rate davekriss May 2012 #21