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Thu Aug-02-07 08:38 PM
Response to Reply #17 |
| 87. No tests, just trash the fucking machines already. |
| -Should you be required to pass a test, in order to vote? |
Joe Fields |
Aug-02-07 12:25 PM |
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Like the old literacy tests? |
RGBolen |
Aug-02-07 12:26 PM |
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why not have tests |
mojowork_n |
Aug-02-07 12:29 PM |
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Why oh why say "douche bags"?? Why not "enema bag"? |
TahitiNut |
Aug-02-07 12:32 PM |
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Less syllables |
eggman67 |
Aug-02-07 02:34 PM |
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I stand corrected. |
mojowork_n |
Aug-03-07 12:27 PM |
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I was trying to think of the questions and correct answers to Haley Barbour's test |
RGBolen |
Aug-02-07 12:33 PM |
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Tests in order to be qualified to vote were used at one time. |
China_cat |
Aug-02-07 12:28 PM |
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How about only Republicans should take a test, maybe pay a poll tax too. |
Pyrzqxgl |
Aug-02-07 04:33 PM |
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No. Citizenship and qualifying age should be enough. |
China_cat |
Aug-02-07 06:11 PM |
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I would rather that candidates pass a test to qualify for the ballot |
TechBear_Seattle |
Aug-02-07 12:29 PM |
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Spot on |
_testify_ |
Aug-02-07 12:31 PM |
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I think candidates should take lie detector tests and drug analysis tests, for starters! |
Breeze54 |
Aug-02-07 12:33 PM |
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My thoughts exactly! n/t |
Faux pas |
Aug-02-07 12:53 PM |
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Really, I would much rather see that put into place. n/t. |
Joe Fields |
Aug-02-07 01:13 PM |
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No, we should fund public education like it matters to us. |
porphyrian |
Aug-02-07 12:30 PM |
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I propose the same test the Navy uses to determine eligibility for promotion from O1 to O2 |
slackmaster |
Aug-02-07 12:31 PM |
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I'm opposed to a test. It reminds me of the old days when only white rich men were allowed to vote. |
DutchLiberal |
Aug-02-07 12:34 PM |
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I'm 100% in favor of poll testing. |
yella_dawg |
Aug-02-07 12:36 PM |
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I sort of agree. I think that before this could happen, we need a MAJOR education |
TheFriendlyAnarchist |
Aug-02-07 03:58 PM |
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Jonah may be shooting his party in the foot with that idea. |
Clark2008 |
Aug-02-07 12:37 PM |
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If Rethugs come up with questions & answers - all Faux approved - then |
IndyOp |
Aug-02-07 12:40 PM |
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Not a new idea-that was the basis of polling place discrimination against minorities from 1870s on |
kenny blankenship |
Aug-02-07 12:40 PM |
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No, but there should be parental competency test. |
dkofos |
Aug-02-07 12:41 PM |
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Don't test voters, test the machines they vote on. nt |
sfexpat2000 |
Aug-02-07 12:41 PM |
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Bingo! nt |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Aug-02-07 12:52 PM |
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No tests, just trash the fucking machines already. |
lonestarnot |
Aug-02-07 08:38 PM |
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How about we start with history tests? |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-02-07 12:42 PM |
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WJ used this as one of their questions the other day. |
sfexpat2000 |
Aug-02-07 12:43 PM |
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WJ? |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-02-07 12:54 PM |
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Washington Journal. |
sfexpat2000 |
Aug-02-07 01:10 PM |
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I'm not advocating anything, and, although I can speak toward |
Joe Fields |
Aug-02-07 05:34 PM |
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Of course not. n/t |
Zywiec |
Aug-02-07 12:43 PM |
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Do you know where the term grandfathering a law or clause came from? |
fasttense |
Aug-02-07 12:43 PM |
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There is a test: can you register to vote? |
mainegreen |
Aug-02-07 12:48 PM |
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How about just a simple question? |
Throwing Stones |
Aug-02-07 12:50 PM |
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Why? |
mondo joe |
Aug-02-07 01:15 PM |
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If someone can't be bothered to find out that minimal amount of knowledge |
Throwing Stones |
Aug-02-07 01:21 PM |
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That's rather undemocratic, IMO. |
mondo joe |
Aug-02-07 01:34 PM |
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yup, and that's how we end up with 8 years of * |
Throwing Stones |
Aug-02-07 02:06 PM |
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You know, back in the 60s I spent time in Mississippi teaching people how to |
Pyrzqxgl |
Aug-02-07 04:53 PM |
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I'd say that my grandmother, who had less than an 8th grade education and couldn't |
mondo joe |
Aug-02-07 05:40 PM |
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I think that with rights also come responsibility. |
Joe Fields |
Aug-02-07 05:42 PM |
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Citizens are already responsible. |
mondo joe |
Aug-02-07 06:34 PM |
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Doesn't that make the assumption |
LanternWaste |
Aug-02-07 02:13 PM |
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We make immigrants take a US history/government test to become citizens |
Throwing Stones |
Aug-02-07 04:36 PM |
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I imagine historians made the assumption for the history tests... |
LanternWaste |
Aug-02-07 05:11 PM |
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So why can't political scientists make the assumption for a politics test? |
Throwing Stones |
Aug-02-07 06:28 PM |
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And US citizens are required to attend school where they should be educated and |
mondo joe |
Aug-02-07 08:05 PM |
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Only those with something at stake should be able to vote, that includes all of us! |
Sapere aude |
Aug-02-07 12:52 PM |
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Been there, done that. |
Connie_Corleone |
Aug-02-07 12:53 PM |
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If we're determined to "overtest" HS kids.. Could we please add Civics?? |
annabanana |
Aug-02-07 01:11 PM |
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The first thing I ask each new class of students |
enlightenment |
Aug-02-07 01:14 PM |
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Hopefully, Al Gore will be able to inject a larger feeling for the need to |
Joe Fields |
Aug-02-07 01:22 PM |
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No testing for voting. |
mmonk |
Aug-02-07 01:30 PM |
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I wouldn't want that, either. But let's pretend that there were a way to |
Joe Fields |
Aug-02-07 05:45 PM |
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The only "test" should be avoiding being declared INCOMPETENT to live your life. |
dicksteele |
Aug-02-07 01:37 PM |
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One of the folks I rounded up to vote last election |
Ms. Toad |
Aug-02-07 08:28 PM |
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One of the biggest problems for democracy in both the UK and USA... |
LeftishBrit |
Aug-02-07 01:38 PM |
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Maybe Goldberg wants to bring back Poll Taxes too |
MrScorpio |
Aug-02-07 01:39 PM |
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You are aware that this used to happen, right? |
Katherine Brengle |
Aug-02-07 01:45 PM |
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No, but you should be required to pass one to run for President..n/t |
Virginia Dare |
Aug-02-07 02:08 PM |
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Hell no. But it's no surprise to see a conservative trying to limit access to the ballot box |
fishwax |
Aug-02-07 02:51 PM |
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Wow....only the Elite can vote... |
Madspirit |
Aug-02-07 02:55 PM |
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The US affects the world. |
Boojatta |
Aug-02-07 03:37 PM |
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"DUH" retort |
Madspirit |
Aug-02-07 03:58 PM |
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Does anybody think Bush could have passed an exam to qualify him as president? |
mnhtnbb |
Aug-02-07 03:15 PM |
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No way, Too subjective. Too prone to abuse. WAY too UnAmerican. |
tom_paine |
Aug-02-07 03:32 PM |
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How do you know that it's too subjective before you have seen the test? |
Boojatta |
Aug-02-07 03:39 PM |
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Driving is not a constitutional right. Voting is. |
Left Is Write |
Aug-02-07 03:42 PM |
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I was responding to "too subjective", not to "constitutional right." |
Boojatta |
Aug-02-07 03:44 PM |
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The subjectiveness of a driving test doesn't matter - |
Left Is Write |
Aug-02-07 08:28 PM |
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Comparing apples and oranges. |
tom_paine |
Aug-02-07 06:15 PM |
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Doesn't matter if driving tests are subjective - driving is not a right. NT |
mondo joe |
Aug-02-07 06:43 PM |
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Sooner or later, it would be. It always is. That's why we outlawed them in the first place. nm |
dicksteele |
Aug-02-07 08:38 PM |
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I have a better idea. |
LWolf |
Aug-02-07 03:55 PM |
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yes - and the test is simple . . . |
DrDan |
Aug-02-07 04:37 PM |
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Certain people LOVE restricting the voting pool - no doubt about it. |
BlooInBloo |
Aug-02-07 04:37 PM |
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No (nt) |
bigwillq |
Aug-02-07 04:39 PM |
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No |
last_texas_dem |
Aug-02-07 04:41 PM |
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how about an IQ test? |
GTRMAN |
Aug-02-07 04:59 PM |
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Question 1) How do you spell "Jim Crow"? n/t |
rucky |
Aug-02-07 05:00 PM |
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No n/t |
tammywammy |
Aug-02-07 05:14 PM |
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An ironic question. I was shocked at how many WJ viewers agreed there should be a test |
Truth Hurts A Lot |
Aug-02-07 06:14 PM |
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As long as you're not a stupid fucking Republican hillbilly, no test. |
dogfacedboy |
Aug-02-07 06:23 PM |
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Subtle |
Lilith Velkor |
Aug-02-07 07:21 PM |
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Honest question. Why the eye roll? |
Joe Fields |
Aug-02-07 07:56 PM |
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No. It would be akin to the outlawed poll tax. Citizenship confers the franchise. |
pinto |
Aug-02-07 07:59 PM |
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Yes, and penis detectors should be installed at each polling place. |
rug |
Aug-02-07 08:02 PM |
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I find it terribly sad that this is a serious discussion |
Ms. Toad |
Aug-02-07 08:34 PM |
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Yup |
WindRavenX |
Aug-03-07 01:38 PM |
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Well Maybe A Blood Test... |
WillyT |
Aug-02-07 08:41 PM |
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Government by the test-passers will result in government for the test-passers |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Aug-03-07 01:19 PM |
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