GA Voter ID, Slimy tactic: conflate BBV *advocacy* with "voter fraud"

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I know that Rove's operatives have been trying to conflate "stolen election" with "voter fraud," but I found the most outright example of it in yesterday's Gwinnett Daily Post.

Here's my blog entry, also available here:
http://hillbillyragger.blogspot.com/2006/01/voter-id-cant-make-case-just-steal.html

There's still no online version available, but here's what appeared on 11A of yesterday's rag:

(Sen. Preston) Smith (R-Rome) and other Republicans said the bill's purpose is to prevent voter fraud in Georgia, an issue of growing concern across the nation in light of allegations of wrongdoing stemming from the last two presidential contests.

Once again, the party of Rove is projecting; the diligent efforts by those progressives who are determined to expose the irregularities of black-box voting are being conflated with the ancient cries of "voter fraud" that have been bandied about to, among other things, suggest that John F. Kennedy didn't really beat Richard Nixon in 1960.

I should make it clear that I have no problem with the other side making a case to address any real grievance. Hell, I don't even mind if they make a case to address phony ones; what's the point? They'll make 'em anyway. But this is something else entirely.

In case I haven't said it clearly enough above, I'll say it again below: They don't just steal our talking points, they actually suck out our advocacy on behalf of worthy efforts. Our tireless, and often fruitless, efforts to get it through the thick skulls of John and Jane Q. Public that voter databases ARE hackable.

And they wonder why we're so "shrill."

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1. The GOPpies sent up that trial balloon in Milwaukee last year

Tried and failed to come up with evidence of a huge fraud machine by Dems. Then touted a strict voter ID bill as a response to the voting fraud that never happened. They lost the support of the media which kept pointing out the inconsistencies and hypocrisy in their claims and conflation to the point that the bill was dropped like a hot rock.

If the conservative newspaper in Milwaukee hadn't called them on it, all the activists would have had was a shrill voice. All I can say is keep fighting this fight. It's worthy.

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2. The dems keep calling BS, but it doesn't seem to matter in GA.

Even though the best that the Reeps can do to back up their claims of willful voter misrepresentation is to reach back to some published stories of the past decade, it doesn't seem to matter.

Reeps also like to claim that the reason you don't know about "voter fraud" is because it's soooo sinister that it can't be detected! Blatantly circular reasoning, but it ALWAYS gets a chorus of "amens" in the form of dutifully cast LTEs in the local rags backing them up.

Really, all we can hope for beyond making the stink we make is for the circuit court to see this stinker of a bill as unconstitutional as well.

Sure is a good thing we've got such a swell US Supreme court being built when the case gets kicked up there, huh?