Juan Williams: GOP seeks to block the vote

[babylonsister]

I'm thrilled to hear him get into this, and shocked.

Opinion: GOP seeks to block the vote
By Juan Williams - 10/17/11 05:15 AM ET


Politics is not Patty Cakes. Everyone plays to win. Generations of political professionals have pushed the rules to the brink with new schemes for raising money, spreading rumors, running negative ads and controlling the press.

But as the 2012 elections come into view, even cruel, old political cynics see something beyond the edge; something frightening.

With a rising number of Hispanic and black voters pushing into the electorate — putting Republicans at a bigger disadvantage every day — the GOP has unleashed a brazen, ugly effort to discourage these new voters from ever getting near the voting booth. They are turning back the clock on voting rights in America.

According to a new study by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s School of Law, 5 million eligible voters — overwhelmingly young people and minorities — are likely to be barred from voting in the 2012 elections because of laws being ginned up by Republican governors and state legislators across the country.

These new laws include unprecedented requirements for photo identification and proof of citizenship. It is no secret that 10 percent of all Americans don’t have government-issued identification and that this includes nearly 20 percent of young voters and 25 percent of black voters.

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http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/187827-opinion-gop-seeks-to-block-the-vote

[polichick]

1. That really is surprising from Juan, but good news.

[gratuitous]

2. Pointing up another difference between Rs and Ds

In the disenfranchised, there are almost surely some Republican voters who will become ineligible to vote thanks to Republican-backed efforts to make voting as difficult as possible for certain people. But the Republicans have no qualms about losing 30 or even 40 votes if they can deny 60 or 70 votes to Democrats.

[monmouth]

3. President has ordered Dept. of Justice to look into this, right?...n/t

[babylonsister]

8. Why yes, he has...

http://www.republicansforobama.org/node/9673

DOJ investigating GOP's War on Voting

[maxrandb]

4. "Juan,

your appearance on Faux News provides aid and comfort to them"

It's really a "special" kind of media-whore who helps arrange the screwing of others.

At least the streewalkers spread their own legs.

[tblue]

6. NOW he gets religion?

Will the real Juan Williams please stand up?

[grantcart]

5. Juan your conscience has slipped off its leash.

If you hurry you can get it back before anyone notices.

Better to keep it caged in the.basement before anyone notices.

If it seen making a difference then FOX will have no other choice but to put it down.

[Remember Me]

7. This is the important line -- mark it well

With a rising number of Hispanic and black voters pushing into the electorate — putting Republicans at a bigger disadvantage every day

This is what Republican strategists have known for DECADES now -- that their days were numbered due to changing demographics, and it is the underlying motivation for virtually everything they have done, from lying about their true selves as candidates to lying about the true nature of their legislative proposals to voter suppression and vote fraud at every level and in every imaginable way.

They realized that they only way they could hold on to power was to seize it, and they've been very busy trying to do just that since at least the first stolen George W. Bush election. Or rather make that the George H.W. Bush stolen election (yes, stolen -- remember the October surprise?? Jimmy Carter was ahead by 10 points except if the hostage situation continued...!)

THIS is what was behind Rove's desire and efforts to effect a permanent majority -- it was seen I believe, as quite possibly the only way they could ever hope to get elected again!

And again and again in so many places we STILL won, despite their best efforts.

Anyway, they won't go down without a fight, as everyone already can see. But go down they will, nonetheless.