Turn on Tweety right fugging now - he just played the video

[malaise]

Pennsylvania state House Republican leader Mike Turzai said this weekend that the state’s new voter ID law will “allow” Mitt Romney to win the state in November, according to a report.

“Pro-Second Amendment? The Castle Doctrine, it’s done. First pro-life legislation – abortion facility regulations – in 22 years, done. Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done,” Turzai said at Saturday’s Republican State Committee meeting, according to PoliticsPA.com.

Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokesperson Mark Nicastre told the website that the Republican House Majority Leader’s “admission that Voter ID only serves the partisan interests of his party should be shocking, but unfortunately it isn’t.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77811.html#ixzz1ywJ95O3y

Video

http://www.politicspa.com/turzai-voter-id-law-means-romney-can-win-pa/37153/

[spanone]

1. goddamit my blood is boiling....this has gone on nationwide

they did it here in tennessee....goddamit

[malaise]

2. Yes but thankfully this big mouth ReTHUG was caught on tape

These people should be locked up

[Honeycombe8]

35. That apparently doesn't do any good, unless someone sues to stop it. Which the DOJ is....

which the DOJ has done in Florida, I think.

Is the DOJ on vacation?

Who is protecting our voting rights and freedom from oppression at the voting booth?

[freshwest]

47. Nope, but there has to be a lawsuit filed or else it's NYOB. All these are changed by lawsuits. All.

They can't pre-emptively tell these yahoos what they law is when each state changes the laws every chance they get. To stop this means stopping these SOBs at the state level by running them out of office. Much easier said than done. There is no executive order to make them all follow federal law. Laws, lawsuits, investiations, injunctions, it goes on and on forever it seems. Would have been better to stop these fascists at home.

[goclark]

59. Right you are ~ The clock is ticking for

the Democrats to STOP this suppression!

Lawsuits need to be filed immediatley-- what is the hold up?

[freshwest]

67. They are being filed, state after state by individuals and the Democratic Party, no state officials.

Last edited Wed Jun 27, 2012, 02:28 PM - Edit history (1)

Because the state officials are GOP and are fighting to squelch all the lawsuits in the states themselves. For example, Holder has told Rick Scott to quit; some elections officials have; but he is the Governor and has the GOP legislature and officials behind him. Now the GOP is trying to change the way the FL SC is elected because it has ruled in favor of the Democrats, so he can silence that too. The problem is media induced apathy and disdain for the Democrats, which is not deserved. Obama cannot rule this country by decree, change is from the ground up. Everyone has to go at the smallest things locally to change this stuff which means facing a boatload of brainwashed citizenry. Complaining about the Democrats being ineffective is self-defeating and exactly what the GOP media is promoting to us. If we buy it as individuals, and refuse to face the people who are GOP, they win. It's up to us, but if we don't want to do it, we might as well see where we're going to fit into their social system and surrender.

[goclark]

72. Democrats need to OCCUPY their space

We are back to the Civil Rights days and we are hiding our heads in the sand.

We should be marching NOW to "call attention to the problem."

The OCCUPY Movement was made up of brave young warriors, young people that endured cold nights, jail and every other thing and yet they continued to OCCUPY!

If those young people could do that WE SURE CAN TAKE TO THE STREETS WITH PICKET SIGNS and yes even get arrested for standing up for this Suppress the Vote issue.

Wake up Democrats, wake up
Some say Eric Holder is to blame but your excellent post let's us know that Holder has done everything that he could do much more without our support. He has hit a brick wall unless he pulls a rabbit out of his hat.

He can't do more until we go CRAZY and stand up for our VOTE!

[Honeycombe8]

64. Unless it's stopped at the judicial level, it will continue to happen now & in future.

The DOJ has done something in Florida legally, to try to stop the purging of the voter rolls. Unconstitutional claims or something.

That's the way to do. Because if it's legal, it's legal. If it's not, it's not. I don't think it is legal, if it targets a group of people for the purpose of dissuading them from voting. That's what the Voting Rights Act was all about.

[msongs]

3. video of him saying this? ya suppose dems will use this effectively? nt

[malaise]

4. Response from Dems this morning

[fascisthunter]

8. Bingo!

[pacalo]

15. Busted!

"We just wanted a level playing field for Romney." Obama beat the pants off of McCain in PA by 620,000 votes in 2008. PA couldn't possibly close that big of a gap by disenfranchising voters -- unless they have plans for election fraud.

"He was just kidding." No laughter from the audience -- they applauded. The video shows that he was serious.

Federal investigators should check this out.

[xxqqqzme]

25. Estimated votes surpressed

is 700,000 as reported on Rev. Al's show by Dem state Senator

[pacalo]

36. Thanks for the info.

Would the Republicans' mission to marginalize Eric Holder before the election have anything to do with their voter suppression projects? Rachel Maddow called it correctly.

[barbtries]

17. a terrific response!

i wonder if the nightly news will run this story.

[Tx4obama]

18. Below is a partial transcript from the YouTube video description ...

Published on Jun 26, 2012 by PASenateDemocrats

Senate Democratic lawmakers today said a top state Republican's recent comments on Pennsylvania's new voter ID law reveal the Republicans' intention for the law — disenfranchising voters.
"One of the pillars of this nation is the right to vote, but Representative (Mike) Turzai made it clear that the intent of the voter ID law was to get people not to vote," said state Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-Phila./Montgomery). "We said from the beginning that this was about voter suppression and not reducing voter fraud."
Turzai is a Republican from Allegheny County and the state House's Majority Leader.
Under the new law, anyone seeking to vote must present a designated form of identification every time they go to vote, starting with this November's general election.
Senate Democrats opposed the legislation, noting that voter impersonation is nearly nonexistent in Pennsylvania.
Democrats also argued that the legislation was a Republican attempt to disenfranchise voters, and they say their suspicions were confirmed when, while, speaking at a Republican State Committee meeting last weekend Turzai, said that the new voter ID law is going to "allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania."
"Republicans repeatedly denied that the voter ID law had partisan intent. We knew this wasn't true, and now the top Republican in the House has admitted true intent of bill — enabling Mitt Romney to win Pennsylvania. His statement is the smoking gun," said state Sen. Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery). "We should repeal the voter ID law and stop disenfranchising voters."
Senate Democrats said the Corbett administration should consult with members of the legislature and advocates to ensure that voters' rights are not infringed upon in the upcoming general election.

[malaise]

32. Thanks

Fugging busted

[Doctor_J]

39. A typically weak response

"Corbett should...". Yeah, right. Here is what should be said: "We have notified the US Dept of Justice, and if nothing is done on that front, we are prepared to send armed masses to every Republican HQ in the state, guaranteeing that nothing will be accomplished until this felony stops. I can think of no better application of the SYG that the wingers love so much, as reclaiming your right to vote."

[malaise]

40. Agreed

[goclark]

57. Protest, Protest, Protest Is the Answer

Recall those brave souls that stood on the Bridge while Romney was standing in front of his fancy Bus?

They got action! ~ Romney got on his Bus and high tailed it to the next location.

http://paworkingfamilies.org/author/julie/



" If nothing is done on that front, we are prepared to send armed masses to every Republican HQ in the state, guaranteeing that nothing will be accomplished until this felony stops. "

[October]

56. They need to learn how to speak to the camera/audience... jeez....

[Peregrine Took]

76. Excellent spokesman. Direct, passionate and articulate.

We need more Dems like him!

Too many are terrible speakers and its so important. Harry Reid drives me insane.

[DearAbby]

16. We can use it effectively...

Social Media my friend. Type 1 civilization communications tool, we are so grateful to have as Type0 Civilization...Not a type 1 yet, but we could be.

This is the last Election we are going to have. Citizen's United has made all future elections null and void. An illusion of elections, they will be in full control after this.

We have to use everything available, WE have to be the media. We have to want this... We have to have Obama's back, he can't do this alone. This is too important.

[Cosmocat]

60. Let's be honest

it does not matter how the democrats respond ...

Morning Joe will all back slap and say, "bah, just a pol being a pol, DEMOCRATS do this too ..."

THAT will be the spin in the "liberal media."

They will then breathlessly go on for half an hour about how Obama needs to explain why he does not wear a flag lapel pin in order to make the country understand how patriotic he is.

Republicans do this shiite EVERY fricken day - McConnell said from day one, their priority was to make Obama a one term president.

They can say, do, whatever they want, and it gets passed off as "they are all the same" while every half baked, contrived big of lunacy they create gets treated as the biggest thing since Watergate.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. Occasionally, one of the hive drones slips up and tells the truth

like this guy.

&feature=player_detailpage

[cynatnite]

6. They don't even fucking hide it....the bastards. n/t

[spanone]

9. if it's not, it should be criminal...

[glinda]

7. No matter how I try to re-interpret this I can't. KICK!!!!!!!!

[RufusTFirefly]

10. With any luck, this video will be as devastating as Scott Walker's "divide and conquer" one...

Oh. Wait.

Never mind

[bloomington-lib]

11. How about we supply voter IDs to everyone and pull the rug out from under them

A lot of other countries use them, why not us?

[mikeysnot]

12. The only time the pigs tell the truth is when they are gloating that they cheat.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

13. Well, here comes a big, fat

PARTISAN KICK! AND REC!

[Sherman A1]

14. K&R

Thanks for posting.

[spanone]

19. a national conspiracy to disenfranchise american voters.

kick

[TomClash]

20. Don't say I didn't warn you,

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=myposts

[blue neen]

21. Someone should create a Facebook page just especially for this.

Show Mike Turzai and Tom Corbett as the crooks that they are. All of America needs to see what we as Pennsylvanians are enduring...and no, we, as Pennsylvanians don't deserve it, because there are a helluva lot of us who didn't vote for these devils. The rest of the citizens of this country don't deserves these assholes fixing the election for Romney, either.

I'm not very computer savvy, or I'd post it for all the world to see. Kudos to Tweety!

[calimary]

28. Ahh tom corbett. Wasn't he the state attorney general while our friend jerry sandusky was

molesting all those boys at Penn State? And he knew about it and did nothing?

We should hang that on him too.

[blue neen]

50. Why yes! It is the very same Terrible Tom who enabled Jerry Sandusky!

Attorney General, Tom Corbett. That's an oxymoron, isn't it?

[flamingdem]

22. Where do we go, what do we do to help make sure all voters can vote?!

We need something to happen -- at least what we can impact for now

[flamingdem]

26. Now now

Though it does seem that being politically correct is not the way to fight a mentality that only sees rules as something to manipulate in order to gain power and screw the rest of us.

[blue neen]

29. Just don't go with an IUD. The Republicans might make you get a trans-vaginal ultrasound.

Tom Corbett will tell you, "Just close your eyes."

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Busted. K&R

This dumbass needs to go. PA voters MUST get Dems back into the State Assembly big time and take control and it can be done this year.

[oldhippydude]

27. DOJ---> ALEC---> RICO

conspiracy to deny voting rights

[malaise]

31. Ding ding we have a winner

Now we know why they want contempt of congress passed quickly - this is a fugging coup by the House

[oldhippydude]

38. BINGO!!!

06 US attorney scandal--> 09 republicans successfully attack and remove ACORN--->
10 Republican's take house and many governorships---> 12 full scale attack on voting rights.. has KKKarl Rove's & ALEC' fingerprints on a multi year conspiracy..

[uponit7771]

53. *********THANK YOU!!! WHERE THE FUCK IS HOLDER?!!?*******************

If Holder were a KKKon he wouldn't give DAMN about Fast and Fucked up he'd have every dems ass in jail who even dreamed of doing VID in their state if it was going against reThugs

[tallahasseedem]

69. He's too busy trying to deal with the Republican witch hunt...

that they have been pulling on him since he's entered office.

[kooljerk666]

73. ongoing criminal enterprise.............

What else can you call it?

I just spoke with Sen Leahy's office & every dem's office on the Jud. Committee explaining
this nitwit just admitted there is no voter fraud in PA and voter ID has a different purpose.

Here is a list of judiciary Committe members & ph#'s.
http://congress.org/congressorg/directory/committees.tt?commid=sjudi

Here is Sen Jud comm. website http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/

Click on hearing & meetings for earlier this weeks "Prohibiting the Use of Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Tactics in Federal Elections: S.1994" hearing, I got mad & could not make it thru but I will try again.

I would like to see Sheldon Whitehouse question this mug. When Whitehouse grills them, they sizzle like a cheeze-bugah!

[oldhippydude]

77. fot gods sake man..

post this as a seperate thread so we can K&R.. this needs to be out where people can see it!!!

[kooljerk666]

78. Feel free to copy the whole thing.....

I have been censored a few times here so I don't participate much.

I agree all the info is very relevant.

If this info makes a good thread & gets a few thousand folk to call & raise hell
plz start a new one

[annabanana]

30. k&r . . . never ever ever forget this . . .n/t

[rateyes]

33. if this law stands, anyone not being able to vote should receive a refund for every dime

they ever paid in taxes.

[malaise]

37. The refunds and even prison sentences have no meaning

after they steal the election. This must be stopped fugging NOW
The Feds must flood these stats with agents for the election

[TxVietVet]

34. There may be a remedy to this. One the conservanazis don't want.

If the election is a huge fraud, take it to the streets and shut down capitols. If we are not careful, we will end up with a one-party government and ruled by the conservanazi republikans. This country won't last long like that. It will probably collapse. The rich and powerful will have defend themselves against the masses.

Just a thought.

[LarryNM]

52. If There is a Huge Fraud and We Don't Do This

Then it will be Terrible for the rest of us. If we Do This, then it will still be terrible for the rest of us, but it will also be terrible for them as well.

[kooljerk666]

74. I am amazed everyday, that the 1%ers don't neeed kevlar everthing...........

And fire proof, bullet proof homes, cars & offices.

I just can't believe they are safe w/o kevlar underpants & bullet proof everything.

[Baitball Blogger]

41. Isn't this a sticky little technicality called evidence?

[malaise]

42. Ed Shultz is discussing this now

and yes it is evidence

[Jack Sprat]

43. Believe it. The teabaggers are so

sanctimonious that they plan to win at any costs. My teabagging in-law believes that only property owners should have the right to vote as the founding fathers intended. I came unglued in response and may have jeopardized our future relationship. I find it hard to believe the depths they will go to to get their way and how callous they are towards everybody else in society. I'm sick of that 'founding father' BS. This isn't 1776 America and thank God it's not.

[leftynyc]

62. Ask them if they're for slavery also

You know, just like our founding fathers. Do they also consider African Americans 3/5 of a person? Ask them just how far backwards they're willing to take this country.

[AndyTiedye]

44. If They Steal Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, Can Obama Still Win?

Any thought that the teabaggers would be unwilling to steal the election for RMoney have been put to rest.

[malaise]

45. They know they cannot win

any other way

[PADemD]

46. Mandatory voting would solve this problem

[FreeBC]

48. How about we start with Saturday voting?

So at least people can get there without the risk of losing their jobs.

[druidity33]

58. I'd prefer a National Holiday...

and make it mandatory for HS Juniors and Seniors to take Civics classes and require them to be poll workers. Get the youth INVOLVED!

[CrispyQ]

66. Love the idea of getting the youth involved!

When I was a senior in HS, there was another student who was interested in politics. He volunteered for the Gary Hart for Senate campaign. I worked across the street from the dem county headquarters, so after work I would go over & help out. Being involved is how I first got interested in politics.

[spanone]

49. kick

[TriplD]

51. Isn't a conspiracy to subvert an election tantamount to a coup?

I can't see how it would be legal to use subterfuge to prevent Americans from exercizing their voting rights.

[uponit7771]

54. YES!! RICO laws come into effect BIG TIME!!

[malaise]

55. Yes

I've never seen anything so undemocratic - what are these so called freedoms and values they claim to defend?
But who can stop them?
Maybe we need to Carter Center to supervise the elections.

[mwb970]

61. Why do republicans like this always look so stupid?

I mean, look at the guy. Beady little eyes, Crazy Guggenheim mouth. One look at this picture tells me everything I need to know about this clown.

[malaise]

63. Seriously I had the same thought

and the aggressive tone of voice is a must

[Vinca]

65. As soon as the idiot figures out this can be used as "evidence," he'll be walking it back.

Disgusting.

[uponit7771]

70. I don't know what that means, there's no way this guy can just take back what he said...nor can

...the people int he audience take back their applause

[Blue Owl]

68. Brazen, cocky thieves

Fuck you and your anti-democratic cheating, GOP...

[spanone]

71. a day later....it's down the memory hole...

only a couple of hits on google...

when the media chooses not to report on this, it continues unabated.

[clang1]

75. Tyranny n/t