Metcalfe says 'lazy' people (the 47%) don't deserve to vote

[kpete]

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
Metcalfe says 'lazy' people don't deserve to vote


State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe is nothing if not blunt. The Butler County Republican positions himself at the center of almost every controversial issue in the Capitol, be it immigration, gun control or voter ID.

Now he's dived into the middle of the hot "47 percent" debate by suggesting, on a Pittsburgh radio broadcast, that Pennsylvania's new voter ID law, will only disenfranchise the "lazy."

Metcalfe on Wednesday told KDKA Radio that the law, which is still being fought in the courts, may exclude those on the "public dole," like the people GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney referred to in the leaked video taken at a private fundraising event - who are too lazy to go get a proper ID.

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When asked about the tens of thousands, if not more Pennsylvanians who may not be able to vote on Nov. 6, Metcalfe cited Romney’s mention of the 47% of the country who will never “take personal responsibility and care for their lives” as evidence that some citizens do not deserve to vote.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/harrisburg_politics/Metcalfe-says-lazy-people-dont-deserve-to-vote.html

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Who the hell elected that idiot and why?

[goclark]

2. A big bunch of idiots

elected him.

[maxsolomon]

3. He's a good christian who opposes abortion

and believes in small government, low taxes and balanced budgets.

On edit:

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Require long-time registrants to RE-REGISTER at foodbanks, soup kitchens, & hospital emergency ONLY.

[HockeyMom]

5. Freeper say this all the time

If you don't pay taxes, have a job, own a home, you should not be able to vote. A few men also said women, simply by gender, shouldn't be able to vote.

Imagine what their world would look like?

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. It would look like it did right up till recent history.

Universal suffrage is, historically speaking, a fairly recent development.
Neo-fuedalism is the clear goal of the rich white men club, AKA GOP.

[Hugabear]

7. Probably the way it did when the United States were founded.

Back then, only land-owning white men could vote.

[Zoeisright]

8. Fuck you, Metcalfe

Go burn in hell.

[Skittles]

9. hoo boy, if I thought Obama's election brought out the nutcases

the prospect of his re-election is causing nutcase vapors