SHOCKING: 97% of foodstamp cuts to target just 15 blue states

[CoffeeCat]

10. Plenty of things will hurt Dem voting in the next General Election...

I am unclear about how the blue states are being targeted in these new rounds of cuts, but it
wouldn't be surprising.

We are seeing a confluence of changes/cuts/legislation/policies that will have a very serious
chilling effect on Dem voting in the next General Election. What? Did we actually think that the
bully Republicans wouldn't do this?

In my state of Iowa, our Republican tea-party Secretary of State is all ready ramping up stories about illegals who voted. The PR game has begun, because they're going to try to pass Voter ID here in Iowa, an important swing state that usually produces a very close vote. Many other states are doing the same thing. Our POS SOS spent 200k trying to find voter fraud to justify Voter ID. He found TWO cases. But that hasn't stopped him.

Voter ID will have a horrendous chilling effect on Dem voting. The elderly and young people, but mostly--the poor. Many people who are poor gave given up their cars and now rely on public transportation. There's no need for them to have a driver's license. Getting an ID is a pain. It costs money, it's an entire day at the DMV.

Furthermore, if the poor are pushed to the brink of desperation--with cuts to food and other programs--they're not going to have much motivation to vote. They will sink further into their negative situations and be in survival mode. Anyone really think that these cuts in programs aren't a part of this grand, overall scheme to affect the elections? No poor person, in their right mind, would vote for a Republican. Republicans know this. They'll stomp the poor into inaction with everything they've got.

Remember last year when Glenn Beck organized legions of his followers to show up at polling places and intimidate others at the pools who "looked like they may be illegal"? You can bet there will be more schemes like this. Maybe one scheme might not work, but they've got dozens and dozens of approaches planned. Remember the guy who was caught registering Dems and then throwing their filled registration cards in a dumpster? Yeah. It's stuff like that.

This is why the repeal of the Voter Rights Act happened.

They can't win a Presidential election anymore, with their numbers. And they know it. Minorities are the majority in this country now--and Dems have 90 percent of the African American vote and 80 percent of the Hispanic vote. They're in the processes of scaring the hell out of most women. Who is left? The rich white guys and the teasshats. They've got to lie, cheat and legislate unfairness--in order to win a GE.

Not surprising at all. IN fact, look for more shenanigans like this.