Comments on: Republicans Challenge Registrations in Ohio, Nevada, and Wisconsin

By: PoliArt

PoliArt — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:35:40 +0000

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Itâs not like we donât have enough to worry about as it is.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 21:46:48 +0000

How do you explain the presumption of criminality to 35,000 black voter and zero white voters?

Your fevered imagination.

By: The American Mind

The American Mind — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:06:48 +0000

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By: ken

ken — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:35:45 +0000

McGehee,

How do you explain the presumption of criminality to 35,000 black voter and zero white voters? BTW I called it 'nutjobbery. I didn't use the term racist, you did.

Are white voters presumed legitimate? Sure. But shouldn't the same presumption be given to black voters?

By: McGehee

McGehee — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:03:36 +0000

Republicans seem to believe that voting while black is prima facia criminal. Ken, statements like that are why cries of "racism" are no longer taken as seriously as perhaps they should be. You're devaluing the concept by applying the label the way a hooker applies her you-know-what.

By: R Gardner

R Gardner — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:28:00 +0000

I read the last paragraph as the Kerry spokesman saying that Democrats are much more likely than Republicans to live in empty lots, parks, and gyro stands, and Republicans as trying to disenfranchize those with alternative living arrangements ;)

By: ken

ken — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:23:20 +0000

Republicans seem to believe that voting while black is prima facia criminal.

I really do not understand all the conservative nutjobbery over this issue. The presumption, in America, is that if someone walks up to a polling booth and they are registered to vote then they are also entitled to vote.

Other than their skin color being different than yours what legitimate reason would you have to challenge these voters rights?

By: Boyd

Boyd — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:47:30 +0000

*sigh* I wish more people would see this situation for what it really is. Answer me this, Democrats: why would I be intimidated by a challenge to my registration if I were on the up-and-up? I live where I say I live, I'm not registered anywhere else, I'm...well, I'm me. You folks are saying I would be so intimidated by this unwarranted challenge that I wouldn't vote? Give me a break. The only ones who will be kept away from the polls by this tactic are the ones who are, you know, BREAKING THE FRICKIN' LAW!! Wednesday can't come soon enough. Why don't we go ahead and start all the lawsuits now and get ahead of the curve?

By: Backcountry Conservative

Backcountry Conservative — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:43:43 +0000

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