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Rob Kailey is a working schmuck with no ties or affiliations to any governmental or political organizations, save those of sympathy.
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 at 11:49:33 AM MST
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| Much ado has been made of Hillary Clinton's on-again, off-again support for New York Governor Elliot Spitzer's plan to make it easier for immigrants to obtain U.S. driver's licenses. Detractors argue that it would make it easier for illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses (and the benefits that accompany a license), while Spitzer's supporters argue that the plan will actually increase national security (by allowing undocumented aliens to come out of the legal "shadows") and help immigrants economically. It's an interesting debate, and both arguments have their merit.
But wait! No! Spitzer (and Clinton) don't really support the policy for the reasons they say they do! It's really about voter fraud! |
| Jay Stevens :: Is the answer to every question really "voter fraud"? |
Despite her muddled comments this week, there's no doubt where Mrs. Clinton stands on ballot integrity. She opposes photo ID laws, even though they enjoy over 80% support in the polls. She has also introduced a bill to force every state to offer no-excuse absentee voting as well as Election Day registration--easy avenues for election chicanery. The bill requires that every state restore voting rights to all criminals who have completed their prison terms, parole or probation.
Brrr! The horror!
Of course, voter fraud is a myth. Shamanic points out that, despite making prosecuting voter fraud a top administration prosecutorial priority, the DoJ has convicted 86 fraudsters out of a total of more than 275,000,000 votes cast in the last three election cycles.
To quote Royal Masset, former political director of the Texas Republican Party:
Among Republicans it is an "article of religious faith that voter fraud is causing us to lose elections," Masset said. He doesn't agree with that, but does believe that requiring photo IDs could cause enough of a dropoff in legitimate Democratic voting to add 3 percent to the Republican vote.
So voter fraud isn't a problem, Republicans admit that pursing policy that cuts down on voter fraud helps them at the polls, and some of those policies are unconstitutional. What more do you need to know?
Elliot Spitzer and Hillary Clinton don't need massive voter fraud at the polls to win their elections. But Republicans do need to whip up a fear of voter fraud to win theirs.
(By the way, the author of this bit of fear-mongering hackery - John Fund - has a book coming out, called "Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy." I can't wait.) |
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