Mitt’s real insult to the NAACP
Deriding “Obamacare” was bad, but Romney’s support for voter suppression laws disrespects the group’s entire legacy
http://www.salon.com/2012/07/12/mitts_real_insult_to_the_naacp/
Man, am I getting liberal in my old age! I used to be firmly in the camp of fiscally conservative Republicans (of course, that was when they actually raised taxes to cover their increased spending (at a rate slightly lower than Democrats)), now I have no home. That the GOP is so intent on their absurd quest to combat voter fraud (even Bush Jr couldn’t find any meaningful amount with 8 years of effort) is so clearly an effort to make it difficult for liberals to vote (their target demographic is overwhelmingly liberal in their voting record). While I have a very strong objection to allowing morons to vote, I object to GOP morons voting just as much as liberal morons. I think that people should prove that they actually understand what they are voting about in order to have the right to cast. I betcha that would suck the life out of these negative campaigns and eliminate the endless lying (by both sides, though the balance is clearly an avalanche in disfavor of the GOP). As long as we allow rich white morons to vote we need to allow poor black/Hispanic morons to vote as well. I am not clear why convicted criminals should be prohibited from voting either, and I am puzzled why an intelligent, engaged 15 year old is unqualified to vote but a middle class fat white guy with guns in his pickemuptruck and no knowledge beside what is promulgated via Fox and Limbaugh is.
I find it increasingly hard to care about my fellow Americans. We have the government we asked for, or rather the government we were instructed to ask for by the monied interests, because we are too damn stupid to give a damn about truth and only want to reconfirm our prejudices.
OK, enough of that, I need to find something to clear my mind. Something else about Pluto’s moons or something.
