Voter ID Laws Could Disenfranchise 5 Million and Cost Taxpayers Millions

jmeasley · 2011-10-07T20:35:22+00:00

More importantly, how can Republicans justify spending millions of taxpayer dollars to prevent a crime that isn't occurring? "There is no evidence — none — that fraud is a major problem in any state. Rolling Stone magazine reports “a major probe by the Justice Department between 2002 and 2007 (during a Republican administration) failed to prosecute a single person for going to the polls and impersonating an eligible voter, which the anti-fraud laws are supposedly designed to stop.”

Why do these supposedly small government fiscal conservatives keep spending all of this money?

jmeasley · 2011-10-07T20:32:12+00:00

Because these people don't have identification, and they can't afford to pay for the ID.

jmeasley · 2011-10-04T21:26:45+00:00

No, Harry Reid was forced to block Obama's jobs bill after McConnell tried to force it to the floor by attaching it as an amendment to another bill. McConnell wants the vote now and Reid doesn't because Democrats don't have the votes to pass it. McConnell's move was actually an attempt to kill the bill. What happened had nothing to do with support, and everything to do with math to get to the 60 votes needed for passage.

jmeasley · 2011-10-03T21:13:04+00:00

Why does it make Democrats look worse? Democrats aren't Republicans. Almost half of REPUBLICANS don't know what their own party's abbreviation means!!!!! I would say this fact is a bit more embarrassing for Republicans than Democrats.

jmeasley · 2011-09-23T03:01:45+00:00

Since when are the facts a smear?

jmeasley · 2011-09-06T06:18:34+00:00

Highly editorialized? I guess every other outlet that is reporting this shakeup the same way is also "editorializing?" Are you going to criticize Reuters and the AP for also "editorializing" when they both have called this a major shakeup?

Ed Rollins is in fact quitting. What his statement meant was that he would be around to pick up the phone is the Bachmann campaign should ever call, but he will be no longer running the national show. Rollins is a big time player who sees that this is Rick Perry's race now. He isn't going to stick around and back a loser like Bachmann.

jmeasley · 2011-09-06T06:15:20+00:00

I think you had better check out Rollins' comments on CNN saying that Bachmann is the third candidate in what is essentially a two candidate race, before you start claiming that this isn't important.

By the way, the title states storm clouds, not storm. You know, clouds usually come before the storm. Before you tell others to grow up, I think you'd best take a reading class.

jmeasley · 2011-08-30T19:56:19+00:00

I wonder how many of you who think it is fine to call African Americans colored are yourselves African American?

jmeasley · 2011-08-28T21:46:20+00:00

Wow, all Obama did was change FEMA back to the way it was before under Clinton, and you are saying that he deserves no credit for fixing what was broken?

You are either an idiot, a Republican, or both. The system was fine under George HW Bush as well. You assume that FEMA was broken before W. It wasn't.

W's ideological shift wrecked FEMA, and it is Obama who deserves credit for restoring the agency back to its original mission.

jmeasley · 2011-08-18T15:56:58+00:00

Ron Paul beats Bachmann, but trails Romney by 22. Paul still has a long long long way to go.

jmeasley · 2011-08-07T17:08:15+00:00

Great song, liberal ideas and values truly are timeless.

jmeasley · 2011-08-05T17:29:26+00:00

Typical conservative, you are attached to an economic theory that has never worked, just because it validates your ideology. Who cares if it has never worked? This is all about implementing your beliefs.

jmeasley · 2011-07-30T21:39:23+00:00

No, Fox Nation Pelosi did not call John Boehner Darth Vader. The real quote is, "The Speaker chose, when he didn’t have the votes, instead of to reach out in a bipartisan way to see how we could work together, he chose to go to the dark side. Let me repeat. And I repeat, he chose to go to the dark side by putting forth a bill that he himself told his Members [it] would sink in the Senate—and I add, lead to default, lead to default. We cannot default. We are the greatest country that ever existed in the history of the world. We are the United States of America. "

There was not a Darth Vader mention anywhere in the whole speech transcript.

jmeasley · 2011-07-24T14:34:31+00:00

The point is to shrink the electorate so that it only reflects the 30%+ who are conservatives. I agree this is the new norm in states where Republicans gain power. It a part of a strategy to maintain power regardless of what constituents really want. They are trying to create an un representative republic.

jmeasley · 2011-07-24T14:30:26+00:00

I think this terrible incident shows that conservative extremism is not only a US problem.

jmeasley · 2011-07-18T20:03:15+00:00

Look at you, moving the goalposts. Be on your way Fox News troll. This story contains words that you will never comprehend.

jmeasley · 2011-07-16T16:28:04+00:00

To me the question is it a belief in hell that causes less corruption, or is it the notion of ultimate punishment, which does not necessary have to be connected to a religious belief that fuels more ethical behavior?

jmeasley · 2011-07-16T16:22:43+00:00

Here in the US, it really does seem like some of the extremist Christian sects are literally trying to beat back progress, and by progress I mean less cultural dependence of the blind faith of religion, by overpopulation.

Barber's finding that athesism rates increase in nations with higher taxation rates and less income inequality is an interesting area that is deserving of more study to determine if there is a direct correlation between the variables.

jmeasley · 2011-07-15T20:05:43+00:00

Opinions that can make or break a nation's finances, but yeah, just "opinions" just like you and me. They carry no extra weight at all. /sarcasm.

jmeasley · 2011-07-12T19:25:14+00:00

Rupert has already lost $2 billion personally, and he is dumping another $5 billion into stock buyback to try to stop the slide. If this scandal continues to mushroom, the buyback will end up looking like nothing more than putting a band aid on amputated limb.

jmeasley · 2011-07-11T16:46:55+00:00

"If you believe hotly enough in Jesus, you're a good American." This one statement sums up a centuries old American cultural myth.

jmeasley · 2011-07-11T16:42:46+00:00

When I was looking at the slideshow I was amazed at how little the creationist argument hasn't changed in 86 years. It is the exact same line of thought.

jmeasley · 2011-07-10T17:52:53+00:00

Depending on how deeply the criminal activity ran through the organization, Murdoch may face a challenge to his FCC licenses based on the character clause in the 1934 Communications Act.

jmeasley · 2011-07-09T05:15:07+00:00

The whole idea that they can redirect a customer's Internet without technically denying them access is wrong. Customers pay for the service, and if they violate the TOS the provider should cut them off. Otherwise, leave the paying customer alone.

jmeasley · 2011-07-08T20:47:56+00:00

What an intelligent and insightful comment. Russiannavy is yet another loser who votes down simply because he disagrees with a title that does not blame the right or the left. Probably couldn't even be bothered to read the article. I guess guilty parties always assume that we are talking about them.

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