That prick already got smacked down once by a judge for his arrogance. I think an autographed contempt citation might get his attention.

Thanks, attaturk. Shouldn’t their pay be deducted the amount spent to correct these malfunctions? The taxpayers are paying for these officials’ efforts to steal their votes.

We heard no end of absurd accusations against ACORN, until it folded up but if it weren’t for liberal blogs and places like Raw Story, I wouldn’t have even heard about this or about that guy who was arrested in Virginia for throwing away filled out voter registration forms, or the counties in Arizona which handed out instructions in which the English ones say the election takes place on six November but the Spanish ones say it’s on the eighth and etc. If Holder refuses to prosecute these Republicans, then maybe it’s time to prosecute him.

This is reminiscent of the Wisconsin county that reported more votes than there were recorded votes in one election, that turned around the whole results of the state. Stealing the vote is what the wingers have to turn to, in order to steal from us.

Good morning, pups. We’ve got Dowd and Friedman today, FSM help us. MoDo has decided to torment us. Again. In “My Mitt Fantasy” she raves that we’re pining for bipartisanship, but a Romney-Biden White House might be a bridge too far. No shit, you stupid bitch! Really??? I wonder if she’s drunk or on drugs. The Moustache of Wisdom, in “Our Secret Sauce,” gurgles that the presidential debate on foreign policy provided some instructive contrasts to ponder.

Here they are.

The coffee and tea are ready, and I’ve got a variety of bagels with cream cheese this morning. Just to clarify, the “Secret Sauce” that ‘Lil Tommy is gurgling about is Amurcan Exceptionalism. I guess the best symbol for it that he could come up with was some goo on a crappy fast food burger. USA!!! USA!!! USA!!!11!!! Crap. Have a great day.

Husted’s sole purpose was to reduce the number of potential democratic votes. He failed for this election. But the GOP in Ohio considers poll hour restrictions to be a useful tool to reduce hostile turnout and i don’t expect them to give up. I don’t know if they’ll try to have changes in place before the next election or if they’ll try to change things at the last minute.

I’m inclined to believe the election board that the bad mailers were the result of a screwup. Never blame on malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Boxturtle (Let he who has never screwed up a copy from previous cast the first stone)

He darn near got one when he decided to ignore a judges order until his “sure to succeed” appeal was decided. The judge invited him to court in person to explain this and Husted quickly backed down.

Husted has been really clumsy about his entire voter suppression project, even some GOPers are starting to distance themselves from his actions.

Boxturtle (He’ll keep trying)

Thsnks, Marion, about the best description I heard of the debate Tuesday was that Rmoney had memorized lots of terms he didn’t understand, so weasled out of any real discussion to avoid exposing his ignorance. The Moustache would also like that.

The wingers are also beginning to distance themselves from the legitimate rape crowd, but not the birthers. They just love U Wimmen!

Instructive differences? The only differences I heard was an additional $2T from Mitt for the pentagon and a willingness to hit Iran sooner and harder than Obama. And I suspect the latter difference ain’t really that much.

Boxturtle (Romney-Biden?!? They really have run out of things to pundit about!)

I like that. Terms he didn’t understand is a good way of looking at it. And he doesn’t even realize he doesn’t understand. But foreign policy is simple for the GOPers. Build walls, and do whatever Israel says.

Boxturtle (And they enjoy droning as much as ObamaLLP does)

He’s failed to disenfranchise as many as he wanted to but he’s also halved the hours polling places can stay open on those days. Even during the normal hours they were open in 2008, sometimes the lines stretched out the doors and down the streets after closing time. Wanna bet whether he’s issued instructions to close the door sharply at their closing times?

It recalls the election of 1999, when w was campaigning on the talking points that he was in disagreement with VP candidate Cheney, that we use military to impose our will abroad.

The polling places that usually turn out a right wing vote had more voting machines than needed, also. If your intent is to steal from the public, the maxim the right has learned is to start with their votes.

And the maxim of the left seems to be forgive and forget…
Gotta go to work.

Why any female would vote GOP of her own free will escapes me. I think of the girls in the motorcycle gangs that enjoy being treated like dirt and passed from hand to hand and I wonder if they’re tomorrows GOPers.

And i wonder why anyone who makes less than $250K a year would vote GOP. And I wonder why anyone with a conscience would vote GOP. Or anyone with children.

Boxturtle (I understand why selfish, highly paid DINKs vote GOP)

Wanna bet whether he’s issued instructions to close the door sharply at their closing times?

Unh, no. Nor do I want to bet that he isn’t messing with the clocks at the polls.

Boxturtle (The GOP gave him one job when he was elected: Targeted vote suppression)

Have a good day. Seems to me more like the legal process takes much too long, and has too many safeguards against misapplication, to be free from this juggling act the right has perfected.

In Ohio, one trick they did last time was to move the older voting machines that were more likely to spoil ballots to the Dem precincts. Naturally, it was just a coincidence.

Boxturtle (Paper ballots with big black X’s work for me)

This is where wilfull ignorance comes into play. The social pressures are really high to keep people in order against their self interest, here in the bible belt.

I wonder why anyone who believes in our country as something more than an entity to be used up for economic gain would vote GOP.

Let me count the ways we can make the system more unreliable. Is anyone aggressively doing the “making things right”?

Election “observers,” in WI wanting to get within 6 feet of election workers to slow the processing of getting voters in and out of the building by scrutinizing more closely for any “fraudulent,” individuals was refused by the state election board in a very recent clarification.

Cannot imagine what our international election observers will find as I see we’ve allowed some in. Of course, it’s routine for the token officials to oversee known corrupt practices to be taken to Potemkin arrangements to generate reports of clean practices.

The right is willing to work really hard, in a determined and consistent and widespread manner to find as many ways as possible to suppress the vote, but the work of enforcing the laws and preventing them from doing it is just too difficult? I try to keep an open mind about people who are more tolerant than I am of what the Democrats have become, but if we keep making excuses, not demands, where are we? Sorry, I probably crossed the line on what’s permissible on this thread, but I really don’t think you mean to excuse the Dept of Justice from doing its job.

Quite to the contrary, I admire the many fine members of the Justice Dept to continue to observe the laws and to follow them, in the face of pummeling in the press and on the left

Yes, that’s the difference. When the farther right puts pressure on the Republicans, the Republicans respond. When the “left” (it’s not that lefty to support the right to vote) puts pressure, it’s pummeling. Not sure what the answer to that is.

Supporting the right to vote is quite different from espousing the violation of legal process.

I’m not saying that at all. If somehow what I said can be interpreted that way I apologize to everyone who respects the rule of law. I’m just saying that if we respond by saying it’s just so hard to uphold the law, and it’s unfair pummeling to ask that a greater effort be made, then where are we? Just trying to point out the difference between making demands and making excuses.

You did not ask that a greater effort be made, you called for punishment of those who are not satisfying our wish to see our own hopes achieved. I quite agree with you, it’s frustrating that our rule of law works in favor of those who violate it, because the law is full of restrictions that are meant to prevent reckless use of courts and measures to punish violations. It’s something the right has used irresponsibly, and against even its own interests, as in taking out regulation of financial houses, that enabled the disaster to the world’s economies that produced. The laws are also in need of revising to make it expensive to violate them, which would be an effective deterrence much needed where voting rights are blocked.

Ok, I surrender. If talking about making demands is equivalent to punishing, we may well be doomed, but here’s hoping we’ll all still continue working to prevent that in whatever way we think is appropriate.

When you can’t win on the merits, just game the system? This is a common theme in America. From laws crafted in congress to attempted usurpation of constitutional rights under the color of state law, the influence of corporate money and billionaire money in the political process is a threat to this republic. It is more pronounced than ever. It is rancid and a cancer unless the checks and balances put in place operate properly.

Unequal protection is the consequence of gamed systems, when basic rights fundamental to a legitimate democracy are effectively usurped and or compromised by the undue “influenza” of money flowing from corporate aristocrats protecting monopolistic business models at this nation’s expense.

The “monopoly” on labor enjoyed by agrarian landowners in America’s past, enabled under the color of law, now viewed as disgusting, entitled “Slavery,” was predicated on unequal protection, due to skin color. The abolition of “slavery,” ended a monopoly. A business model whose benefactors waged civil war against the republic to perpetuate the exploitation of human being’s labor, for personal gain, at great cost to this nation They lost.

The 12 13 14 Amendments to the US Constitution born out of civil warm, these reconstruction amendments and subsequent civil rights and voting rights legislation are in place for a reason.

Husted’s actions “disenfranchise” voters under federal law by restricting ballot access under state law is supported by evidence. This overt attempt to game the system reminds me of tactics utilized in America’s past to protect monopolies, when those benefiting from monopoly, could no longer win on the merits?

The Dems don’t fight back–they’re cowards.

Obama will lose his Presidency in OHIO just as Kerry lost his bid there in 2004. Why? Reports are that RMONEY has bought into one of the States major electronic voting companies last yr. Gee I wonder why? Down below 1.25% ( the noise) RMoney’s vote stealing gang will turn this into his winning state. Just a Karl Rove’s operation in 2004 did for BV$H 2. Add to it the GOPT Atty. General and Gov.s efforts to turn the election toward Rmoney and Obama can say good-bye to OHIO. Once again were probably facing another GOPT stolen election and my guess is once again the gutless hapless D’s will do nothing to fight back.