All Right another tell Todd he is wrong.

[Todd]

Boortz
ASKING FOR AN INFORMED VOTER IS RACIST

Todd
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Boortz
For those of you who don’t think this country is on the brink, this should just about push you over the edge.

Todd
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Boortz
Here’s the deal. The Florida legislature didn’t want a repeat of the debacle that occurred last fall with the election. So, various election reform provisions are put into effect. The legislature came to the simply amazing conclusion that some of the responsibility in the voting process lies with the actual voter. The legislature created something that has the ACLU spinning on its eyebrows and spitting wooden nickels. It’s a list of “Voter Responsibilities.” The Florida legislature wants this notice to be posted at all polling places. The ACLU says no way.

Todd
ACLU = America's Cudliest Lovers Union?

Boortz
It must be a nasty list, right? Onerous. A list of Voter Responsibilities that nobody could possibly be expected to adhere to. A clear attempt to keep minorities away from the polls, right?

Todd
Must be. voters responsibilities, we wouldn't want that now would we.

Boortz
Well, judge for yourself. Here’s the list.

Todd
reading

Boortz
VOTER RESPONSIBILITIES (Fla. Stat. Sec. 101.031)

Each registered voter in this state has the responsibility to:

1. Study and know candidates and issues.

2. Keep his or her voter address current.

3. Know his or her precinct and its hours of operation.

4. Bring proper identification to the polling station.

5. Know how to operate voting equipment properly.

6. Treat precinct workers with courtesy.

7. Respect the privacy of other voters.

8. Report problems or violations of election law.

9. Ask questions when confused.

10. Check his or her completed ballot for accuracy.

Todd
Hmmm???? That doesn't seem all that bad, Whats the catch?

Boortz
Wow! Now that is one helluva lot to expect, isn’t it? Golly! I hope the Florida voters are up to carrying that terrible burden on election day!

Todd
Yes, it,s a terrible nurden, how will people cope.

Boortz
Well, maybe they won’t have to. You see, a little organization called the American Civil Liberties Union has come to the rescue of the poor, put-upon Florida voter!

Todd
They are not AMerica's Cuddliest Lovers Union? Nut at least they are coming to the aid of the people.

Boortz
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit (http://www.aclufl.org/electionlaw081501.html ) in the Southern District of Florida challenging this new Florida law. The ACLU thinks that these requirements are burdensome and are a “throwback to the days of literacy tests, and may disproportionately impact race and language minorities in exercising the right to vote.”

Todd
Yes I forgot how hard life is in America for those minorities.

Boortz
One thing that really bothers the ACLU is the provision that a voter actually study issues and candidates! The nerve! How dare you suggest that a voter actually have any idea what in the hell they’re voting for! Here’s is an actual excerpt from the ACLU lawsuit. “Despite the pronouncement of this new law, there is no independent statutory or regulatory requirement that voters "know the candidates and the issues … "

Todd
I like to know that I am using shampoo not boric acid when I cut my hair, I think that I should know who's hands I am laying my life in when I vote. I wonder if American's think they should know the canadates. Is it better to vote using "Patty Wack" or "One potatoe-two"?

Boortz
Yeah! So there! There’s no law that says a voter has to know issues and candidates, so how dare the legislature state that a responsible voter should walk into the voting booth with a modicum of knowledge? The ACLU feels that it is a terrible violation of someone’s civil rights to suggest that a voter should study and know the issues and candidates in an election before they cast a vote!

Todd

Boortz
Now, hold on a second. This might not be as absurd as you think it is --- at least not from the ACLU’s point of view. Think about this for a second or two. The ACLU is a rightist organization, right? OK, this would mean that the ACLU will be out there trying to protect the voters most likely to cast rightist ballots. The ACLU knows that the less informed the voter, the more likely it is that voter is going to vote REpublican – rightist, if you will. To the ACLU, the ideal voter is one who can just barely recognize the word “Republican” or the letter “R” on a ballot! “Who is the Republican! That’s who I’m voting for.”

Todd
Yeah

Boortz
Here’s a possibility. The ACLU might actually be afraid that if one of their precious Republican voters actually DOES study the issues and the candidates, they damned well might not vote Republican! Better to encourage voters to be dumb, stupid and uninformed. That way they are more likely to vote to the left.

Todd
But I would rather be an informed voter, dagnavit.

Boortz
There are some other gems hidden in the ACLU lawsuit and its accompanying press release. Some low-lights.

Todd
More Gem's?

Boortz
We learn that the Voting Rights Act explicitly outlaws any requirement that a voter be able to demonstrate the “ability to read, write, understand or interpretate <sic> any matter,” or demonstrate “knowledge on any particular subject.” In other words, under federal law you can’t require someone who votes to know what in the hell they are doing. Figures.
The list of Voter Responsibilities would “frighten voters away from the polls. Good. Some voters need to be frightened away from the polls.

Todd

Boortz
Signs in polling places intimidate voters. Yup, here’s the quote, straight from the lawsuit: “Because of their lower educational achievement rates minorities are less likely to be literate, less likely to have studied the candidates and issues before voting, and are more likely to be intimidated by signage in the polling place.” Just damn.

Todd

Boortz
I’ve said it before. I’ll say it again. There are too many people in this country eligible to vote. Too many people at the polling places who have absolutely no clue as to what and whom they are voting for. Many of these voters are functional idiots – and you don’t turn over the decision-making processes of our government to functional idiots.

Todd

Boortz
What’s the REAL problem here? Let’s cut the crap. This isn’t about denying voting rights. It’s about protecting people who vote Republican. Here’s the real inside analysis of the list of Voter Responsibilities.

Todd
Evil Republicans

Boortz
Study and know candidates and issues. We’ve covered this. The more voters study and know issues the less likely they are to vote for Republicans.

Todd
Yeah, cause republicans hate the environment, they only love money.

Boortz
Keep his or her voter address current. Now this is a lot to ask. Many Republican voters don’t know where they hell they are right now! Let alone where they stayed last night.

Todd
I dunno how true this is I heard on CNN that about 37% of Americans do not have themselves properly registered. Not as Bad as Canada where on CBC they said 42% of Canadains are not properly registered.

Boortz
Know his or her precinct and its hours of operation. Precinct? What’s a precinct? All a Republican voter has to do is get into that church or union van. They’ll take him to the right place.

Todd
Actually both parties do that don't they?

Boortz
Bring proper identification to the polling station. Some Republican voters have so many different pieces of identification they don’t know which one is the real one.

Todd
Well it is true we are living in a plastic world, but I would really like to see if Party affiliation does affect the number of ID's a person has.

Boortz
Know how to operate voting equipment properly. Hey, It’s not like we’re buying a lottery ticket here. Why do they have to know how to operate equipment? If they can operate equipment someone might mistake it for a job skill and give them work to do!

[/i]Todd
Well This is a good idea I think. I mena To vote, one should have at least the rudementary skills to do so.
[/i]

Boortz
Treat precinct workers with courtesy. Hey! Most poll workers are white! You can’t expect people suffering from a lifetime of white domination and oppression to actually be nice to the oppressors. That’s going just a bit far.

Todd
Oh those white republican race warlords, they are up to something.

Boortz
Respect the privacy of other voters. Does that mean they have to respect private property too? If so, it’s a deal-breaker.

Todd
???

Boortz
Report problems or violations of election law. People who vote for and support Republicans THRIVE on violations of law. They’re hardly going to want to report them.

Todd
not when they can be used to thier advantage

Boortz
Ask questions when confused. Hell, they would spend ALL DAY ak-sing questions.

Todd
Might do them some good.

Boortz
Check his or her completed ballot for accuracy. If they check ballots for accuracy how can they claim that their vote wasn’t counted when the election doesn’t go their way?

Todd
Very true, no more republican recount blocking

 

[sexy-girl]

nice running commentary todd ... its a nice idea in principal to hopefully prevent all the voting recount of the last election

but its a dangerous game to play to put responsibility into the hands of the voters if something gos wrong means they will be blamed ... but it should be down the to vote organizers ... hey we can run an election over here in england pretty well ... why cant you "yanks" do it and make it simply enough for ALL voters ... if you cant do that then its the voter organizers fault

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Todd I'm putting you on "Ignore", and it's not because I disagree with you about anything
but because, frankly, Todd, you bore the Goddamn living crap out of me.

 

[Myrrdin]

I have a very short, short term memory. In any post I have to use the scroll button to read thru. I , ve usually forgotten what the beginning of a post is, by the time I get to the end.
Long posts just make my eyes glaze over I'm afraid

 

[sexy-girl]

sheesh guys didnt you ever hear that if you dont have anything nice to say you shouldnt say anything at all


it wasnt that long a post just lots of spacing ... and it was quite humourous ... sometimes i think people moan about todd without even reading his posts


cant you guys lighton up ?

 

[Todd]

... sometimes i think people moan about todd without even reading his posts

Its true, It's true, I proved that yesterday, y posting the same thing they did and they got mad because of it.

 

[OUTSIDER]

For fucks sake Todd forget the "cut" and "paste" button and just ask a question.

 

[WriterDom]

Since Dix has you on ignore, I'll argue evilution and dinosaurs and the 7000 thousand year old earth with you, Todd. But I'm staying out of politics till they come up with something more original than Bush is stupid and born with a silver spoon up his nose.

 

[Todd]

Since Dix has you on ignore, I'll argue evilution and dinosaurs and the 7000 thousand year old earth with you, Todd. But I'm staying out of politics till they come up with something more original than Bush is stupid and born with a silver spoon up his nose.

sounds good take you up on that some time

 

[Myrrdin]

Sexy - Girl,
my post was in regard to my abilities to comprehend long posts, not Todds ability to write them.

 

[OUTSIDER]

Sexy - Girl,
my post was in regard to my abilities to comprehend long posts, not Todds ability to write them.

Todd don't write them he just cut's and paste's them.

 

[Harbinger]

Much ado

It's not that you are wrong, Todd, it's just an awful lot of effort to devote to a non-issue.

The Florida Legislature should realize they can't make voters be more responsible by sticking a sign on the wall. A typical government-type reaction to a perceived problem, dreamed up by lawyers instead of leaders. (Not that lawyers can't be leaders too.)


The ACLU just wants to make some waves and jerk some chains.

As long as there is no effort to actually enforce these "rules", who cares whether they are on the walls or not?

The only thing that could matter is that the Government doesn't take away anyone's right to vote, no matter how stupid someone else may think they are. This is America we're talking about. HALF the voters are stupid, and I think EVERYONE agrees with me on that.

 

[Always]

Todd don't write them he just cut's and paste's them.

hey he's getting better. now we know he actually READS what he spits out, and puts his own opinion. it's considerate of him tom produce the original material, so our opinions aren't biased by what he thinks.

i read through it (for once, most politics bore me horny) and i thought it was pretty damn funny.

 

[sexy-girl]

i must say i dont enjoy all todds posts and im sure some nights i'll just plain avoid them ... i just think hes trying pretty hard to please people ... and all this anti todd stuff is ends up making me want to defend him abit ... i think its slightly unfair what some people say after all you can simply choose to ignore his posts

 

[Problem Child]

Todd, you're wrong...and you're a mongoloid.

 

[Harbinger]

after all you can simply choose to ignore his posts

But you know he doesn't want THAT! And I thought I was helping....

 

[Shelby]

I always stop reading posts when my brain starts to go "Yadda Yadda Yadda"

But to reply to the original thread, repent baby...down on your knees...you are wrong.

Happy?

 

[Todd]

I always stop reading posts when my brain starts to go "Yadda Yadda Yadda"

But to reply to the original thread, repent baby...down on your knees...you are wrong.

Happy?

 

[delite]

Tod ya wrong !!!
now I'll go and read ya thread, seeing as I have done what you originally asked me to do.