Today House Republicans vote against extending Bush tax cuts for middle class

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Originally Posted by Riot

Obama is doing great, actually Taxes at historic all-time low, the deficit going down, government spending cut, auto industry saved, bin Laden and Al Quaeda decimated, one war over, another winding down, and 40 million more with health care availability, billions saved from Medicare which has extended it's life 12 years.

Are you going to be a voter?

Yesterday, my town had a single-issue election. We currently only allow alcohol to be served in restaurants. The YES or NO ballot was for alcohol package sales to be allowed locally.

There are over 20,000 eligible voters in my county. Only 4500 us voted. To the rest of the complainers and moaners this am, who did not bother to vote and yet are unhappy with the way the vote went: too bad.

I will vote, even democratic in my congressional election, though I will likely go third party on President despite how awesome things are going based on wherever it is you are getting your news.

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Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

I will vote, even democratic in my congressional election, though I will likely go third party on President despite how awesome things are going based on wherever it is you are getting your news.

I'm glad you are going to be a voter. I hope your state hasn't changed ID laws so you cannot. You might check on that if you live in a Voter Suppression state, where some voter ID's people have used for years have now been disallowed by GOP legislatures.

5 million currently voting, legal American citizens will be prevented from voting this election in November. Don't be one of them!

I get my news from major, well-respected organizations like the Associated Press, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, etc.

Where do you get your news from?

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Originally Posted by Riot

I'm glad you are going to be a voter. I hope your state hasn't changed ID laws so you cannot. You might check on that if you live in a Voter Suppression state, where some voter ID's people have used for years have now been disallowed by GOP legislatures.

5 million currently voting, legal American citizens will be prevented from voting this election in November. Don't be one of them!

I get my news from major, well-respected organizations like the Associated Press, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, etc.

Where do you get your news from?

I live in CO they are looking into voter fraud here too. I drive a car, pay taxes, own a business, have healthcare, provide healthcare, own a home, have bank accounts, adopted a dog etc. all things that require some kind of ID, I am cleared to vote.

All reporting a fantastic economy and what a wonderful world we live in since the election of '08 are they?

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all Americans will be required to have health insurance thus an ID.

Where's the problem?

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Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

I live in CO they are looking into voter fraud here too. I drive a car, pay taxes, own a business, have healthcare, provide healthcare, own a home, have bank accounts, adopted a dog etc. all things that require some kind of ID, I am cleared to vote.

No, I am talking about the new GOP voter suppression laws: states that have taken currently and long-used valid voter id's, and eliminated them as useable.

Where 5 million current voters, with currently "valid voter ID", won't be able to use that ID to vote again in November.

Don't worry, Colorado hasn't done that. Multiple other states have, however. There are gonna be 5 million angry American citizens, who are on the voter rolls, who have always voted legally, that are gonna be really pissed November 6 when they are denied their right to vote, and their current Voter ID is no longer deemed valid.

All reporting a fantastic economy and what a wonderful world we live in since the election of '08 are they?

Naw. They just report the facts, unblinded by Faux hysteria.

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Originally Posted by Riot

No, I am talking about the new GOP voter suppression laws: states that have taken currently and long-used valid voter id's, and eliminated them as useable.

Where 5 million current voters, with currently "valid voter ID", won't be able to use that ID to vote again in November.

Don't worry, Colorado hasn't done that. Multiple other states have, however. There are gonna be 5 million angry American citizens, who are on the voter rolls, who have always voted legally, that are gonna be really pissed November 6 when they are denied their right to vote, and their current Voter ID is no longer deemed valid.


Naw. They just report the facts, unblinded by Faux hysteria.

5 million man march!
They should get together and form a well armed militia and make sure they are represented.

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Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

5 million man march!
They should get together and form a well armed militia and make sure they are represented.

BTW, your suggestion is "treason". Just sayin' :-)

How would you react this November 6, when, as an American citizen, you walk into your polling place, you say hello to the neighbors you know that are working the polls (they all know who you are), they find your name in the voter registration log, and they tell you, sorry, your driver's license isn't enough to allow you to vote, and you cannot.

How will you feel, and what will be your reaction?

My reaction is that not one eligible American citizen should be prevented from voting by Jim Crow laws.

Edit: here is an interactive map from The Lawyer's Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, so you can check if you need to do something different to be able to vote this fall:

http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/page?id=0042

Plus, google your states election laws to double check.

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Originally Posted by Riot

BTW, your suggestion is "treason". Just sayin' :-)

How would you react this November 6, when, as an American citizen, you walk into your polling place, you say hello to the neighbors you know that are working the polls (they all know who you are), they find your name in the voter registration log, and they tell you, sorry, your driver's license isn't enough to allow you to vote, and you cannot.

How will you feel, and what will be your reaction?

My reaction is that not one eligible American citizen should be prevented from voting by Jim Crow laws.

Edit: here is an interactive map from The Lawyer's Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, so you can check if you need to do something different to be able to vote this fall:

http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/page?id=0042

Plus, google your states election laws to double check.

Treason would be if the government were following the laws of this country as opposed to rewriting them to suit whatever whimsy comes there way.

How should anyone feel if there vote is negated due to even one voter who isn't supposed to be involved?
I would like my vote to count.