MSNBC Cranks: Asking For an ID to Vote Is Just Like a Racist Poll Tax (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 7:05 AM
New York Times crank columnist Charles Blow and MSNBC attack dog Martin Bashir whined about the new voter ID laws in Pennsylvania yesterday.
(Democrats hate it when they can’t steal elections.)
The two loons were upset with comments made by Pennsylvania State House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, (R-Bradford Woods) about the newly enacted voter identification law. Speaking at a meeting of the Republican State Committee in Hershey over the weekend, Turzai bragged about the Pennsylvania legislature passing a number of new laws including a new voter ID law in the state – and how this would help Mitt Romney take Pennsylvania in November.
Bashir and Blow agree asking for an ID to vote is like bringing back the poll tax.
It’s racist.
This is why Democrats don’t like voter ID laws:
** Philly city commissioners are investigating 83 Philadelphia voting districts where more votes were cast in last year’s municipal primary election than the number of people who voted.
** In Wisconsin in 2004 there were 4,500 more votes than voters in the presidential elections.
** In Indiana, Prosecutors in South Bend filed charges in April 2012 against four St. Joseph County Democratic officials and deputies as part of a multiple-felony case involving the alleged forging of Democratic presidential primary petitions in the 2008 election.
That’s why Democrats don’t like voter ID laws.
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JenBee commented:
That’s EXACTLY why Dems don’t like voter ID laws.
If Obama wins this November, it will be because he stole the election via wide-scale fraud on a level this country has never before seen.
Johm commented:
MSNBC the Obama Public Relations firm providing there standard cover and distraction show for their client.
Will they ever realize how foolish and corrupt they sound making such asinine statements in public. Just once I would like to hear honesty or even integrety from an MSNBC liberal Democratic operative, I know Unicorn farts and Fairey Dust closer to reality.
bigL commented:
in my area the county does not put addresses in the voter reg rolls anymore. Your name and a bar code. Amd the poll workers can;t figure outwher you are due to the split between
odd nr addresses and even nrs. thise addresses are in a private list.
Granny commented:
Look, you cannot DO anything in this country without a picture ID.
*You cannot buy a beer or a bottle of wine
*You cannot be served an alcoholic drink in a restaurant
*You cannot apply for any governmental services of any kind – no Food Stamps, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Veterans Benefits or housing subsidies
*You cannot cash a check
*You cannot collect your lottery winnings if they are of any significant amount
*You cannot get a credit card, a debit card or even a bank account – and that includes PayPal
*You cannot rent a car
*You cannot get a driver’s license so you can rent the car
*You cannot rent furniture or “pay as you go”
*You cannot get even a pay day loan at loan shark rates
*You cannot get on an airplane
In short, it is virtually impossible to function anywhere in this country, no matter who you are – rich, poor, black, white or purple – without a picture ID. There is nothing harmful, punitive or unusual about asking for one in order to vote!
Militant conservative commented:
Does not matter. The TEAnami will be soooo huge
The dems can’t cheat enough
Powder is dry
Greg commented:
Remember that Blow and Bashir are employees of the General Electric Corporation family of companies. GE endorses this nonsense and avoids paying taxes
old glazier commented:
Voters being required to have an I.D. is a “burden” but signing up for gubmint cheese….no problem. How many you want?
Larkin commented:
Here’s the dems…
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Republicans won’t let us cheat! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
NO FAIR!!!!!!!!”
And the media is helping them. Could the left be any more brazen?
mg4us commented:
Right on Granny #5. . .
I have been saying that we need to ensure one vote per citizen for a long time. . .
It is not racist to ask for ID and to ensure one vote per citizen. . rather it is racist to allow anyone to vote without ID because you think they are too dumb or lazy to get an ID. . for free. . (like free government cheese). . .
It is also biased against legal citizens when illegals or non-registered folks vote. .dilutes the vote of real honest law-abiding citizens. .
Only in an Obama-world does non-sense make sense. . .
Also, republican and conservative districts need to be the last to report their voter tallies otherwise the game that urban DemocRAT districts play is to see how many votes they need to win and make up the difference using “fake or found” ballots. . .
Everyone should be using a passport or state issued drivers license or State ID (the one with the hologram used by TSA at airports). . .and yes, even if you do not drive, you can go to Motor Vehicle Office or local police to obtain ID. . .all you need is to show proof of who you are, birthdate and where you live. . .
I also think ID law needs to be linked to any state funding. .welfare, medicaid, food stamps. . .
Finncrisp commented:
You also can’t get a library card.
Happy Fun Ball commented:
I wish that someone on one of these shows would just call BS the next time one of these racial warlords starts spouting this nonsense. Just repeat #5 Granny’s list and simply ask if voting should rank higher in security than buying a bottle of Ripple.
Robodog7 commented:
#5 Granny
You left out a big one…. You can’t buy a gun or ammo without an state issued ID…. this is racist against law abiding citizens who wish to protect themselves using liberal thought. Liberals always say that “Voting is a right” well, so is the right to keep and bear arms.
Remco Kimber commented:
Yeah, like we don’t want responsible people voting or anything like that.
I for one want a reinstatement of a poll tax or some evidence of a voter’s dedication to the betterment of society and commitment to constitutional/limited (really, really limited) government. Measuring net worth seems as good as any.
People who receive any government check should be ineligible from voting. While I might allow some sort of exception for military personnel, people rec’g govt checks, the welfare class and government employees as prime examples, have no desire at all in maintaining limited government. Of course they’ll vote themselves a pay raise every time because it’s coming out of someone else’s pocket. We want people who have a real stake in a successful society voting and only those people.
Rachelle commented:
Why is voter ID racist? Is the argument that blacks are, on average, too stupid to figure out how to get an ID? What do they use when they apply for welfare and food stamps?
Blue Hen commented:
So according to this pack of geniuses, getting groped and ashes dumped by the TSA is normal, but asking someone to make some attempt to prove who they are is akin to….the tactics that the Democrat party has known and loved for decades?
George commented:
What a f*****g idiot.
AuntieMadder commented:
@ Granny #5: Right you are. And your list, as good as it is, is incomplete, at that! If it has to do with the transfer of property or of money(s), sometimes even when dealing with cash only!, you gotta’ show a picture ID to do it. Also, doctors and dentists ask to copy photo ID of new patients for their files nowadays and pharmacists ask to see photo ID of patients filling prescriptions for pain killers and other “controlled” drugs. I don’t see how anyone can navigate their way through day-to-day living without photo ID.
AuntieMadder commented:
#15 June 27, 2012 at 8:36 am
Rachelle commented:
Why is voter ID racist? Is the argument that blacks are, on average, too stupid to figure out how to get an ID? What do they use when they apply for welfare and food stamps?
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