My former DEM SOS was once told by a Repub, "You Democrats just want to make it easy...

[Amaryllis]

"You democrats just want to make it easy for everyone to vote." Which was true of this Secretary of State, who was very well-liked among Dems and who was a champion for voting rights, but clearly that was viewed as undesirable by this R who said that to him.

I post this because it speaks volumes about different world views.

[Raster]

1. Yes! Yes we do.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Have heard this statement from

several Republicans yell this to my face.

[Amaryllis]

3. Why do they think that's a bad thing for people to be able to vote? I guess they

swallow the narrative of people voting twice and dead people voting.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Goes back to the 1965 voting righrts Act.

Remember,white Southerners prevented non whites from voting. And that carries the day today.

[Amaryllis]

6. Only white Christian hetero males should vote, dammit.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. And that is today's message.

[nikibatts]

4. i remember back in 1969 when my co-worker and I got a great deal to fly to Europe

for $130 each way. My white racist boss's response to finding out about the deal was this: "That's the problem with airlines today. They make it so anybody can fly."

[bdamomma]

15. envious are we???

what makes them think they are so "entitled" fuck that!

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Which is what I thought every American would want. They scream about

how hard it is to to fill out a 1040EZ and how it should be 'easier', so why not voting?

[WinkyDink]

8. The only response allowed to him was: "NS, SHERLOCK."

[GeorgeGist]

10. Who still believes that Republicans want ...

democracy to succeed?

[BainsBane]

11. Most of us anyway

There is a movement to limit the franchise by replacing primaries with caucuses.

[TeapotInATempest]

12. Yes we do and I'm proud of it

Meanwhile, Rs would like to bring back poll taxes and literacy tests (which I'm not sure some of their supporters could pass, and I know it's unkind for me to say that).

[bluecollar2]

13. Bring back the literacy test to vote

And the republican base will be reduced to 10% of its current size in the south...

[Amaryllis]

14. Our so-called president may not be able to pass a literacy test.

[bluecollar2]

16. somebody should leak his hs transcripts...