So GOP White House not the end of the world, to some here?

[Jackie Wilson Said]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/04/racial-disparities-criminal-justice_n_4045144.html

Thom just said one in three African American men in FL are in prison or are unable to vote as once in prison.

I think this is more nationwide, and why is it this way?


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nixon-drug-war-racist_us_56f16a0ae4b03a640a6bbda1

Simple fact is it is this way to prevent black people from voting, brought to you by the GOP.


Any person who thinks there is not enough reason to vote for the Democrat in November, is
*@)>"#^& me off

[Matt_in_STL]

1. Pardon my ignorance, but is this the issue created from when the Republicans signed the Crime Bill?

[Jackie Wilson Said]

2. Nixon, before crime bill.

[Frances]

4. It is the Southern Strategy employed by Nixon and following Repubs

I was born in 1941 in Alabama

When Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, he said that the white southerners would abandon the Democratic Party and he was right

Nixon and Reagan (who made a speech sympathetic to white racists near where 3 civil rights workers were murdered) and other Repubs developed a plan to get those white votes, which they did. And ever since then the Repubs have done everything possible to keep POC from voting

And you are right that there was a recent story about how Nixon worked to criminalize weed and other drugs to keep POC and free thinking whites from voting

[hedda_foil]

25. Clinton signed the crime Bill. It was part of his platform.

[B Calm]

36. Bingo!

[HERVEPA]

3. Well said. A zillion reasons to fear a Trump White House

[fasttense]

5. Well Hillary appears to be in favor of felons voting

But since she works for the oligarchs, I doubt she will do anything on the federal level, except maybe take away their welfare or bring them to heel.

[casperthegm]

6. End of the world?

A White House that supports fracking, opposes Glass Steagall, opposes health care for all, opposes college for all, wants a no fly zone in Syria, and supports trade deals that send our jobs overseas?

That kind of gop, far right thinking is what we should all be fighting against. Wait, what's that? Those are Clinton's stances? Oh...

[Jackie Wilson Said]

9. Yeah, who cares if gays are shoved into the closet and minorities are

2nd class citizens and women are dying in back alleys!

[timmymoff]

15. nonsense

Hillary is only for gay people's votes. She doesn't give a shit about any of us, gay or not, and I personally do not give a shit about casting a vote for her. I do not cast right wing votes, nor support right wing stances such as hers. Expect the hard lurch right to make even more liberals not want to vote for her.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

18. The question isnt are you wrong, you of course are, the question is will your

wrongness rule the day in November and then the question will be not will, but how many will suffer because of it.

[timmymoff]

20. Sell some fear just like the gop since you basically

support a gop candidate with gop stances

[NCTraveler]

33. That just about covers it. Nt

[leftofcool]

27. So? Go vote for Trump or stay home.

[timmymoff]

30. vote for every liberal candidate running but skip president

since there won't be liberals running in that slot.

[JPnoodleman]

24. Will Trump have that sort of power?

Or can the Democrats do to him what Republicans did to Obama?

[Punkingal]

26. I know I don't care about those things.

You should really stop accusing people on this site about not caring about issues like this.

[firebrand80]

7. White male privilege nt

[Orsino]

8. Not the end of the world, precisely...

...because the universe contains untold quintIllinois of other worlds that they might also find a way to ruin.

Vote hard. Lobby harder.

[Kip Humphrey]

10. and 3.1 million disenfranchised New York voters are chopped liver.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

11. Did you just compare a temporary glitch in a voting process to millions who are disenfranchised

often for LIFE, based on their race?

you did, and I am not AT ALL surprised

[Kip Humphrey]

14. because I have found no disenfranchisement that is better or worse than another. Silly me.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

16. That is the answer of someone who has no clue about why these two are radically different

so I will assume your personal life experience is such that you would not.

[Kip Humphrey]

19. assume all you want... you will anyway.

[ibegurpard]

12. Apparently not to those

Who've foisted Hillary upon us.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

13. Glad to see the race issue is not a concern of yours.

Well, not glad, but glad you admitted it.

[timmymoff]

17. Glad to see the environment and worker's rights aren't important to you.

TPP here we come woohooooo, keystone here we come wooohoooo, , more fracking, yayyyyyyy, more middle east wars ..outstanding.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

21. I am am Bernie voter so I dont know what you are talking about. do you?

Not just as to me but in general?

Do you have any clue?

Do you really believe there is not enough difference between Hillary and any GOP that it doesnt warrant ten minutes out of your fucking day to show up and vote?

[timmymoff]

22. No , you are becoming a Hillary apologist

and accepting of piss poor gop stances in her platform

[ibegurpard]

23. It's not a concern of hers

So there's that.

[seabeyond]

28. the privilege that will not be subjected to the horrors... Women, more and more PP gutted. Driving

out of state to acquire legal medical procedures, as these draconian laws are making it thru the system, soon to hit the Supreme Crt. And those not affected are only concerned about their own interest at the expense of others.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

29. This line is well stated

And those not affected are only concerned about their own interest at the expense of others.

[Warren DeMontague]

31. Well, the chair of the DNC is from FL and she votes to send medical marijuana users to prison

So you could start by contacting her office.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

32. Want her to lose and go away.

[Warren DeMontague]

34. You and me, both. She's a disaster and an embarassment.

[jzodda]

35. I believe those here who can accept trump have lost their minds

I just watched a meandering, rambling and nonsensical speech by trump on his foreign policy. He contradicted himself three times in the SAME speech!

He is unfit to lead, unfit to be commander in chief, unfit to be the holder of our nuke codes and then some.

How you all are not afraid of this guy is beyond me.

[mcar]

37. K&R