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In reply to the discussion: To all those upset at the SCOTUS today.... [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)45. On that same subject, from Egbertowillie's thread:
'I Don't Want Everybody to Vote' -- The Roots of GOP Voter Suppression
Now many of our Christians have what I call the goo-goo syndrome. Good government. They want everybody to vote. I dont want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people. They never have been from the beginning of our country, and they are not now. As a matter of fact our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down. ~ Paul Weyrich, 1980
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251312880
Sounds like a conspiracy to overturn the rights of millions of Americans.
By co-founder of the Heritage Foundation, involved in the creation of ALEC, the Moral Majority, the Council for National Policy, the Krieble Institute, likely more.
And their plan to end the liberal influence through disenfranchising Democrats and minorites, consistently carried out by ruthless GOP operatives with a religious fanaticism which has never cared about or honored ethics, laws or rules. Which democracy requires.
Why would it, since they hate democracy and see it as evil, want government to serve their interests only and like the Confederacy, do not believe in the most powerful tenet of the Founding Fathers that they worked to create?
Such as the ideal all men are created equal:
As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality. ~ George Washington
And we still have people who say there is no difference between the two parties?
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+1. VOTE straight democratic every single election there is from President to freeholder to anything
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#1
Abortion rights and same sex marriage? Food stamps? EPA, DOE, Iran? Oh, well.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#19
Illuminating to see to whom the rights of me and those I care about don't mean a hill of beans.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#23
I don't consider standing up for Social Security "whining". If you do I think that's just sad.
Scuba
Jun 2013
#24
If President Obama had gotten support leading into the 2010 midterms, we wouldn't be
bluestate10
Jun 2013
#36
Right, cause no one could expect the President to stand up for SS while the R's control the House.
Scuba
Jun 2013
#37
Unless the nominee is truly awful, the Senate is going to pass the POTUS' nominee
Yavin4
Jun 2013
#12
but...but...Obama will just appoint people like Roberts, say the firebaggers
Cali_Democrat
Jun 2013
#11
I am convinced that two of the most prominent anti-Obama posters on DU are republican
bluestate10
Jun 2013
#38
I was born to Democrats about half a century ago and on days like this here is what I say:
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#13
And yet, "Obama=Bush" name-calling persists. Is that true when it comes to SCOTUS nominees?
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2013
#32