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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGame of Thrones Author, George Martin, on Republican Voter Suppression
This quote is from a year ago, but it's still holds true:
It is one thing to attempt to win elections. But trying to do so by denying the most basic and important right of any American citizen to hundreds and thousands of people, on entirely spurious grounds
that goes beyond reprehensible. That is despicable.
It would really be nice if there were still some Republicans of conscience out there who would stand up and loudly denounce these efforts, a few men of honor and integrity for whom win the election does not win the election at any cost. There were once many Republicans I admired, even I disagreed with them: men like Everett Dirksen, Clifford Case, Henry Cabot Lodge, William Scranton yes, even Barry Goldwater, conservative as he is. I do not believe for a moment that Goldwater would have approved of this, any more than Robert A. Heinlein would have. They were conservatives, but they were not bigots, nor racists, nor corrupt. The Vote Suppressors have far more in common with Lester Maddox, George Wallace, John Stennis, and their ilk than they do with their distinguished GOP forebears.
The people behind these efforts at disenfranchising large groups of voters (the young, the old, the black, the brown) are not Republicans, since clearly they have scant regard for our republic or its values. They are oligarchs and racists clad in the skins of dead elephants.
It would really be nice if there were still some Republicans of conscience out there who would stand up and loudly denounce these efforts, a few men of honor and integrity for whom win the election does not win the election at any cost. There were once many Republicans I admired, even I disagreed with them: men like Everett Dirksen, Clifford Case, Henry Cabot Lodge, William Scranton yes, even Barry Goldwater, conservative as he is. I do not believe for a moment that Goldwater would have approved of this, any more than Robert A. Heinlein would have. They were conservatives, but they were not bigots, nor racists, nor corrupt. The Vote Suppressors have far more in common with Lester Maddox, George Wallace, John Stennis, and their ilk than they do with their distinguished GOP forebears.
The people behind these efforts at disenfranchising large groups of voters (the young, the old, the black, the brown) are not Republicans, since clearly they have scant regard for our republic or its values. They are oligarchs and racists clad in the skins of dead elephants.
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Game of Thrones Author, George Martin, on Republican Voter Suppression (Original Post)
Yavin4
Jul 2013
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Bradical79
(4,490 posts)1. Love that last line -nt
bravenak
(34,648 posts)2. I love him even more now.
Dead elephants.
Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)3. I'm not a fan of the genre
but it's encouraging to hear such words from an author with a huge following. Well done, Mr. Martin.
ForeignandDomestic
(190 posts)4. Winter is coming....
But instead of zombies it's the 1% oligarchs marching to consume all the of the wealth, resources, life and liberties of this planet.
BainsBane
(53,035 posts)5. Too bad he can't write them out of the national story
Laelth
(32,017 posts)6. k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t
-Laelth
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)7. K & R
Cleita
(75,480 posts)8. Unfortunately, even in his stories, the few men of honor and integrity lose their heads.
However, this being the real world, I hope that Republicans of conscience will win out over the rest.
AnnieBW
(10,429 posts)9. Hey, GRRM...
I love you, man, and I'm glad that you're posting commentaries. But I'd rather that you quit posting about American politics and get back to writing the politics of Westeros, mmmkay? I WANT BOOK SIX, DAMMIT!!!