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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIdiot Conservative admits the goal is punishing NC voters for voting early for President Obama
. . . Eagle Forum's Phyllis Schlafly, a prominent leader of the religious right movement for decades, has a new defense. In a WorldNetDaily column, the right-wing activist offered an unexpected explanation of why some of North Carolina's new restrictions are worthwhile.
The Obama technocrats have developed an efficient system of identifying prospective Obama voters and then nagging them (some might say harassing them) until they actually vote. It may take several days to accomplish this, so early voting is an essential component of the Democrats' get-out-the-vote campaign.
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And then there's Phyllis Schlafly, writing a piece for publication effectively saying Democrats are entirely right -- North Carolina had to dramatically cut early voting because it's not good for Republicans.
Remember, Schlafly's piece wasn't intended as criticism; this is her defense of voter suppression in North Carolina. Proponents of voting rights are arguing, "This is a blatantly partisan scheme intended to rig elections," to which Schlafly is effectively responding, "I know, isn't it great?"
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/08/26/20197189-how-not-to-defend-voter-suppression-in-north-carolina?lite
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/27/1234207/-Idiot-Conservative-admits-the-goal-is-punishing-NC-voters-for-voting-early-for-President-Obama
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/phyllis-schlafly-s-totally-coherent-defense-north-carolina-s-voter-suppression-law
d_r
(6,907 posts)they don't try to hide it. they're proud of it. it is street cred for them.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)I once wrote down her personality traits and made it my life's choice to never, ever date a woman who had even one of them
KoKo
(84,711 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)the destroyer of worlds, and I have come to engage all people.
lastlib
(23,226 posts)EC
(12,287 posts)discrimination? Or are they going to play their little games of "Oh, no we're just rigging it against Democrats, not minorities(since the voting rights act only covers minorities and not parties).
surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)It's not like she has any political power. She's just a mouthpiece for right wing ideas.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)This is the agenda in general.
They have no shame.
ladyVet
(1,587 posts)It's a sad state to live in these days. I used to be proud of NC. Now, not so much.
Oh well. When all the poor pukes get their food stamps and Medicaid cut, maybe they'll see who put the knife to their throats. Or not.
Don't cry for me, Democracy! I tried to carry your light forward.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)It's scary to see how easily a state can be stolen and jerked backwards...
And sad to see how many people are so greedy and corrupt that they support the RethugliCon agenda. No morals, no conscience, no ethics. Just all about moi.
The rest of the country needs to see this as the wave of the future in vulnerable states...
Botany
(70,504 posts)"The Obama technocrats have developed an efficient system of identifying prospective Obama voters and
then nagging them (some might say harassing them) until they actually vote. It may take several days
to accomplish this, so early voting is an essential component of the Democrats' get-out-the-vote campaign."
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Yes, I was part of that nasty campaign of GOTV for likely Obama voters. In Ohio we had millions of votes
already in the bank before election day because the republicans are VERY GOOD @ screwing with one day
of voting but if you have a month of voting they really can't do anything.
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radhika
(1,008 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,978 posts)Saith PA state House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R) in 2012. THAT is their strategy and they are going to try to implement it everywhere they lost.
The Wizard
(12,545 posts)republican vote getter.
DissidentVoice
(813 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts)Colin Powell believes that all these voter suppression and intimidation efforts are going to backfire on republicans. I sure hope so!
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bucolic_frolic
(43,161 posts)Hideous, paranoid, snooty, Yuck.
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)Chinese Americans, Hindi Americans, Sheik Americans, American Indians, that any attempt to suppress voting will be met with more votes. I want the republican party to die off, so I don't relish giving that party advice. The republican party should embrace voting rights for every eligible American like there is no tomorrow. On top of embracing voting right, the republican party should cast out much of it's base. The changes that the republican party could make will cost it the reddest states, but those states account for a minuscule number of electoral votes. The change would make the party competitive again in many electoral vote rich blue states. But, being the party it has become, the republican party will die instead of making wise changes.
TBF
(32,060 posts)I remember her from the 70s ... but I was a kid then. She was the woman speaking all over the country telling other women to stay home (I guess she wanted to be the only working mom).
calimary
(81,265 posts)She was fine with her own job outside the home, parading all over the country spreading her bile and her idiocy, getting paid for speeches and public appearances, advocating that America's women belonged at home with the kids, and dutifully popping out more every nine months.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)blackspade
(10,056 posts)marew
(1,588 posts)exercised their right to vote? And they did not vote for a conservative? How gauche of them! What nerve!
SARCASM OFF!
I detested this woman many decades ago when I was a teenager. She has always had a self-righteous and arrogant character. Schlafly is living proof that wisdom and a propensity for respecting everyone's right to vote does not come with age.
cynzke
(1,254 posts)It doesn't matter when you vote, it matters that you vote. Extended dates are granted as a convenience to all citizens to avoid the crowds, not to extend privileges to Democrats. GOP can vote early too, but hey lets punish them too. Then there are ballots for voting. Research suggest that GOP voters are more likely to vote by mail in ballots. Perhaps blue states should do away with ballots. Of course not. If the GOP thinks cutting back on hours will discourage Dem. voters, they are nuts.
Blue Owl
(50,373 posts)What are you Phyllis Schlafly, some kind pinko commie???
indepat
(20,899 posts)suppression.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Looking at the age group who votes Republican, they are getting older and they are going to have a hard time standing in long lines and most of them vote early to avoid the crowds. Obama's large voting group is younger and can stand in longer lines ergo the voting majority will be Democrats. The GOP does not like minority groups, alienate women voters and continues to create a platform which does not attract new voters.
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)She and Satan must've made a pact to keep her above ground longer 'cause she looks like something that would go around moaning for 'braaaainnnzzzzz.' Too bad. She's in the Republican Party. The pickings are slim to none.