TV Host Jim Cramer Says Father Will Not Be Allowed To Vote Because Of Pennsylvania Voter ID Law

[trailmonkee]

Source: Think Progress

Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s finance program Mad Money, is seeing the effects of voter suppression laws firsthand.

This morning, Cramer tweeted about his father, a Pennsylvania resident who stands to lose his right to vote because of the state’s new restrictive voter ID law. Like thousands of Pennsylvania who could be disenfranchised in November, Cramer’s father lacks a voter ID because he’s a senior citizen and does not drive. Cramer also noted that he doesn’t have access to his citizenship documents.



Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/09/11/829151/jim-cramer-voter-id/

[ejbr]

1. The good news Jim,

if he is a Republican, he is merely collateral damage.

[Angry Dragon]

2. In my opinion Every politician, if they believe in democracy, should be working their asses off

to register as many people as they can to vote
that is how democracy works the best

[INdemo]

8. I just cant believe this is happening here in this country..

the hell-of- it-is we cant do much about the voter ID because some right wing Judges will rule in the Repukes favor..This is like some Banana republic.
Your point about registering voters ..Oh how true..We cannot get over confident even if the reports show Obama ahead by 5,6,7 points. That is exactly what repukes want..for Democrats to relax and they steal it.

[jonthebru]

12. Believe it.

[ELI BOY 1950]

3. hey Jim it's your party!!!

[banned from Kos]

5. Cramer voted for Obama in 2008.

and probably will again.

[SoapBox]

7. Really?

I guess I'm surprised.

I don't watch him...suppose I should...but I cannot stand any RANTERS from either side of the aisle.

p.s....I'm snicker'n about your handle...my badge is that I got terminated from Huff (fuckers) ington Post.

[alp227]

18. does Jim want to cry?

Nobody knows where my dad's rights have gone
'cause of a law Pennsylvania signed,
Why can't my daddy vote
This kind of law should be a crime!

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you

[Gus2525]

4. Did you know Pa. has a voter Hall of Fame? Those who have voted consistently for 50 years

are named to this honor. I heard that several "Hall of Famers" will not be permitted to vote because they are obviously elderly, and unable to comply because they can't access similar documents. This is an absurd embarrassment. Another example of Rethuglican ideas for American exceptionalism. We are pathetic if we let this happen!

[chollybocker]

6. That's great, Jim, but

how many other thousands of people who are being denied the right to vote can rectify their situation in a single day?

Cramer is a professional bullshit artist. I wouldn't be surprised if this "situation" is used by RWers to say that registering to vote without documentation is a simple procedure. But that's just me.

[Ilsa]

9. If my father had been in PA, he would have

been disenfranchised, too. My father didnt have a birth certificate. He had his armed forces discharge papers, and was a veteran of WWII. He hadn't driven in years and his DL was expired.

It's a very sad state when any citizen is denied their constitutional rights, especially after nearly sacrificing everything in war.

These republicans should be ashamed of themselves.

[still_one]

10. Hey cramer what does your buddy kudlow think about that?

[onehandle]

11. Again, what it recently took me to get ID in PA.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021233037

[jonthebru]

13. Well, he has a megaphone, lets hope he uses it.

[Heather MC]

14. update his father got his ID, so I guess we will not hear about this from cramer again

[part man all 86]

15. His father will get to vote, he got a clerk to accept what ID he had.

Heard it on msnbc a little while ago. 700,000 more to go.

[SaveAmerica]

16. too bad it's not that easy for other people in the same situation

[Raster]

17. Well, Jim, here's what you do: You are a very public person. You have access to hundreds of.....

...thousands. Instead of your typical flailing around like a castrated calf, state your Dad's case, clearly and succinctly. Use your bully pulpit for good.

[blkmusclmachine]

19. First they came for your Constitution,

Then for your right to vote,
Then for your home,
And then for you.