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Soros and liberal groups seeking top election posts in battleground states

What? You assume that all prisoners are black thugs? Racism much? Anyway, you're missing the point. Nobody said anything about "black thug" prisoners voting. We're talking about people who have served their time. Do they not get to exercise their constitutional right to vote just because they were once in prison? They paid their dues. Why should they have to wait 5 years before they can vote?

You do not seem to be reading what you're contributing.

Your article claimed, "Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott and his administration voted Wednesday to rescind automatic restoration of voting rights and some civil rights to tens of thousands of convicted nonviolent felons in the state, a move that critics say smacks of a return to Jim Crow-era laws in the Sunshine State".

Do you not know what Jim Crow laws were? They took rights away from Black people.

What you are saying here is that it is only Blacks who are criminals, and American only pointed out your own racist views, or the racism in the material you appear to subscribe to. You actually owe him an apology.
 
Alright...time for some perspective here...

From the OP article:



Doesn't say that the political group is funded by George Soros.

Doesn't say that the political group is headed by George Soros.

The article merely states that George Soros is one of several wealthy individuals with a liberal lean who happens to be loosely associated with the tax-exempt political group. Nothing more.

Now, for those who are up in arms of the OP, let me remind the readers that "redistricting" has also been part how politicians game the electoral map and thus try to subvert the system. Frankly, I find nothing wrong with both sides trying to keep the other honest. If this group finds evidence of voter tampering, etc., the responsible thing to do would be to point it out and work to correct it. But that goes for both sides of the political divide.

Sure OV, sure.
 
What? You assume that all prisoners are black thugs? Racism much? Anyway, you're missing the point. Nobody said anything about "black thug" prisoners voting. We're talking about people who have served their time. Do they not get to exercise their constitutional right to vote just because they were once in prison? They paid their dues. Why should they have to wait 5 years before they can vote?

Reading comprehension problem much?
 
Sure OV, sure.
What? You mean Republicans have never stuffed ballot boxes, enacted certain "rules" to show proof of residency, legal U.S. citizenship or voter registration, or reshaped district lines just to increase their number of register voters for a particular district? Surely, that's never happened before? :roll:
 
What? You mean Republicans have never stuffed ballot boxes, enacted certain "rules" to show proof of residency, legal U.S. citizenship or voter registration, or reshaped district lines just to increase their number of register voters for a particular district? Surely, that's never happened before? :roll:

When Republicans do it, it's an isolated case not representative of the right wing. Just a few crazies, not a big deal.
When Democrats do it, it's a systemic effort to subvert democracy.
 
Except than when a Conservative is found in questionable election activities it's an isolated case.

When is a Liberal it's wide spread organized and can end involving an entire machine such as ACORN, SEIU, and list goes on all the way to the top of the DNC who put out false talking points, and well planted lies, and propaganda in attempts to deceive, as well as fake Tea Party Candidates.

So lighten up the self nonsense righteousness of throwing all Conservatives under the bus, for the transgressions of a few, it they are even real.

Lol. Riiight. Anyone that believes that is so gullible that they probably believe that the Republicans are the party of ethics and fiscal responsibility as well.
 
Wasn't Governor Gerry of mandering infamy a Republican?

The Republican Party as we know it today didn't exist in 1812. Gov. Gerry was a Democrat -- one of a rare breed in New England at the time as it was still dominated by the Federalists. He sought to help his own party at the elections. The Republicans didn't exist for another three decades...
 
Pajamas media did some great reporting on this back in 2010...Here is a snippet from that article...

SoSP has taken credit for bringing into power 11 of their 13 supported secretary of state candidates since 2006. According to the SoSP site, one of those elected, Mark Ritchie, “pulled off a major upset, with [SoSP] support,” and played a decisive role in the Minnesota Franken-Coleman senatorial race. Although Coleman originally won the race, Ritchie oversaw the recount, delivering victory to Franken and giving Senate Democrats their 60th vote.

Another secretary of state helped by the SoSP was Jennifer Brunner of Ohio, who refused to take action to verify 200,000 questionable voter registrations in the 2008 elections. Apparently, expecting the Social Security number on the voter registration form to match the name of the person registering to vote is a “veiled attempt at disenfranchising voters.”

One of the stated goals of the SoSP is “universal, automatic, and portable voter registration.” Currently, many liberals in Congress are fighting to grant this wish through a universal voter registration bill. This bill would be a federal mandate that gives the federal government power over the state governments’ election processes. According to John Fund of the Wall Street Journal, “The feds will tell the states: Take everyone on every list of welfare recipients, take everyone on every list of unemployed you have, take everyone on every list of property owners, all driver’s license holders, and register them to vote, regardless of whether they want to be.” Proponents of this bill, Chuck Schumer and Barney Frank, are not at all concerned with the felons or illegals on these lists, or the duplicate voter registrations that will be created for those on several lists.

Universal voter registration was a longtime goal of Columbia University professors Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven of the Cloward-Piven Strategy. The goal of their political strategy is to overthrow the current system of government and replace it with socialism. Newsmax’s James Walsh reported on this issue in 2008, stating, “By advocating massive, no-holds-barred voter registration campaigns, [Cloward and Piven] sought a Democratic administration in Washington, D.C., that would redistribute the nation’s wealth and lead to a totalitarian socialist state.” Notably, Cloward and Piven were present at the ceremonial signing of motor voter, beaming at the success of phase one of their ultimate plan to destroy the validity of the election process.

Much of what the universal voter registration bill will contain has been outlined in the Brennan Center for Justice’s Voter Registration Modernization Policy Summary. This summary calls for states to be required to enact permanent statewide voter registration. The center suggests a federal voter registration modernization act where, “once a voter is on the rolls, she would be permanently registered within the state and able to vote without re-registering even if she moved within the state or changed her name.” Unnoted in the summary is that such a system would crown married women the lucky winners of two votes each per election.

With the exception of Soros’s SoS Project oozing of obvious corruption, other initiatives like motor voter and universal voter registration appear innocent on the surface. But history tells us that if we open the door to voter fraud, ACORN and the like will walk through it. The combination of Soros money, corrupt leaders, and Ahmadinejad-esque election laws is a perfect recipe to force us into a fascist, interminable oligarchy where we the people have no voice. The legislation of this generation is enslaving the next; another example of “chains we can believe in.”

Pajamas Media » Democrats’ Plan for Election 2010: Cheat

So let's not let our guard down, and allow liberals to mask this corruption in sound byte pap. Dirty tricks, and outright cheating although can show examples in both parties over the years, the democrat party has been involved in far more corruption in this arena than republicans ever have.

j-mac
 
Which is no different how conservatives work with the help of the Koch brothers and how the Republican Party has placed added restrictions on voting procedures to limit how voting is done.

where, and what specifically did they do that equals putting their own party in charge of the election process as a whole???
 
where, and what specifically did they do that equals putting their own party in charge of the election process as a whole???

Absolutely nothing. The "restrictions" Sam is speaking of limits only the corruption that demo's are allowed to hide, hence their bellowing from the sidelines about it.


j-mac
 
I see that the generalization, over the top hyperbole, and just plain ignorant buffoonery continues.

@ American, Please prove that liberals will "lie, cheat and steal to get control." I mean legitimate proof where liberals have been caught in the act, red-handed. I want links, not talk.
 
What? You assume that all prisoners are black thugs? Racism much? Anyway, you're missing the point. Nobody said anything about "black thug" prisoners voting. We're talking about people who have served their time. Do they not get to exercise their constitutional right to vote just because they were once in prison? They paid their dues. Why should they have to wait 5 years before they can vote?

What were Jim Crow laws for.....white people? Get a clue!
 
You do not seem to be reading what you're contributing.

Your article claimed, "Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott and his administration voted Wednesday to rescind automatic restoration of voting rights and some civil rights to tens of thousands of convicted nonviolent felons in the state, a move that critics say smacks of a return to Jim Crow-era laws in the Sunshine State".

Do you not know what Jim Crow laws were? They took rights away from Black people.

What you are saying here is that it is only Blacks who are criminals, and American only pointed out your own racist views, or the racism in the material you appear to subscribe to. You actually owe him an apology.

What the **** are you talking about, little man? American claimed that all prisoners are black thugs. Read the ****ing quote. I said no such thing. I suggest you improve your reading comprehension skills before attempting to rebut me with that weak crap. Or better yet, take that nonsense and shove it. You and American will get an apology from me when.... well never.
 
Here another article on the same subject only this one is from FoxNews. I can see both sides of the issue, but you know if Conservatives thought of it first they'd be defending the measure.

To me, the problem isn't the ethics behind what the Secretary of State Project (SOSP) is trying to do - "elect 'clean candidates' to the secretary of state posts" and "support secretary of state candidates with integrity". I find nothing wrong with this. The problem comes into play when the efforts seem so "one sided" - that is the organization tends to lean toward only one side of the political divide. Still, Soros points to the 2000 and 2004 Presidential elections where there was overwhelming evidence of voter manipulation. So, from that perspective, the effort to change how State secretaries are elected - removing them from the ballot box and having them appointed by lawyers, for example, seems like a pretty good idea. In contrast, Soro's initiative here would be the counter to the Citizen's United SC decision where contributors with deep pockets can contribute to the electoral process. On that note...

Politicians in the pockets of the wealth-class...who'da thunk it?
 
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See how liberals work? A really honest bunch, they'll lie, cheat and steal to get control. Wresting control of elections, that's what it's all about. Who votes for whom doesn't matter, controlling elections from the Sec State office is all that matters, so one person can control elections.

Oh....puh-lease...... Did you even read your own link? It said nothing of the kind. There wasn't anyting about lying, cheating, stealing....in fact just the opposite.

Its about ensuring that what happened in Florida in 2000 is never allowed to happen again, where the vote of the people is denied (and we all know what state our country is in as a result).

Republicans lose elections when people have the right to vote. The only way that Republicans win elections is by keeping people from voting. The point of the article is that efforts are being made to prevent this from ever happening again.
 
What the **** are you talking about, little man? American claimed that all prisoners are black thugs. Read the ****ing quote. I said no such thing. I suggest you improve your reading comprehension skills before attempting to rebut me with that weak crap. Or better yet, take that nonsense and shove it. You and American will get an apology from me when.... well never.

He didn't say that, no.
 
Oh....puh-lease...... Did you even read your own link? It said nothing of the kind. There wasn't anyting about lying, cheating, stealing....in fact just the opposite.

Its about ensuring that what happened in Florida in 2000 is never allowed to happen again, where the vote of the people is denied (and we all know what state our country is in as a result).

Republicans lose elections when people have the right to vote. The only way that Republicans win elections is by keeping people from voting. The point of the article is that efforts are being made to prevent this from ever happening again.

No, it's about Soros trying to do what he thinks happened in Florida.
 
What is Soros running for?

Oh yeah, it's just a partisan hack piece from the far-righties at Wash Times.
 
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