Is this worth it?

Is it worth doing this:

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[h=1]World War II Vet, Battle Of The Bulge Medal Winner, Caught In Florida Voter Purge[/h] Doug Mataconis · Thursday, May 31, 2012 · 13 Comments

It would appear that Florida’s recent effort to purge its voters rolls of supposed invalid registrations was overzealous to say the very least:
A 91-year-old who received a Bronze Star for fighting in the Battle of the Bulge was reportedly told he may not be an American citizen, in an apparent mix-up due to Florida’s attempts to purge noncitizens from its voter rolls.
Bill Internicola received a letter this month stating that he had to prove he was a citizen or lose his right to vote, reports the Miami Herald.
Internicola, it appears, was caught up in Gov. Rick Scott’s statewide attempt to clear noncitizens from voter registration rolls before the election this November."

World War II Vet, Battle Of The Bulge Medal Winner, Caught In Florida Voter Purge

To stop this:

"According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 178 cases of alleged voter fraud have been referred to the department since 2000. [...]"

Voter Fraud Extremely Rare In Florida: 'More Likely To Get Hit By A Bolt Of Lightning' | ThinkProgress


This makes no sense to me...unless I see the worst.

Yes it is worth it.The occasional mistakes will happen and they can be corrected. The fact the guy is a WWII vet is irrelevant.

So a mistake took place. Not sure how purging a likely white republican voter from the rolls is evidence of republican suppression of minority demorat voter turnout though.

So....let's just make a very minor extrapolation.

Let's say only one guy gets booted incorrectly per county....with sixty counties we just traded voting rights for a dime.

And why would you assume a white older war vet would be republican?

"Internicola was “flabbergasted” when he received the letter, he said at a press conference where he was joined by two Democratic members of Congress. "

From the link you obviously ignored.

tecoyah said:

And why would you assume a white older war vet would be republican?

"Internicola was “flabbergasted” when he received the letter, he said at a press conference where he was joined by two Democratic members of Congress. "

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He could have been a secret Nazi, but still Democrats would stand next to him for "the cause".

And the Nazis make their first appearance in the thread. lol

If anything, this is a good thing. It shows the government cares about him still being around and wants to know about his existence.

If I was 91 and sacrificed for my country, I'd be glad that it's interested in my well being.

It depends. If you can prevent one democrat from voting, it's worth it. If it gets in the way of any republicans, then hell no it ain't worth it. [/sarcasm]

One guy out of 300,000,000? Meh.

tecoyah said:

So....let's just make a very minor extrapolation.

Let's say only one guy gets booted incorrectly per county....with sixty counties we just traded voting rights for a dime.

And why would you assume a white older war vet would be republican?

"Internicola was “flabbergasted” when he received the letter, he said at a press conference where he was joined by two Democratic members of Congress. "

From the link you obviously ignored.

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Well, what if there is one person who votes illegally per county? You still have 60 voters disenfranchised. Look, it is 2012. There is no reason for the US to not be able to put together a fraud proof voting system. The idea that people need to have a photo ID or some other reasonable evidence of eligibility seems perfectly reasonable to me.

He got a letter and then proved his status. It is worth it to secure a fraud free election process.

Hey, the GOP putting up voting roadblocks for people who they figure to vote for democrats ain't no different than the democrats promoting ex-cons to vote.

Or.....

Allowing wedge issues on ballots, ie: gay marriage/marijuana legalization.

Or......

Partisan bias districting.

Vote manipulation.

They all do it. As hideous as the practice seems, if they can legally make it happen, good conscience be damned.

There is an old saying that two wrongs don't make a right. How can one expect one party to not engage in sleeze, PAC's, false propaganda, when they KNOW the other side is going to do it to them anyway. That would be like bringing a knife to a gunfight.

Face it people. Our system is for ****.

<Rant time. Not directed at any one person. Just venting.>

By God! As long as people are willing to buy snake-oil, it is our God given right, as capitalistic American snake-oil salesmen, to sell it to them, (Ie: FOXNEWS/MSNBC/Limbaugh/Maddow/Hannity/Beck.) Maybe we should add crack cocaine to that list of snake oil as well. Since honor and integrity means absolutely nothing anymore to these partisan hacks (yeah, we know who you are), why don't they just go ahead and turn everybody's brain to mush sooner rather than later?

He with the gold shall rule. The more gold he can get from you, the heavier your yoke will be. Remember even gold can get heavy.

Believing that someday that will be you with all the gold, cracking the whip, is doing immeasurable damage to our nation as you slight your brothers and sisters, friends and neighbors, to keep that ideology alive with your support. But you go ahead. Keep believing that propaganda crap and keep it passing on as your life contains less and less quality, just like the rest of us as ALL of our assets keep flowing uphill right beside the very people you claim to be superior to. You are being played. Fool. Just continue to vote Republican and **** on your own people. Just keep voting democrat and keep the boys down on the farm.

<Rant over>

Have a nice day everybody!!