Danged Liberals and their debates

Making themselves look openminded. How dare they have a debate with the Republican Lieutenant Governors runoff candidates. Was Fox 4 to busy to hold the debate. I mean COME ONNNN!!!! Just kidding.

I thought it was pretty cool that so called liberals could actually get the extremely republican candidates for the best Job in Texas to agree to a debate on their stage. Hmmm. Could that be because the liberals want to mock both candidates. Only time will tell. I'm betting because liberals tend to be a bit more open minded with just about everything.


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Skil -- you do realize that there are precious few liberals in the US -- a large number of centrists and moderates are flamed as liberal or socialist -- but that is really more a matter of the very right wingedness that exists today in this country.

This is how Texas is doing it.

http://austinist.com/2012/06/05/thousands_of_eligible_voters_kicked.php

This is how Texas is doing it.

http://austinist.com/2012/06/05/thousands_of_eligible_voters_kicked.php

OH MY! Imagine that, they sent the drop warning to the wrong address. Gosh, I wonder what wrong address that was? Perhaps the one the voter no longer lives at? After all you aren't supposed to re-register to vote when you more or anything like that! <hyperbola> Could this be because Republicans know to file change of address cards, because they want those dividend checks to arrive and re-register, but Democrats don't do that to escape the bill collector? </hyperbola>

This is how Texas is doing it.

http://austinist.com/2012/06/05/thousands_of_eligible_voters_kicked.php

OH MY! Imagine that, they sent the drop warning to the wrong address. Gosh, I wonder what wrong address that was? Perhaps the one the voter no longer lives at? After all you aren't supposed to re-register to vote when you more or anything like that! <hyperbola> Could this be because Republicans know to file change of address cards, because they want those dividend checks to arrive and re-register, but Democrats don't do that to escape the bill collector? </hyperbola>

This is how Texas is doing it.

http://austinist.com/2012/06/05/thousands_of_eligible_voters_kicked.php

It might well be there is no correlation between rich/poor, republican/democrat, white/minority.

If the data bear out that, for example, there is no correlation between say rich/poor and white/minority (that is the same proportions apply regardless of race of ethnicity), then that would bear the non-correlation out.

For that matter if the data also suggest that the same proportions apply for Republican/Democrat and white/minority then that would bear out that there is no correlation there.

I'd submit that there is something of a correlation and there are partisan politics involved. There used to be a Supreme Court that recognized this as well. Not sure it exists today. I wonder if the Supreme Court today would reject a poll tax if the issue was established and presented to them.

This is a rich/poor issue, not a republican/democrat or white/minority issue. The poor don't have a lot of things to cross check and may be running from bill collectors. So the way the Registrar finds out is when the Post Office returns the sample ballot. It is right and proper for them to drop people the post office says "Moved, no forwarding address on file."

Gary, as to the actual process -- fair point, that's not where large scale partisanship is likely to intrude. I think partisanship might well intrude at the state legislature though in defining rules. It cuts both ways of course, but these days, with the changing demographics, folks in power at the state level have some degree of self-interest in defining rules so that the can continue in power even if demographics suggest a change.

One might look at where various changes have been passed to detect, shall we say, a slight, dare I say it, partisanship at the rules level.

My own sense is that the changes are simply going to delay the demographic effect - perhaps giving the Republicans time to at least work on appearing to be a 'big tent' party rather than being a white men's club.

being a white men's club.

The problem here in Texas is the Gubberment is poor they don't particularly care to be fair or unbiased. Since the Neocon/Teaparty owns the Repugnican party it's pretty easy to see how this problem could be be fixed after the elections. However, Conservatives choose to wait until election time to brandish this weapon. Yes I said it. This has been a Conaservative tool to eliminate or reduce Democratic voters at the polls.

Did we forget that Bush (Jeb) eliminated 100,000 people from the voter rolls in 2000 just before the elections and to help out his brother sent another 10,000 names of Texans that may(?) have moved to Florida. They claim nobody was turned away that had a valid id. BS they had eliminated an elections board representative that DING DING DING was a Dem.

Clearly hitting low income and potentially Felon populations is an easy mark since they pretty much have no voice in society. Of course, revolutions have started from similar circumstances.
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The issue is who gets to vote and where and how many times. Without registration anything goes !

being a white men's club.

I see it as a distinction, not of race, but rather of those who want to earn their living and those who think they are entitled to a handout from those that do.

I'm a moderate. I'd do both
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Ah yes, all Republicans want to earn their living and all Democrats want a hand out.

Thanks for playing <smile>

being a white men's club.

I see it as a distinction, not of race, but rather of those who want to earn their living and those who think they are entitled to a handout from those that do.