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GoLeft TV

(3,910 posts)
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 02:38 PM Sep 2014

Ring of Fire: GA Senator Thinks Voting is Too Easy for Black People

Ring of Fire's Sam Seder and author Cliff Schecter discuss Georgia state Senator Fran Millar's comments regarding early voting in the state, and how he believes it makes it far too easy for minorities to vote.

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tularetom

(23,664 posts)
1. Interesting - I like Sam Seder but I generally find him unlistenable
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 02:47 PM
Sep 2014

Normally he can't go two sentences without pausing for an "um". That man says "um" more than any ten TV commentators.

This was an exception. Thanks for posting it.

marble falls

(57,112 posts)
2. My what a nice, well-spoken, educated-sounding stone racist thing to say. A veneer ...
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 03:39 PM
Sep 2014

of cheerful and moderated tone doesn't make it any less hate speech.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
3. Lots of racist legislators like that, and many think we need to reinstate literacy/civics testing.
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 04:10 PM
Sep 2014

That seems quite popular on some of the "bipartisan" political sites.

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