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Bill Maher takes on racist voter ID laws (Original Post)
Quixote1818
Aug 2012
OP
I guess no one would have been allowed to vote before the camera was invented then
tomm2thumbs
Aug 2012
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freshwest
(53,661 posts)1. Ouchie.
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)2. I guess no one would have been allowed to vote before the camera was invented then
wouldn't have been a Declaration of Independence, a Constitution...
Seems to me the Supreme Court would find some rationale in the fact that the country was founded without a voter ID, so how should it somehow suddenly need one now, right before an election, where it can be shown to affect those least likely to have political clout or power, and for whom the single, solitary vote is their only form of exercise of political influence.
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)3. Exactly. But "constitutional conservatives" have no sense of irony. nt
ErikJ
(6,335 posts)5. Wow, good point. No photos until 1860!
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)7. because back then
the only people who could vote were white male landowners and everyone knew who they were.
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)4. Always good for some laughs and interesting discussion. By not having a panel full of partisan
hacks, you have interesting people, their ideas and opinions. My cable is out so I have not seen this yet. Still, I rarely see anyone say what I believe, which is most of our ELECTED politicians in DC. are bought and/or intimidated ("we will primary you next time w/more money than God!" .
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)6. That asshole the CNN contributor
Is very annoying, and a liar.
BrainMann1
(460 posts)8. Fact check
He 's not lying about the voter suppression because that's what it is.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)9. K&R