Democrats registering immigrants in Atlanta!!!

[Radio_Guy]

I spoke with a former employee of mine who is now doing radio news in Atlanta. He said there are fellow Democrats registering a lot of the marching immigrants to vote!! These hard working people just trying to make a living deserve a voice in this country, and they will now be heard at the ballot box.

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[Mass]

1. Do immigrants vote in Altlanta? Or did they talk about naturalized

citizens?

[Radio_Guy]

21. I assume they are naturalized citizens

Illegals aren't allowed to register let alone vote, which I think is a sham. If you live here, work here, pay taxes here you should vote here. Taxation without representation, anyone? Hello!

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[Bridget Burke]

4. Only Citizens can be registered to vote.

Not immigrants who have not been naturalized--whether they are legal or not.

"We are a nation governed by the rule of law." What nation is NOT governed by the rule of law? In fact, tyrannies are more governed by the "rule of law" than the USA. We had other features that were more distinctive. Once upon a time.

[marmar]

5. "We are nation governed by the rule of law"

Your president doesn't seem to think so.

[xchrom]

8. but we don't all think that every ''law'' is good ''law''.

this is as much about the nature and application of laws as anything else.

i'm very much a socialist who very much wants to see pretty liberal travel and worker access bewteen mexico and the u.s. and canada and the u.s.

[MH1]

12. A citizen can be an immigrant too.

And vice versa.

Hopefully the ones handling the registrations are clear on the point that only citizens can vote.

I was informed last night that in my state it is technically legal to register someone to vote before they've taken the oath of citizenship, if they know that they will take it before Election Day (like kids who will turn 18) - this allows someone to avoid being caught in the 30-day registration lockdown before the election.

Sometimes people get carried away with good intentions, but hopefully that's not the case here.

I think it is an EXCELLENT idea to look for unregistered citizens at these marches and encourage them to register to vote.

[Bridget Burke]

3. Thanks for repeating THAT Right Wing Talking Point!

Bob Dornan (R) blamed his election loss to "illegals" who voted for his opponent, Loretta
Sanchez.

Investigation proved that he lost honestly.

[MH1]

13. Not necessarily!

See my post above.

Of course you bring up a good point about how it could be spun. Anyone actually engaging in this activity needs to say loudly and clearly that they are only registering citiizens. Still, there are likely to be a good number of folks at these marches that can and should legally register to vote!

[johncoby2]

6. Thats a right wing talking point

Nothing more. You have to be a citizen to vote. period

[MH1]

14. No.

Pls see my posts #12 and #13.

[xultar]

47. the OP said registering immigrants not illegal immigrants. There is

a difference.

Why are people confusing illegal immigrants with immigrants?

[rodeodance]

7. good for the Dems.

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[seabeyond]

10. isnt the repug party, but the dems. so feel confident they are legal

further an illegal isnt going to register to vote. makes no sense. would just make chances of being caught so much easier.

with proof or fact, the same as the op.... i would say without a doubt they are registering legals.

[insane_cratic_gal]

15. voting for asshat twice in a row should be a crime

too, but it's not. Only a crime against humanity and Americans

It's not a crime to register them, it's only a crime if they vote. I doubt any illegal is running up jumping up and down screaming "here I am, here I am." there are maniacs on the loose wanting to kill them over they sloppy policy and free passes given to corps who higher them.

If you guys want to bitch about that, follow the money. Look at the trend, it's not them it's the corporation's desire a bigger profit margin which leads to excessive greed and refusal to pay American workers. Want to keep work here? start reconsidering your ideas on a national health insurance.

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[KG]

18. my thoughts are that you're regurgitating RW spew.

[Cassandra]

20. Perhaps, instead of trying to convince us of the validity...

of RW talking points, you should pay some attention to the pathetic state of the GOP and elections in Ohio.
You are either very sadly deluded or intentionally pushing propaganda.

[electricray]

22. 5 million new jobs doesn't mean squat

Clinton created 22 million new jobs and poverty went down. I don't know about you but it was a hell of a lot more comfortable for most Americans when they were working and being paid well for it. Your comment implies that people would jump at the chance to clean your toilet for $5 per hour if only the "big government" would stop making it so they don't have to. In my opinion that is a government doing its job. Anything else will allow capitalism to devolve into its serfdom-style nature, which is un-natural in small communities. It only happens when large amounts of wealth and power are held over the heads of large groups of people. There were more than religious reasons for the founers of this country to leave England. America is moving toward East India Trading Company style oligarchy every day because of our neo-con leadership.

[AllieB]

29. I sure miss Clinton!

I was paid more money for roughly the same job that I'm doing now. Our health insurance premiums were cheaper, gas was $1.00 a gallon, and the cost of other utilities was much lower. We could actually save money in the '90s, now we're lucky we break even at the end of the month. Yeah, those 5 million service jobs are really raising the standard of living of the average worker. :eyes:

Do YOU have any ORIGINAL thoughts on this?

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[AllieB]

40. Any thoughts on a President that has committed treason?

Any thoughts on a President who lied us into an illegal war?

The tech bubble didn't really affect the average worker, only the investor class. Under Clinton, the middle class and working poor paid less taxes, and their situation improved. Under Bush, the rich have gotten richer, and the other groups are struggling. Or don't you read the paper?

[BooScout]

11. The Atlanta area is a mecca for immigrants....

Many of them legal. Many become citizens. It wouldn't surprise me if they are registering to vote. I once read that outside of NYC, Dekalb county was the most diverse areas of the country.

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[RebelOne]

19. Tell me about it. The Atlanta area has a huge Hispanic population.

I live in a mobile home park in Woodstock and half of the residents are Spanish. There is a housing development being built just up the road. Every morning, I see many, many Hispanics walking or riding bikes to work at it. And I will bet that most of them are illegals.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

23. Good. They're seeing the benefits of embracing the immigrants.

The Republicans are doing a helluva job of making Democrats out of Hispanics, Asians, and other immigrants who see through the obvious racism and xenophobia being used by the rightwing to appeal to their redneck base.

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[stepnw1f]

28. Come and Get it.... ding, ding, ding..

pssst... it's xenophobia. :popcorn:

[mattclearing]

33. Check the last fifty years.

Opposed the civil rights movement.

Opposed to affirmative action.

Opposed to reparations.

Opposed to giving illegal immigrants working status despite their essential role in the economy.

Florida felon purge '00

Lack of voting machines in urban Ohio '04

Hurricane Katrina

Have you looked at the stands during the RNC? It's a sea of white. They load the stage with gospel singers and Watts and Steeles, but they are covering for the fact that they are a 95% white party.

Now why do you think that is?

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[mattclearing]

36. Yeah, and they left when the Democrats embraced the Civil Rights Act.

Next?

[Richard Steele]

42. No "next" here; our Limbaugh-loving friend is gone now.

Lasted an entire 11 posts.

He will not be missed.

[mattclearing]

44. Disappointing, I was getting my info together, too.

It's funny, if you look at the House votes on the various civil rights bills, every conservative majority is for an amendment. :)

[AllieB]

35. Not all Republicans are racists, but most racists are Republicans

you rarely find a progressive racist.

[Skidmore]

24. This is so wrong.

[stepnw1f]

26. why?

If they are illegal, they can't be registered to vote.

[Skidmore]

30. IS that what indeed is happening?

How do you prove legal status to register people when so many of these individuals use fraudulent documents, if they have them. Dems should not be registering anyone until this situation is sorted out.

[stepnw1f]

31. You Need to Ask That Question

before assuming that people are registering illegals.

I want to know as well... it would be stupid if they did so without verification.

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[AllieB]

37. They'll attempt to register, but it won't happen.

[MH1]

41. Those who are here illegally will NOT be registering to vote, UNLESS

they are very stupid.

However the registration percentages for legal immigrants is very low (that was said on NPR this morning), and a lot of the marchers ARE legal immigrants AND citizens. So it makes sense to take advantage of the probability of having a lot of unregistered, citizens in one place that will tend to vote Democratic.

Why are so many people here so effing knee-jerk about this???

:banghead:

[Skidmore]

45. What's knee-jerk about this concern?

Why should I assume that people who are willing to present false documents so they can work will not do likewise to obtain voter registration--another document associated with citizenship?

Are our elections not screwed up enough?

[daa]

43. With Diebold there vote wouldn't count anyhow nt

[xultar]

49. Why do you assume that it is illegal immigrants?

[Skidmore]

51. See my response above.

[AllieB]

39. Democrats try to give people the vote, and Repubs try to take it away

it's in the Republicans' best interest to surpress voter rights, like they did in Florida and Ohio. The Dems know that a viable democracy depends on the participation of all Americans, not just white Americans.

[lastliberalintexas]

46. Well, considering that that is likely highly illegal

I wouldn't say it's anything for the little bouncy guy to get excited about. Only citizens can vote in this country; immigrants, whether legal or illegal, can not.

[Radio_Guy]

53. You missed my post #21

Let me repeat:

"I assume they are naturalized citizens. Illegals aren't allowed to register let alone vote..."

[xultar]

48. Is the freeper gone from this thread? I couldn't stand the smell.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

50. I certainly hope that these immigrants are citizens. I would think though

that most naturalized citizens do register to vote, probably at a higher percentage per capita than those born here.

[tyedyeto]

52. Let's see, there is a large gathering of people

I see nothing wrong with people from all political parties trying to register people to vote. If this is a cause that wakes up those who have never voted, I say more power to those who are trying to urge more and more of us to vote and become active participants in our political system.