Nick Anderson for April 11, 2014

Almost anatomically correct.

The problem is, all the laws do is try to make sure only those legally allowed to vote, do so, only once and in the correct precinct. People against such laws are in favor of throwing elections. I only want those people allowed to vote, voting on my taxes, representation, etc. I do not want dead people, repeaters, ringers, illegal aliens, etc voting. I want ALL legal citizens of the US to vote. Once per election. I am all in favor of increasing voter participation, but not at the cost of allowing fraud even worse than we already have. I speak as a poll judge in my county. I want more voters, LEGAL voters. If the process of the ballot cannot be trusted, democracy is not too far from ruin. I’d even go along with the blue dye on the finger they used in Iraq. As a retired GI, I’ve seen first hand what happens in countries with no confidence in the ballot. I do not want that to happen in the USA.

If it wasn’t for the Republicans, Democrats would’ve blocked the Civil Rights Bill……..

The Civil Rights Act — which is best known for barring discrimination in public accommodations — passed the House on Feb. 10, 1964 by a margin of 290-130. When broken down by party, 61 percent of Democratic lawmakers voted for the bill (152 yeas and 96 nays), and a full 80 percent of the Republican caucus supported it (138 yeas and 34 nays).

When the Senate passed the measure on June 19, 1964, — nine days after supporters mustered enough votes to end the longest filibuster in Senate history — the margin was 73-27. Better than two-thirds of Senate Democrats supported the measure on final passage (46 yeas, 21 nays), but an even stronger 82 percent of Republicans supported it (27 yeas, 6 nays).

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/may/25/michael-steele/steele-says-gop-fought-hard-civil-rights-bills-196/

@hawgowar: it is a false solution to a false problem. The level of election fraud in the US – at the voter level – is documented to be very low. At the higher levels, fraud has removed legitimate voters from the roles, taking away their right to vote. Usually, it is the poor who are refused. Furthermore, the solution of voter ID cards disproportionately affects the poor since in every proposal, if you don’t have a license, you have to PAY for a valid picture ID. That is a POLL TAX and poll taxes have been declared unconstitutional. So if you want the photo ID, then you have to provide it at no cost – and that is an unfunded mandate right now.

@ConserveGuy: yeah, what happened to the Republicans? They used to be okay.

The Republicans in congress are doing their job. Their intention is to keep everything just as it is, unless they can manage to return to the “good old days” of the 19th century, before there was a middle class and when only the landed gentry were voters. And, they have a great strategy for accomplishing this. 1. Disenfranchise everyone you possibly can, unless they are dependable Republican voters.2. Produce ads and media emphasis which emphasizes those politicians who are corrupt and incompetent. Paint all Democrats with the same slime. Lacking sufficient actual slime, simply make some up. This undermines the people’s trust in their government and makes them feel like helpless pawns, so they tune out the whole process and accept the status quo. 3. Support the “job creators”, who are the recipients of a huge portion of the GNP, although that GNP was produced by working people, who are receiving less benefit from it every day. This gives them the money to accomplish the other two goals, and leaves everyone except the “job creators” with increasingly less money to mount a counter campaign. So, this is the way we are going lose the middle class and become a country inhabited only by the very rich 1%, and a 99% who are too busy working two jobs to survive to notice.

Do you want to know what really suppresses civil rights? When others vote illegally and dilute your vote.

Do you want to know what really suppresses civil rights? When others vote illegally and dilute your vote.

Another vile cartoon that distorts the truth.

The case you are referring to happened in 2008, not 2012 and the two blacks were not blocking people from voting. One was an authorized poll watcher whose job was to prevent voter irregularities, or intimidation (presumably against blacks). The other with the night stick was considered threatening and the police asked him to move away. They were never charged because they had done nothing wrong. Reasonable people can assume they were a little over-zealous in the job they were there to do.

“…..The Slaves, he has ships lined up and was in ready to line up all blacks, put them om the ships and give them a one way Ticket to Africa and they would never be able to return…..”.Balderdash! There was a colonization movement at the time to give some blacks the opportunity to emigrate to the Caribbean or Africa where it was thought they would be better off than in racist America. Some black leaders supported the plan but the black population generally did not. Some blacks did voluntarily emigrate, but basically the plan proved unworkable and was abandoned. It is not clear this was a Lincoln plan but it makes for a better story when embellished, particularly when he is not alive to refute it.

If you can’t beat ’em, keep ’em from voting…

yes nicky dead people have a right to vote

Why can you not even get right what I just posted?

Wow, they were mean!!!

Is it racist to suggest that it’s racist to assume only white people are capable of getting a state ID card?

No suppression when mail ballots are used.

I highly doubt that this fake persona would do that. Oh wait, that was sarcasm or comedy or something.

“People are missing history….”Actually, Tigger, it would not have worked out that way. In early 1865, after Sherman’s march thru Georgia, Sec. of War Stanton traveled to Savanah and, with Sherman, met with a group of free Black leaders. They asked what they wanted, if they wanted to go back to Africa. The reply was "Africa? Why go “back” to Africa? We don’t know anything about Africa! We were born HERE. THIS is our country. All we want is the same freedom, rights and protection that all other Americans get!" Stanton brought this report back to Lincoln, who was also visited by F. Douglass and other black leaders who said the same. Lincoln dropped his ideas of re-patriation to Africa, and/or Nicaragua.

Sorry Mr. Anderson, but I think the Republican party only wants people who are US CITIZENS, LIVING, NOT DEAD, and OBEY THE LAW. I’ve heard some places that some prisons want to their own prisoners to vote despite FELONIES under their belt. I’ve read DEAD PEOPLE are voting in the last one, and hey, why not give ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS to vote. This way, the democrats and liberal s will OUTNUMBER CONSERVATIVES AND rapidly transform this country into a living hell and nightmare. But then again, that’s what you want, correct Mr. Anderson?

I don’t see Sen. Lindsey Graham from SC rounding up black people and forcing him him on the plantation right? I haven’t seen any “White People” or “Black People” only signs (Jim Crow) around here either! Where did you get such a crazy and wrong political cartoon, Mr. Anderson?

I’m not sure what the argument is. Back in the day, the South was “the Solid South”, because it voted for Democrats almost without exception, because most white Southerners wouldn’t be caught dead voting for the party of Lincoln (and black Southerners weren’t allowed to vote). FDR made a coalition which was partly based on not disturbing the Southern way of life. Gradually the Democrats got (slightly) better on civil rights and the Republicans got (a lot) worse, and the Solid South is no longer the Solid South. Did I miss something?

Yes, I’d be interested in the pdf. I’m not sure what church’s point is. Maybe if it didn’t all happen universally and instantly then he thinks it didn’t happen at all.+On a related point I had an interesting discussion with one of Al Gore’s strategists when Gore was trying to beat Dukakis in the primaries. Gore’s people did some focus groups in which they used Willie Horton against Dukakis, and they found that the focus groups really responded. So Gore’s people took this information to him and said, We think you can beat Dukakis if you use Willie Horton. And Gore said, No way, I won’t engage in gutter politics. And of course he lost. (And then Dukakis lost.) I had never been a fan of Gore (nor am I now), but I did think that showed a good side of his character.

Is there a mathematical pattern to this droll?

I think you’re nitpicking. Clearly there has been a change in the political balance in the South since the 1940s, most clearly seen in the Presidential elections, but evident elsewhere. A number of events contributed to that change, but certainly the perception that the Democrats were becoming more favorable to civil rights and the Republicans less so played a major role in the change. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was an important moment in that process. I would say that the rise of Robert Kennedy was also an important factor, but Humphrey was also pretty good on civil rights, for a mainstream politician. I think that the War in Vietnam entered into the process, especially as Robert Kennedy moved a large part of the Democratic Party away from the War and as the election of Nixon made it easier for the Democrats to oppose a War that they bore a large responsibility for. Other aspects of the culture wars also entered into the change. So I would say there were a lot of factors, but civil rights was a big factor. Now I don’t say this because I’m a Democrat. I’m not. And one of the reasons I’m not is that when I was young and getting involved in the movement the Democrats under John Kennedy were only halfhearted in their support for civil rights.