Voter suppression

President Lyndon Johnson, after pushing the "Great Society" legislation and creating the modern welfare system said:

""I'll have those N----rs voting Democratic for the next 200 years''.

That is a Racist Democrat buying the black vote in the 1960s.

 

what a joke

 

Quite funny, really. Democrats say that every citizen should be forced to buy health insurance or pay a fine, but it's racist to make people prove that they are citizens.

 

I really dislike Socialism. It sucks. I hate to see the USA's descent into this crappy system of government.

 

you're being fooled by billionaire corporatists

that completely ignores a huge chunk of civil rights history

 

No You are being fooled by Socialists. You are being fooled into thinking its good.

 

what a joke, i don't think you even know what socialism is

and i know for sure that you have no clue what i think of socialism

 

OK I'll bite. What do you think of Socialism? Do you like taking more money from those that have and giving it to those that need?

 

you realize washington was in favor of taxation, right

are you against the military? it's socialism at it's finest

 

What do you think of Socialism? Do you like taking more money from those that have and giving it to those that need?

 

i'm a business owner and i'm proud to pay my taxes

income inequity is a serious problem for everyone

 

You are a Socialist.

 

no, you're naive, i'm a capitalist

 

Minority turn out went UP not down.

 

it's called a backlash, get used to it

 

until you elaborate sufficiently, I'll assume that you have no specifics.

 

sure and the Chinese are Capitalists. So what? There are people selling stuff in every society. You are the naïve one.

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He never elaborates on anything he simply negates.

 

My rule on voter ID laws are that as long as voting is a right that cannot be burdened by an ID requirement, neither can firearm ownership.

Let the Democrats and Republicans fight over which side of the coin they take.

 

Did your history book come with crayons?

 

well I hope he does.

That is one bit that annoys me. The right to bear arms is a constitutional right, one which "shall not be infringed", and Dems are fine trampling that, but ask people to prove who they are when voting - something that isn't a constitutional right - and that's racism? ^_-

 

OK, so you don't think there is a right to vote, that explains your position

 

I said it isn't a constitutional right. Go ahead, find me where in the Bill of Rights the right to vote is. Nut up or shut up, goober.

 

what a joke, your comments are so easily refuted

what do you think the bold type refers to?

since i know you won't answer directly, i'll help you

it refers to citizens' right to vote

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged…"

http://www.usconstitution.net

you're making a false assumption

here's a current thread with dozens of pages that contain elaborate explanations: photo id

here's some more, knock yourself out:

[video=youtube;Z6oetIv0tec]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6oetIv0tec[/video]

Voting Rights History, Two Centuries of Struggle

Preface

In part, this brief timeline describes an American history of oppression, persecution, and discrimination in regards to voting rights. In all of these cases those affected were not passive victims — rather they fought back with whatever means they had.

Similarly, much of this short summary is presented in the form of legislative and legal milestones. But all of those laws and court cases were the direct result of popular struggles and mass political pressure. In no case did benevolent legislators enact civil rights laws or magnanimous judges rule against discrimination without being forced to do so by we the people.

The stories of the freedom struggles and resistance to oppression that resulted in the milestones presented here would (and does) fill books. A single webpage cannot document the details of those battles, but it is crucial to remember that from every act of oppression grew a hundred forms of resistance. And every victorious milestone on the Freedom Road was achieved with blood, sweat, and tears.

Introduction

The two main issues addressed by the southern Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s were ending the "Jim Crow" system of segregation and winning the right to vote for Blacks (and Latinos, Native-Americans, Asians, and others) in the South and elsewhere.

But the Freedom Movement of the 1960s did not spontaneously spring up out of nowhere, nor did it disappear when its work was "done." Rather the Civil Rights Movement was but one episode in a centuries-long struggle for human freedom and civil rights that continues to this day. The Movement grew out of what came before and evolved into the struggles being waged today. Nothing illustrates this point better than the long battle for voting rights.

continued at: http://www.crmvet.org/info/votehist.htm

 

While there may be no right to vote in your fantasy constitution, the right to vote is mentioned 5 times in the US Constitution.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/09/voting-right-or-privilege/262511/

 

So you have nothing because I was right.