‘Jim Crawford’ Republicans

Alter's message: black=victim. poor= helpless. White= superior.
i.e Poor, helpless, black victims will be disenfranchised by superior whites who, given the same voting requirements will no doubt out perform blacks. -Every generation of black Americans was more successful than the previous one until the 60's and the introduction of the "Great Society" Think about it.

Good grief! Is originality among liberals finally extinct? Year after year, the same old refrain. With no supporting evidence EVER found. Where is the Republican who went to prison for intimidating voters? Where? Nowhere, because one never has. Lies, lies, lies. Hell is full of Democrats but don't worry there's room for all of them!

Chiwillie:
Give me a break. States rights' is not an issue. We are a democratic republic. Every state has sovereignty to issues not covered by Federal government or allowed to by federal government. So being a republic is "stealing an election'?
Reagan saying "welfare queen" has anything to do with black women. Queen now has nothing to do with race. Thou protesting too much. Welfare queen can be of any race. Sound a little defensive.
Willie Horton ad. Now a criminal cant be the color he is. So any criminal cannot have a mug shot. It might offend someone feelings and they might get hurt. Willie Horton raped and killed a woman. Yeah that is the issue. Allowing someone off parole to commit crimes. Republicans are equally tough on all criminals regardless of race.
Jesse Helms "white hands". Affirmitive action does cannot be debated without color. Your whole premise of affirmirtive action is racism. Giving someone preferrential treatment based on skin color is institutional racism and dems dont want a debate on it. Just say you are racist if you question affirmitive action.
Harold Ford had gone to Playboy mansion as sitting Congressman. So the RNC makes a spoof of a Playboy Bunny saying "call me". How many times has a Republican got buried for percieved sexual indescritions. So bringing up a Ford as sitting Congressman go to the Playbooy mansion cant be an issue.
Catherine Harris as like any Secretary of State does regular purges of voter rolls of people who aren't eligible to vote. Felons on parole, noncitizens dont deserve to vote and should be purged.
Just more jive coming from the DNC. Oh crap I said "jive" It must have racial overtones.

Socialize the lose...
The GOP instituted no oversight into the American mortgage industry during Bush???s terms- hence subprime collapse! Mortgage industry goes in debt, banks defualt and go under.
Who pays for this criminal negligence? The American people of course. Meanwhile the federal deficit soars out of control yet the Government pays the corporations for their losses!
Meantime whose money will be used to balance out the federal deficit the
Gov has created! Ours!
Socialize the loss, that???s the GOP way!

Privatize the gains (our national equity)

The Iraq war- Halliburton and other companies bilk billions on no bid contracts to do the work that the military should be doing! What else does the GOP privatize- the prison industry has become a huge source of revenue for private business as the government keeps outsourcing the penal industry even though we have paid them to control the system!
We as tax payer???s loss twice in this equation- once for the government to run our prisons and twice to the outsourced company!

The GOP want to privatize our social security- you will never see a penny of your money again if this happens! They want to privatize our national parks!
They also privatize the wealth that comes from federal and state lands- the people???s land!

The land that oil companies drill on for the most part belongs to all of us-its federal and state land.
We pay the taxes for its upkeep etc. yet big business uses our land, drills for oil and charges us money for such a resource even though we the people own it!!

Privatize our national wealth!
This hideous fleecing of our national equity and of our taxes must stop!
Obama/Biden
Four more years of losers running the country- no thanks!

Is this article for real? What's wrong with insuring that people that vote are actually citizens?? I don't get it.

After seeing the non-diverse faces at the GOP convention, it is little wonder to me that they'd be working hard to keep Black folks away from the polls. As the nation grows more diverse, the GOP becomes less and less.The GOP are a out of touch and small-minded party that wants bring America back to the 1800s.

Sorry Chiwille, those were Democrats underneath those sheets

So requiring photo ID to purchase alcohol is racist, by this argument. Isn't casting a voting a little more important than being able to purchase a beer? Shouldn't it require a little bit of effort? Like, say, "catching a ride" if need be?

This is the ugliest, most slanted article I've ever read in Newsweek, and that's saying something.

Nixon's states rights campaign, Reagan announcing his campaign in Philadelphia, MS, Reagan's welfare queen, George HW Bush's Willie Horton ad, Jesse Helms' "white hands" ad, the RNC's "call me" ad against Harold Ford, Catherine Harris' purging of law abiding citizens from Florida voting rolls and now this. Is there any wonder that the number of black people at the republican convention wouldn't fill a phone booth? The hatred and disenfranchisement of America's black citizens is an unwritten, but essential component of the republican platform. For all their evangelical piety, a special room in hell awaits them.

The rightous indignation of all the left-wing bloggers here is more than a little amusing; it is downright funny. If you would all take the time to scroll down a bit, you will see multiple posts from people living in Indiana who blow giant holes in Alter's poorly researched hit piece. Most prominent is that one does NOT need a driver's license to vote in IN. If you would all get off of your breathless high-horses and actually do a bit of research (and perhaps use just a bit of common sense) you would realize that Alter's article is inaccurate and best and a downright lie at worst.

Get a grip. No one is trying to deny any legally eligble person their right to vote.

The hysterical left is at it again.

Mr Alder seems to think Voter Fraud is only perpetrated by Republicans. Well let me remind him how the Democrats clearly disenfranchised millions of voters in the Florida and Michigan Primaries this year. No Republicans around to blame this time, it was their own Primary. They screwed up the elections again and didn't count the votes cast by millions.

Agreed, Republicans certainly have not done enough to keep positive and inclusive image. But to suggest they are racist, and actually seeking to keep people from voting....destructively preposterous! You cannot judge all Republicans by the actions of a very few any more than you can judge all Muslims by the actions of a few radical Jihadists. The Republican Party began as the anti-slavery party and while Democrats have been trying to say that the bad element (pro-slavery) in their party switched to the Republican Party for years, there is no evidence to support the claim. The vast majority of civil rights advances have been facilitated and led by Republican efforts. Go visit the National Black Republicans website for a real history lesson. To the author, and all haters - if you knew anything about economics you would know that your incessant need to put down those you don't agree with or understand, is by and large the problem. Economic problems in this country are caused by low consumer confidence and irresponsible loans. You are the cause and your inner peace is the solution.