Fox News coverage of the conventions

• jhay78

  

  stlouiedipalma;1268077 wrote:Does the Republican Party have anything to offer African-Americans that might swing the vote more their way.
  
  I mean, c'mon, do you think that voter suppression, I mean Voter I.D. laws meant to curb the out-of-control problem of voter fraud, are targetting suburban white voters?

  What about voter registration laws? Do those target only black people as well? I mean, registering to vote in the first place is a huge unnecessary hassle, probably disenfranchising millions of lazy people of all genders and colors.
• HitsRus

  

  Does the Republican Party have anything to offer African-Americans that might swing the vote more their way

  Now you see...that is the problem right there. What needs to be 'offered' other than freedom, empowerment, and independence from their leftist, liberal masters.
  What needs to be 'offered' to anybody? Republicans don't need to buy votes. Keeping what you earn is more than enough.
• isadore

  jhay78;1268268 wrote:What about voter registration laws? Do those target only black people as well? I mean, registering to vote in the first place is a huge unnecessary hassle, probably disenfranchising millions of lazy people of all genders and colors.

  gosh a ruddies they target blacks, hispanics, oldsters, students
• gut

  isadore;1268379 wrote:gosh a ruddies they target blacks, hispanics, oldsters, students

  So what you're saying is it ISN'T a racist policy then? It, in fact, targets people without identification.
• isadore

  gut;1268384 wrote:So what you're saying is it ISN'T a racist policy then? It, in fact, targets people without identification.

  it targets groups likely to support the democratic party.
• gut

  isadore;1268402 wrote:it targets groups likely to support the democratic party.

  What is it about not having an ID that makes someone more likely to be a Democrat?
• isadore

  no. 1 type by far of voter id, driver's license
  these groups least likely to have driver's license
  then you have states like texas that will accept a hunting license, but not a student id
• gut

  isadore;1268413 wrote:no. 1 type by far of voter id, driver's license
  these groups least likely to have driver's license
  then you have states like texas that will accept a hunting license, but not a student id

  Student ID is not issued by govt agency. And how many students do you know that don't have a driver's license any way? Spare me.
  
  And, again, why does not having an ID make someone more likely to vote Democrat?
• isadore

  many students do not have drivers licenses and it is a steadily increasing number.
  http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local/fewer-ohio-teens-have-their-drivers-licenses-1/nMybq/
  fewer old people have drivers licenses
  fewer blacks and hispanics have drivers licenses.
  POOR people often do not have drivers licenses
  these people support the one major party that tries to help them, the Democratic Party.
  now Republicans are trying to disenfranchise them.
  Ohio State is a state institution, as is the university of texas
• hasbeen

  

  isadore;1268428 wrote:
  Ohio State is a state institution, as is the university of texas

  So you agree that they aren't a government agency? Great we're all on the same page.
• gut

  isadore;1268428 wrote:many students do not have drivers licenses and it is a steadily increasing number.
  http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local/fewer-ohio-teens-have-their-drivers-licenses-1/nMybq/
  fewer old people have drivers licenses
  fewer blacks and hispanics have drivers licenses.
  POOR people often do not have drivers licenses
  these people support the one major party that tries to help them, the Democratic Party.
  now Republicans are trying to disenfranchise them.
  Ohio State is a state institution, as is the university of texas

  Only Republicans drive cars and have a license? Is that what you're trying to say?
  
  Maybe if they voted for Republicans they could have a job and a car, instead of handouts.
• isadore

  As used in Title I of the Revised Code, “state agency,” except as otherwise provided in the title, means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government.
  http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/gp1.60
• isadore

  gut;1268482 wrote:Only Republicans drive cars and have a license? Is that what you're trying to say?
  
  Maybe if they voted for Republicans they could have a job and a car, instead of handouts.

  gosh a ruddies, they sure wouldn't because your party still only works for the rich. Even at the high tide of segregation in the south a few blacks voted, and bigots could say, see whites are not the only people who can vote. now your party is working for a new jim crow system as you diminish franchise for the black, poor, the old, hispanic and the students. of course you will claim if they only had money they could vote.
• stlouiedipalma

  What about the older African-American citizens who were born in homes and not hospitals? These folks don't have birth certificates. How are they going to obtain the necessary I.D.? What about those poorer people who relocated to urban areas in states different from where they were born? Would they be able to obtain a copy of their birth certificate for free? This is where it gets tricky. In reality, if someone had to pay any money in order to get an approved I.D. in order to vote then it could be considered a Poll Tax. Some of you older folks might remember what those were back in the real Jim Crow days.
• stlouiedipalma

  believer;1268090 wrote:It is meant to curb illegal votes from illegal immigrants. "Disenfranchisement" of the black vote due to voter ID laws is BS of the highest caliber. The black vote is NOT the target.
  
  I honestly do not understand how something so simple can be so difficult to understand.

  believer, I almost pissed my pants when I read this. Do you really expect us to believe that these voter I.D. laws are aimed at immigrants? It's simple, all right. Simply amazing.
• gut

  So they are too poor to have ID? How do they get govt assistance then in the first place?
• CenterBHSFan

  

  gosh a ruddies

  Isa, you are the core problem of the democratic party, here. It is my firm belief that only older, male, rich (aka republican infiltrates) people would use such an expression of speech.
  
  I've figured you out! D:<
  
  You're only acting like the common liberal democrat. You've successfully snuck in behind the facade of liberalism and are slowly degrading the party with such expressions meant to "dumb down" intellectualism within it.
  
  I have to admit, you've been pretty crafty. You certainly had me fooled for the longest time. You are more clever than those hooligans who threw peanuts while insulting animals. It's espionage of the highest order and I congratulate you.
  
  My only question is: Are you a double-agent??!
• believer

  

  stlouiedipalma;1268519 wrote:believer, I almost pissed my pants when I read this. Do you really expect us to believe that these voter I.D. laws are aimed at immigrants? It's simple, all right. Simply amazing.

  Yeah...my bad. In the year 2012, it's all about keeping blacks from voting. It has nothing to do with insuring that those casting votes are actually legal citizens of the United States. :rolleyes:
  
  Whether or not it's about making it difficult for poor, poor black folks from voting or insuring that all votes cast are cast from Americans with bonafide citizenship, I will NEVER understand the mindset that can understand we need a valid photo ID to enter the Democratic National Convention site, or cash a check, or purchase a home, etc.....but OH NO's - we cannot ask for that very same ID when you vote because it is a discriminatory practice.
  
  This country is nuts.
• isadore

  CenterBHSFan;1268563 wrote:Isa, you are the core problem of the democratic party, here. It is my firm belief that only older, male, rich (aka republican infiltrates) people would use such an expression of speech.
  
  I've figured you out! D:<
  
  You're only acting like the common liberal democrat. You've successfully snuck in behind the facade of liberalism and are slowly degrading the party with such expressions meant to "dumb down" intellectualism within it.
  
  I have to admit, you've been pretty crafty. You certainly had me fooled for the longest time. You are more clever than those hooligans who threw peanuts while insulting animals. It's espionage of the highest order and I congratulate you.
  
  My only question is: Are you a double-agent??!

  gosh a ruddies you are overly clever by half, a little too smart for your own good. i am just a simple, good hearted American who realizes the only hope for the victory of goodness and decency is the Democratic party.
• jmog

  isadore;1268200 wrote:lol, what a republican attempt at statistical anaysis. but according to the republican view blacks are 1/50th of our population.

  I'm not a republican, I'm just stating facts.
  
  Facts are that blacks make up just just about 6 out of 50 people in the US. At the RNC there was about 1 in 50. At the DNC there was 13 in 50. The RNC was closer to actual numbers don't you think? I know math might be difficult but "5 away" is closer to the demographics than '7 away".
• jmog

  isadore;1268413 wrote:no. 1 type by far of voter id, driver's license
  these groups least likely to have driver's license
  then you have states like texas that will accept a hunting license, but not a student id

  Student IDs are given to foreign students and they are the exact same as American students at nearly all American universities. It only takes 10 seconds of thought to realize why student IDs wouldn't be counted.
• jmog

  isadore;1268428 wrote:many students do not have drivers licenses and it is a steadily increasing number.
  http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local/fewer-ohio-teens-have-their-drivers-licenses-1/nMybq/
  fewer old people have drivers licenses
  fewer blacks and hispanics have drivers licenses.
  POOR people often do not have drivers licenses
  these people support the one major party that tries to help them, the Democratic Party.
  now Republicans are trying to disenfranchise them.
  Ohio State is a state institution, as is the university of texas

  Every state offers State IDs that look just like driver's liscences. /debate over.
• isadore

  jmog;1268616 wrote:I'm not a republican, I'm just stating facts.
  
  Facts are that blacks make up just just about 6 out of 50 people in the US. At the RNC there was about 1 in 50. At the DNC there was 13 in 50. The RNC was closer to actual numbers don't you think? I know math might be difficult but "5 away" is closer to the demographics than '7 away".

  1/8 of the population being treated as if they were 1/50th, now that is republican math alright.
• isadore

  jmog;1268621 wrote:Every state offers State IDs that look just like driver's liscences. /debate over.

  no it is hardly over. they are a poll tax used to deny people who lack transportation or are poor a chance to exercise their franchise/ debate over.
• jmog

  isadore;1268684 wrote:no it is hardly over. they are a poll tax used to deny people who lack transportation or are poor a chance to exercise their franchise/ debate over.

  States the require voter IDs have ways of getting IDs for free. /debate over.