Republicans truly have no shame:
When Catherine Herold received mail from the Ohio Republican Party earlier this year, she refused it.
The longtime Barberton Democrat wanted no part of the mailing and figured that by refusing it, the GOP would have to pay the return postage.
What she didn't count on was the returned mail being used to challenge the validity of her voter registration.
Herold,who is assistant to the senior vice president and provost at the University of Akron,was one of 976 Summit County voters whose registrations were challenged last week by local Republicans on behalf of the state party.
She went to the Board of Elections on Thursday morning to defend her right to vote and found herself among an angry mob -- people who had to take time off work to defend their right to vote.
After hearing some of the protests, the board voted unanimously to dismiss all 976 challenges.
Here's the procedure. The Republicans send a registered letter from the Republican party to the address of a Democrat. The Democrat, not wanting to stand in line in the post office to get Republican propaganda, never signs for the letter. The Republicans then use the Democrat's failure to get the letter to challenge her eligibility to vote, on the theory that it "proves" she no longer lives at that address. That's beneath contempt -- which is exactly what the Republicans feel for democracy. Consider this exchange from the hearing, involving one of the Republicans who filed the challenges:
The angry voters had the Republicans on the defensive.
"Why'd you do it?'' one challenged voter shouted out at Calhoun. "Who the hell are you?'' the man asked.
"What the hell do you care?'' replied Calhoun, an attorney.
What the hell does she care? Perhaps she cares about exercising her right to vote, the U.S. being (ostensibly) a democracy and all.
The people filing the challenges should be prosecuted and sent to jail. The challenge forms explicitly state that filing a false challenge is a felony.
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2006-09-10 03:19:51 · 10 answers · asked by dstr 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Chainsaw.
yes mine is true I offer the source..look it up
and unlike your claim... I make a valid point.
2006-09-10 03:25:17 · update #1
injection_od
I think you read it..and you cant defend it..thats really your problem isn't it?
2006-09-10 03:27:06 · update #2
Stinger Gunner
If the democrats did it ..were they prosecuted? I hope so..do hope the same for these republicans?
2006-09-10 03:42:01 · update #3
Gatling Mouth
what can I say? ...you need a new avatar before I can take you seriously...sorry
2006-09-10 03:43:48 · update #4
Sounds reasonable to me.Some one needs to verify voter roles.
Filing a known false challenge is a felony,filing a mistaken one is not.
2006-09-10 03:36:29 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
in view that almost all of republicans are workers, they do no longer hate employees rights. What we do hate is the theory that workers can pull at the same time any time issues do not bypass their way and blackmail their businesses with the help of blockading the inflow and outflow of company, and intimidating workers who do no longer trust their plight. Unions are terrible, or perhaps as in some uncommon circumstances they're sensible, their undesirable some distance outweighs their sturdy. so some distance as "democracy" no authorities needs authentic democracy, because authentic democracy is mob rules, i.e. maximum persons makes the rules and the minority has to stay with it. the reason we've a republic in accordance with a structure is that the structure is a honest and equivalent record that facilitates freedom, with out the liberty to do evil (theoretically). In a democracy operating example, if fifty one% determined that each human being Asians must be enslaved, they could be. The structure disallows slavery (in idea) for this reason, maximum persons might want to no longer make a regulation like that
2016-11-25 23:31:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its nice to you point to one anecdote as evidence of your assertion, but the fact is that these thngs have been happening on both sides for years, and will continue to do so especially at the local level.
And if you're just going to say "nuh uh" to every contrary opinion....then why did you ask the question? Perhaps you should buy a parrot. After all if you simply want someone to echo your exact words that would waste a lot less time....for everyone.
2006-09-10 03:27:09 · answer #3 · answered by ii7-V7 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
How about in Florida in 2000, where Gore wanted to recount 3 of the counties that are heavily Democratic. This is a known true story. Is yours? People from both parties do things like this. What is your point?
2006-09-10 03:23:00 · answer #4 · answered by Chainsaw 6 · 6⤊ 2⤋
blah blah blah the damnocrats are losers and here is the propaganda to prove it!!!!
How many dead voters that vote for the democrats showed up, what about the ones from Fl. that were "confused" over a ballot designed by the lying left!!!! Too much whining and crying and not enough of the truth, and that is democrats can't win and we have to listen to excuses like this!!!!!!
2006-09-10 03:31:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Why do Democrats hate the United States of America?
They're always trying to make us appear to be weak & divided in the eyes of the world; weakening marriage by supporting the homosexual freaks and special interest agenda, weakening our armed forces by reducing their budget and closing bases all over the country and the world, weakening our political strength by bowing to the threats & demands of communist & fascist countries, weakening our energy by denying us the right to drill for oil in our own country or to build new nuclear power plants thereby forcing us to buy oil from countries who blatantly hate us because of years of defective Democratic policy, weakening our currency by allowing a huge trade deficit to build over several Democratic presidential terms, and trying to blame it all on the Republicans.
Why? Democrats are not the holy angels of purity & grace you're painting them as, they are the most dangerous threat to the United States in our entire existance. Their party should be outlawed.
2006-09-10 03:37:49 · answer #6 · answered by Mr Smarty Pants 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Your point is valid but I seem to remember the demorats doing Exactly the same thing back in "96" . Maybe the Reps. stole a page from your playbook. :)
2006-09-10 03:29:42 · answer #7 · answered by S.A.M. Gunner 7212 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
i don't have the time nor desire to read your exhaustive novel-size cut and paste. but as for your question:
i have always felt that democrats and liberals are like communists. they want equal outcome for everyone. they favor labor unions, socialist regulation of companies, and their interpretation of free speech is to stifle anyone with a contrary opinion.
2006-09-10 03:24:49 · answer #8 · answered by injection_od 3 · 6⤊ 2⤋
you're just mad because the democrats were not smart enough to think of it first.if it is true i don't agree with it but the democrats are just as devious.
2006-09-10 03:35:43 · answer #9 · answered by ben 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
How else could the Republicans ever get elected?
2006-09-10 03:22:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋