We love it when people flat out rebuke the mindless left-leaning rants of commie morons like Will Moredock.
It’s not a terribly difficult task to accomplish, obviously, seeing as these fringe alt-media whack-jobs are so rabidly attached to their deluded and thoroughly debunked socialist dogma that our own “Will” looks positively circumspect by comparison.
But we digress …
The point of our story is that Moredock took to the pages of the Charleston (S.C.) City Paper the other day to basically say that right now, in 2009, blacks are being disenfranchised by Republicans who – gasp – are insisting that all people carry a photo ID with them to a polling place.
No really …
Moredock’s headline is “After losses, Republicans plan to limit voter access,” and it makes the ludicrous claim that “for some years the national Republican Party has been engaged in an insidious strategy to suppress the votes of minorities, students, the poor, and elderly around the nation.”
Give us a friggin’ break, dude.
We can’t stand country club Republicans (or mandatory ID’s) any more than you, but when you make ridiculous statements like that you’re just begging to get your ass rhetorically cut.
And here’s a response to Moredock’s drivel written by local resident Duffy Lewis:
Picture identification is used in everyday life: cashing checks, credit card transactions, purchasing alcohol and tobacco, senior citizen discounts, etc. It is a necessary item for functioning in our society. Having a picture ID card is a part of life. So, what is it about being poor, elderly, or a minority that makes getting a picture identification card so difficult? Driver’s licenses are $12.50 and state ID cards are $5.00. Very affordable. And available in person, by mail or through the DMV’s website.
Are Will Moredock and other opponents of the “voter ID law” claiming that poor, elderly, and minority citizens are not capable of functioning in society? Do they think so little of these people as to feel that they can’t fully function in society and obtain a S.C.-issued driver’s license or identification card?
Taking the time and making the effort to get the ID is not too much to expect if our democratic republic is to thrive. To claim that the voter ID bill supresses voter access is absurd and bogus. In the name of civil rights, the bill’s opponents are manipulating these groups with demagoguery and fear-mongering; they are tapping into people’s fears that somehow they are being abused or denied their rights. Moredock puts the voter ID bill in the context of voter supression and intimidation of the past. The voter ID bill is not an attempt to discourage, suppress, or intimidate. The bill calls for a minimal requirement – a state-issued identification card or driver’s license – for voter verification. There is simply no reason why every S.C. citizen cannot present a picture ID at the polls on election day to very identity and residency. For absentee voting or early voting, verification is still necessary to insure a smooth election process. Those who won’t bother to get one, won’t bother to vote anyway.
Mr. Moredock mentions the “right-wing” accusations of impropriety by ACORN, but he fails to mention the unfounded accusation by left-wing groups about Republican efforts to disrupt elections or the intimidating presence of the Black Panthers in Philadelphia.
Nice.
Lewis nails the basic point here – that these liberals think blacks are stupid, and totally incapable of functioning in our society without the government’s “help.”
Behind that disrespect, though, is an “insidious” desire to continue perpetrating widespread voter fraud that exclusively benefits the left at the expense of the very sanctity of our democratic process.
What, you thought only liberals understood the value of hyperbole?
However widespread that fraud is, the bottom line is that opposition to Voter ID is just another nanny state front for status quo perpetuation.
In fact, it is not at all dissimilar to the left’s M.O. in another colorized debate that’s taking place in this state right now.
Duffy, seriously, nice job.
You can come write for us here at FITS any day.
By Rodney April 11, 2009 at 11:08 am
Not that it’s surprising but why on April 11th they suddenly have no comments attached to the “drivel”. Not even Mr. Lewis’s. From my perspective, simply another example of the forthright disclosure of the left.
By Earl Capps April 11, 2009 at 12:49 pm
What’s wrong with asking for identification? Isn’t that like, you know, protecting the rights of voters to cast their ballots, by keeping others from fradulently casting ballots in their name?
Oh, that’s right, fighting racism and voter disenfranchisement isn’t about enforcing the laws fairly and protecting all, it’s only important when Democratic constituencies can’t get a disproportionate share of political power.
By Pat Hendrix April 12, 2009 at 1:13 pm
“perpetrating widespread voter fraud”
Speaking of unsubstantiated nonsense. Where is the evidence of this fraud? No serious person believes that “widespread fraud” can be found in our system nor could any serious person believe that minorites have a disproportionate share of political power. The evidence is not there. In the 111th Congress, there is one black in the Senate and 42 blacks in the House. I’m not a stats expert, but 9 percent of seats in the House is less than the 12.5-13 percent of the population that is black. Hispanics represent 14 percent of the population but have only 5 percent of the seats in Congress. On the other hand, the Republican states like Wyoming – where there are more cows than people – get the same number of sentate seats as California and New York. Basically, Earl, you have no clue what you’re talking about.
Face it, the voter identification biz is meant to appeal to the losers’ – meaning you – belief that the country’s abandonment of the Republican Party is a function of a leftisit cabal. Umm, no, read the polls. It’s a function of your party’s lack of serious ideas and solutions. Case in point, the Republican budget.
Happy Easter,
Pat