I have been monitoring C-SPAN channels today as the circus comes to town in DC. What a disgrace! I have never been angrier... well, maybe I have but I can't recall when... as I watch the Democrats take the floor to debate the certification of Ohio's electoral votes!
One by one, as the Dems make their arguments, they are trying to convince us that their objection to certifying Ohio's electoral votes is not about trying to change the outcome of the election but about airing grievances over election irregularities. Do these legislators not understand that the proper venue for this is in the Ohio STATE legislature, not the federal legislature.
Moreover, if the Dems are being honest about their reasoning for this objection, why was there no objection raised to certifying the electoral votes from Wisconsin, Michigan, and other states where Kerry won electoral votes and there were alleged irregularities in the popular voting process? How stupid must the Dems think the American people are?! Is Michael Moore now in charge of the Democrat party?
The people of this great democratic Republic vote at the polls AFTER being certified eligible and registering to vote in their home states. Uh, ahem, well that's actually no longer necessarily true... thanks to the "Help Americans Vote Act" or HAVA, we now allow people who cannot be verified as eligible to vote to cast a ballot anyway. Yo, Congressional Dems... think THAT might have held up the lines and caused problems on Election Day in Ohio?... Not only does that slow the lines down as poll workers must attempt to verify the voter's eligibility but, later, after they are verified NOT to be registered to vote by officials at the state Board of Elections, their ballot are not counted anyway. How is this helpful?!
The most surreal moment, for me, in this process came when Senator Jesse Jackson, Jr. during his five minutes in the Senate proceedings shouted for granting voting eligibility to every citizen simply based on US citizenship alone -- let's allow voters to vote wherever they like regardless of the voter's home state, regardless of whether he can verify his identity. Heck, JJ Jr., why not go all out and let the mobs rule and anarchy reign freely over our election process at a FEDERAL level!
The most amusing moment, for me, in this process came when Rep. Tom DeLay called the conspiracy theorists who have objected to certifying Ohio's electoral votes the "X-Files wing" of the Democrat party! Perfect.
One by one, as the Dems make their arguments, they are trying to convince us that their objection to certifying Ohio's electoral votes is not about trying to change the outcome of the election but about airing grievances over election irregularities. Do these legislators not understand that the proper venue for this is in the Ohio STATE legislature, not the federal legislature.
Moreover, if the Dems are being honest about their reasoning for this objection, why was there no objection raised to certifying the electoral votes from Wisconsin, Michigan, and other states where Kerry won electoral votes and there were alleged irregularities in the popular voting process? How stupid must the Dems think the American people are?! Is Michael Moore now in charge of the Democrat party?
The people of this great democratic Republic vote at the polls AFTER being certified eligible and registering to vote in their home states. Uh, ahem, well that's actually no longer necessarily true... thanks to the "Help Americans Vote Act" or HAVA, we now allow people who cannot be verified as eligible to vote to cast a ballot anyway. Yo, Congressional Dems... think THAT might have held up the lines and caused problems on Election Day in Ohio?... Not only does that slow the lines down as poll workers must attempt to verify the voter's eligibility but, later, after they are verified NOT to be registered to vote by officials at the state Board of Elections, their ballot are not counted anyway. How is this helpful?!
The most surreal moment, for me, in this process came when Senator Jesse Jackson, Jr. during his five minutes in the Senate proceedings shouted for granting voting eligibility to every citizen simply based on US citizenship alone -- let's allow voters to vote wherever they like regardless of the voter's home state, regardless of whether he can verify his identity. Heck, JJ Jr., why not go all out and let the mobs rule and anarchy reign freely over our election process at a FEDERAL level!
The most amusing moment, for me, in this process came when Rep. Tom DeLay called the conspiracy theorists who have objected to certifying Ohio's electoral votes the "X-Files wing" of the Democrat party! Perfect.
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