The Grand Old Party Needs To Adjust Their Agenda: The GOP Is Keeping People From V****g Instead of Giving Them a Reason To Do So Opinion, Allan Katz I have no problem with the idea of...

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

The GOP Is Keeping People From V****g Instead of Giving Them a Reason To Do So

Opinion, Allan Katz

I have no problem with the idea of a v**er ID. The question needs to be what suffices for v**er ID. Maybe it's a utility bill. Maybe it's some other indication because I think most people, regardless of race or our party, believe that no one should be v****g in the name of someone else. If we look at what we know in terms of v***r f***d, since the days of the big-city machines, we don't have any cases of systemic v***r f***d in the United States.

So the real issue becomes one of what do you really want to accomplish here? What I think we want to accomplish here is that we want more people to v**e. We want to make it easier for people who are eligible to v**e, we want their v**es all to be counted and we all want it to be accurate. If Republicans spent more time trying to convince these people to v**e for them and less time trying to keep them from v****g, they probably would come out a lot better. It is far too easy to use race as the basis on both sides to talk about a bad bill as a r****t bill. Sometimes a bad bill is just a bad bill.

We take the term "r****t" and we throw it around way too much. I think there was r****m in this country, and I think there still is institutional r****m in the country. However, everything that I don't agree with isn't necessarily r****t. Everything that the Republicans want to do isn't necessarily r****t. The farther we can get away from that, and focus on what the real issue is here, the better off we are.

There are a lot of ways to deal with the Senate filibuster. You can lower the number. We lowered it in the past from 67 to 60. Maybe in these partisan times, that's a more realistic way to go. You can carve out an exception for v****g rights, because that's a fundamental right. All I'm trying to say here is that there are ways to go forward without calling people names and working very hard to keep more people from having an opportunity to v**e.

As I've said to my Republican friends, if you spent more time trying to convince these people to v**e for you and less time to keep them from v****g, you'd probably come out a lot better.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

slatten49 wrote:

The GOP Is Keeping People From V****g Instead of Giving Them a Reason To Do So

Opinion, Allan Katz

I have no problem with the idea of a v**er ID. The question needs to be what suffices for v**er ID. Maybe it's a utility bill. Maybe it's some other indication because I think most people, regardless of race or our party, believe that no one should be v****g in the name of someone else. If we look at what we know in terms of v***r f***d, since the days of the big-city machines, we don't have any cases of systemic v***r f***d in the United States.

So the real issue becomes one of what do you really want to accomplish here? What I think we want to accomplish here is that we want more people to v**e. We want to make it easier for people who are eligible to v**e, we want their v**es all to be counted and we all want it to be accurate. If Republicans spent more time trying to convince these people to v**e for them and less time trying to keep them from v****g, they probably would come out a lot better. It is far too easy to use race as the basis on both sides to talk about a bad bill as a r****t bill. Sometimes a bad bill is just a bad bill.

We take the term "r****t" and we throw it around way too much. I think there was r****m in this country, and I think there still is institutional r****m in the country. However, everything that I don't agree with isn't necessarily r****t. Everything that the Republicans want to do isn't necessarily r****t. The farther we can get away from that, and focus on what the real issue is here, the better off we are.

There are a lot of ways to deal with the Senate filibuster. You can lower the number. We lowered it in the past from 67 to 60. Maybe in these partisan times, that's a more realistic way to go. You can carve out an exception for v****g rights, because that's a fundamental right. All I'm trying to say here is that there are ways to go forward without calling people names and working very hard to keep more people from having an opportunity to v**e.

As I've said to my Republican friends, if you spent more time trying to convince these people to v**e for you and less time to keep them from v****g, you'd probably come out a lot better.

The GOP Is Keeping People From V****g Instead of G... (show quote)

Bulls**t. A utility bill? Hmmmm....did that person have to have an ID to activate that utility? Or, did the gas company just take their word for it?

Nah, not buying it.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

archie bunker wrote:

Bulls**t. A utility bill? Hmmmm....did that person have to have an ID to activate that utility? Or, did the gas company just take their word for it?

Nah, not buying it.

"Buying it" is not required, my friend.

Thanks for taking the time to read it.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

slatten49 wrote:

"Buying it" is not required, my friend.

Thanks for taking the time to read it.

That part stuck out, and wrecked the entire premise to me.

Weasel Loc: In the Great State Of Indiana!!

slatten49 wrote:

The GOP Is Keeping People From V****g Instead of Giving Them a Reason To Do So

Opinion, Allan Katz

I have no problem with the idea of a v**er ID. The question needs to be what suffices for v**er ID. Maybe it's a utility bill. Maybe it's some other indication because I think most people, regardless of race or our party, believe that no one should be v****g in the name of someone else. If we look at what we know in terms of v***r f***d, since the days of the big-city machines, we don't have any cases of systemic v***r f***d in the United States.

So the real issue becomes one of what do you really want to accomplish here? What I think we want to accomplish here is that we want more people to v**e. We want to make it easier for people who are eligible to v**e, we want their v**es all to be counted and we all want it to be accurate. If Republicans spent more time trying to convince these people to v**e for them and less time trying to keep them from v****g, they probably would come out a lot better. It is far too easy to use race as the basis on both sides to talk about a bad bill as a r****t bill. Sometimes a bad bill is just a bad bill.

We take the term "r****t" and we throw it around way too much. I think there was r****m in this country, and I think there still is institutional r****m in the country. However, everything that I don't agree with isn't necessarily r****t. Everything that the Republicans want to do isn't necessarily r****t. The farther we can get away from that, and focus on what the real issue is here, the better off we are.

There are a lot of ways to deal with the Senate filibuster. You can lower the number. We lowered it in the past from 67 to 60. Maybe in these partisan times, that's a more realistic way to go. You can carve out an exception for v****g rights, because that's a fundamental right. All I'm trying to say here is that there are ways to go forward without calling people names and working very hard to keep more people from having an opportunity to v**e.

As I've said to my Republican friends, if you spent more time trying to convince these people to v**e for you and less time to keep them from v****g, you'd probably come out a lot better.

The GOP Is Keeping People From V****g Instead of G... (show quote)

Incredibly funny.

I have to agree with Archie.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

archie bunker wrote:

That part stuck out, and wrecked the entire premise to me.

Understood, and that's okay.

Since my brother's death last October, I'm not sure when I'll be in or through Amarillo again. But, when I do, I'll give you advance notice...allowing you time to get out'ta Dodge.

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

slatten49 wrote:

The GOP Is Keeping People From V****g Instead of Giving Them a Reason To Do So

Opinion, Allan Katz

I have no problem with the idea of a v**er ID. The question needs to be what suffices for v**er ID. Maybe it's a utility bill. Maybe it's some other indication because I think most people, regardless of race or our party, believe that no one should be v****g in the name of someone else. If we look at what we know in terms of v***r f***d, since the days of the big-city machines, we don't have any cases of systemic v***r f***d in the United States.

So the real issue becomes one of what do you really want to accomplish here? What I think we want to accomplish here is that we want more people to v**e. We want to make it easier for people who are eligible to v**e, we want their v**es all to be counted and we all want it to be accurate. If Republicans spent more time trying to convince these people to v**e for them and less time trying to keep them from v****g, they probably would come out a lot better. It is far too easy to use race as the basis on both sides to talk about a bad bill as a r****t bill. Sometimes a bad bill is just a bad bill.

We take the term "r****t" and we throw it around way too much. I think there was r****m in this country, and I think there still is institutional r****m in the country. However, everything that I don't agree with isn't necessarily r****t. Everything that the Republicans want to do isn't necessarily r****t. The farther we can get away from that, and focus on what the real issue is here, the better off we are.

There are a lot of ways to deal with the Senate filibuster. You can lower the number. We lowered it in the past from 67 to 60. Maybe in these partisan times, that's a more realistic way to go. You can carve out an exception for v****g rights, because that's a fundamental right. All I'm trying to say here is that there are ways to go forward without calling people names and working very hard to keep more people from having an opportunity to v**e.

As I've said to my Republican friends, if you spent more time trying to convince these people to v**e for you and less time to keep them from v****g, you'd probably come out a lot better.

The GOP Is Keeping People From V****g Instead of G... (show quote)

Watch the excuses start.

microphor Loc: Home is TN

slatten49 wrote:

The GOP Is Keeping People From V****g Instead of Giving Them a Reason To Do So

Opinion, Allan Katz

I have no problem with the idea of a v**er ID. The question needs to be what suffices for v**er ID. Maybe it's a utility bill. Maybe it's some other indication because I think most people, regardless of race or our party, believe that no one should be v****g in the name of someone else. If we look at what we know in terms of v***r f***d, since the days of the big-city machines, we don't have any cases of systemic v***r f***d in the United States.

So the real issue becomes one of what do you really want to accomplish here? What I think we want to accomplish here is that we want more people to v**e. We want to make it easier for people who are eligible to v**e, we want their v**es all to be counted and we all want it to be accurate. If Republicans spent more time trying to convince these people to v**e for them and less time trying to keep them from v****g, they probably would come out a lot better. It is far too easy to use race as the basis on both sides to talk about a bad bill as a r****t bill. Sometimes a bad bill is just a bad bill.

We take the term "r****t" and we throw it around way too much. I think there was r****m in this country, and I think there still is institutional r****m in the country. However, everything that I don't agree with isn't necessarily r****t. Everything that the Republicans want to do isn't necessarily r****t. The farther we can get away from that, and focus on what the real issue is here, the better off we are.

There are a lot of ways to deal with the Senate filibuster. You can lower the number. We lowered it in the past from 67 to 60. Maybe in these partisan times, that's a more realistic way to go. You can carve out an exception for v****g rights, because that's a fundamental right. All I'm trying to say here is that there are ways to go forward without calling people names and working very hard to keep more people from having an opportunity to v**e.

As I've said to my Republican friends, if you spent more time trying to convince these people to v**e for you and less time to keep them from v****g, you'd probably come out a lot better.

The GOP Is Keeping People From V****g Instead of G... (show quote)

Just some bulls**t.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

slatten49 wrote:

Understood, and that's okay.

Since my brother's death last October, I'm not sure when I'll be in or through Amarillo again. But, when I do, I'll give you advance notice...allowing you time to get out'ta Dodge.

You're welcome to come through Vista, CA when you visit your granddaughter and her Marine. I hope you like breweries. We have plenty of them. I'll be happy to show you around to them.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

slatten49 wrote:

The GOP Is Keeping People From V****g Instead of Giving Them a Reason To Do So

Opinion, Allan Katz

I have no problem with the idea of a v**er ID. The question needs to be what suffices for v**er ID. Maybe it's a utility bill. Maybe it's some other indication because I think most people, regardless of race or our party, believe that no one should be v****g in the name of someone else. If we look at what we know in terms of v***r f***d, since the days of the big-city machines, we don't have any cases of systemic v***r f***d in the United States.

So the real issue becomes one of what do you really want to accomplish here? What I think we want to accomplish here is that we want more people to v**e. We want to make it easier for people who are eligible to v**e, we want their v**es all to be counted and we all want it to be accurate. If Republicans spent more time trying to convince these people to v**e for them and less time trying to keep them from v****g, they probably would come out a lot better. It is far too easy to use race as the basis on both sides to talk about a bad bill as a r****t bill. Sometimes a bad bill is just a bad bill.

We take the term "r****t" and we throw it around way too much. I think there was r****m in this country, and I think there still is institutional r****m in the country. However, everything that I don't agree with isn't necessarily r****t. Everything that the Republicans want to do isn't necessarily r****t. The farther we can get away from that, and focus on what the real issue is here, the better off we are.

There are a lot of ways to deal with the Senate filibuster. You can lower the number. We lowered it in the past from 67 to 60. Maybe in these partisan times, that's a more realistic way to go. You can carve out an exception for v****g rights, because that's a fundamental right. All I'm trying to say here is that there are ways to go forward without calling people names and working very hard to keep more people from having an opportunity to v**e.

As I've said to my Republican friends, if you spent more time trying to convince these people to v**e for you and less time to keep them from v****g, you'd probably come out a lot better.

The GOP Is Keeping People From V****g Instead of G... (show quote)

Better to convince them to v**e for a candidate than to bribe them to v**e for a party. Wouldn't you agree?

America 1 Loc: South Miami

slatten49 wrote:

The GOP Is Keeping People From V****g Instead of Giving Them a Reason To Do So

Opinion, Allan Katz

I have no problem with the idea of a v**er ID. The question needs to be what suffices for v**er ID. Maybe it's a utility bill. Maybe it's some other indication because I think most people, regardless of race or our party, believe that no one should be v****g in the name of someone else. If we look at what we know in terms of v***r f***d, since the days of the big-city machines, we don't have any cases of systemic v***r f***d in the United States.

So the real issue becomes one of what do you really want to accomplish here? What I think we want to accomplish here is that we want more people to v**e. We want to make it easier for people who are eligible to v**e, we want their v**es all to be counted and we all want it to be accurate. If Republicans spent more time trying to convince these people to v**e for them and less time trying to keep them from v****g, they probably would come out a lot better. It is far too easy to use race as the basis on both sides to talk about a bad bill as a r****t bill. Sometimes a bad bill is just a bad bill.

We take the term "r****t" and we throw it around way too much. I think there was r****m in this country, and I think there still is institutional r****m in the country. However, everything that I don't agree with isn't necessarily r****t. Everything that the Republicans want to do isn't necessarily r****t. The farther we can get away from that, and focus on what the real issue is here, the better off we are.

There are a lot of ways to deal with the Senate filibuster. You can lower the number. We lowered it in the past from 67 to 60. Maybe in these partisan times, that's a more realistic way to go. You can carve out an exception for v****g rights, because that's a fundamental right. All I'm trying to say here is that there are ways to go forward without calling people names and working very hard to keep more people from having an opportunity to v**e.

As I've said to my Republican friends, if you spent more time trying to convince these people to v**e for you and less time to keep them from v****g, you'd probably come out a lot better.

The GOP Is Keeping People From V****g Instead of G... (show quote)

Another worthless opinion.

Liberty Tree

America 1 wrote:

Another worthless opinion.

He specializes in posting them.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

microphor wrote:

Just some bulls**t.

There are none so blind as those who will not see.

American Vet

slatten49 wrote:

The GOP Is Keeping People From V****g Instead of G... (show quote)

Liberals keep tossing out this accusation about 'suppressing the v**e' but seem to have trouble supporting that allegation.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

dtucker300 wrote:

You're welcome to come through Vista, CA when you visit your granddaughter and her Marine. I hope you like breweries. We have plenty of them. I'll be happy to show you around to them.

I hope to visit Camp Pendleton, but it won't be before next Spring...at the earliest. I look forward to meeting you!