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To: Usagi_yo
Why not require military service in order to vote? Stupidest idea I have ever heard. I know more conservative federal workers than you can imagine. Why not make it illegal for anyone of color to vote... Oh wait tried that once. It is called discrimination. How about fining any conservative who stayed home and did not vote. Nope that would not work either. How about keeping these dumb ideas to yourself.
19 posted on 10/12/2013 1:29:31 PM PDT by BlowNegative (The Thing about Silent Warfare - Don't leave footprints)
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To: BlowNegative

I don’t see what’s hard to see here. Washington DC cannot vote for President precisely for this reason.

And your observation about most federal employees being conservative ... I don’t think so. There are ample stats to look at in regards to the breakdown of ‘identified as democratic’ and ‘identified as conservative’, there is even a disproportionate amount of minority and women in the Federal Workforce as well.

The fact is, Federal workers become a ready made constituency for people willing to give them lots of money, lots of union representation, and lots of benefits.

Take away their vote and take away their campaign contributions.

It can easily be done, all new hires and re-hires lose these mechanisms for furthering their agenda through graft, kick backs, nepotism, blackmail, bribary and the opposite end, threats, intimidation and retributions.


23 posted on 10/12/2013 2:52:00 PM PDT by Usagi_yo
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To: BlowNegative

Oh, I see you’re using the Moron argument. Are you qualified? Cause you’ve only shown your idiot qualifications.

Build a straw man with ‘colored people can’t vote’ argument. That’s like so 2nd grade.

Are you going to continue to insist that I’m talking about minorities not being able to vote rather than people with gainful employment from the Federal Government? Or do you have some real rebuttal that actually is in context and without silly little 2nd grade strawmen?


24 posted on 10/12/2013 2:58:40 PM PDT by Usagi_yo
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To: BlowNegative; Usagi_yo

“Why not require military service in order to vote?” That was the premise of Robert Heinlein’s “Starship Troopers.” To be a “Citizen” with the right to vote, one had to first serve in the military. Read the book, ignore the movie.


27 posted on 10/12/2013 5:12:29 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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