Posted on 08/03/2012 10:51:21 PM PDT by John Semmens
You’re late on this one, John. They’re already doing this.
very good John
Good satire John, now how long before the detractors show up?
Ah-HA! Semmens is CHANNELING Wasserman-Schultz! (I always wondered how he knew what they were really thinking.)
John, another fine (and scary) column. BTW, do tell Miss Cleo we all say "hi".
Some on this board thinks that is OK, since they feed at the taxpayer trough.
ROTFL! It’s SO dang believable!!
If we keep troops from voting because they get a govt paycheck maybe we should also exclude the 45 million getting food stamps.
The idea of not allowing the military to vote because they get a gov't check is so idiotic I figured I'd never see it here. This practice would of course include retirees and anyone getting service-related disability pay. Just goes to show, never say never.
DNC Chairperson Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla) declared that it is a long standing tradition in America that our armed forces do not engage in partisan politics while on duty. States should not be permitted to undermine this tradition.
Not only would the Ohio law undermine this tradition, it also would undermine national security, she added. Soldiers deployed overseas should not be distracted from their primary duty of carrying out the orders of their Commander-in-Chief. The idea that we should be accommodating the opportunity for them to vote to depose their Commander-in-Chief is about as wrongheaded as could be.
Wasserman-Schultz assured that she isn’t advocating taking away their right to vote because a move that overt could incite a negative reaction from too many people. Letting them cast ballots that arrive too late to be counted is a good compromise. It’s kind of a ‘pressure release valve.’ We allow them to vent without subjecting the nation to an unwarranted influence on election outcomes.
That all sounds like something she would say in reality.
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