[HiTech RedNeck]

The idea may have been lame and gratuitously preachy. It sounds just like something Cruz would come up with.

But for the SoS to blow a gasket over it as though it was anything other than metaphorical, also shows a high lameness quotient.

I would grant the SoS that in today’s low information age, it could be misunderstood. Sad that it can, but yes it can.

[JediJones]

It sounds just like something Cruz would come up with.

No, it's an old tactic used by many campaigns in the past. Whoever's working on his mail operation just pulled it out of a standard playbook.

[Yaelle]

But for the SoS to blow a gasket over it as though it was anything other than metaphorical, also shows a high lameness quotient.

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Oh my gosh. No, it does not. Our citizenry doesn’t only consist of smart people. Half the population is under the middle IQ. Some voters are still in high school. Some are seniors and some of those are suffering illnesses.

When my dad was barely started down the Alzheimers trail, suddenly he fell for all kinds of mail and phone scams he never would have before. This is true for seniors without dementia too. Not everyone is a sharp businessman.

I definitely can see why the SofS came out with that statement.

[grania]

FWIW, someone posted the Iowa law on another site. What they did might be illegal in Iowa. They didn't just badger folks with their own voting record and shaming. They included neighbors names and their participation percents. And they suggested they might come out with a progress report mailing after the caucus.

Isn't that coercion?