Earlier today, Attorney General Eric Holder addressed the NAACP Nation Convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. What did media need in order to attend? That's right, government issued photo identification (and a second form of identification too!), something both Holder and the NAACP stand firmly against when it comes to voting. Holder's DOJ is currently suing Texas for "discriminatory" voter ID laws. From the press release:All media must present government-issued photo I.D. (such as a driver’s license) as well as valid media credentials. Members of the media must RSVP to receive press credentials at http://action.naacp.org/page/s/registration. For security purposes, media check-in and equipment set up must be completed by 7:45 a.m. CDT for an 8:00 a.m. CDT security sweep. Once the security sweep is completed, additional media equipment will NOT be permitted to enter and swept equipment will NOT be permitted to exit.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/07/10/naacp_requires_photo_id_to_see_holder_speak
You just can't make this stuff up. And I am sure that the NAACP and Eric Holder probably don't even get the hypocrisy they just created.
I would not argue with you that the reasoning behind the Voter ID laws sounds really good. We need ID for all kinds of things. But you DO KNOW that the real reason for Voter ID laws is to suppress the Democratic vote. . .right? They've even admitted it in Pennsylvania.
ReplyDeleteYes, we need ID for lots of things. But there are very often exceptions made for the very elderly, the poor, young people. . . Birth certificates, utility bills. I've never been asked for ID here in Vegas, I've just presented my voter registration card. THERE IS NO VOTER FRAUD to speak of in this country. It's very, very, very rare, and punishible as a felony if committed. Voter fraud is NOT the reason for Voter ID laws.
When you say there is no voter fraud in the country, you are wrong. ACORN and 2 employees were convicted of voter fraud when they fraudulently tried to sign up to vote and they included hundreds of false names, here in Las Vegas.
ReplyDeleteIn Wisconsin, there have been many convictions of voter fraud. In Troy New York 4 people were convicted of voter fraud in 2011. The list can go on.
Most states have ways to help the elderly, disabled, poor and others to get an ID, so they are not being disenfranchised.
But voter fraud is real, generally done by Democrats, so maybe that is who the PA people were talking about.