Friday, May 5, 2006

Dems Still Want to Make Election Day A Federal Holiday!



This Post first ran in
February of 2005


Election Day becomes a federal Holiday? Nah, ain’t gonna happen!






A few days ago, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and the usual suspects, gathered for a press conference to which the Media Wing of the Democrat Party flocked, salivating, to receive the words from on high.

As usual the words from on high were empty, vacuous, and the renovations to the Election Process in America, which they propose, will never happen. And, they know it. It was simply another exercise in attempting to blacken the Republican Party’s name among the Democrat base. That alone is totally unnecessary. That crowd, their base, is hopeless. But I digress.

Two of their “bold” proposals were: Make Election Day, a National Holiday to entice more people to vote. And… allow convicted felons to vote.

Do you see the thrust here? You don’t have to have the IQ of a rocket scientist to figure this one out.

First: If Election Day is made a Federal Holiday, Federal (read Government) workers will have the day off. The vast majority of Federal workers are Democrats. They are Union Democrats. The theory is… this would help the Democrat ticket.

Now to the felons: Who do you think they’ll vote for, huh? ‘nuff said!

Frankly, it doesn’t have a prayer of passing the Congress, because it is so transparent.

On the other hand, I’m not sure making Election Day a Federal Holiday would do much of anything towards increasing the numbers at the polls. People, who want to vote, find a way. It would, however, present those not particularly interested in voting, anyhow, a shot at a relaxing day off from work…and nothing else. I do not believe they will stand in line to cast a vote for a candidate they probably know nothing about, anyway.

But, the Democrats, ever the champions of “appearance”, and of “slight of hand”, will use the fact that the Congress will turn this down, flat, as another opportunity to bash the Republicans and harangue their listeners, and the press, with choruses of “The Republicans don’t care about voters!” Same song…another verse.

Frankly, I don’t think we need to make voting any easier. If anything we need to make it harder to vote.

I think we should bring back voter testing. Can the voter read? Does the voter have an IQ above room temperature? That sort of thing.

A voter should have to prove he or she is a citizen of the US and a citizen of the state and/or city in which he, or she, is about to cast a vote. (Not by using the new Federal Driver’s license!) And… last, but not least, a voter should be able to prove he, or she, is not dead. That alone will cut down, tremendously, on the “Graveyard Vote”.

So far, nearly all the voter registration laws, such as “Motor Voting”, have backfired and more Republicans than Democrats have used it to register to vote. But, bless their hearts, those Dems keep trying!

You know, I expect that soon, they will have a voter registration form sent to young parents along with their new child’s Social Security Number.

Are they doing that already????

If not, watch for it. It’s coming!

“Longstreet”

9 comments:

  1. I'd love to have another day off work for one, and for two felons are allowed to vote in some states, it would just make it standardized across the nation. And if it helps Democrats GREAT! all the THINGS THE republicans have done with redistricting and crap. And after all we do let Evangelicals vote and they should be institutionalized for being religiously insane and moarally incompetent.

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  2. I think that only people who have jobs or are retired, or who have a legitmate reason as to why they can't work, should be allowed to vote.

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  3. When will the Dems start advocating for the dead vote too? Just cause they're dead, doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed an opinion.

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  4. Another Confederate-American!
    Welcome aboard, Sir!

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  5. "When will the Dems start advocating for the dead vote too? Just cause they're dead, doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed an opinion."
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    Cube... you mean the dead DON'T vote where you live? Gasp!! The Graveyard Vote has one of the highest turnouts of all the precincts in this neck of the woods!

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  6. A time might come when they want to ferry current inmates to the voting booth.

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  7. Didn't Limbaugh plead guilty to a felony? or did they reduce his charge?

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  8. Didn't Limbaugh plead guilty to a felony? or did they reduce his charge?

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  9. You know, I don't know, for sure. He was charged with "doctor shopping" and I don't know if that is a felony or a misdemeanor in Florida. This poor ole country had never heard of it. I'm not even sure we have the same law in this state.

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