LL> Hello Bob,

 BK>> With all the BS talk about democrats wanting immigration reform
 BK>> to get new voters who will vote democratic, one thing seem to
 BK>> be left out.

 LL> Wazzat?

 BK>> I had forgotten, it is the states that decide who gets to vote.

 LL> You forget about the Voting Rights Act, which mandates that
 LL> Southern states need to get approval from the DOJ in matters
 LL> concerning federal elections.

 No, I didn't forget, but that's a limited rule, and it prevents
 them from keeping people from voting, not from allowing them to
 vote.

 BK>> When it comes to race, age and sex, it's in the constitution.

 LL> Southern states still need to get approval from the DOJ,
 LL> irregardless of what the US Constitution says or does not
 LL> say.

 Again, when it comes to restricting voting on the basis of race
 etc.

 BK>> Other than that, I do believe it is the states who decide who gets to
 LL> vote.

 LL> The DOJ decides what Southern states can get away with,
 LL> allowing all other states to do whatever the hell they want.

 BK>> So, the republican states could let favorable groups vote, even
 BK>> though they aren't citizens.

 LL> Republicans want to end the Voting Rights Act, thus
 LL> returning fairness to every state in the USA.  Democrats
 LL> have to come to the realization that George Wallace is
 LL> dead, as well as Bull Connor and Lester Maddox.

 Their spirit lives on.

 BK>> And block those who are.

 LL> Governor Rick Perry says he wants to become President of
 LL> Texas. Many Republicans want to grant him that wish.  But
 LL> Democrats are adamantly opposed.  And nobody can imagine
 LL> why, as no Republican could ever hope to win the White
 LL> House without Texas.

 Maybe because Rick Perry is one of the worst possible choices.
 Other than he let an innocent man be executed.

 LL> I guess it must be Democrats' sense of fair play.
 LL> Especially given the fact that Democrat Barack Obama won
 LL> the state of Florida twice in a row, thanks to all them
 LL> Cubans in Miami.

 The Republicans think they own the Cuban Vote. It's the only
 Hispanic vote they get the majority of.

 BK>> Since all federal offices are decided by state population,
 BK>> not by actually by popular vote, that would be interesting.

 LL> You have it all wrong -

 LL> Gerald R. Ford was appointed, not elected.

 Gerald R. Ford was nominated and confirmed, but that was a
 crisis situation.

 LL> George W. Bush was appointed, not elected.

 True.

 LL> Need more be said?

 No, I said it all above.

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