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from: Rich Gauszka
date: 2006-11-02 19:24:54
subject: Re: GOP blocks flu shots

From: "Rich Gauszka" 

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No one is required to vote that gets a flu shot. That's just like when =
Republicans complain how unfair it is that auto workers have election = day
off. The Republican party comes off as a party that wishes to = discourage
voting rather than one that cherishes the right of every = citizen to vote
=20
  "Gary Britt"  wrote in message =
news:454a8b74$1{at}w3.nls.net...

  Its not a law passed just for this Rich.  Its a long standing law, =
that just happens to apply to this.

  Gary

  Rich Gauszka wrote:=20
First - no one given a shot is required to vote. Second - they could = have=20
just suspended the shots for the day/time of the vote. But no - they are = so=20
afraid of minorities people voting that they would rather discourage any =

assemblage even days before.

I suppose next time they'll pass a law that says no free flu shots = before=20
the 2nd week of November.

The Democrats do stupid things at the polls also. I just hate all the=20
bullshit justification coming from both sides regarding an election.  In =

Detroit it happens to be cries of racism when a Republican challenger=20
inquires why no one is checking IDs at the polling location.


"Gary Britt"  wrote in
message=20 news:454a79b3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  Its the law.  Giving somebody booze, cigarettes, money, gold, or a flu =

shot is paying for somebody to vote and violated a very specific statute =

applicable to that region.

Its also bullshit they were trying to reach medically undeserved areas.=20
They were trying to pay people to come vote.

Gary


Phil Payne wrote:
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/4304540.html

"Mayor Bill White ordered a halt Wednesday to the city health=20 department's
privately funded drive to offer flu vaccinations at early voting sites = in
predominantly Hispanic and black neighborhoods, amid conservative=20 criticism
that the effort would boost Democratic turnout.

About 1,300 flu shots were given to people age 50 or older in the past=20 three
days under the program, which didn't require the recipients to vote.=20 Health
officials said they were only trying to reach people in medically
underserved communities."


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No one is required to vote that gets a =
flu shot.=20
That's just like when Republicans complain how unfair it is that auto = workers=20
have election day off. The Republican party comes off as a party = that=20
wishes to discourage voting rather than one that cherishes the right of = every=20
citizen to vote
 

  "Gary Britt" <glbNOSPAM{at}gencogDOTcom.com=">mailto:glbNOSPAM{at}gencogDOTcom.com">glbNOSPAM{at}gencogDOTcom.com=
>=20
  wrote in message news:454a8b74$1{at}w3.nls.net...Its=20
  not a law passed just for this Rich.  Its a long standing law, =
that just=20
  happens to apply to this.GaryRich
Gauszka wrote:=20
  
First - no one given a shot is required to vote.
Second - they = could have=20
just suspended the shots for the day/time of the vote. But no - they are = so=20
afraid of minorities people voting that they would rather discourage any =

assemblage even days before.

I suppose next time they'll pass a law that says no free flu shots = before=20
the 2nd week of November.

The Democrats do stupid things at the polls also. I just hate all the=20
bullshit justification coming from both sides regarding an election.  In =

Detroit it happens to be cries of racism when a Republican challenger=20
inquires why no one is checking IDs at the polling location.


"Gary Britt" <glbNOSPAM{at}gencogDOTcom.com=">mailto:glbNOSPAM{at}gencogDOTcom.com"><glbNOSPAM{at}gencogDOTcom.com=
> wrote in message=20
news:454a79b3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  
    
Its the law.  Giving =
somebody booze, cigarettes, money, gold, or a flu=20 shot is paying for
somebody to vote and violated a very specific statute =

applicable to that region.

Its also bullshit they were trying to reach medically undeserved areas.=20
They were trying to pay people to come vote.

Gary


Phil Payne wrote:
    
      
http:=">http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/4304540.html">http:=
//www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/4304540.html

"Mayor Bill White ordered a halt Wednesday to the city health=20 department's
privately funded drive to offer flu vaccinations at early voting sites = in
predominantly Hispanic and black neighborhoods, amid conservative=20 criticism
that the effort would boost Democratic turnout.

About 1,300 flu shots were given to people age 50 or older in the past=20 three
days under the program, which didn't require the recipients to vote.=20 Health
officials said they were only trying to reach people in medically
underserved communities."


      

 


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