Well as they sometimes say, truth is stranger than
fiction, and with that said it would seem that the U.S. Supreme Court, just
today, actually has seen fit to leave intact a new Republican-backed law in
Wisconsin that requires voters to present photo identification when they cast
ballots. Is that amazing, or what? The
court declined to hear an appeal filed by that well-known communist front group,
otherwise known as, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which was behind
this most recent challenge of the law. A
law that simply makes good sense.
Voter identification laws have been put in place in
a number of Republican-governed states over the very strong objections of many
Democrats. You see, Democrats want to make sure the Republicans don’t
disenfranchise the dead who may still wish to vote and strongly object to
attempts being made to make it more difficult for the dead to vote. But Republicans in Wisconsin, as well as in
other states, say such rules are needed to prevent voter fraud. Democrats say
the laws are intended to suppress the turnout of minorities and other groups that
tend to vote for Democrats.
It was in October that the court temporarily blocked
the Wisconsin law. And while it did not explain its reasoning at the time, possibly
feeling that it didn’t really need to, it was assumed that the most likely reason
was because the statute was being implemented at a time considered to be too
close to the November election, which, or so it was claimed, could have caused
confusion and disruption. The ACLU had pointed out in October that absentee
ballots had been sent out before the November election without notifying voters
of the identification requirements.
The Supreme Court has previously upheld the
constitutionality of such voter ID laws. Wisconsin's is but one of several
similar voter ID rules that have become a political and racial flashpoint
across the United States. A federal
judge blocked the state's voter ID law in March 2012 soon after it took effect
and entered a permanent injunction in April, supposedly finding that the
measure would deter or prevent a substantial number of voters who lack photo
identification from casting ballots, and therefore place an unnecessary burden
on the poor and minorities.
Apparently Democrats, and groups such as the ACLU,
seem to be of the opinion that the poor among us and those who may belong to
our various minority communities, are simply too stupid to know how to go about
the obtaining of a ‘free’ picture identification card. But let’s be real, shall we, if there is one
thing that these folks have acquired a real knack for, and what they are able
to do better than anyone else, it’s knowing how to go about the getting of
‘free’ stuff. So I feel quite
comfortable that few, if any of these folks, would find it too difficult to
obtain an ID card.
So, why should one require a photo identification
card to, purchase alcohol, purchase cigarettes, open a bank account, apply for
food stamps, apply for welfare, apply for Medicaid/Social Security, apply for
unemployment or a job, rent/buy a house, apply for a mortgage, drive/buy/rent a
car, get on an airplane, get married, purchase a gun, adopt a pet, rent a hotel
room, apply for a hunting license, buy a cell phone, visit a casino, pick up a
prescription, apply for a fishing license or to buy an “M” rated video game,
and yet not require one to vote? How
idiotic is that?
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