Hello Bob,   
      
    JM>> If the person they voted for is anti-capitalism and will   
    JM>> directly hurt the business why keep them?   
      
    BK>> Because it's illegal to punish people for their political views.   
      
    JM>> Not in Ga. I can fire anyone for any reason or no reason at   
    JM>> all.   
      
   BK>President is a federal office, not state. I do believe it is   
   BK>illegal to extort support or with holding support in a federal   
   BK>election through any threat or punishment.   
      
   We do not have federal elections in this country.  We have state   
   elections.  And local elections.  But never federal elections.   
      
   In the case of presidential elections, it is really a matter of   
   50 separate state elections - plus one municipal election.  As such,   
   it is not really a federal election at all.  Even though the office   
   of the presidency is a federal (or national) office.   
      
   [..]   
      
    LL>>>>> But hey.  I guess that is the only way Republicans think they can   
    LL>>>>> win.  Suppress the vote.   
      
    JM>>>> You mean like Democrats suppress the military vote?   
      
    BK>>> That was the republicans. Too many of the military vote   
    BK>>> democratic.   
      
    JM>> You are wrong.   
      
   BK>No, I am not. Republicans have had several overt efforts to   
   BK>suppress the military vote, focused on areas with normally   
   BK>democratic supporting constitutancies.   
      
   There are nine new incoming members of Congress who are veterans   
   of Iraq and/or Afghanistan, seven of those nine being Republican.   
      
   Seems to me that Republicans are making a concerted effort to   
   get veterans elected to Congress.  Maybe they are on to something.   
   Such as drafting John McCain to make another run for president ...   
      
   --Lee   
      
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