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.   
      
   Wazzat?   
      
    BK> I had forgotten, it is the states that decide who gets to vote.   
      
   You forget about the Voting Rights Act, which mandates that   
   Southern states need to get approval from the DOJ in matters   
   concerning federal elections.   
      
    BK> When it comes to race, age and sex, it's in the constitution.   
      
   Southern states still need to get approval from the DOJ, irregardless   
   of what the US Constitution says or does not say.   
      
    BK> Other than that, I do believe it is the states who decide who gets to   
   vote.   
      
   The DOJ decides what Southern states can get away with, 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.   
      
   Republicans want to end the Voting Rights Act, thus returning fairness   
   to every state in the USA.  Democrats have to come to the realization   
   that George Wallace is dead, as well as Bull Connor and Lester Maddox.   
      
    BK> And block those who are.   
      
   Governor Rick Perry says he wants to become President of Texas.   
   Many Republicans want to grant him that wish.  But Democrats are   
   adamantly opposed.  And nobody can imagine why, as no Republican   
   could ever hope to win the White House without Texas.   
      
   I guess it must be Democrats' sense of fair play.  Especially   
   given the fact that Democrat Barack Obama won the state of Florida   
   twice in a row, thanks to all them Cubans in Miami.   
      
    BK> Since all federal offices are decided by state population, not by actually   
    BK> by popular vote, that would be interesting.   
      
   You have it all wrong -   
      
   Gerald R. Ford was appointed, not elected.   
      
   George W. Bush was appointed, not elected.   
      
   Need more be said?   
      
   --Lee   
      
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