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.   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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