Friday, October 17, 2008
GOP Loses Supremes
0 commentsWow.
That was quick.
9 - 0.
AP: High court rejects GOP bid in Ohio voting disputeOhio Republicans contended the information for counties would help prevent fraud. Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said the GOP is trying to disenfranchise voters.
This is an example of why the Right wants to pack the Court. For just such cases as this one. If the GOPers lose a handle on their Supreme Court backup, they're screwed.
In this case, the GOP is certainly encouraged to track down any person(s) whom they can prove engaged in voter fraud. Not just make wild, hysterical charges; but prove. For the couple dozen actual cases nationally that are probably out there, yeah, the GOPers would be doing the commonweal a great service.
But they don't get to use those couple dozen events to grab the vote away from hundreds of thousands of Democrats and Independents, just so the GOP can win SOMETHING, ANYTHING anywhere in the U.S.
If you'll recall, bogus "voter fraud" claims were the underpinning of Karl Rove's push to fire the U.S. Attorneys, the serious misstep which was the first major crack in the underpinning of the GOP's One Party Rule attempts.
So, this is certainly good news, if you're an American.
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