Posted on 07/09/2012 5:37:35 AM PDT by wolfcreek
EL CENIZO — Much of 83-year-old José Zuniga's time is spent in his wheelchair gazing across a gravel yard that's nestled among shoddily constructed cinder block houses and deteriorating trailers in this border town that has the distinction of being one of the poorest places in the United States.
He's homebound for the most part, but one of the few events that gets Zuniga out of the house is election day.
But now Zuniga's ability to cast a ballot is in jeopardy.
(Excerpt) Read more at statesman.com ...
Come on!! We have a program for everything. We have meals on wheels, etc. We can’t figure out how to get a state bureau to people’s homes to issue them an id so they can vote?? Please! These are sob stories to keep the fraud gravy train flowing!
I bet this perp is an illegal alien. Surely, there is one asshat moonbat LIB who in 83 years would drag his alien butt into a county office to get an official ID if the absence of an ID was the only problem. Stop the sob stories.
They aren’t going to “lose voice”,
they’re going to lose “disproportionate voice”, wherein for every legitimate vote they cast, 5 more are cast for the same party illegitimately.
Our local paper is posting front page, above the fold, AP articles bemoaning this crap. This is an obvious attempt to influence the ignorant.
The abject hypocrisy of the Left is nothing less than breathtaking.
Shi* eaters bowl full.
“83 years old and no form of ID?”
Well, if he decided not to drive and his DL expired, it might make sense.
But then sitting around whining about how he has no ID in a state where they are cheap and easy to get, is propaganda.
Gosh, if this one poor guy can’t vote, I guess it’s wrong to ask anyone for an ID to vote.
Why doesn’t both parties have the ID people come to GOTV events and give or charge whatever it is to have ID’s made up. Obviously this seems to be a problem. Not hard to figure out how to fix it.
Republicans should announce that they will PEROSNALLY take care of anyone who DOES NOT have an ID and is worried about being able to vote
You need ID for anything you do, what is the problem with getting one for voting? They are cheap and easy to get
Exactly.
I'm not sure if my grandmother-in-law, who is about to be 102, has an ID. However, if she was required to have one to vote, you just TRY and stop her from getting one.
Do they fear losing their LIFE because they can't get meds without an ID?
This is such a dishonest crock.
When he got his wheelchair did they not demand to knoiw who he was? No hospital asked him for ID? He got to be 83 years old and NO ONE asked him for ID before? In USA?
Have you ever traveled outside your home town, Jose? Can you get on a plane without a government issued ID?
Poor Jose! He’s old. He’s wheelchair-bound. He probably likes kittens and puppies and buys tasty but nutritious treats for the neighborhood kids with what few pennies he can spare, the smiles of those unwashed urchins his only reward in a dusty drag of endless, lonely days ...
Is there any cliche this author DIDN’T invoke to tear at our heartstrings?
I”m betting that Jose is just another “composite”, like Barack Obama’s girlfriends. Or Barack Obama himself, for that matter.
He is certainly getting some form of welfare and DOES need an ID to collect on that. They want all the benefits of Americans but don’t want to follow American laws.
Go back to Meh-hee-ko where they don’t need no steekin’ laws.
And if he tries to wheel himself in to vote without an ID, I will give five bucks to the poll worker who says, “No way, Jose.”
“Those evil Republicans want you to show an ID and prove you are a citizen in order to vote? That’s so evil... next they will demand you show ID and prove you are a citizen in order to receive a government check”
(Texans: “Hmmmmmm.....”)
It looks like Jose would have to pay 6 dollars to buy an ID with an "Indefinite Expiration date". Six bucks for what is essentially a lifetime ID? That's not much at all. And if he is a disabled veteran he can get that waived.
When it was time to take away my grandfather's driver's license, my mother hauled him to the Ohio BMV, handed in the license and got a new photo ID card to replace it on the same trip. It wasn't tricky.
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