"the House State Administration Committee had tabled the bill earlier that day. The vote was 9-9, with three Republicans joining six Democrats in opposing the bill. "
Surprised? It does in fact look like there are many that are fearful of ridicule from the state run media.
Requiring documentation and proof of eligibility for office are clearly not a bad thing...unless of course your trying to subvert the requirements.
Hat tip to BP1 for the article.
It's sure as hell hypocritical and inconsistent. Obama himself voted for a federal law in 2005 that forces states to verify the validity of birth certificates when they are used to apply for drivers license or ID cards. Yet these state legislature claim that doing the same for presidential candidates is going to overburden their elections protocol. Real citizens need to step up and demand some consistency on a very standard procedure.
It’s not just ridicule judges and politicians (who act on Eligibility) fear. Ridicule they could possibly survive. The MSM doesn’t stop there, however. They proceed to complete and total annihilation. Just ask George Allen. The nonstop, merciless, vile and craven attacks on him over an otherwise innocuous word—the trumped up racist charges, iow—were about far more than electing Webb. They were an object lesson—a warning, if you will-for all others to observe and note.
Pols and judges indeed did take note. If it can happen over a trivial, off-hand word, ‘macaca’, think what would happen over an actual challenge to Obama’s very eligibility.
They have thought about it, and they are running scared.