Posted on 10/19/2004 9:23:41 AM PDT by tame
Yesterday, I drove by the welfare department in Bakersfield, California to see if anyone was registering voters there (as sometimes is the case). Sure enough, there was a democrat voter registration table.
Now, hold your fire on the location. In all fairness, we Republicans have sometimes registered voters at the welfare office, though with probably far less of a natural constituency.
Anyways, I parked, walked up, and listened to a woman I will refer to as "Rat-lady" as she attempted to register voters. A woman I will refer to as Maisha came over to the table to register to vote. (Maisha may have been an employee of the Dept.)
Maisha indicated that she wanted to register as an independent, but Rat-lady told Maisha that she had to register as a Democrat since Rat-lady was working for the Democrat party.
I spoke up and told Rat-lady that she was wrong. I said that I am a Republican who registers voters for the GOP, and that Maisha can register any way she wants to.
I told both of them that it's not legal for Rat-lady to tell anyone that they "have to" register as a Democrat.
Rat-lady told me to "quit telling me how to do my job".
I said, "But what you're doing is illegal and I can report you to the elections office." [Secretary of State, etc.]
Rat-lady told me to "have at it" (which I later did by leaving a message re the incident on the voice mail of an elections official in Bakersfield).
Sometime during our exchange, and only after I said Rat-lady was doing something illegal, Rat-lady indicated that Maisha can take the registration form with her and mail it herself. I think Maisha did this, but I'm not sure.
Keep in mind this was the last day to register in California in order to be able to vote in the upcoming election.
Maisha seemed very concerned that if she did not register as a democrat, then Rat-lady would not turn in the voter registration card on time (I mentioned that was a real possibility).
Maisha also indicated she might register as a Democrat for now (if she gave the card back to Rat-lady to turn in) so she would not miss the deadline, and be able to vote in the upcoming election.
Bottom line: Maisha seemed intimidated by a very coercive Democrat.
But that's not all. Consider this irony: During the course of our exchange, Rat-lady took a stab at Republicans (since I mentioned I did voter Registration for them) by mentioning the alleged Democat voter registrations that were trashed in Las Vegas.
I then mentioned the story I read about [someone with ties to the NAACP] the rats' allegedly paying for voter registration cards with crack cocaine.
Meanwhile, Maisha was starting to laugh at the whole exchange.
Now, folks, Maisha was a black lady. And the Rat-lady seemed to want to disenfranchise Maisha's right to register with the party of her choice, or to register as an independent if she so chooses.
Do you think Jesse Jackson will be coming to fight alongside me against the 'rats in Bakersfield?
At our local mall on Sunday, the people registering Republicans were protested by some Kerry supporters - with signs and everything. This was in Ventura, CA. The security guards were called and escorted out - after yelling this was a democracy. Only in a mall, it's private property so NOT a democracy. At the Republican table I saw a very handsome black family, Hispanics, and an asian woman all registering. A girl and her husband came up. When they tried to pay for the Bush sticker they were told to put their money away when the registrar person found out they were military. I did not help with the registration - I was only standing there for moral support after having witnessed the tail end of the protest. When I left I made a point to say hi to the democrat registerer person because why be rude? He only had pins and stickers - no offensive or lying signage. So in my short time of observing the Republican registration, I saw people of several different ethnic groups register.
I will be living in Chantilly soon enough for one year. I hope I get the chance to meet the DC area freepers.
EXCELLENT news :o)
But two weeks ago, at Target in Camarillo, I DID misbehave when I saw there was a prominent sign telling everyone the Republicans were going to bring back the draft. I refused to leave...put on my backpack, folded my arms, and put my stocky little legs a few inches apart...until they took down their lying sign.
you ain't misbehavin'. you were just demanding the rats quit lying!
One consequence that comes to mind is the type of proganda and sewage that would end up in your mailbox....I wouldn't even wish upon my property tax bill to lie next to a Kerry brochure.
Was this at Pacific View? If so, the person who was registering is a soon to be freeper. I'm going to pass this along to her!
The twit we encountered was male (I think),
but I've seen the ugly one you referenced.
were you tempted to say anything to the twit, onyx?
a-hem...A-HEM :o) maybe you might get a moment to see what kind of dust i kicked up in Bakersfield :o)
Oh, yes........I am headed over there now! LOL!!
I will read your post now. :-)
Right there, the very definition of a wasted life.
Why do you want to deny me (and thousands of other exp-pats) the right to vote??
LOL. You just keep on kickin' up the dust down there. You are doing a GRATE job.
"Rat-lady"....that's funny, I can just picture her!
:o)
The best way to win the peace is to win the war against the Democrats!
did you see this article i wrote?
lol!
ping to tame's report.
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