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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?
Also, I would have offered to register Maisha myself, but i would have to go back to my car to get the forms, and it seemed that Maisha was kind of in a hurry.
I thought she may have been an employee of the welfare office on a 10 minute break or something, and she just wanted to get registered before the deadline, real quick.
Why am I not surprised?
I'd say there is a good chance Jesse the Jack___ will be coming. But it will be to stage a protest that a Republican dared to "interfere" with the registration of a Democrat. Makes no difference the woman wanted to register as an Independent. The Democrats have decided they have the right to register anyone as a Democrat, regardless of your wishes.
i saw this.
I wonder how many people have been intimidated into registering as a Democrat and in the process were turned off and will be voting Republican while skewing the polls towards Kerry. Enough I hope.
You spoke that long without being called a racist? WOW!
I'm really getting depressed. If the leftists get their way, it won't be too much longer before we become a bananna republic with sham elections.
Saddam would be proud of the election-manipulation efforts of American leftists. Is it any wonder that liberals in America defend facist dictatorships around the world? They are becoming indistinguishable from one another.
The only cure for this is to trash the changes that have promoted voter registration at places other than the voter registrar's office.
Betcha that after the election that Las Vegas voter registration story will be debunked. It smells fishy now.
"I wonder how many people have been intimidated into registering as a Democrat and in the process were turned off and will be voting Republican while skewing the polls towards Kerry. Enough I hope."
Excellent point. Maybe this explains why some of the numbers are so close.
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Her view of blacks is condescending, patronizing and totally disrespectful.
In that regard she best exemplifies her party's position.
Hey. It's always worked well for them with the "Graveyard Vote".
I have a question and this may sound silly but I guess I do not know the answer. Can't a person register as democrat and vote Republican? What difference does it make what party you affiliate your self with when you vote?
I have been called by 2 different pollsters this past month. Both times I lied and told them I would vote for Kerry :-)
I know of at least 3 other people who have done the same.
Nope.
Just like I don't see Jesse Jackson campaigning around Toledo over the Crack for Votes bombshell.
I think all the 'get out the vote' sh** should be stopped! If people don't care about America or their right to vote, then let them stay home! If they can't get off their a** to go register for themselves and get to the polls, then so be it. Let the informed vote.
In most states it determines which primary you can vote in.
Hey. It's always worked well for them with the "Graveyard Vote".
...illegals, convicted felons, drug addicts, derilicts living on the street..
With the Democrats, its quantity, with Republicans, its quality.
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