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?
I believe you.
Yesterday outside Hillcrest's Ralph's
the registering little twit had a home
made sign that said "only registering
demcorats."
Unfortunately, he was busy doing just that.
Of course Hillcrest is GAY/LESBIAN territory.
i will double check with the Secretary of State of California. I know that you can give the form back to someone and tell them they can send it in (its self addressed, no postage necessary, etc.), but the distinction between "destroying", and "not turning in" a voter regstration card seems weird.
lol,lol, lol! You should have stood next to him with a sign saying "Only registering communist traitors!" with and arrow pointing to him, lol!!!
My daughter had a few choice words for him
and they weren't "Merry Christmas."
rotflmao!
cool profile page :o)
Why, thank you!! Yours, too! (I admit I check them out when someone does something cool like you did, haha.)...
But I've been irritated by my page - wanting to update it. You've given it a temporary reprieve ;)
:o)
Thanks writing about it, too.:-))
Call ABC News - they'll be all over this!...
bwahahahahaha!!!
yeah, i can see their headline now: "GOP activists harrass peaceful Democrat registrars!"
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
thank you :o)
The party of slavery wanting to disefranchise a black woman - I'm shocked I tells ya shocked!
Great encountertale.
When you turned her in did you mention her name and Social Security Number?
Maisha is probably out of luck this time around. Even if she declared herself to be a Rat, I suspect it would not have been turned in. That is unless the Rat lady was being paid in smallrocks.
I'm really getting depressed.....
Today Rush had some thoughts on the current tactics of the Left. They are losing and they know they are losing. The only way they can even come close to winning is by pulling out all the stops all they way.
Who cares how they register for this election...it's how they vote that counts.
I've been a registered Democrat probably more often than I've been a registered Republican because I tend to live in areas where the Democrat primary determines who gets to hold local offices like sheriff or mayor. I typically register with the party that dominates the local scene, but vote however I want.
If I were registering right now, and the lady said "Democrat," that's how I would register until the next election...but that's just me.
Here in Arizona your party affiliation is on the registry rolls. When you go to vote in the primary elections, they hand you either the democratic or republican ballot depending on how you registered. We all get the same ballot in the general.
Have you sent your story in to Fox news, specifically Sean Hannity? They might be interested in a first hand account.
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