Posted on 09/22/2005 10:42:10 PM PDT by neverdem
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JIMMY CARTER and JAMES A. BAKER III
Talk about an Odd Couple...
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Funny, I just read somewhere within the last few days that Mr. Carter was against photo ID's. I'll have to look for the article.
So why should the rest of the country lower its standards to those of Chicago?
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Well I'm opposed to "independent" commissions. I thought we elected Congress to provide oversight of government.
He is against cards that have to be paid for by people on the government teat.
He wants them to be free.
Which A.O.K with me.
Congress would still have to pass any law requiring photo ID and any other recommendation. If found to be unconstitutional, Congress would need super-majorities to enable the passage of an amendment.
I used to be against the NAZI-like notion of "Give me your papers", but between voter fraud from illegals and the threat from terrorism, when I already have a state issued drivers license with my mug on it, I don't care. It may also help to reduce all of the demented, who seem to vote more than the general population, having ballots cast in their names.
IIRC, it is free for those who affirm that they can't afford them in Georgia.
That is what I thought too.
But apparently some section of Georgians are required to pay $20 for a 3 year and $30 for a 5 year picture ID.
Jimmah wants them to be free for everybody I guess.
Which certainly makes me think my Georgia Drivers license should be free when I next go to renew.
What I can't understand is the notion that people don't have photo ID in the first place. They have to have at least a DL or a non-drivers ID card to cash their welfare checks, so if they're that poor they have to have ID to get paid, I hope.
Great Point.
Also why is outrageous to require a photo ID to VOTE but Jesse Jackson and his ilk have never protested a Blockbuster Video store for requiring photo ID to rent a video?
Apparently the Dems have been heavily invested in voter fraud for so long they simply cannot abide losing this "resource."
I believe that any "voting reform" should include being able to pass a simple civics test of, say, three questions randomly chosen from a pool of, say, one-hundred questions. For example, "Who is the Vice President of the United States?", "Can you name your Congressman or Congresswoman?", and "Justices of the Supreme Court are elected by the people - - true or false?"
If a properly registered person can answer two out of three of those type questions correctly, then that person may vote. (I know, I know - - the Democrats would NEVER allow half their "base" to be disqualified in this manner, but hey, it still makes sense to require voters to have slightly more clue than a poodle.)
I wonder how much welfare fraud would also be uncovered this way? But I also wonder why there would be millions who cannot be expected to pay $20 after 40 year war on poverty, especially when the same people are fed up with the war on terror after only four years. Sholdn't we have an exit strategy for Johnson's war?
"He is against cards that have to be paid for by people on the government teat.
He wants them to be free.
Which A.O.K with me."
But they will just raise the cost of the drivers license or something to cover the "free" card.
rats beaten on this one too. Taking away their voter fraud means victory for us in many districts.
Thanks for the ping!
As a citizen of the State of Georgia, I really do not care. Voter fraud is ENORMOUS in the Democratic Party and if me paying a $100 for my drivers license with help to reduce and discourage such fraud, I will gleefully pay the $100.
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