Posted on 07/26/2011 12:58:14 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
Rep. Maxine Waters delivered a blistering defense of race-conscious politics on Sunday, telling thousands of delegates to the NAACP's national convention that conservative politicians are actively working to roll back the voting rights of African-Americans ahead of the 2012 presidential election.
"With only 15 months left before the next presidential election, Republicans are rewriting voting laws to require photo identification at the polls, reduce the number of days of early voting and to enhance voting restrictions against ex-felons and out-of-state students," Waters said, citing legislation signed into law by GOP governors in Texas, Wisconsin and Florida.
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"NAACP, I recognize that you're non-partisan but I'm not. Sometimes we simply cannot try to get along with everyone. We cannot be worried that some people will say, 'Oh, they're playing the race card.' Those of us who are willing to step outside the box and fight for justice and equality must be prepared to take the criticism and make the sacrifice."
As if we didn't know already how nuts you are, Maxine. Whatever happened to MLK's exhortation to view "the content of a man's character" rather than skin color? What ever happened to the famous Rodney King question, "Can't we all get along?"
Commie beeyotch.
As a bonus...remarks by California Gov. Jerry Brown [included] "The Republicans in Washington today make Richard Nixon look like a liberal," he said, adding later: "I know they're attacking our president they're attacking him in ways I've never seen a president attacked before."
Uh yeah, attacks on George W. Bush don't count, I'm sure. You blithering idiot pandering WHORE.
The NAACP is a non-partisan group???????????????????????????
I think someone forgot to tell them that.
“they’re attacking him” .. means they are saying mean words about him. “attacking” ... lol.
Amazing, totally bankrupt of any defense for her own policies she attacks Whitey.
Waters is a master (race) baiter for sure.
Maybe this type of black diatribe will wake people up to the fact that race is the single most important issue facing America today. The blacks are not joking and their code words of “justice” and “equality” mean black governance. I doubt such words will awaken people, but just maybe.
I beg your pardon? Race may be in the top five problems facing America today; but the flashing red strobe at the number one spot on MY list is NATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL BANKRUPTCY and idiotic commie libs who want to ignore it and double down on the things that GOT US where we are!!
One can only profoundly hope so. Does this Leftist spokeslady, have any argument against any of the above? I mean a rational argument; not an appeal to the lowest possible human motivations?
We need to do a lot more to reduce the possibility of bought votes by those with a clear conflict of interest. Anyone who receives an unearned benefit from any level of Government, should lose their suffrage for that level of Government, for at least two years, after such benefit. That is only common sense. (See Universal Suffrage--Threat To Liberty. We have to stop those trying to build a Socialist monolith by increasing the dependent class that the Welfare State has already brought into being.
William Flax
Nixon was a liberal. Guess who gave us affirmative action. Guess who said “Watch what we do, not what we say.”
Nixon was a liberal; he just wasn’t George McGovern, which still makes him the best choice available at that time.
Maxine is as dumb as a stump.
Not to mention the EPA and price controls.
Hey Maxine, how are Fannie and Freddie doing? Are they still “Fine?” I just want to say as a Californian born and raised that idiot does NOT represent my state..she is a disgrace to California(Says a lot since California is down the toilet) but yeah, she does NOT represent anyone here with a brain
Maxine, if a “brother” has to show a license 3 times a day to buy a 40 oz malt liquor, it can’t be that much trouble to pop it back out ONCE on election day.
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I wonder why Maxine did not take a poll of members present and find out just how many of the delegates had photo I.D. on them. She may be surprised to find out that 100 percent had such I. D. on them
If these are (according to Maxine) designed to stop minorities, particularly blacks, from voting, then Maxine is saying minorities don't drive, don't have any friends or family who drive (to get them to the polls for voting), and/or are ex-felons our out-of-state students trying to vote in a state where they are not permitted to do so.
Maxine, that's not a very positive picture you're painting of minorities.
Forgot about those.
Nixon was a bad President, just not for Watergate.
I thought the Commie/regressives liked “card check.”
"Okay - Now look closely. See where I'm pointing?
That's the US flag on Mars, left there by the Apollo Moon Mission."
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Dumb and Stupid)
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