I Love The New Tone In Political Discourse
Mollie Hemingway, Ed. ·
Jun 6, 2011 at 11:10am
Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz is nothing if not a fair and moderate spokeswoman for her party. See, for example, how she talks to Roland Martin of TV One's "Washington Watch" program about Republican efforts to limit access to voting booths to official voters:
[N]ow you have the Republicans, who want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws and literally - and very transparently - block access to the polls to voters who are more likely to vote Democratic candidates than Republican candidates. And it's nothing short of that blatant.
So which bothers you more -- the blatantly unfair demagoguery or the improper use of "literally"? Because the latter literally makes me want to tear my hair out.
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Aug '10
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Well, perhaps to her mind, the blockage is literal, but as Republicans doing the blocking cannot be seen (as they do it "very transparently"), the blockage is also invisible.
Maybe she's just saying she sees invisible things.
Apr '11
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This misuse of "literally" bugs me more, as I expect blatant hypocrisy from the Left in regards to the political discourse conversation.
Jul '10
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Mollie Hemingway, Ed.:
and literally - and very transparently - block access to the polls to voters who are more likely to vote Democratic candidates than Republican candidates. And it's nothing short of that blatant.·
I'm sorry to say this Mollie, but she is Exactly Right.
The Dead are more likely to vote Democratic candidates than Republican candidates.
Convicted Criminals are more likely to vote Democratic candidates than Republican candidates.
Duplicated People created by ACORN et. al. are more likely to vote Democratic candidates than Republican candidates.
Homeless people who rigister the day before an election and are offered Money, Booze, or Cigarettes to vote are more likely to vote Democratic candidates than Republican candidates.
And let's face it. Republicans DO want to Literally Block their access to the Polls.
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She is, literally, a moron.
Sep '10
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Debbie Wasserman Shultz has a big mouth. Literally.
Oct '10
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This is what passes for political discourse in the third world.
Sep '10
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Jaydee_007 you nailed it. Too bad you couldn't have been on the show too!
Nov '10
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Hmmm, Why would the Republicans want to "drag us all the way back" to Democratic Party intitiatives -- i.e., the Jim Crow laws?
Pure Projection.
Mar '11
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I think the real question is, how did she find out about our diabolical and super-secret weapon for winning the 2012 election: the Right Wing Time Machine?
Was it outed during the cyber-attack on Lockheed? Or, perhaps, an insider in the GOP leaked it to Wikileaks? Either way, now it's going to be awfully hard to literally drag people back to the days of Jim Crow without the Time Machine.
Jun '10
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This business of who gets to vote in the United States drives me crazy. Having been involved in Canadian politics for years I've seen voting from both sides of the line, by which I mean I've scrutineered for my party, and I worked as a Returning Officer for the government. Canada still uses paper ballots that are numbered and controlled and the returning officer is responsible for both the used and unused ballots as well as a proper accounting of both. Once the polls close the only person allowed to communicate with the outside world is the poll supervisor, and he only to phone the count to the riding (district in the US.) office after the ballots are sealed for potential audit. The riding office than broadcasts the results. Before a voter is given a ballot to mark he must prove his identity and his residency to the returning officer after which his name is marked off the poll list to indicate he has voted. If a voter cannot prove his identity and residence no ballot is issued. The only acceptable ID. is one with a picture. No proof, no ballot, no fraud.
Aug '10
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Americans are facing the most important test of their lifetimes: Will they repudiate the malicious, moronic, and inevitably tyrannical agenda of Democrats? Or will they continue to sleep? Obama's 50% approval rating is a barometer. So far they are failing. Our nation cannot survive this. We won't recognize the United States in two years if our fellow citizens fail this test.
Debbie of the flexible English has a flexible understanding of illegality also. Last week she said,"Republicans want to make illegal aliens into criminals!" Oh, the horror!
Edited on Jun 6, 2011 at 11:45amAug '10
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Jun '10
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Misthiocracy · Jun 6 at 11:50am
I would on first blush tend to disbelief. Not to be argumentative, but you would have to cite the ridings in question, Misthiocracy, because any occurrence of this sort would involve a conspiracy. The way the system is now set up at least two persons would be required to stuff a ballot box, and as you know conspiracies are easily broken by investigators. This is not to say that ballot boxes were not stuffed in past, but the system as it works today makes this difficult and puts the conspirators at significant risk. What troubles me about American electoral conduct is this constant debate about proper identification when this shouldn't even be an issue.
Jun '10
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And then there was the guy who ran for Denver mayor to protest the all mail in ballot. He came by handing out flyers saying "it just wasn't fair to homeless people". I guess you would have to have a Denver Homeless Certification card. Really Democrats. Think it through.
Jul '10
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Still trying to figure out how the Republicans will "literally" drag us back to Jim Crow laws.
I'm guessing it's something similar to the Superman method, but it seems like it'd be awfully hard to get that kind of speed going while dragging something.
May '10
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Literally has come to mean "It's so close to what I'm describing that it's almost as if I'm not exaggerating".
Jan '11
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The Republican National Committee should put a 24-hour reporter on Debbie, and broadcast everything she says. Her hyperbole, presented as liberal fact, undermines everything she says.
Keep it coming, Debbie!
Oct '10
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River: Americans are facing the most important test of their lifetimes: Will they repudiate the malicious, moronic, and inevitably tyrannical agenda of Democrats? Or will they continue to sleep? Obama's 50% approval rating is a barometer. So far they are failing. Our nation cannot survive this. We won't recognize the United States in two years if our fellow citizens fail this test.
Debbie of the flexible English has a flexible understanding of illegality also. Last week she said,"Republicans want to make illegal aliens into criminals!" Oh, the horror! · Jun 6 at 11:43am
Edited on Jun 06 at 11:45 am
Bold type above: We already have a America that is unrecognizable from the 1950s and 60s. Memory is a troublesome thing. After those of us over 60 die off, you will continue to believe that America is limited to your memory.
It's how countries die.
Jan '11
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I'd expect as much from her but what about the 'reporter' conducting the interview? It is situations like these where media bias is exposed.
I've worked as a poll worker in a Milwaukee suburb - our state legislature finally passed some common sense reforms similar to our Canadian friend - makes perfect sense. While I never witnessed any problems, so much hinges on the workers in charge and on the local/county/state workers (they had access to ballots that where placed in envelopes, but who knows if there was a trail of what was in those bags?). I like the idea of the purple ink as well as numbered ballots, that number being transcribed next to the registered voter's name. I'm also very concerned about absentee voting - it should be done at some governmental office (again with numbered ballats, ID and a simultaneous update of the voter registration to prevent numerous votes).
This disenfranchisement stuff is bunk! - the vote is a precious thing and shouldn't be cancelled out by fraud.
Dec '10
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We're agreed then. Photo IDs, numbered ballots, and purple fingers. How about "no representation without taxation?" Any takers?