Stealing The Vote By Jim Hightower!!
(2018-10-20 at 20:30:44 )

Stealing the Vote By Jim Hightower!!

The GOP is not out to "win" elections anymore. They are just trying to make sure anyone who might vote against them can not.

At last, November 6, 2018 is coming: Time to vote! Let us all join the majestic panorama of democracy in action!

Well.. calling the United States of Americas electoral process "majestic" is overdoing it, for millions of our citizens will not be allowed to vote.

That is because a consortium of national, state, and local officials of Republican persuasion - along with their corporate ringleaders - have mounted a tawdry campaign over the past decade to slam the ballot box shut on entire segments of the United States of Americas electorate.

In a concerted effort, these rabidly partisan officials have targeted African Americans, students, Latinos, the elderly, union households, the poor, immigrants, and other communities of qualified voters to shoo them away on Election Day.

Why? Because such citizens tend to vote for Democrats and progressive ballot initiatives.

So the GOPs grand strategy is not to "win" by getting the most votes, but to keep from losing by aggressively (and shamefully) shutting out millions of United States Americans who might vote against their plutocratic, autocratic, kleptocratic candidates and agenda.

Consider voting day itself. It is a Tuesday - a workday - automatically eliminating people working two or three jobs who can not afford to take off a couple of hours or more to get to the polls and wait in line to vote. Move elections to weekends, make it a holiday, vote by mail.. make democracy easy!

Instead, in a depraved, anti-democratic grab for partisan gain, Republican officials have frenetically been planting thick briar patches of ridiculous rules, logistical barriers, intimidation tactics, ballot deceptions, and outright voter bans in targeted precincts across the country.

These thugs are stealing the peoples most valuable civic property: Our votes.

Should they not at least have to wear ski masks on Election Day so everyone can see who is doing this to us??

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