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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (446365)	8/21/2003 7:12:44 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769667

"I think the denial of voting rights while in prison is OK." >>> Yep, no problem... it's a State to State thing, and there it should stay. >>> Of course, in the beginning one had to be white, male, of age, and a property holder when most weren't.... That was what? 5% or 10% of the continental population? >>> Things are significantly different when it comes to voting now. >>> I am more concerned about the effect on the society at large, and on the economy, that having the World's highest incarceration rate produces... than I am about just voting rights.