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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (735189)	8/27/2013 2:56:13 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1572771

Schlafly's Straight Talk About GOP's Voter Suppression Sends Ostrich Pundits into Denial Maddowblog's Steve Benen has unearthed a quote from the right-wing Eagle Forum's Phyllis Schlafly, which proves more than a little embarrassing for Republicans, who have been parroting the "voter suppression? who us?" defense. It goes like this: The reduction in the number of days allowed for early voting is particularly important because early voting plays a major role in Obama's ground game. The Democrats carried most states that allow many days of early voting, and Obama's national field director admitted, shortly before last year's election, that "early voting is giving us a solid lead in the battleground states that will decide this election." The Obama technocrats have developed an efficient system of identifying prospective Obama voters and then nagging them (some might say harassing them) until they actually vote. It may take several days to accomplish this, so early voting is an essential component of the Democrats' get-out-the-vote campaign. To which Benen responds, "Have you ever heard a political figure accidentally read stage direction, unaware that it's not supposed to be repeated out loud? This is what Schlafly's published column reminds me of." The Schlafly quote will be roundly ignored by the conservative ostrich pundits, like George Will, Russ Douthat, Peggy Noonan and David Brooks, who know perfectly well that Schlafly was telling the raw truth. They will refuse to acknowledge it in any way, because it offends their nostalgic view of their party as stout defender of conservatism, when really it has become the party of contempt for democracy and fair elections, with an increasingly high tolerance for racism. They also know that there is essentially no voter fraud. But they won't write about that either, because they can't do so and still retain the thin veneer of credibility that they believe separates their columns from partisan hackery. Like her more genteel conservative colleagues, Schlafly has been known to dance around the truth. But not this time. Credit her with telling it straight, as Benen concludes: And then there's Phyllis Schlafly, writing a piece for publication effectively saying Democrats are entirely right -- North Carolina had to dramatically cut early voting because it's not good for Republicans. Remember, Schlafly's piece wasn't intended as criticism; this is her defense of voter suppression in North Carolina. Proponents of voting rights are arguing, "This is a blatantly partisan scheme intended to rig elections," to which Schlafly is effectively responding, "I know, isn't it great?" It's a sad time for opinion journalism, when the top 'conservative' columnists can't take a stand, calling on their party to defend the democratic principle of fair elections with outcomes based on honest debate, instead of suppressing votes. Posted by staff on August 27, 2013 5:51 AM

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (735189)	8/27/2013 6:39:06 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1572771

Gohmert: ‘Scary’ that liberal elites would use vaccines for ‘culling the population’ of humans By David Edwards rawstory.com ( As an advocate for this plan, I pray that Gohmert is correct! ) Tuesday, August 27, 2013 13:51 EDT Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Monday said that it was a “scary thought” that elites could be culling the population with vaccines to preserve the Earth’s resources. The Texas Republican spent part of his five-week break from Congress this week by interviewing conservative activist Alan Keyes while filling in as a guest host for Tony Perkins on Family Research Council’s Washington Watch. Gohmert pointed out that some liberals believed that the Earth was already over populated. “A lot of people who fancy themselves elites, right, because they’ve made a lot of money, they’re names are all over the media and so forth, they’ve really signed on to an agenda that requires the depopulation of the globe,” Keyes explained. “And in the name of fighting global climatological change, called global warming — that’s proven to be something that’s wrong — they are saying that we’ve got to cut back the population of the world.” “Bill Gates gave a famous talk back in 2009, which he was talking about actually abusing vaccinations, which are supposed to keep people healthy and alive, and saying how this could lead to a 15 percent reduction in the population of the globe as a way to achieve this result,” he continued. Keyes warned that elites had a plan to reduce the number of people in the world to 700 million “by culling the population.” “They’re preaching that doctrine because they actually believe we’re a blight on the face of the planet, we human beings,” Keyes said. “And we should, therefore, be put on a path toward our own semi-extinction. I often try to get people to see that if you think about it, if we actually get back to the levels they’re talking about, it would just be these elitists and the people needed to service them. That’s all that will be left in the world.” “That’s a scary thought,” Gohmert agreed. Watch this video from the Family Research Council, broadcast Aug. 26, 2013.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (735189)	8/27/2013 8:26:30 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572771

Obama needs to be real careful going forward. Syria isn't Egypt. The reason Russia thinks he is so naive is because many of the mercenaries supporting the Revolutionaries come from regions in and around Russia, like the Chechens. Russia has major conflicts in Chechnya every few years. Trafficking arms to them (Benghzi?) would be seen as a provocation and bumbling that could open the door to WWIII. Russia has clearly stated their interests and policy for the region, unlike Obama.