Tom DeLay = Evil

[koloagirl]

As if we needed further proof. It's revolting that he and other Texas legislators had the nerve to write out the vote of Hispanic people by redistricting to suit their political party. Sure, let's make a farce out of all the ongoing immigration discussion by not giving them a say once (if) they do become citizens.

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[jennifergale]

HO-LY sheist! :hops around and is generally pissed off:

Okay. Honestly, I'm not surprised, and I know this sort of thing happens all of the time. I just...argh. I wish to goodness they would change the way that redistricting works. The whole thing is so ridiculously unfair - I don't give a poop about the electoral college situation, because I understand why it's in place, but this is not right.

Egads, what a friggity bastard.

[mundungus42]

And let's pack the Supreme Court with rigid constructionists who are in favor of strengthening the executive branch by conveniently ignoring the parts of state and federal laws that we don't like! Thus, they rule that Texas isn't an illegal gerrymander, but the Hispanics in the gerrymandered district did have their rights infringed under the Voting Rights Act. Say what??

After reading that Rolling Stone article about how 375,000 primarily democratic votes in the Ohio were invalidated or not counted in the 2004 presidential election, I've really lost my faith in the central government's ability to enforce voting laws, but I'm just stunned how many of the disenfranchised are standing idly by and how few people know this, even now. We need an Upton Sinclair!

Hmm..

[koloagirl]

I'm going to need to return to the wording of the ruling, as the news had just been released at the time of my post and I processed it initially at one level vs. another. I appreciate your comment, in part because you've inspired me to take a closer look.

Perhaps a reason that the disenfranchised are not up in arms is that they're too busy trying to earn a living. And when I say "too busy," it's not to imply that they don't or shouldn't care about their lack of voice, but that many of them are struggling to hold it together financially and are preoccupied by putting food on the table. Unsurprisingly, there's a distinct lack of trust that working with or challenging the system will result in any "good," so people have become content to dodge it altogether.

[kssthesky]

Words cannot express how much I loathe Tom DeLay.

[missi_dominici]

I despise him more than anyone else in the political universe.

[koloagirl]

Now, if we could just channel all this collective DeLay loathing into something constructive, like a pollution-free energy source... Pixar was onto something in Monsters, Inc. with using laughter as a fuel source, but it would be equally as good to turn irritation into something worthwhile.