Comments | wombat_socho: I can't tell if they were born that way or affected by the cold

wombat_socho

I can't tell if they were born that way or affected by the cold

May 06, 2011 15:20

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kishiriadgr May 6 2011, 20:51:23 UTC

Marginally related, did you watch the Republican debate on Fox? If so, opinions? Ron Paul was Ron Paul, Herman Cain presented himself very well but doesn't have a chance since he's not a professional politician, Tim Pawlenty was ok I guess, Rick Santorum showed that he had a platform only EWTN could love, and Gary Johnson REALLY impressed me and Steve.

wombat_socho May 6 2011, 23:48:16 UTC

No, I didn't; my auditing final exam was last night. Cain seems to have won the focus group by a wide margin, I gather.

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wombat_socho May 7 2011, 21:02:07 UTC

What's really dispiriting about the argument on FB that started this is that these people were all (nominally) well-educated middle class Anglos, but they didn't seem to have a clue about the shortcomings of same-day registration - or worse yet, dismissed those criticisms as just partisan/racist. There was no comprehension that limiting the franchise to people who had established addresses of more than 30 days' duration and could prove their identity might be a reasonable attempt to make sure that only those people entitled to vote did so, and only did so once. Noooo, that's just raaaaacist!