Houshphandzadeh wrote:they're not really anything alike at all. even a little! whatever, man. there are plenty of people in jail for good old analog voter fraud

Luzinski's Gut wrote:Anne Marie Slaughter is a complete charlatan and should be banned from any public discourse on foreign policy.

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:they're not really anything alike at all. even a little! whatever, man. there are plenty of people in jail for good old analog voter fraud

amount of poor people disenfranchised to vote by voter ID laws>amount of voter fraud

by a long shot

“I don’t think people asked me to be Speaker so I can take more money from hard-working taxpayers, so I can create some new federal entitlement,” Ryan said during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday.” “But I think the public wants to have members of Congress that represent them, that are like them.

“Don’t you want your member of Congress to be a citizen legislator who lives with you, among you, who has your own kinds of concerns, who wants to spend time with his children on Saturdays and Sundays?”

“It sounds so good, and it’s such a warm message to say we’re not gonna deny anyone from a preexisting condition. Look, I think that sounds terrific, but I want to ask you something from a common sense perspective. Suppose we applied that principle [to] our property insurance. And you can call your insurance agent and say, “I’d like to buy some insurance for my house.” He’d say, “Tell me about your house.” “Well sir, it burned down yesterday, but I’d like to insure it today.” And he’ll say “I’m sorry, but we can’t insure it after it’s already burned.” Well, no preexisting conditions.”

TenuredVulture wrote:

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:they're not really anything alike at all. even a little! whatever, man. there are plenty of people in jail for good old analog voter fraud

amount of poor people disenfranchised to vote by voter ID laws>amount of voter fraud

by a long shot

The real issue is that voter ids aren't going to help at all address the most likely forms of voter fraud. Even Housh's own "argument" here reveals that--how does requiring an id prevent a hacker from going into whatever system exists and manipulating results? If that were the case, then it would also make sense to require an ID whenever you used a credit card, because identity theft. But no one does, because it won't help.

pacino wrote:Paul Ryan when asked about paid family leave:

“I don’t think people asked me to be Speaker so I can take more money from hard-working taxpayers, so I can create some new federal entitlement,” Ryan said during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday.” “But I think the public wants to have members of Congress that represent them, that are like them.

“Don’t you want your member of Congress to be a citizen legislator who lives with you, among you, who has your own kinds of concerns, who wants to spend time with his children on Saturdays and Sundays?”

Mike Huckabee on covering pre-existing conditions:

“It sounds so good, and it’s such a warm message to say we’re not gonna deny anyone from a preexisting condition. Look, I think that sounds terrific, but I want to ask you something from a common sense perspective. Suppose we applied that principle [to] our property insurance. And you can call your insurance agent and say, “I’d like to buy some insurance for my house.” He’d say, “Tell me about your house.” “Well sir, it burned down yesterday, but I’d like to insure it today.” And he’ll say “I’m sorry, but we can’t insure it after it’s already burned.” Well, no preexisting conditions.”

Soren wrote:I feel like Huckabee doesn't understand analogies very well. It's like when you get a concussion and then you're a football player. Mike Huckabee doesn't understand analogies.

SK790 wrote:honestly, i'd be fine with making people show IDs to vote if they could get them for free and didn't have to wait like 3 hours to get one like you do to get a drivers license at the DMV. both of those things will never happen for very different reasons, though.

smitty wrote:

SK790 wrote:honestly, i'd be fine with making people show IDs to vote if they could get them for free and didn't have to wait like 3 hours to get one like you do to get a drivers license at the DMV. both of those things will never happen for very different reasons, though.

Lots of free ID accepted in Washington.

https://votesmart.org/elections/voter-r ... jkTXNQq2rU

pacino wrote:I'd like voting to be on a Saturday or make it a national holiday.