Actions?  Firing a state official without just cause.  Words?  A whole lot of sputtering and stuttering.

Arizona Governor, Jan Brewer has some ‘splainin’ to do! After what appears to be her being ‘strong-armed’ by the Republicans in state office who might not do as well in the next election if the district lines are drawn fairly, Brewer has succumbed to the pressure (probably didn’t have to twist her arm all that hard), and removed the state’s bi-partisan re-districting committee chairwoman, Colleen Mathis, from her position.   She stated “well she acted, uh, inappropriately. Well it was very, pretty much obvious that she in communications, and doing things, uh, not in the public, and the people of Arizona deserve that –“ to Alan Colmes on his radio show.  Sounds serious, right?  (And Jon Stewart accused Rick Perry of imbibing!) Actually, it sounds like the sputtering and hedging of someone who has no answer or justification for her actions. 

The state senate voted 21-6 to remove Mathis for the apparently impeachable offense of drawing fair and non-partisan redistricting maps.

Firing someone under a false pretense happens all the time, especially in an ‘at will’ employment state like Texas, but in cases such as this one, charges should be brought by Mathis against the governor for illegally removing a state official without just cause and for the purpose of illegal gain.

This nation-wide conspiracy by the GOP to rig the electorate is as obvious as flies on feces; disgusting and it just plain stinks. Worse, they keep denying that this is exactly what they're up to...while they're up to it!  That's like getting caught with your penis in another woman's vagina by your wife..and then saying "Honey, it's not what it looks like!"  I guess they might try to schloff it off by uttering the old stand-by; "I tripped and my dick fell right in her vag.  It was a freak accident."  More like, "We didn't mean to cut those Latinos and college students out of their voting rights.  They just happened to receive veiled threats about voting..."  Riiiiggghhht!

Texas now finds itself embroiled in its own re-districting scandal.

It’s the pot calling the kettle black, and then getting a state Supreme Court smackdown. 

Rick Perry’s red state wants to stay red, and will sue its own Justice Department to get it, but the JD says “No way, Jose!” to redistricting that denies Latinos the ability to elect candidates of their choice.  “Partisan gerrymandering is also involved. The Justice Department has concluded that two new Texas districts violate the Voting Rights Act by deliberately “diminishing the ability” of Latinos to elect their preferred candidate to Congress.”

Another way the GOP wants to hinder voting of the lower classes (the low-income earning ethnicities) is through shortening the number of days a person can do early voting.  In Germany, national elections are held on a Sunday so everyone can vote without worrying over missing work (and this is the country that suffered through Hitler! – What’s the GOP excuse for trying to restrict voters from getting to the polls?)  They figure that the less number of days a person can go vote, the harder it will be for those low-income voters to take time off from work.  They also want to eliminate Sunday voting.  

Another real problem is college students who want to vote.  If they attend college away from their home voting district, they would normally register under their college dorm address, but now, that right is being taken away because by doing this, “Students who vote with their college address are a particular target. In 2008, the Montgomery County, Va., election director announced that students who registered at their college addresses would no longer be claimed as dependents on their parents’ tax returns.  This is a strong-arm intimidation tactic designed to make a voter choose between continuing to qualify for college financial aid or being able to vote.  It’s BS and I call it like I see it.

According to the same article linked above, the following intimidation tactics were used and should not only be illegal, but the campaign responsible should be put in jail from the approving candidate down to the campaign manager and the person who sent the fliers or hit the button to initiate the robocalls.  “Another tactic is to circulate fliers, use robocalls or send postcards to minority voters, falsely advising them to vote on Wednesdays. In 2010, many minority voters in Louisiana, Maryland and New Hampshire received robocalls telling them they could vote by telephone or email. In 2002 in Baltimore and 2003 in Georgia, black voters received fliers warning them that if they had failed to pay utility bills, had outstanding parking tickets or were behind on their rent, they would be arrested if they tried to vote. In 2006, voters with Latino surnames in Orange County, Calif., were given fliers suggesting that naturalized citizens were not entitled to vote. (Politico)

The ‘conspiracy’ theory is shown here to be far more than a theory.  The preceding examples show empirical fact (actual actions) supporting the GOP’s agenda to win by any means necessary even if that means cheating voters out of (or scaring them away from) their right to not only vote, but vote without the threat of some kind of illegal repercussions from this party.

They are being disgusting.  I’m so turned off by the GOP that I have a hard time giving credit to the few representatives who might actually be ‘good guys’.  I view them as wolves in sheep’s clothing, smiling their toothy smiles at us while licking their chops, ready to pounce. 

My, Republicans, what big teeth you have! 

Well, fortunately for us intelligent types who see right through your disguise, both Governor Rick Perry, and out-doors-y poster girl dipstick, Sarah Palin, (hard-core right wingers) advocate for shooting wolves on sight…from helicopters, no less! 

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