Does he actually think non-citizens should be able to vote? This from the AJC article on the DOJ pre-clearance b.s.
But U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement that spawned the Voting Rights Act, said the system of citizenship checks was “an attempt to take us back to another dark period in our history when people were denied access to the ballot box simply because of their race or nationality.”
The only nationality that should be and is allowed to vote under the laws of the several states and federal government is American.
I realize his district will return him to Congress even after he is dead and entombed, but perhaps we should ask if he has lost his mind.
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from Wikipedia:
“The word citizenship is often used in a different sense from nationality. The most common distinguishing feature of citizenship is that citizens have the right to participate in the political life of the state, such as by voting or standing for election. The term national includes both citizens and non-citizens. Alternatively, nationality can refer to membership in a nations (collective of people sharing a national identity, usually based on ethnic and cultural ties and self-determination) even if that nation has no state, such as the Basques, Kurds, Finland-Swedes, Palestinians and Tamils.”
you = fail
Do you honestly think Lewis was talking about the Kurds in Atlanta?
heroV = silly
Lewis once said that sharks still followed the routes of slave ships in the Atlantic from the 1700’s.
Not to get to technical, but someone with dual citizenship could have two nationalities
Lewis meant “national origin,” I’m guessing.
Let he who has never had stones thrown at him… [something something].
It doesn’t matter so much at this point what he meant, but what he said. You’ve gotta be careful what you say to the press after all
It’s a confused statement.
But then again….so is Erick’s.
It was Major Owens who made the shark comment but no matter, it was still a race pimp, which Lewis has never had any trouble becoming if it suited his purpose.
Whew. I’m glad to see that you’ve succesfully vanquished another strawman and lived to post about it.
He can always borrow some from Rogue to build another.
I stand corrected. It just seemed like something he would say. Perhaps Lewis quoted him?
“With a history of dumb quotes…”
This guy has no sense of irony.
Dear John Lewis. I love and respect you for standing your ground like a man when the cracker sheriffs met you and Dr. King with attack dogs, clubs, and fire hoses. Sadly, I don’t think you’ve done anything worth while since.
Instead of insisting on equality of opportunity, you champion equality of outcome. You transfer wealth from those who’ve earned it to people who haven’t, thereby destroying initiative in both groups. Your democrat welfare state has crippled black and white families and helped keep so many of our fellow citizens ignorant, uneducated, and marginalized. Your democrat welfare state has done more to tear down this great nation than the Soviet Union of yesterday or the radical mullahs of today could ever hope to achieve.
With a history of dumb quotes, this is perhaps John Lewis’s dumbest
And you too Erick, you old teabagger you.
It makes me uncomfortable when Indy doesn’t stay in character.
David: Did you know that Elvin (Sondra’s husband) from the Cosby Show was played by Geoffrey Owens, Rep. Major Owens’ son.
http://www.answers.com/topic/major-owens
Five years later, the congressman became involved in a sticky lawsuit brought by his ex-wife, who is white: two years after their divorce was finalized in 1985, Ethel Owens charged her former husband with racism and failure to pay alimony, claiming that he divorced her because he thought having a white wife would hurt him politically. Owens countered that the alimony payments were a financial hardship and that her allegations of racism were unfounded.
Apparently I missed the disclaimer during the election that having a president with ” Global Appeal” means that he can be voted on and elected world wide. What an egregious oversight on my part. I guess I was always naive enough to think citizenship played some role in the process.
I realize his district will return him to Congress even after he is dead and entombed, but perhaps we should ask if he has lost his mind.
So has he lost his mind?
I’d say no because how could he lose something he never had?
I wonder what he’ll say next when the pre-clearance ruling is overturned?
anybody who would cite Wikipedia as a source (heroV) must by long standing tradition be a frigtard
This is just a silly post. Obviously he misspoke and wasn’t referring to Swedes in Stockholm voting in Macon elections. My parents are immigrants, I was born in the U.S. People routinely ask me, “oh, what nationality are you?” “Duh you idiot, I’m an American..you meant national origin, ethnicity, etc.”
..and Joe, anyone who refers to anyone citing Wikipedia is dolt. This is a freakin’ blog, not a graduate thesis…lighten’ dude.
It saddens me when longtime PP readers don’t get classic references. Loyalty must have been in DeKalb during the glory days of the frigtards.
Not that two wrongs make a right but perhaps we should get people who we want to vote the way we want them to vote, bring them here, get them to get an electricity bill and take them to the polls in vans too.
Hey if the dems can do it why not??? And don’t forget the deceased – they vote democratic also – some even get stimulus checks for crying out loud (probably because that poor dead lady who died 40-years-ago voted in last years election or worked recently)!!!
This is crazy that Obama/Eric Holder/Lewis, etc… are actually arguing to have illegal aliens kept on the voter rolls!!! What is more crazy is how the state run media runs right behind them and publishes their press releases as their own articles – publishing propaganda with the dems talking points!!!
Americans wake up – the fox is in the hen house – pay attention to what is going on – PLEASE!!! Remember those who fought and died for this country – do we want to let it go so easily and watch it crumble before our very eyes? It’s not to late – get involved in your community – make a difference and let’s stop all who are endangering our Country!!!
Perhaps Obama’s 4th of July party at U.S. Embassy’s for Iranian diplomats is a recruiting tool for new voters – remember – you don’t have to be a citizen according to Obama/Holder/Lewis, etc…
Thank you SOS Karen Handel for doing what is right – keep up the good fight ; ) We are are proud of you and support your efforts.
WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!
It saddens me when longtime PP readers don’t get classic references. Loyalty must have been in DeKalb during the glory days of the frigtards.
Oh, my apologies to Joe
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics2/77_of_georgia_voters_favor_id_checks_before_voting_justice_department_disagrees
77% of Georgia Voters Favor ID Checks Before Voting, Justice Department Disagrees
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