Gee...what a shock-more Socialist...voters

[cebeu]

Source: AP

Jan 5, 4:49 PM EST


Fed judges: Wash. felony inmates should get vote
By RACHEL LA CORTE
Associated Press Writer

More Socialists on tap...further degradation of the American Standard...felons voting...WTF... [scratchin' my head] "I wonder what party this constituency will lean towards?"

Of Course, another laughable ruling from the 9th, the biggest f****** legal system joke on the planet.


http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FELONS_VOTING?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE= DEFAULT

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Incarcerated felons should be allowed to vote in Washington to ensure that racial minorities are protected under the Voting Rights Act, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

[Irving]

I personally think that once you are out of prison, and aren't on any type of probation, then you should no longer be considered a felon and should have your full rights restored, but this sounds like he wants people who are currently incarcerated to be able to vote. I disagree with that, as not being able to vote comes with being incarcerated.

[sniper7]

I think anyone in jail has lost their right to vote.

i also think anyone who never achieved a high school education or GED equivalent should not be allowed to vote as well. if you aren't going to spend the time to get a basic education that is provided to you by the tax payers, then you forfeited your right to vote. we need an educated society making decisions, not high school drop out crack dealers picked up by an acorn bus.

[Mtn.man]

I think anyone in jail has lost their right to vote.

i also think anyone who never achieved a high school education or GED equivalent should not be allowed to vote as well. if you aren't going to spend the time to get a basic education that is provided to you by the tax payers, then you forfeited your right to vote. we need an educated society making decisions, not high school drop out crack dealers picked up by an acorn bus.

+1,,, and breed...

[Moviestar]

I personally think that once you are out of prison, and aren't on any type of probation, then you should no longer be considered a felon and should have your full rights restored, but this sounds like he wants people who are currently incarcerated to be able to vote. I disagree with that, as not being able to vote comes with being incarcerated.

this.

[SNAFU]

If you haven't served in the Armed Forces,,then you shouldn't be allowed to vote. Hows that?

Going to let them buy firearms,legally?
How about a rapist/child molester,let them live next door?

Once a machinegun,,always a machinegun
Once a felon always a felon

[Troublco]

Ah, the socialist plan for taking over the country's next step...allowing felons to vote. Why, this makes so much sense, we should just count Registered Democrat's votes three times, and disallow any Registered Republicans or Independents votes. This sounds fair, don't you think, comrade?

[Irving]

Going to let them buy firearms,legally?
How about a rapist/child molester,let them live next door?

Once a machinegun,,always a machinegun
Once a felon always a felon

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes.

You have to look into what I said deeper than just the surface. If someone can't be trusted to live in society without all their rights, then they shouldn't be in society, period. If you are child molester and no one trusts you to be around children, then it's life or the noose for you.



Also, I fail to see how this ruling has anything to do with socialism.

[GreenScoutII]

Well Stu and Sniper, I guess I'm somewhere between you two.

Depends on what a guy was incarcerated for whether or not he should be able to vote again and have his other rights restored. Needs to be evaluated on a case by case basis. For example, I don't think a guy who had a felony marijuana conviction at 18 or 19 should be barred from voting and owning guns for the rest of his life, but child molesters, well, why would we ever let a child molester out of prison?

As far as who should be allowed to vote in the first place, it is my understanding that some of our founding fathers intended only white, land owning males to be able to vote. I don't think that is fair at all, even though I am a white, land owning male..

[cebeu]

"I fail to see how this ruling has anything to do with socialism."

EXTRACT: “Of the more than 18,000 felons in [WA] state custody who could get back their right to vote under this ruling, 37.1 percent are minorities. Of that group, blacks make up the largest percentage, at 19.2 percent.”

Of the two viable options in the political arena today, both of which will remain the dominant party's over the next three national election cycles [~decade minimum] and most likely well into the future, which do you believe that potential 37% will gravitate to? The answer is obvious, this minority Bloc will bias Democrat, without question, for those that elect to exercise their “newly afforded” right anyway (only time and analysis will tell the real impact statistically). "Who is Muhammad Shabazz Farrakhan [Plaintiff] casting his vote for?"

Caveat, I guess one could presume “the other ~60%” impacted [i.e. the non-minority felons] could potentially slant right but statistics indicate only a moderate percentage of the demographic would do so.

I choose often, and will again, repetitively, here and elsewhere, to use the invective “Socialist” in reference to the current Democratic Party and those that support their policies and general philosophy [platform]. I do it to be disrespectful, express my disdain for the current Administration and to disparage anyone who suggests the current Democratic regime accountable to manage this country has any value. Put simply, I consider what used to be deemed a Democrat to now be defined as a Socialist, because that is what they have become.

Net – The majority of that ~37% that casts a vote will do so for the Socialist [aka Democrat, maybe “Progressive would be better?”] party. I don’t care if it is 1 vote or 10,000 votes, an incarcerated felon casting a vote for Oba’Mao or his unknown predecessor in the future is a vote for Socialism.

If you fail to see or appreciate my choice to associate current or potential Democratic supporters [voters] as Socialists I’m good with that. Maybe I’ll choose to post nothing but literal and direct content in the future to avoid confusion Stuart. Maybe.

Lastly, the side-bar running in parallel above re: “should a convicted felon be afforded full recovery of their rights post-societal debt being paid?” I’ll leave that debate for another day but my perspective, "yeah; I concur with that on principal but that’s whole other discussion." Frankly, I couldn’t care less whether that ever becomes a topic of national interest or not.