An attack on the right to vote is underway across the country through laws designed to make it more difficult to cast a ballot. If this were happening in an emerging democracy, we’d condemn it as election-rigging. But it’s happening here, so there’s barely a whimper. Full Story »
Posted by Glenn LaBauve - via Memeorandum, Steve Murray (t)
This opinion piece has minimal journalistic merit. The author promotes his personal views by highly selective quoting, and by ignoring the major voting problems of recent years. ACORN, which submitted tens of thousands of fraudulent voter registration forms is not even mentioned!. The Black Panther voter intimidation case in Philadelphia is not even mentioned. Two left-wing sources are cited to claim that fraud is not a problem. Gives insight into the author's ideology, but does not provide a factual analysis.
To links have been added that fisk Mr Dionne. It is strange that Mr Dionne is making his comments at a time when African Americans and Latinos are more prominent in the Republican Party than ever before!