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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:00 PM Original message |
Gingrich: Students and immigrants should be poll-tested before being allowed to vote |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. The only constitutional restrictions to voting are age and citzenship. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. GOPers say they love the U.S. Constitution, but they do not know what is in it. n/t |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. No poll taxes either. nt |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. As long as the test is written by real historians, |
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sfwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Ha! Question #1, Is a poll test constitutional? EOM |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. ... only if candidates have to pass the same test before they can run for office ... |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Of course they will want to use the Sean Hannity textbook... |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. That could backfire on the Thugs as their voters are the most uneducated in the country. |
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liberal_mama (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
48. You are right! |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Newt's Full of --it tour continues |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Republican candidates seem to be in a mad rush to stake |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. the crazy clown tour.... |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Speaking of a candidate for a pole. |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. How about viewers of FoxNews? |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. and Tea Party members, old people with slurred speech, |
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cheneyschernobyl (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. I would call Gingrich a loon... but that would be |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
46. The National Association of Shithouse Rats is in emergency session |
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ejbr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. Michele Bachman wouldn't pass any poll test ffs n/t |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Meanwhile that teenager who challenged her to a debate would... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. the supreme court will have to overturn the 65 civil rights act. |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. How 'bout Tea Party members as well? |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. Candidates should pass a test before they can run for office |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. i'm all for this.. |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. he DOES realize that most of HIS base wouldn't be able to pass such a test, Right? n/t |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Naw. He thinks his base was born knowing the answers.... |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
47. Thats why its for "young people" not |
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W T F (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. By the same token, Newt should have to pass a Constitution knowledge test before................... |
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silenttigersong (339 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. Newt Gingrich |
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Permanut (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. Oh, Jeez, tthen they'd have to learn what a well-regulated |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. Gingrich should be fidelity-tested before he is allowed to.... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. DUzY! - n/t |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. As usual, Newt is a Dickhead! Naturalized citizens |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Yep. He wants to test the ones who could pass. |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. From a personal stand point, my Southern relatives would be out in the cold. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. They probably, deep down, think the South should have won |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. Let's test everyone of age to vote. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
29. Amendment XXIV Poll Taxes |
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Blandocyte (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. what a constitutionally ignorant dick. n/t |
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Blandocyte (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
31. Would they be tested on the history revised by TX school boards? |
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BadtotheboneBob (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. Newt the 'Stalking Horse' |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. Here is how the test will work under Newt's plan |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. And presidential candidates should be cheated-on-spouse-tested before being allowed to run. |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
36. Isn't it Boehner who doesn't know |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
37. Round here, we usually vote on current issues, rather than what Scarlett said to Rhett |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
38. Such a thing would destroy their base...so its not a bad idea.nt |
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lbrtbell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
39. Go for it, Newt! |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. Gingrich's finances should be looked into - he owes something like $1/2 million to Tiffany's |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. Why not just go with a poll tax as well to entirely disenfranchise the |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
44. HIS FACIST ASS NEEDS TO BE 'POLL' TESTED!!!!! |
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Zambero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
45. So I guess Michelle Bachman could no longer vote for herself? |
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buckrogers1965 (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
49. What if you disagree with the "official" history? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
50. Um, isn't this PATENTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL???? |
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Philippine expat (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
51. Almost sounds good |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
54. Newt should have to take one. Q1 "who won the Civil War?" |
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