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http://rawstory.com/2010/02/tea-party-o ... ks-voting/ The opening night speaker at the Tea Party convention suggested a return to a "literacy test" to protect America from presidents like Obama -- a segregation-era method employed by southern US states to keep blacks from voting.
In his speech Thursday to attendees, former Republican congressman Tom Tancredo invoked the loaded pre-civil rights era buzzword, saying that President Barack Obama was elected because "we do not have a civics, literacy test before people can vote in this country."
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Tancredo called Obama a "committed socialist ideologue," and referred to him by his full name, Barack Hussein Obama.
ABC News reported that the former Colorado representative's speech "received enthusiastic applause at times," but said the crowd did not fill the ballroom in which the event was held.
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corduroy_blazer wrote:
In his speech Thursday to attendees, former Republican congressman Tom Tancredo invoked the loaded pre-civil rights era buzzword, saying that President Barack Obama was elected because "we do not have a civics, literacy test before people can vote in this country."[/b]
Meanwhile, in realityworld, half of the attendees of the Tea Party Summit would fail such an exam.
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punkdavid wrote:
corduroy_blazer wrote:
In his speech Thursday to attendees, former Republican congressman Tom Tancredo invoked the loaded pre-civil rights era buzzword, saying that President Barack Obama was elected because "we do not have a civics, literacy test before people can vote in this country."[/b]
Meanwhile, in realityworld, half of the attendees of the Tea Party Summit would fail such an exam.
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The Opryland Hotel is awesome. I recommend attending just for an excuse to stay at that hotel.
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glorified_version wrote:
punkdavid wrote:
corduroy_blazer wrote:
In his speech Thursday to attendees, former Republican congressman Tom Tancredo invoked the loaded pre-civil rights era buzzword, saying that President Barack Obama was elected because "we do not have a civics, literacy test before people can vote in this country."[/b]
Meanwhile, in realityworld, half of the attendees of the Tea Party Summit would fail such an exam.
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Hasn't it been suggested in these very forums (and not by the "tea party" crowd) that there should logically be some sort of "aptitude test" or something like that to determine whether a person gets to vote?
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Cpt. Murphy wrote:
glorified_version wrote:
punkdavid wrote:
corduroy_blazer wrote:
In his speech Thursday to attendees, former Republican congressman Tom Tancredo invoked the loaded pre-civil rights era buzzword, saying that President Barack Obama was elected because "we do not have a civics, literacy test before people can vote in this country."[/b]
Meanwhile, in realityworld, half of the attendees of the Tea Party Summit would fail such an exam.
Truth
Hasn't it been suggested in these very forums (and not by the "tea party" crowd) that there should logically be some sort of "aptitude test" or something like that to determine whether a person gets to vote?
see thread: Aristocracy
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