Monday, April 11
Some may call it a desire for reform. I call it a desperate fight against irrelevancy. Hang it up, Kerry.
"Last year too many people were denied their right to vote, too many who tried to vote were intimidated," the Massachusetts senator said at an event sponsored by the state League of Women Voters.
"There is no magic wand. No one person is going to stand up and suddenly say it's going to change tomorrow. You have to do that," he said.
Kerry supporters have charged that voting irregularities in largely Democratic areas made it difficult for voters to cast ballots in the November election. A lawsuit in Ohio cited long lines and a shortage of voting machines in predominantly minority neighborhoods, but the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the suit.
Kerry also cited examples Sunday of how people were duped into not voting.
"Leaflets are handed out saying Democrats vote on Wednesday, Republicans vote on Tuesday. People are told in telephone calls that if you've ever had a parking ticket, you're not allowed to vote," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/10/kerry.votes.ap/index.html

Thanks, John. Now we have a new way to advertise. "Smart people vote Republican. Stupid-asses vote Democrat. On Wednesday. Provided they haven't illegally parked outside the massive throngs of disenfranchised people whose right to laziness has been taken away." If I were a Democrat, I would find this X-Files conspiracy crap insulting. Not to mention how easily "duped" his constituency is. And since apparently no Republicans fell victim to these evil genius schemes to keep jaywalkers from voting, I guess that if you listen to Kerry, Democrats are just much, much stupider. Thanks, John, for clearing that up for us.

 
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