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Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I'd agree as to equality. But I've a justifiably jaundiced view of their sudden embrace of felons' rights. Granted, Rand Paul, Corey Booker, and even Santorum kicked open that door. But who walked through most prominently? Terry McAulliffe. One of the most political of political sorts to have ever trodden the earth. And a close ally of the Clintons from back in the days when they were "tough on superpredators" and cutting welfare reform deals with Newt.
I hear your point. And you know I'm fond of rhetorical hyperbole, which is often the only way one can rail against something as distasteful as I find politics. And that McAulliffe is an unquestionable scumbag does not so paint all others behind felons' voting restoration. (I myself strongly support it.) It's just worth noting, felons are an attractive voting bloc to be utilized, and they are assumed to favor one party a lot more than another. And anything McAulliffe does I assume to be unethical, self-enriching, devious, and possibly if not probably criminal.
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It is superunfortunate that the question of whether black people should get to vote has become politicized, in part because one must make common cause with the Terry McAuliffe's of the world, and also because black people should get to vote.
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