A civil rights icon does it Gangnam style
A brief note of introduction:
“Gangnam” is a district of Seoul, South Korea. PSY is a South Korean rapper/video star — think of a cross of MC Hammer with Pee Wee Herman — from the Gangnam district. “Gangnam Style” is PSY’s worldwide viral dance video hit, viewed more than 500 million times on Youtube so far. (Original here.)
With that as background, here’s a video put together by the Asian American Legal Advocacy Center here in Atlanta, urging people to register and vote. You may recognize some of the settings — the state Capitol, the MLK silhouette on Freedom Parkway. You may also recognize the older voting-rights champion who gamely dances Gangnam-style to get his message across.
Whatever you think of his politics, you have to admire a politician who doesn’t take himself too seriously. Personally, I would pay a lot to see Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in a dance-off, Gangnam-style.
– Jay Bookman
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
893 comments Add your comment
Orange12
October 20th, 2012
4:05 pm
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/10/19/msnbc-matthews-claims-it-unconstitutional-for-romney-to-challenge-obama/
Brosephus™
October 20th, 2012
4:05 pm
getalife
As far as I know, he’s green lighted for tonight.
getalife
October 20th, 2012
4:05 pm
Debbie,
Whew! That was a tough game to watch and that last play was scary.
Alabama is next so I will be cheering for Tennessee.
Geaux Volunteers!
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
October 20th, 2012
4:06 pm
You forget about Juan Williams…
Yep I sure did.
Was watching a documentary online about Emmit Till — what the narrator briefly touched on and what’s been bothering me ever since I’ve heard the story, is “Who Told?”
There were only a bunch of black kids in the store when the infamous whistle took place and the two white ladies. The two white ladies, in the store, decided NOT to tell because they knew their husbands and they knew he was just a kid showing off and meant no harm.
So it stands to reason that the black kids went home and told someone at their house.
Who in turn went and told Bryant and Milam which resulted in the boy’s horrific death, (also there is reportedly a black man who was WITH THEM during the time of the child’s murder).
I bring this up because Juan Williams reminds me of that mysterious guy from the Till tragedy.
He’ll do anything to ingratiate himself towards insane, bullying people.
Juan Williams’ PERFORMANCE at the South CArolina Republican Debates. He’s NEVER been interested in race relations, yet all of a sudden he asked two very leading questions to Newt Gingrich concerning race.
Its almost as if Gingrich PAID Williams to “go there”.
Fred ™
October 20th, 2012
4:06 pm
The Democratic National Convention released a full transcript of Rep. John Lewis’s (D-Ga.) speech to the 2012 Democratic National Convention (as prepared for delivery). Read the full text below:
I first came to this city in 1961, the year Barack Obama was born. I was one of the 13 original “Freedom Riders.” We were on a bus ride from Washington to New Orleans trying to test a recent Supreme Court ruling that banned racial discrimination on buses crossing state lines and in the stations that served them. Here in Charlotte, a young African-American rider got off the bus and tried to get a shoe shine in a so-called white waiting room. He was arrested and taken to jail.
On that same day, we continued on to Rock Hill, South Carolina, about 25 miles. From here, when my seatmate, Albert Bigelow, and I tried to enter a white waiting room, we were met by an angry mob that beat us and left us lying in a pool of blood. Some police officers came up and asked us whether we wanted to press charges. We said, “No, we come in peace, love and nonviolence.” We said our struggle was not against individuals, but against unjust laws and customs. Our goal was true freedom for every American.
Since then, America has made a lot of progress. We are a different society than we were in 1961. And in 2008, we showed the world the true promise of America when we elected President Barack Obama. A few years ago, a man from Rock Hill, inspired by President Obama’s election, decided to come forward. He came to my office in Washington and said, “I am one of the people who beat you. I want to apologize. Will you forgive me?” I said, “I accept your apology.” He started crying. He gave me a hug. I hugged him back, and we both started crying. This man and I don’t want to go back; we want to move forward.
Brothers and sisters, do you want to go back? Or do you want to keep America moving forward? My dear friends, your vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful, nonviolent tool we have to create a more perfect union. Not too long ago, people stood in unmovable lines. They had to pass a so-called literacy test, pay a poll tax. On one occasion, a man was asked to count the number of bubbles in a bar of soap. On another occasion, one was asked to count the jelly beans in a jar—all to keep them from casting their ballots.
Today it is unbelievable that there are Republican officials still trying to stop some people from voting. They are changing the rules, cutting polling hours and imposing requirements intended to suppress the vote. The Republican leader in the Pennsylvania House even bragged that his state’s new voter ID law is “gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state.” That’s not right. That’s not fair. That’s not just.
And similar efforts have been made in Texas, Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia and South Carolina. I’ve seen this before. I’ve lived this before. Too many people struggled, suffered and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
And we have come too far together to ever turn back. So we must not be silent. We must stand up, speak up and speak out. We must march to the polls like never before. We must come together and exercise our sacred right. And together, on November 6, we will re-elect the man who will lead America forward: President Barack Obama.
getalife
October 20th, 2012
4:06 pm
Bro,
Thanks.
I hope he stays healthy so we can beat the best you got
Fred ™
October 20th, 2012
4:10 pm
Matti: Thanks. The recipe I found was pretty much what you said (lol even down to the andouille sausage). Think I’ll get down to Kroger and get the “scrimp.” I have everything else I need. It will take about 2 hours though to get the shrimp both ready, I have to peel them first. Shame they don’t sell them with the heads on at Kroger.
http://www.deepsouthdish.com/2011/02/gulf-coast-shrimp-and-grits-recipe.html
Brosephus™
October 20th, 2012
4:10 pm
getalife
The further along the schedule gets, the more I get nervous about the LSU and Auburn games.
Fred ™
October 20th, 2012
4:11 pm
getalife: That last play was awesome lol. Ya’ll squeaked one out.
Brosephus™
October 20th, 2012
4:12 pm
DDR
I haven’t thought about Williams like that before. I generally clump him in with the other talking heads. They all sound like Charlie Brown’s teacher to me. I can’t answer for others, but I don’t need people to think for me.
bman
October 20th, 2012
4:13 pm
Fred .. .. Thanks for posting that. Also, I did watch his speech. I understand you like him (many do). Im not even to say that I dislike him. But if you read over the transcript & you watch the video you’re either going to come to a conclusion that it either is, or is not, race baiting.
My question is : I’d that is not race baiting or playing the race card, WTF is?
Fred ™
October 20th, 2012
4:15 pm
I know I need Florida to beat S. Carolina so we can beat Florida to get to Atlanta in November but just damn. It’s like eating a fresh pig poop sandwich to cheer for the Gators.
Besides, I like the way the evil Spurrier has made S. Carolina relevant.
Fred ™
October 20th, 2012
4:19 pm
Bman: How is celebrating the progress we as a Country have made in the last 40 years race baiting? In the last three paragraphs (the ones that were cut from the video) Lewis says nothing about race, he’s talking about EVERYONE.
Is he (John Lewis) a far left political hack? In my opinion yes. I got a copy of his book for him to sign, yet when I tried to read it I just couldn’t. The first chapter was just too much left wing propaganda. I was hoping to hear more of the story of his LIFE and less the story of his politics………
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
October 20th, 2012
4:20 pm
Hiya Matti! Hiya Common! Great day to be an American living in Georgia!! It was such a beautiful fall day today! Went out earlier to run with my dogs and it was just wonderful out!!
Looking at ESPN now and VANDERBILT beat Auburn?!? Wow! Chizik should send out his resume. There’s probably a Assistant Special Teams Coach opening somewhere………..
Mystery meat: The problem I have with people like Lewis is the fact that their districts are still poor
The poorest districts in America are in Appalachia — predominantly white AND lots of violence and drugs.
For decades, African-Americans have voted for Dems and they are still poor.
For decades there have been people who voted for Repubs and THEY are still poor — no mega millionaires have suddenly been reported coming out of a single district yet.
The family structure is almost non-existent and there are NO leaders.
That’s happening ALL over America, with the rate of divorce, not just in black communities. anything else?
Until folks take personal responsibility there will continue to be massive problems.
So, what are YOU doing to help? I mean besides talking about it on this blog? You talk “personal responsibility” ( a repiblican catch phrase), tell that to the people of Appalachia — who have faced poverty at the generational level too. Your faux sympathy really touches my heart, really it does.
bman
October 20th, 2012
4:23 pm
“How is celebrating the progress we as a Country have made in the last 40 years race baiting? ”
How is it not implying that a vote for Obama will take us back 40 years?
josef
October 20th, 2012
4:24 pm
FRED
I don’t eat grits and ain’t real fond of shrimp, so can’t help you out there.
DDR, BROSEPHUS,
Okay, I know what you’re saying about how all Black folks are supposed to think alike, and act in lockstep. I’m a Jew, I’m gay, and I’m a Southerner, so I am not immune to being target of that charge. But, let’s be honest. We “those people” do do our own share in enforcing that orthodoxy intra nostra, whether or not we want to admit it. Step off the plantation, off the rez or out of the shtettl or any of the other names for the ghettoes in which we retreat psychologically and culturally if not so much enforced by “them,” and get ready for our own grand inquisitors.
Of course, when you come right down to it, it’s nothing more nor less than any “bucking the system.” The three of us would like to pride ourselves on not being afraid to do that, but I think when we really look at it, we will come rallying to the defense of “our people” when under attack from one of “them,” even when we know they may have a point. It’s just we want to be the ones to say it.
Jm
October 20th, 2012
4:27 pm
Fred’s baaaaack
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
October 20th, 2012
4:27 pm
It’s like eating a fresh pig poop sandwich to cheer for the Gators.
Fred, I hope you like swallowing that poop sandwich down. Want some gatorade to wash that down?
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
4:28 pm
“If Bama rolls into the Iron Bowl undefeated and gets their asses handed to them, Chizik will get a contract extension. Never underestimate the factor of an Auburn win over Alabama. With the way the SEC is beating up on each other this year, the biggest cause of not seeing a 7th straight SEC national champion would be the SEC itself.”
Chiz is gone, bro. This is Auburn’s worst season in their entire history.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
4:29 pm
“The further along the schedule gets, the more I get nervous about the LSU and Auburn games.
LSU has no offense. Auburn has no coaching. Bama will win both games easily.
josef
October 20th, 2012
4:30 pm
“The problem I have with people like Lewis is the fact that their districts are still poor”
Really? Do tell. Finally, I can add poor to my entitlements. Thank you.
Fred ™
October 20th, 2012
4:32 pm
josef: I forgot that you aren’t a “true southerner” lol because you don’t eat grits. The guy I work out with is the same way. I asked him if he’s sure he wasn’t a Yankee baby that his parents adopted as a baby.
I love shrimp and I love grits, but I’ve never been overly fond of Shrimp and grits. Maybe I’ll like them better if I make them. That’s why I’m making some gumbo as well ;D
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
4:32 pm
“The poorest districts in America are in Appalachia — predominantly white AND lots of violence and drugs.”
Then again, I’m talking about John Lewis. You’re trying to deflect attention away.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
4:34 pm
Lutz is out for the season at Auburn.
OUCH!!! When it rains it pours on the plains!
Brosephus™
October 20th, 2012
4:35 pm
How is it not implying that a vote for Obama will take us back 40 years?
Consider that 50 years ago, there were politicians who kept their power by disenfranchising part of our society. Fast forward to today, and you have what appears to be the same power grab going on. I don’t think Lewis’ words are about race as much as it is about society as a whole. One constant thing about American history is that, there is always a scapegoat. Whether it’s different immigrant groups, Blacks, Latinos, Gays, or whatever other group you wish to target, there has always been a subset of our society that has been treated like sh*t on the soles of our shoes.
The current swath of voter ID laws, in my opinion, is an attempt to recreate the atmosphere of 40-50 years ago. The targeted group may be the same, or it may be different, but the manner in which the laws have been written and directed leaves no clue as to who’s trying to grab power.
When the stats started predicting White Americans losing their majority status, I joked with a few of my White friends about them pushing apartheid type laws to keep control. It was all done in jest, but I’m seeing a different power grab taking shape.
The far right is losing their grip on power, as evidenced by the repeated RINO or moderate candidates that have led the GOP recently. I don’t think they are targeting anybody because of race, sexual preference, or anything else more than they are simply targeting “the enemy” in order to maintain their power grip. That’s why you hear so much about “race baiting” and other things in conversations. All one has to do is yell loud enough and people begin to believe things even when the evidence to disprove the yelling slaps them in the face.
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
October 20th, 2012
4:35 pm
josef- All humans have a “pact’ mentality. I’m a military brat. You wanna see a bunch of “rallying to the defense”? Well you ain’t seen nothing until you’ve seen a bunch of AMERICANS overseas sticking together.
No matter their color, religion, or whatever, they’ll stick together to fend off anyone who’s attacking a fellow american.
It has nothing to do with any of the reasons you gave, and everything to do with our being humans and the biology / psychology of being a human and resisting efforts of anyone we feel as an outsider.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
4:37 pm
“The current swath of voter ID laws, in my opinion, is an attempt to recreate the atmosphere of 40-50 years ago.”
So I guess when a bank asks for an ID to open a bank account that’s wrong?
How about when you fly?
How about when you write a check?
How about when you drive a car?
The voter ID opponents arguments about that subject is just ridiculous.
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
October 20th, 2012
4:38 pm
You were talking about blacks AND John lewis — when i brought up FACTS all of a sudden you want to change your tune. I’d be amazed, except by your comments i can already tell you are a loon.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
4:38 pm
“The far right is losing their grip on power, as evidenced by the repeated RINO or moderate candidates that have led the GOP recently. ”
Another lie. Did you miss the 2010 election where the GOP swept the Democrats out of power in the House? How about how more states have GOP governors?
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
4:40 pm
“You were talking about blacks AND John lewis”
Yes I was.
“when i brought up FACTS all of a sudden you want to change your tune.”
No, you tried to change the subject to mountain people.
“I’d be amazed, except by your comments i can already tell you are a loon.”
Those who resort to calling folks names aren’t that smart to begin with. Grow up.
josef
October 20th, 2012
4:41 pm
DDR
Oh, I agree with you. We can bring it on down to the local level and get much the same thing. I live in Buckhead. We get mighty snippy whenever somebody not from round cheer start talking trash about us and will react en bloc. Still, though, even intra nostra there are certain “things” you just don’t say or do if you want to get out the door without a chomp taken out of your uppity butt.
Fred ™
October 20th, 2012
4:41 pm
bman
October 20th, 2012
4:23 pm
How is it not implying that a vote for Obama will take us back 40 years?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
How IS it implying that to not vote for Obama is taking us back 40 years? I don’t see a correlation between the two anywhere in that speech. I like John Lewis for his character and his civil right past (and present). I despise his politics. Me saying I like (almost worship lol) John Lewis as a man doesn’t mean I would VOTE for him.
Showing where we were in 1961 where a black man could get beaten near to death for trying to vote and where we ARE in 2008 when a Black man can get elected President doesn’t imply that not voting for a Black man takes us back 50 years. It is just a comparison of how things have changed for the better.
Truthfully? Had the Republicans chosen a decent candidate, or the Libertarians, I would for for him and NOT Barack Obama. I didn’t like President Bush at ALL, didn’t vote for him the first time (vote Harry Brown), but when they Dems picked John Kerry I felt HE (Kerry) was so bad that I voted for Bush to be sure Kerry didn’t win. It’s the same this time. I’m not so much voting for Obama as I’m voting AGAINST Mr. Entitled, send all the jobs to China so I can stay rich,Romney.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
4:44 pm
” I’m voting AGAINST Mr. Entitled, send all the jobs to China so I can stay rich,Romney.”
Obama has sent plenty of jobs to China. Just ask Mr. Jeffery Imelt. Obama also has offshore accounts and a bigger pension plan than Romney but don’t let those facts get in the way of your lies.
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
October 20th, 2012
4:44 pm
Alabama is next so I will be cheering for Tennessee.
getalife — perhaps you need to also get out some mojo juice, a gris-gris, and your rosary beads. Perhaps a little black magic as well as prayer may help. Just saying………..
Fred ™
October 20th, 2012
4:46 pm
gotta go to the store. If ya’ll quit feeding the troll maybe he’ll starve for attention and leave, or post under the “name he used in the States.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68b3lTwAsYs
Brosephus™
October 20th, 2012
4:50 pm
The voter ID opponents arguments about that subject is just ridiculous.
No, the ridiculous arguments are the straw arguments trying to tie voting (a right protected by the Constitution) to other things that no citizen or resident have a protected “right”. When any of those things have their protections enshrined into the Constitution, you’ll have a valid argument.
The way the voter ID laws are written do absolutely nothing about fighting actual fraud. If you want to combat voter fraud, why would you purposefully leave the two largest doors, absentee ballots and registration, wide open for fraud to continue?
Fred ™
October 20th, 2012
4:52 pm
21-3 Gators
Brosephus™
October 20th, 2012
4:53 pm
Did you miss the 2010 election where the GOP swept the Democrats out of power in the House? How about how more states have GOP governors?
And how is 2012 shaping up?? I didn’t miss the 2010 elections. I recall a few of those dumbass Tea Party endorsed candidates handing seats to Democrats that would have easily been won by a candidate with common sense. I also see the same thing happening in 2012. Akin??? George Allen??? Scott Brown???
The GOP, with common sense candidates, would whip the Democratic Party’s ass with ease. Instead, the far right is using their megaphone to drown out common sense. When you are one of the people yelling, you simply can’t see it.
Fred ™
October 20th, 2012
4:53 pm
A REALLY good quality picture streaming from CBS. It sucked streaming the game on ESPN/Comcast.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/video/sec-live
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
4:53 pm
“The way the voter ID laws are written do absolutely nothing about fighting actual fraud.”
You don’t have a rational argument. To open a bank account you have to have an ID, to fly, to drive and so on and so forth.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
4:54 pm
Chizik about to be fired. Barn burner on the plains.
RTR
josef
October 20th, 2012
4:55 pm
Maybe it’s just me, but this voter fraud thingie is, imeoiauo, a red herring. I’m not saying that it doesn’t exist. It always has and always will anytime you have votes being cast. The issue is a matter of degree and on that count this country has a pretty good record especially in the latter 20th Century. The right to vote and access to the ballot are a separate issue.
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
October 20th, 2012
4:56 pm
Huh?? is probably Doom in drag — however I’ll play your semantics game for a few minutes.
No, you tried to change the subject to mountain people.
You admitted that you were talking about blacks AND John lewis. You made a statement about the poverty & violence of john Lewis predominantly BLACK district.
I submitted that Appalachia, predominantly white, has the exact same type of parameters that you mentioned. The only caveat was that the people were WHITE not BLACK.
Your failure to see the relevance and comparison of my comments to yours, speaks more about your predilections than anything else.
Here we go, your post again, (in case you have Romnyesia and forgot what you’ve just posted):
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
4:56 pm
“And how is 2012 shaping up?? I didn’t miss the 2010 elections. I recall a few of those dumbass Tea Party endorsed candidates handing seats to Democrats that would have easily been won by a candidate with common sense. I also see the same thing happening in 2012. Akin??? George Allen??? Scott Brown???”
Pretty good actually. Mitt is in the lead in most polls. Calling someone a dumbass is childish. Akin is in the lead and Mcaskill’s husband is in big trouble as is she. Scrott Brown is schooling Pow Wow Chow. I have no idea about Allen. Virginia went red in 2010 and will remain red.
Fred ™
October 20th, 2012
4:57 pm
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
4:53 pm
“The way the voter ID laws are written do absolutely nothing about fighting actual fraud.”
You don’t have a rational argument. To open a bank account you have to have an ID, to fly, to drive and so on and so forth.
+++++++++++++++++++
LOL Bro, there ya go. YOU chose to feed it. It’s just pig wrasslin’ with you now. Remember, it LIKES being in the poo.
Brosephus™
October 20th, 2012
4:58 pm
You don’t have a rational argument. To open a bank account you have to have an ID, to fly, to drive and so on and so forth.
Constitutionally protected right = voting
Not rights nor are they protected by the Constitution = banking, flying, driving, and so forth
You do not have an argument at all. I bet that, in your world, elephants and mice are just alike too.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
4:58 pm
DebbieDoRight – Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
You’re arguments make no sense. You can’t even tell me that I’m wrong and instead you deflect to mountain people which have nothing to do with John Lewis. Also, saying I have “romnesia” shows that you have a childish way of debating your point.
Act like a grown-up.
Brosephus™
October 20th, 2012
4:59 pm
Fred
I can’t help myself sometimes. I try not to feed into the ignorance, but every now and then, you have to jump down in the mud and get a little dirty. You gotta remember, I deal with purposefully factual deficient people all day.
Doggone/GA
October 20th, 2012
5:00 pm
“Maybe it’s just me, but this voter fraud thingie is, imeoiauo, a red herring”
Not a red herring…an excuse to hide behind.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
5:00 pm
“Constitutionally protected right = voting”
Where in the Constitution does it say that you have a right to vote?
The Constitution contains many phrases, clauses, and amendments detailing ways people cannot be denied the right to vote. You cannot deny the right to vote because of race or gender. Citizens of Washington DC can vote for President; 18-year-olds can vote; you can vote even if you fail to pay a poll tax. The Constitution also requires that anyone who can vote for the “most numerous branch” of their state legislature can vote for House members and Senate members.
Note that in all of this, though, the Constitution never explicitly ensures the right to vote, as it does the right to speech, for example. It does require that Representatives be chosen and Senators be elected by “the People,” and who comprises “the People” has been expanded by the aforementioned amendments several times. Aside from these requirements, though, the qualifications for voters are left to the states. And as long as the qualifications do not conflict with anything in the Constitution, that right can be withheld. For example, in Texas, persons declared mentally incompetent and felons currently in prison or on probation are denied the right to vote. It is interesting to note that though the 26th Amendment requires that 18-year-olds must be able to vote, states can allow persons younger than 18 to vote, if they chose to.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
5:01 pm
“LOL Bro, there ya go. YOU chose to feed it. It’s just pig wrasslin’ with you now. Remember, it LIKES being in the poo.”
Deflection at its poorest.
getalife
October 20th, 2012
5:02 pm
Watching LSU games test my heart.
Very stressful.
The madhatter counts on the defense to hold them and will ground and pound to beat them in the fourth quarter.
josef
October 20th, 2012
5:03 pm
HUH
Can it with the pow wow chow, you illiterate ignoramus…you have no idea about what you’re talking about…and calling someone a dumbass is childish…U-tlo-na-s-di na-ga-ta-hv-na !!
getalife
October 20th, 2012
5:03 pm
The gop just got busted on voter fraud.
They accuse the dems because they are doing it.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
5:04 pm
“Can it with the pow wow chow, you illiterate ignoramus…you have no idea about what you’re talking about…”
She claimed to be a native american. She’s a liar and a fraud. Calling me an ignoramus will not change that fact.
josef
October 20th, 2012
5:04 pm
Doggone
I would agree with that…
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
October 20th, 2012
5:06 pm
Was voter fraud happening in 2004,6,8,10 as the REpubs SAID it was? Then why wasn’t this massive push for new ad approved voter ID started THEN (Ohio)?
If Ohio had this massive problem the past 10 years, then why, in 2012 during the Presidential election cycle, have some states suddenly decided they have a need for new Voter laws?
AS a bonus, why not list all the people who have been tried and convicted of Voter FRAUD — not voter REGISTRATION fraud; but actual voter Fraud.
I’ll wait.
josef
October 20th, 2012
5:07 pm
HUH
If you knew the first thing about Southern or Cherokee history and culture, you would know that hers is a “claim” shared by 40% of the White Southerns and 50% of Black Americans…secondly, if you knew what’s required to get any “benefits” from claim of Indian ancestry, you’d know what a f’ing CDIB card is and what it means…she doesn’t have one and never applied for one…
Unmentionable says you can take your Nuremberg laws someplace else…
josef
October 20th, 2012
5:09 pm
HUH
She is neither a liar nor a fraud. She IS of Cherokee ancestry and she did not manipulate that in any shape, form or fashion to “get around” anything…
Brosephus™
October 20th, 2012
5:10 pm
Where in the Constitution does it say that you have a right to vote?
Where in the Constitution does it give any rights? The Constitution protects rights that are considered given by our creator. There are explicit protections enshrined into the Constitution, and other protections have been added by amending the Constitution.
http://civilliberty.about.com/od/equalrights/p/9th_amendment.htm
“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” — 9th Amendment to the US Constitution
Regarding voting laws, that falls under the 10th Amendment as federal law leaves voting legislation to the states to decide.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
5:10 pm
josef
She’s a liar and a fraud.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
5:11 pm
“She IS of Cherokee ancestry and she did not manipulate that in any shape’
Denial is not a river in Egypt.
Doggone/GA
October 20th, 2012
5:11 pm
“She claimed to be a native american”
No, she didn’t. When you have to lie to make a point, you have NO point.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
5:11 pm
Brosephus™
There is nothing in the Constitution that says you have the right to vote.
NOT
ONE
THING
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
5:12 pm
“No, she didn’t.”
Her Harvard application states that she did indeed claim that.
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
October 20th, 2012
5:13 pm
Where in the Constitution does it say that you have a right to vote?
Ok — this guy is either Doom or a certified lunatic.
The 15th Ammendment gave black men the right to vote.
The 19th Ammendment gave women the right to vote.
Riddle me this — An Ammendment to the constitution means that a law or “right” was previously given in the Constitution, correct? Then if there isn’t ANY “right to vote” in the constitution originally, then why should there be any ammendments giving certain groups the right to vote?
getalife
October 20th, 2012
5:13 pm
huh,
You seem fascinated with race.
Are you a racist?
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
5:15 pm
DebbieDoRight – Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style! is angry because she’s been proven wrong over and over again. No amount of insults hurled at me can change that fact.
getalife, nope not a racist. That word is so overused by you people on the left that it is meaningless.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
5:16 pm
You have no right to vote
The U.S. Constitution does not explicitly guarantee a right to vote, and our federal courts currently read the document not to include it.
http://www.salon.com/2006/09/21/no_right_to_vote/
Jack
October 20th, 2012
5:17 pm
you all are maklng Bookman nervous.
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
October 20th, 2012
5:18 pm
from claim of Indian ancestry, you’d know what a f’ing CDIB card is and what it means…she doesn’t have one and never applied for one…
Unmentionable says you can take your Nuremberg laws someplace else…
Okay — poster Huh?? is making up sh##t, lieing, and obfuscating to make a point………hmmm….
YEP!!! Huh?? is Doom in Drag!!
Put Doom/Huh?? on permanent Ignore. Nothing to see here……………..
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
5:19 pm
“Okay — poster Huh?? is making up sh##t, lieing, and obfuscating to make a point………hmmm….”
Debbie is becoming unhinged and it’s getting rather weird. Debbie, Pow Wow Chow lied on her application to Harvard. The Boston Globe has documented this well.
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
October 20th, 2012
5:20 pm
Are you a racist?
Hasn’t doom ALWAYS been a racist? He’s a racist “lite” — he’s in training, but one day he’ll be able to wear big boy pants.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
5:21 pm
“Put Doom/Huh?? on permanent Ignore. Nothing to see here”
Debbie, you addressed my comments. You are mad because I am right and you are wrong. You, like Fred, have told other folks not to talk to me yet you continue to talk to me. I’m laughing at how much you two seem to contradict yourselves.
Face it, Pow wow chow is a hoax and there is no Constitutional right to vote.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
5:23 pm
I’m amazed at how fast some folks use the word “racist” whenever someone doesn’t agree with their viewpoint.
HUH?????
October 20th, 2012
5:24 pm
Later, folks.
getalife
October 20th, 2012
5:25 pm
Racists talk about race.
huh is a racist.
White Flower!
Doggone/GA
October 20th, 2012
5:25 pm
“There is nothing in the Constitution that says you have the right to vote”
Reading is fundamental:
AMENDMENT XV
Passed by Congress February 26, 1869. Ratified February 3, 1870.
Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude–
josef
October 20th, 2012
5:27 pm
HUH,
“Jane, you a-ge-yv o-yo-i na-ga-ta-hv-na!”
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 20th, 2012
5:28 pm
Debbie, it does appear that one poster has decided that Gangnum style should be posting Gangnumb stupid… I am afraid there is no cure for that.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 20th, 2012
5:28 pm
Go Navy & Fred:
Top Secret Clearance?
Yes …………… 31 of my 34 years in law enforcement (and “SCI’s” above that).
josef
October 20th, 2012
5:28 pm
Oh, well, I guess I need to get a new tom-tom, Running Sh*t has done up and run!
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
October 20th, 2012
5:29 pm
Voting rights come from the original Articles of Confederation which make up the US Constitution. Idjit.
getalife
October 20th, 2012
5:29 pm
“Iran has agreed to nuclear talks” NYTimes.
Doggone/GA
October 20th, 2012
5:30 pm
“Her Harvard application states that she did indeed claim that.”
Reading is fundamental:
“Brown said that Warren “checked the box claiming she was Native American” when she applied to Harvard and Penn, suggesting the Democratic candidate somehow gained an unfair advantage because of an iffy ethnic background. But there is no proof that she ever marked a form to tell the schools about her heritage, nor is there any public evidence that the universities knew about her lineage before hiring her.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-controversy-over-elizabeth-warrens-claimed-native-american-heritage/2012/09/27/d0b7f568-08a5-11e2-a10c-fa5a255a9258_blog.html
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 20th, 2012
5:30 pm
Jay: I know you had to run earlier so just in case you missed this:
1) “I know for a fact how accurate that statement is. I also know from first-hand discussion and study that my sentiment is shared by most of those in the top echelons of the U.S. military.”
General Bookman hath spoken !!
2) As he did earlier this week:
“The premise of the entire debate is false, because the attack on our consulate in Benghazi was not an act of terror.”
http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/10/17/on-benghazi-the-debate-and-acts-of-terror/
3) But ALAS there are others who disagree with his political correctness:
“The head (Senator Feinstein) of the U.S. Senate’s Intelligence Committee said Wednesday that it appeared an intelligence mistake along with inadequate security were to blame for the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the American Embassy in Benghazi, Libya that claimed the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens, a Bay Area native, and three others.
“I can tell you this, I think we do know what happened now. There’s no question but THAT IT WAS A TERRORIST ATTACK (emphasis added), there is no question but that the security was inadequate and I think that there is no question that we need to work on our intelligence,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) during an exclusive interview with CBS 5.”
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/10/17/feinstein-intelligence-flaw-lax-security-to-blame-for-libyan-terror-attack/
I’ll go with her classified briefings over Jay’s “scuttlebutt” !!!
4) Jay can’t tout his opinion and “briefings” all he wants but speaking as someone who spent 34 years in the “real world” security business (from the President on down) I can assure you that those Americans died from a lack of even basic security!
They knew it was inadequate and that’s why they asked for more to give them at least a chance.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 20th, 2012
5:31 pm
Excuse me: Jay “can” tout ………………………………
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
October 20th, 2012
5:33 pm
sniff…….sniff…….. Doom is gone?!?
I THOUGHT that rancid smell was no longer around!!!
josef
October 20th, 2012
5:35 pm
She could check that box all she wants to. It would have given her NO advantage. AGAIN First Nations peoples are the ONLY ethnic group in the United States who have to have a CARD to get in on any so-called “goodies.” No CDIB card, no goodies…
Doggone/GA
October 20th, 2012
5:37 pm
He cut and ran, did he? Typical. Leave when you know you’re being defeated.
Brosephus™
October 20th, 2012
5:38 pm
There is nothing in the Constitution that says you have the right to vote.
Here you go, my civics deficient friend.
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/constitution/amendmentstext.html
Amendment 15 – Race No Bar to Vote.
1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
…
Amendment 19 – Women’s Suffrage.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
….
Amendment 24 – Poll Tax Barred.
1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
…
Amendment 26 – Voting Age Set to 18 Years.
1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
As I said earlier, the Constitution does not give or express rights. It simply protects rights that are given by our creator. I guess we’ll have to make an Amendment for those who are reading impaired to simplify the wording so that it’s easy enough that you don’t need an easy button to figure it out.
G Mare
October 20th, 2012
5:39 pm
I WISH John Lewis was still MY congressman. Thanks to redistricting, my sorry congressman is now Mr. Gingrey.
Doggone/GA
October 20th, 2012
5:39 pm
Anyone want to take bets on how long it’ll be before he’s back…claiming we couldn’t refute his points?
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
October 20th, 2012
5:40 pm
Oh, well, I guess I need to get a new tom-tom, Running Sh*t has done up and run!
Ha! Too funny!! Maybe we can also call him “Talking With Foot In Mouth” or “Sh##t For Brains”!
Scout — Why would you need a Secret Clearance as a law officer? / Policeman?
Keep: Debbie, it does appear that one poster has decided that Gangnum style should be posting Gangnumb stupid… I am afraid there is no cure for that.
He’s maroone….
getalife
October 20th, 2012
5:40 pm
scout,
They heard the militia coming because they were chanting?
Do you know what they were chanting?
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda, Gangman Style!
October 20th, 2012
5:42 pm
Anyone want to take bets on how long it’ll be before he’s back…claiming we couldn’t refute his points?
Hiya Doggone!
He’ll probably be back in about 10 minutes — with a different name.
Brosephus™
October 20th, 2012
5:42 pm
He cut and ran, did he? Typical. Leave when you know you’re being defeated.
Isn’t that always the way they do it???
josef
October 20th, 2012
5:46 pm
Oh, well, just like jock itch, you just can’t seem to get rid of it…
Anyway, has anybody besides me got a copy of “Pow Wow Chow?” Lots of down home cooking most of us here in Uncle Sam’s Oldest Colony grew fat and sassy on…
Brosephus™
October 20th, 2012
5:49 pm
josef
Can’t say that I have a copy of that one.
josef
October 20th, 2012
5:51 pm
DDR
I gotta get with my Cherokee tutor and find out how to say “Sh*t for Brains!”
GMARE
Doing all right?