Tuesday Night Video – Melissa Harris-Perry on Voter ID Laws

July 10, 2012 by 3 Comments

It’s exactly as Melissa Harris-Perry put it on Sunday:

HARRIS-PERRY: In battleground state after battleground state, Republicans are trying something new — Voter ID laws, that make the election less about who voters want, and more about which voters get to vote.

Harris-Perry is joined by attorney and columnist Ari Melber, former Pennyslvania Governor Ed Rendell, the always glorious Representative Barbara Lee, and Professor Anthea Butler.

I don’t know if it comes across as shrill when I say that Republicans don’t care about democracy unless it lines their wallets, but how else do you explain these attacks on voting rights?

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One Small Problem: Rice for Veep

July 10, 2012 by 1 Comment

Condoleezza Rice has repeatedly said she has no interest in elected office, but that hasn’t stopped many of her fellow conservatives from hoping she’ll be Mitt Romney’s vice presidential choice.

–Lori Stahl, “Condi Rice as veep: the allure of the anti-Palin,” Washington Post

I’d be shocked if Obama were quailin’
At the Condi-Vice-President push.
Though she’d make us forget about Palin,
She would also remind us of Bush.

Condoleezza Rice 2007, 2006, 2005, & 2004 (Fin...

Condoleezza Rice 2007, 2006, 2005, & 2004 (Finalist in 2008) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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