North Carolina College Republican shuts down campus voter registration drive

[babylonsister]

North Carolina College Republican shuts down campus voter registration drive
David Ferguson
04 Oct 2014


The head of the College Republicans at one North Carolina college is determined to stop voter registration drives on her campus, whether they’re being sponsored by conservative or liberal groups.

According to MSNBC, Chairwoman Leigh Thomas of the High Point University College Republicans was caught on camera on Wednesday telling a conservative group that it could not register voters on campus because she wasn’t comfortable with it.

Wednesday, as MSNBC’s Zachary Roth noted, was also the day that state Republicans vowed to keep pushing for more restrictions on North Carolina voters, even if that means taking the fight all the way to the Supreme Court.

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In a number of states, Republicans have been attempting to limit voting by doing away with early voting and registration, tightening voter ID laws and, on the whole, making it as difficult as possible for black voters, working women, hourly workers, the elderly and students to vote. These are all constituencies that have traditionally voted Democratic.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/north-carolina-college-republican-shuts-down-campus-voter-registration-drive/

[nashville_brook]

1. how is this not on the greatest page yet?

[freshwest]

2. They FEAR the POWER of the VOTE. Let's scare the pants off 'em!

[calimary]

8. Count me in!

[barbtries]

3. you know what?

i hate republicans. they suck.

oh, and by the way, if it was about security, and she said she wanted it done as it was done in 2012 which is what the people were doing! she's stupid. not just republican, but a stupid republican. or is that redundant?

[Lochloosa]

4. Redundant.

[barbtries]

13. thank you. lol

the tough part is i actually know some who are not otherwise stupid. i even love some of them. it's discombobulating.

[vlyons]

15. don't hate them!

when you hate them, you join their team, because hatred is what they dish out to everyone who disagrees with them. See the crazy talkers for what they are: IGNORANT.r Thei minds are clouded with deluded percdeptions and lots of fear, greed, and hatred. Riducule them, ok. But don't hate them. Let you better person refuse to get sucked into hatred.

cheers

[barbtries]

16. i hear you.

one of the reasons i hate them is because they force me into this terrible hate mindset. i have consciously throughout my life tried to steer myself to love and abandon hate. but republicans...republicans.

sigh. i do hear you. but goddamit! the shit they do and say and the way they own the airwaves. they're ruining the country, maybe even the planet.

[Fred Sanders]

17. I hate that they make me hate them.

[barbtries]

33. exactly.

[vlyons]

25. yes they are fouling the planet

that's why we need everyone of us to stay calm and stand up for our boundaries. You have to remember that everyone of those hateful crazy talkers has the kernal of a potential Buddha inside. The nasty vitriol that they exude cannot bring them much happiness or serenity. They are always all worked up and anxious about something or another, and it's usually something within someone else's boundary, like being gay or Muslim, or needing an abortion, or paying a little extra in taxes to feed the poor. Hating them just gets yourself all worked up as well. So when you catch yourself experiencing hatred for them, say "no." Make the distinction between them as human beings and their behavior. It took me a long time to realize this. And yes, I sometimes have the experience of hating something that a crazy talker has said or done. But then I remember that I can choose not to hate them. It takes practice. Over and over practice. You'll feel much happier.

[Kath1]

28. My feelings, also!

I want so much to have "peace, love and understanding" mindset but just a snippet of hate radio or Fox News sets my blood pressure off the chart.

I can't help myself. I really do hate them. And they will destroy this country and planet if we allow it.

[butterfly77]

30. Maybe???

[barbtries]

32. okay. yes

destruction of the planet is not limited to republicans, but they are the ones in this country at least who are apparently dedicated to making sure it happens as soon as possible.

[butterfly77]

41. We Agree..

[SnowCritter]

18. Sorry, but I don't think you can call them ignorant

Being ignorant requires being uninformed or unaware. I can't buy either case. If they've been dishing-out their side of the argument for any length of time then they've had to have been rebutted at some point. Assuming so, then they've been informed and should be aware that what they're spouting is nonsense, at best. No, they're stupid - they've been told and should be aware that their arguments are invalid, yet they persist.

[vlyons]

26. I use the term ignorant in the Buddhist sense of the meaning

not from the Western tradition of formal debate. Ignorance in Buddhism is the belief that one's thoughts and emotions about Self are solid. One's subjective experience is the way the world exists, when it doesn't exist that way at all. That whatever lies and demogoguery one tells is the truth, whether supported by facts or not.

[sunnystarr]

22. FUCK I still hate them ... they deserve nothing more (nt)

[caraher]

35. The hate thing is important

I think the Republicans think others think as they do. That we just hate them the way they hate us. Case in point: at a campus where I used to teach, the RWers brought in Ann Coulter to give a talk. They're avowed motive was to stick a thumb in the collective eye of the "liberal faculty." A writer for the student paper urged everyone to attend, with his enticement to liberals framed in terms of seeing first-hand what they hate and thus enhancing the foundation of their beliefs. They just can't fathom that what we believe is founded not on hatred-of-them but on seeking what's to the benefit of all.

[yardwork]

5. High Point University is a very wealthy private institution.

Google it. Interesting.

[blackspade]

6. So when I'd Leigh Thomas start hating America?

[daleanime]

7. K&R....

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. They can not win unless they cheat.

Plain and simple

[byronius]

10. Wriggle, you desperate little worms.

Soon enough, there will be no Republican majority anywhere for at least three generations.

Ever, I hope.

[SoapBox]

11. It's just down right criminal...

What the Pukes and Baggers are trying to do to AMERICAN voters.

Criminals.

[Initech]

38. Yeah I wonder why the Federal Election Commission isn't on this?

Although the Citizens United decision pretty much made them useless now so I guess they don't matter.

[malthaussen]

12. Just how does one prevent voter registration without breaking the law?

She's "uncomfortable with it?" Who gives a...

-- Mal

[ColesCountyDem]

14. That was my question, too. n/t

[blkmusclmachine]

19. Republicans: "NOBODY likes our crappy policies. But we can get weak-kneed DEMS to pass it anyway,

and then we'll blame the DEMS when the sh!t hits the fan (which it will -- oh how it will!!!)
Stupid complicit DEMS. And their base must be really gullible, too!"

[Cha]

20. Damn.. all the republicons have the "Don't let them Vote or we'll get Screwed" Virus.

[supercats]

21. Yes, It's One Thing To Say That They Are Scared....

but what good does that do? They are shameless and they have and will continue to break the law and/or have the laws changed to allow their cruel and despicable behaviors, just like the current supreme court.

[rpannier]

23. She wasn't comfotable with it

WTF is she???

[Initech]

40. An idiot is most likely my guess.

"You people are idiots! You know what you've given the world? Girls Gone Wild. Cans that tell you how cold your beer is. Florida. Brass dolls. Listen to me! Because of you there may be an Entourage movie! No I should give up at this point but I'm not going to. You're just going to keep on riding motorcycles, having unprotected sex, and voting against free health care." Liz Lemon on 30 Rock

[YOHABLO]

24. The less people that vote .. the more their chances of winning. Hey Republicans .. you're done.

[Historic NY]

27. Since when does she get to decide, she isn't anything.

Democrats and other should get an injunction barring her from interfering

[Enthusiast]

29. Fuck these assholes!

Republicans are worse than any commie. They are more like serial killers or pedophiles.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

31. William Rehnquist was intimidating voters in Arizona in 1964.

Yes, our former and now deceased Chief Justice was intimidating voters way back in 1964. I read it in The New Yorker.

[alfredo]

34. College Republicans had a voter registration drive on the

U of K campus. They destroyed the registrations by Democrats. They got caught.

[Initech]

36. A fail of such epic proportions that it rips a hole in the space time continuum...

Add a few more of these:

[AlbertCat]

37. High Point U

from Wiki:
High Point University is a private liberal arts university in High Point, North Carolina, U.S., affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded as High Point College in 1924, it became High Point University in October 1991.

I was born in Greensboro, NC and went to college in Winston-Salem.... just up I-40. High Point is the 3rd and smallest town in "the Triad"... all 3 cities are close to one another....and I've NEVER heard of this school. High Point is known for furniture (there's a huge international market for furniture there) and the NC Shakespeare Festival (which I used to work for).

It's a private school with about 45,000 students. I think it mainly churns out nurses assistants.

Let her toot her horn. I hope someone will put a sock in it with as much force.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

39. Maybe this blatant discrimination

will backfire if it becomes widely known, and folks' awareness will be raised to the point where action is taken to register voters. Like in Ferguson, MO. This election cycle could set records for numbers voting if people wake up and understand why the suppression is going on in the first place.