Bush pledges vigorous enforcement of voting law

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush on Thursday signed a 25-year extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and promised to vigorously enforce its political protections for minorities.
...
"My administration will vigorously enforce the provisions of this law and we will defend it in court," he added.
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However, in Congress, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sharply criticized Republicans for filing a last-minute explanation of the bill that could undermine the law if it is eventually challenged in court.

Such reports are usually filed before a bill is voted on, not after.
The House and Senate compiled thousands of pages of testimony to create a record to protect the legislation in a court challenge.

Leahy said the last-minute report did not reflect the record of those hearings. The full text of the Republican report was unavailable late on Thursday but Democrats said a draft had included suggestions that the extra scrutiny for nine states -- and parts of seven others -- was no longer necessary.

http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=12996198&src=rss/ElectionCoverage

[JuniperLea]

1. Riiiiight...

Remember, he always, always, always does exactly the opposite of what he says. Always. Without fail.

Bastard is on my last nerve.

[jaysunb]

2. Best laugh I've had all week....

:rofl:

[uppityperson]

3. oh Mr.bush, you are so silly

thank you for the laugh

[whistle]

4. What did Bush's signing statement to the extension say?

...."Read my pen, NO MORE MINORITY VOTER'S RIGHTS!" (a.k.a. Watch what I do, not what I say)

[Barrett808]

14. My first thought exactly. n/t

[laylah]

5. ..

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

as IF...

[otohara]

6. Liar

George Bush doesn't care about black, white, brown democrats.

[Solly Mack]

7. Oh? Was Florida in 2000 an example of your support for

the voting rights act?

[Monkeyman]

8. Ohio

[Solly Mack]

9. Exactly...Bush's support for voting rights ain't exactly inspiring is it?

[w4rma]

17. The Bush v. Gore ruling used the Voting Rights Act to rule *against*

minorities in a decision that the judges said in their ruling was not to be used as a precident for any other case.

[Just Me]

10. another lie,....Mr. Diebold and liar and fraud and traitor and criminal.

You, * are a dictator, through and through, and so goshdamned spoiled you haven't a clue about any damn thing. You should be a drunk in an alley,...maybe, in your next life, you will be and die by the light of a bomb you approved.

Clueless, spoiled, fool.

[librechik]

11. therefore we know he will not enforce it.

if the past is any indication.

[Peace Patriot]

12. "Bush pledges vigorous enforcement of voting law"--and his words, as they

were formed by his cankered lips, took the shape of his thoughts, and flew out of his mouth into the fetid air, as malformed creatures--a snake with two heads and black wings, a bluebird with the giant beak of a toucan, a wild-eyed gryphon with the body of a pig, flying spiders with tiny human legs and breasts, frogs with no eyes. These thoughts were his lies.

[MiniMe]

13. Wonder what his signing statement for that one was n/t

[Lindacooks]

15. Lie number 4,504,606 this year.

[Uncle Joe]

27. Damn it! I thought it was lie 4,504,605

I must have missed one.

[Lindacooks]

28. LOL

Very nice.

[CoffeeCat]

16. And Ken Mehlman...

...will hold an educational conference at the Sheraton titled, "How to make love to a woman."

[samsingh]

18. i'm glad he signed it, but he's abused the bill

maybe someone can use the bill to hold shrub to account?

[Kailassa]

19. Newspeak for: "I will prevent even more people from voting." n/t

[flordehinojos]

20. i never believe a bush. i never believe a drunkard. i never believe a liar

i never believe a power-and-control crazed freak. i never believe an abuser. i never believe any word that comes out of any bush's mouth.

[Demeter]

21. Bush Signs Voting Rights Act Extension--Wa Po

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/27/AR2006072700181.html?referrer=email

Bush Signs Voting Rights Act Extension
President Vows to Build on 'Legal Equality' Won in Civil Rights Era

By Hamil R. Harris and Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, July 28, 2006; A03



Joined by stalwarts of the civil rights movement, President Bush yesterday signed into law a 25-year extension of the Voting Rights Act, the historic legislation that opened the ballot box to millions of blacks across the South in the 1960s.

Under the legislation, the Justice Department will maintain the authority to review changes in ballot procedures, legislative districts and other electoral rules in several states, mainly in the South, to ensure that African Americans and other minorities maintain influence in elections.

"By reauthorizing this act, Congress has reaffirmed its belief that all men are created equal," Bush said as he looked into a crowd of people waving church fans bearing the image of the American flag. He vowed "to continue to build on the legal equality won by the civil rights movement to help ensure that every person enjoys the opportunity that this great land of liberty offers."

Bush signed the bill with considerable fanfare on the White House's South Lawn, joined by civil rights leaders who often have been at odds with his administration. They included NAACP Board Chairman Julian Bond, Jesse L. Jackson and Al Sharpton. Also present were family members of three prominent civil rights figures whose names are attached to the legislation: Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King and Fannie Lou Hamer, who was beaten and jailed in 1962 trying to register to vote in Mississippi.

NO WORD ON WHETHER BUSH HAD A SIGNING STATEMENT TO GO ALONG WITH THE BILL! SURE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW!

[Robbien]

22. Signing Statement

Voting rights applies only to Republican voters, everyone else can go fish.

Signed Georgie

[0007]

23. The definition of a paper asshole

paper asshole
1 thumb up

1. Fucking jerk
2. A person who thinks they are so much more important than someone else.
3. A person who thinks that they are above any laws or order.

[Jamastiene]

24. Yeah, sure, right...Like a fox will promise to guard the

hen house. Vigorous enforcement, my ass.

[Nickster]

25. Uh oh, watch out voters! n/t

[RCinBrooklyn]

26. He got it confused with the 1865 voting laws. THOSE he'll enforce!