Why would these 33 Republicans vote against voting rights?

[dajoki]

NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/14/washington/14rights.html?hp&ex=1152849600&en=ad7fac126861d5b4&ei=5094&partner=homepage

House Approves Renewal of Voting Rights Act

By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
Published: July 14, 2006

WASHINGTON, July 13 — The House voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to renew expiring provisions of the Voting Rights Act after supporters of it defeated challenges mounted by conservative opponents.

The 390-to-33 vote on the landmark civil rights act capped a day of impassioned debate that heightened the politically charged atmosphere surrounding race and ethnicity, already aggravated by the recent fight in Congress over immigration.

In urging adoption of the act, Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia, recalled marching on Bloody Sunday, a turning point in the movement for black voting rights in 1965, when the police in Selma, Ala., beat 600 civil rights demonstrators.

“I gave blood,” Mr. Lewis said, his voice rising, as he stood alongside photographs of the clash. “Some of my colleagues gave their very lives.”

“Yes, we’ve made some progress; we have come a distance,” he added. “The sad truth is, discrimination still exists. That’s why we still need the Voting Rights Act, and we must not go back to the dark past."

---- NOES 33 --- ALL REPUBLICANS http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll374.xml

Baker
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bonner
Burton (IN)
Campbell (CA)
Conaway
Deal (GA)
Doolittle
Duncan
Everett
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Garrett (NJ)
Gingrey
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Johnson, Sam
King (IA)
Linder
McHenry
Miller, Gary
Norwood
Paul
Price (GA)
Rohrabacher
Royce
Shadegg
Tancredo
Thornberry
Westmoreland

[MadMaddie]

1. Because they have their Klan hats in their closets..

I heard that many of the Southern states were upset that they still have to be monitored by the Government during elections....their claim was there is no reason for the oversight because racism at the polls don't exist anymore...

[buff2]

4. That's right

The republican party is made up of mostly racists and bigots. That's why they've got (just about) ALL the redneck votes.

[dajoki]

10. Well, they just brought them out n/t

[AndyTiedye]

17. May They Get a Little Careless at their Next Cross Burning

[RagingInMiami]

28. Like black voters were not disfranchised in Florida in 2000 and 2004

Even though it's been reported a multitude of times.

[KeepItReal]

2. Do you really need them to pull out the white sheets and pointy hats?

Yeah, I went there.

[MichiganVote]

3. Racism didn't end with the civil rights era

[Mz Pip]

5. They must be up for re election

in predominantly white upper class racist districts.

I recognize some of these names from conservative wealthy CA districts. Pretty much says it all.

They want to keep their jobs.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[dubeskin]

11. In my wealthy conservative district, Doolittle

is going to have a hard time with this. Not to my knowledge, do I know any Klans-men or women in my area.

[Mz Pip]

16. It doesn't have to be

so blatant as Klansmen and white hoods. The spin is much subtler. The Voting Rights Act can be spun as some kind of preferential treatment. Don't want any of that now do we?

Mz Pip
:dem:

[ProgressiveEconomist]

38. Kick

[jarnocan]

6. the dirtiest of the enablers

against democracy, I see Virginia Foxx of NC is on the ;ust.

[GreenInNC]

25. Foxx and McHenry

Both from NC and both are bad news.

[Gman]

7. At least Tancredo

is an equal opportunity hater.

[Hawkeye-X]

31. And I'm pretty sure Bill Winter will run with this too.

He's going to win soundly, and bring decorum with a Democratic majority from Colorado to a US Democratic Majority in the US!

[rox63]

8. Well, Ron Paul is against almost everything

that involves the government

[Gman]

37. Remember that Ron Paul is a Libertarian

that couldn't get elected as such so he ran as a Republican. Ron Paul is also right on a lot of things that we favor. But probably as much as he is wrong on some things.

[Ringo84]

9. Re:

The Voting Rights Acts ensures fair elections, am I right? If so, then I can't imagine why ANYONE would be against it.
Ringo

[CottonBear]

13. The Neo-Confederates are still pissed off that the act was passed at all

in the first place. They are racists. It's simple.

[MadMaddie]

14. Ah...ha....you are right on...

because they won't be able to win without cheating and the oversight will hinder them....

[CottonBear]

24. Exactly. Diebold & HAVA opened a door to election fraud for the GOP.

They had to have those ammendments and photo ID laws in order to fully implement their plan to supress the Democratic vote.

[dajoki]

15. That is my point, exactly n/t

[CottonBear]

12. I count at least 6 white, male, racist Dixiecrats from Georgia.

They are the ones pushing a voter ID law here in GA that will supress the poor, elderly and minority vote.

[ladjf]

18. Jim Crow is still very much alive, unfortunately.

[rosesaylavee]

29. Hey, maybe you know the answer to this...

I was wondering if the Judge Westmoreland who ruled against the Voter ID law is related to congressman Lynn Westmoreland of Ten Commandment fame?

[Terran1212]

19. WOO My Congressman voted NO!!!

I knew the guy was a douche, didn't think he was this bad though.

I wonder how many of them WERE Georgians?

I wish Lewis would've went right up to him and smacked him, or McKinney would've~!

[nealmhughes]

20. I would have guessed Paul, Gingrey, and Foxx off the top of my head

without having to have seen the list. Odd that Mean Jean wasn't there or Our Girl in Florida, eh?
F***ing Bonner is from Tennessee! Too close for comfort!

[ladjf]

21. Defeat those 33 and the U.S. could begin to regain it's freedoms

,dignity and self respect. There has to be a strategy that would get rid of all 33 of those bigots.

[dajoki]

27. Those 33 would be a great start n/t

[bobbieinok]

22. what's the deal with King from IA???

[rosesaylavee]

30. Not a lot of urban areas or

university towns in the 5th District.




My guess the population is very white without much exposure to diversity of skin, religion, etc.

Don't judge Iowa by the work of this moran, though. Iowa used to (and may still) have the highest literacy rate of the nation. Smart people live there who are unfortunately represented by this numbnutz... same as me, I have Hastert. :(

[niyad]

23. two of the colorado morans--hefley and tancredo (the immigration asshole)

[Hawkeye-X]

32. Hefly is retiring, and His Dem challenger has an excellent chance

Jay Faucett has a excellent chance of taking Fundies to the bank and bringing ZERO Republicans Reps from Colorado (Yes, Angie Paccione also has an excellent chance of defeating the Bitch from Ft. Morgan) and Xenophobic Tancredo will be permanently retired to a nutjob minister that everyone ignores.

Hawkeye-X

[cantstandbush]

26. They are up for election in heavily racist districts? My guess. nt

[zulchzulu]

33. Well, if you needed a list of people to get rid of, there it is...

If ANY of them are running in 2006, it's time to get rid of them in the fall. You have no easier explanation why these assholes HATE freedom.

[ecstatic]

34. It's like--they went out of their way to prove their racism

I mean, seriously, even representatives in the most racist districts could have quietly voted for the renewal without incident. Who would have known? Do KKK members watch C-Span?? But no--they decided to create a spectacle in a vote that should have been a slam dunk, unanimous decision. What's worse is that over 18% of the 'Nos' came from Georgia!

[BuckyDevil]

35. write em

Lets write these guys and ask why on earth they would vote against it

http://www.house.gov/writerep/

[NMMNG]

36. In addition to being homophobes, they're also racists.

:shrug:

[Monk06]

39. As a Canadian I feel for you my American brothers and sisters........

The most powerful democracy in the world has
the most corrupt voting system.

God help us all if you can't turn this around.

We're lucky up here. We have a paper ballot and
elections cannot be manipulated by politicians,
either federal or provincial.

[ProudDad]

40. 'Cause if everyone votes

The Dems would win.