Fred Barnes: Early Voting was Crowded with "Poor Old People"

[BeyondGeography]

Run time: 01:01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAvxuwl9bGo   Posted on YouTube: November 01, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: November 02, 2008 By DU Member: BeyondGeography Views on DU: 2742

 

[HopeFor2006]

1. What a pig!

[qanda]

2. He used early voting, but he wants to deny others that right

Because they're old and poor?

[54anickel]

6. He has a reason, a "real" job that pays big bucks. What legit reason could those

"poor old people" possibly have for voting early? Hell, why are we providing them polling places at all!

:puke:

[54anickel]

3. Duh-what? "Early voting is just plain wrong". Yeah, there might be some late breaking news

that would change your mind and your vote. Those "poor old people" are so fickle to begin with. :eyes:

[PDJane]

4. God forbid that the riff-raff should get to vote...........

[Why Syzygy]

5. Asshole old white man.

What an arrogant ass.

[msfiddlestix]

13. arrogant ass is right..

I played this vid three times to make sure my ears were not playing tricks on my tired brain cells.. "early voting is wrong" "early voting has got to end" "crowded with a bunch of old people who didn't need to.." (vote?) "I voted early because I have an excuse" but these old people don't need to vote..

It occurs to me Fox actually has an important role in the current political "discourse" ... they unabashedly expose their elitist, racist, sexist, misogynist arrogant asses, completely. ugh.

[yellodawgDem]

26. old & poor

the only thing he left out was black. Old and poor my ass. I might be black, but I'm neither old or poor and I voted early. Someone need to tell these repub assholes, racist, bigoted, self-righteous morons to get a life. FUCK YOU PRICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Why Syzygy]

39. Good for you.

Any and all citizens should be afforded the opportunity to vote JUST THE SAME as everyone else.
Fred Barnes is one of the dead zones. Their unholy view of the world is dying and they are taking the last ugly gasps for us all to witness. The death of ignorant bigotry.

and welcome to DU :hi:

[Eric J in MN]

7. They could have MORE early voting locations and staff...

...to make the line go quicker, instead of getting rid of early voting because the lines are slow.

Anyway, here in Minnesota we don't have early voting, but we we haven't had a problem with slow lines so far, because of:

a) Lots of polling places on Election Day.

b) Polling place times of 7AM-8PM (anyone who arrives by 8PM can vote.)

c) We vote on optical-scan ballots, and there are lots of booths for people to go into to fill out the ballot.

[VeraAgnes]

8. Early voting accommodates the masses,

enriches the voting experience and most of all.......gives the working class their chance to vote with the kids in tow if they need to do so. He is pisst that people are voting..like millions of Democrats!

Now that I think of it...Fred Barnes.....he is an old FUCK!

[Warren Stupidity]

9. They hate Democracy.

It is as simple as that. They truly fear, and for good reason, a citizenry that decides that exercising their franchise is not just their right but their obligation.

[IndyOp]

10. Poor people? There are poor people in Fred's nation? Who knew? Certainly not Fred. (n/t)

[BunkerHill24]

11. Fred is losing his marbles......n/t

[busybl]

12. god

I'm so sick of rich white men

[Thrill]

14. They hate when Democrats are energized and ready to vote.

Its the worst thing in the world for Repukes.

[dennysp]

15. This is a disgraceful revelation about Fred Barnes and what he stands for.

I just hope some of the decent people who watch Fixed Noise will have the insight to realize just that.

[radicaljackalope]

25. Say wha?

"decent people" who watch that noise?

Do they exist?

[husky92]

16. Barnes...

What an ass hole...typical Republican response. It just shows how heartless these bastards like Barnes are...he sits there spewing his crap with his Brooks Brothers duds and puts down everyone that's not white, wealthy and a card-carrying Republican. This is such typical shit from these jerks.

[chrisau214]

17. If Early Voting is Wrong

Then why did he vote early?

Not only is early voting a good thing but it should be massively expanded with more polling places and longer hours.

The fact that we have always tried to squeeze something as important as an election into a twelve to sixteen hour period on a Tuesday in November has always been mind boggling.

Not only should early voting be expanded but the official Election Day should be declared a national holiday.







Chris

[Iwillnevergiveup]

18. Early voting is working

More accessible to more people and cutting back on last minute foul play.

It's so entertaining to watch Republican reaction to fairness, isn't it? But they're still doing their best to steal it.

[mcollier]

21. Yes.. Yes. Yes

I love to see true democracy in action....

Watching the haters of democracy scramble around like angry rats is so poetic.... Its Our Time... We Are Who We've Been Waiting For!


Volunteer, Vote, Spread the word...

[kenny blankenship]

19. Well I certainly hope the elections board were notified & de-weighted those votes accordingly

It's not fair for early voting to be all jammed up with poor & old people: decent clean folk will take one look at those drab depressing lines, smell all the fried food and pee stained undies, and dash back to their sanitary Mercedes and Lexi without voting. And there they'll sit behind the UV blocking safety glass, resting on their gym toned hams and fidgeting on their iThingys with their manicured thumbs, waiting with the AC on for a break in the line. They'll wait for their chance, but the break won't come. It'll never come, because the poor and the old people won't go away! Who could have guessed they were so many?

What about the rights of the wealthy and able bodied? Shouldn't their voices-if fewer- be heard too? It's not their fault they can't stand in line with the ill-clothed, the ill-housed, and the broken down of the world for more than a minute without having an anxiety attack. They're being forced out of the electoral process, deprived of their votes, because the process refuses to accomodate their refined feelings and senses. And that's a form of invidious discrimination!

[ksimons]

20. Do as I SAY, but not as I DO myself. Disgusting UN-American concept

only those 'with a good excuse' can vote early

puuhlease -

[Tutonic]

22. Kondracke is looking at him like he knows what he is really saying.

Uh huh.

[BeliQueen]

23. The irony is...

that the people voting with him probably thought HE was the poor old person.

ha ha ha

[democracy1st]

24. Yep I wish more people would have heard that Palin call ! dayum

[Connonym]

27. maybe every one of those "poor old people" has something else to do on Nov 4 too

presumptuous mofo.

[Quixote1818]

28. What a pathetic display of arrogant, shit! These guys should rot in hell forever!

This is about the most pathetic discussion I have ever seen in my life!

[russspeakeasy]

29. Fred Barnes was, is, and always be an A = hole

[Zambero]

30. What's worse, they're all ELITISTS

There's nothing worse than old, poor, latte-slurping arugala munchers!

[1776Forever]

31. Vote this! What a hypocrite! Rich - Yes - Poor - No!

Pissy!

[MiddlerP]

32. Fred Barnes thinks California Prop 8 won't pass

He may be right, but I doubt it. He is losing his marbles, is this fool for gay marriage?

[felinetta]

33. Go screw yourself Fred!

[Heather MC]

34. If that dip shit was really going to be Absent he could have mailed in his vote and not have to be

near the Poor and the Old.

Damn another Rethuglican putting down NO VA they really don't give a fuck about us

[Revlon10]

35. Too many poor old people. Thats why we need to vote for Change

[dothemath]

36. something might happen .... ??????????

I decided in 1973 I would never, repeat N E V E R, vote for another repub.,
you elitist, arrogant, right-wing snob.

Why should I wait? And why is it wrong? Give it up, Fred, why is it wrong?
Because it lessens the chances of f**king with the votes on election day?
Robs the repubs of a few chances to really f**k with votes they don't agree with
on a day when over 100 million votes must be collected, tallied and put in the proper column? There just aren't enough right-wing lawyers with enough backing
(that would be money) to take a couple of months off and start screwing with the system when early voting starts as opposed to the battle plan they have devised to 'shock and awe' every democratic voter on election day, like they did in
2000?

Maybe we are a nation of whiners. Not the ones the biggest bank robber of all time, Phil Gramm, was talking about, but right-wing neocons who cry like babies when confronted with a fair fight by democracy-loving Americans who are fed up with the crap we have been putting up with for far too long.

[obiwan]

37. This "poor old person" LOVES early voting.

I am 54 and I have multiple sclerosis. I vote absentee and have for years because it is physically very difficult for me to get around and the absentee ballot quite honestly frees up the polls for somebody more physically able (and faster) than me.

As it is, I work a 13 hour day at the polls on election day, 7am to 8pm. When I get home, all I can think about is sleep. But at least I helped the U.S. to remain a democracy.

Shame on you, Fred Barnes. You put the pursuit of money above the health and survival of your country. Liberty, my ass. Freedom, my ass.

Fuck you, Fred Barnes.

Fuck you very much.

[DeSwiss]

38. What a POS n/t

= Fred Barnes & Faux Snooze



K&R!!!