Sen. Dick Durbin: Koch brothers spearheading voter suppression effort

[Playinghardball]

Source: RawReplay
By Eric W. Dolan

At the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois’ 2011 Bill of Rights Celebration in Chicago, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) applauded the end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” but warned that other civil rights issues needed to be addressed.

“At the top of our list of priorities is protecting the right to vote,” he said. “We have fought for that for decades in this country and we must continue. There is a concerted, coordinated effort in states as close as Indiana and Wisconsin to deny millions of Americans the right to vote. It is spearheaded by the Koch brothers, and their big money interest.”

“Who do they want to keep out of the voting booth? Young people, old people, poor people, people with disabilities, people who live in rural areas — millions of Americans. Judson Phillips, leader of the tea party, thinks voting should be limited to, quote, those who own property, close quote. Isn’t that were we started? And to suggest that in a time of record foreclosures.”

“If we don’t fight to defend the ballot, all of our rights are in jeopardy.”

Watch video, courtesy of the ACLU of Illinois, below

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/sen-dick-durbin-koch-brothers-spearheading-voter-suppression-effort/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. And why am I NOT surprised?

You find something's going on to take away our voting rights, and lo and behold, guess who's behind it?

You got it:


The scum-sucking Koch Brothers!

[glinda]

2. To court they should go and if found guilty should go to prison. Traitors.

[Scuba]

3. +1

[LiberalFighter]

5. With all of the crimes they have committed or otherwise attempt

to prevent people having their rights they should be stripped of all of their rights and properties at the least. The worst...

[glinda]

7. I have had it with nothing being done about this.

[otohara]

4. Plain And Simple These People Are Anti-American

if the American happens to of African, Spanish, poor/middle class, old, rural and college students, etc, etc, etc,

[Donnachaidh]

6. So when can we expect a perpwalk by these two terrorists?

It's what they ARE. And should be treated as such. Can you imagine how much of the deficit would be gone if we treated them like drug dealers - and took all their assets by seizure?