Monday, November 7, 2016

Opuscula

Felons expected
To vote for Hillary

60,000 or 200,000 felons eligible to vote

According to numerous reports out of Richmond VA, the state’s Democrat governor just pardoned thousands of felons so they can register and vote in Tuesday’s election.


Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights to Felons

WASHINGTON — Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia used his executive power on Friday to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 convicted felons. The action effectively overturns a Civil War-era provision in the state’s Constitution aimed, he said, at disenfranchising African-Americans.

The sweeping order, in a swing state that could play a role in deciding the November presidential election, will enable all felons who have served their prison time and finished parole or probation to register to vote. Nearly half are African-American, a core constituency of Democrats, Mr. McAuliffe’s political party.

Virginia Governor Pardon’s 60,000 Convicted Felons Just In Time For Election

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has granted voting rights to as many as 60,000 convicted felons just in time for them to register to vote, nearly five times more than previously reported and enough to win the state for his long-time friend, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

McAuliffe sought to allow all of Virginia’s estimated 200,000 felons to vote, but state courts said each individual felon’s circumstances must be weighed. To get around that, McAuliffe used a mechanical autopen to rapidly sign thousands of letters, as if he had personally reviewed them.

McAuliffe managed Clinton’s unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign.

Virginia Gov. Pardons 60,000 Felons, Enough To Swing Election

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has granted voting rights to as many as 60,000 convicted felons just in time for them to register to vote, nearly five times more than previously reported and enough to win the state for his long-time friend, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

McAuliffe sought to allow all of Virginia’s estimated 200,000 felons to vote, but state courts said each individual felon’s circumstances must be weighed. To get around that, McAuliffe used a mechanical autopen to rapidly sign thousands of letters, as if he had personally reviewed them, even as his office was saying the total was 13,000.

Now, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned that McAuliffe — who managed Clinton’s unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign — churned out five times as many letters before the registration deadline than publicly claimed.

Virginia’s recent political history has seen multiple races that were decided by tiny margins. The 2014 U.S. Senate race, for example, was decided by only 17,000 votes, while the attorney general’s race came down to a mere 165 votes.

BACK IN THE DAY the party bosses rounded up the homeless and drunks and paid them to vote “early and often” for the boss’ slate.

McAuliffe went them one better, letting Virginia’s taxpayers – I once was one – foot the bill for publishing the pardons for convicted felons, primarily blacks. Blacks, according to the information above, traditionally vote for the Democrat party. (Please note it is “Democrat” NOT “DemocraTIC” party, which is OK since the U.S. is NOT a democracy; it never was and likely never will be, regardless of what party controls the government.)

According to a 60 Minutes segment that aired on November 6, 2016 titled Focus group reflects nation's dark mood ahead of Election Day,

    It is no secret that most Americans are angry and disappointed with the process and the choices that they have been offered. That was confirmed last week in a CBS News/New York Times poll that found 82 percent of likely voters more disgusted than excited about the election.

    CBS asked Republican pollster, public opinion analyst and CBS News consultant Frank Luntz if he could put faces and voices to this dark national mood by scientifically selecting a focus group that would reflect those polling results. And he did.

    Speaking of the sample group, Luntz told CBS' Steve Kroft that I want to listen to them. I want to ask them questions, and then sit back, and let it all roll over me. And the problem is people become so angry. And they become so vicious.

    Kroft asked: This is new? You’ve been doing this a long time.

    To which Luntz replied It’s never been like this. Look, I did this for you 18 years ago. We were talking about the impeachment of a president, and each person spoke their turn. No one talked over each other. Nobody yelled at each other.

    Today, there’s none of that.

    Luntz added that It took two minutes for them to explode. It took five minutes to actually get to the point where I lost control.

I'm not certain if the candidates are generating this ill-will or if Americans are getting what we deserve in the candidates.

Either way, America looses.


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