[Vision2020] Confused about Moore/GOP

[Donovan Arnold]

"I did not see in this article where Moore was giving gifts to solicit votes 
for a particular candidate or party -- only encouraging [bribing] people to 
vote."----Wayne Fox


Perhaps that is because they don't really care what the law says, they just 
want to find something to attack Moore with.

OK, here is where I am confused. Republicans are against frivolous lawsuits. 
Yet, they want to sue a man for handing out underwear?

First, if this is a violation of the Michigan law, they need to consider 
revising their laws.

Second, are the Republicans aware that College Student Republican Groups are 
entering students into raffles to win prizes for registering to vote?

I would tend to think that gambling and free stuff for registering to vote 
was a worse problem then free underwear as a gag. Of course, kids are going 
to need the clean underwear if Bush wins the election.

Did you the latest in Florida? Apparently, thousands of new registration 
cards were handed in with the "Republican Party" box checked. When the 
registration office received the cards, they thought it odd so many were 
checked, and checked Republican, so they called the newly registered voters. 
Huge numbers of them testified they didn't fill in the box.

http://www.news4jax.com/politics/3495828/detail.html
http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/02-fall/020919/b02republican19.html
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/mobile/article/you_call_this_a_democracy/

I really don't understand why someone would want to be President of a nation 
where you have to lie and sue them just to stay in power.

Take Care,

Donovan J Arnold

PS to conservatives reading this. Bush is NOT a Real Christian. Real 
Christians don't support legislation to execute 14 years diagnosed with 
mental retardation.


>From: "Art Deco aka W. Fox" <deco at moscow.com>
>To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] Confused about Moore/GOP
>Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 12:22:33 -0700
>
>All,
>
>Excerpts:
>
>LANSING, Mich. (AP) _Oct. 6, 2004 - Republicans say filmmaker Michael Moore
>should be prosecuted for offering underwear, potato chips and Ramen noodles 
>to
>college students in exchange for their promise to vote.
>During each program, habitual nonvoters are invited on stage to pledge to 
>vote.
>First-time student voters are offered gag prizes such as clean underwear.
>
>The GOP said it asked the prosecutors to charge Moore, a John Kerry 
>supporter,
>with violating Michigan's election law, which prohibits a person from
>contracting with another for something of value in exchange for agreeing to
>vote.
>
>I did not see in this article where Moore was giving gifts to solicit votes 
>for
>a particular candidate or party -- only encouraging [bribing] people to 
>vote.
>
>Perhaps the GOP does not believe in student suffrage.
>
>
>Wayne
>
>Art Deco  (Wayne Fox)
>deco at moscow.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
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