A recent article detailing the defeat of Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) throws into sharp relief the truth about turnout for the Democrat party. You probably don't remember, but Congressman Jefferson detoured a national guard unit to evacuate his personal property during Hurricane Katrina, only to have the armored vehicle get stuck. When other personnel arrived to extricate the vehicle and the beleaguered congressman, they discovered $90K in cash stored in his freezer.
The article blames Jefferson's defeat on low turnout by blacks in the district. Despite the allegedly phenomenal turnout on behalf of Barack Obama for president, apparently the blacks could not be bothered to turn out to vote for Jefferson, who is himself black. There were no buses organized for this special election, no free coffee and donuts, and no cash incentives to vote, and so the poor of New Orleans' ninth ward didn't show up to vote. It wasn't worth it to the Democrat party to repeat the expenditures of the general election for a single congressional seat.
Democrats routinely rely on matters of dubious legality to encourage voter turnout. You may recall that one of the observers at my polling place on election day was wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt, in flagrant violation of the nonpartisan rules governing his attendance. He kept it concealed from us for most of the day, and I suspect that among the poll workers I was probably the only anti-Obaman. Dead people, convicted felons, the homeless, people from other districts, etc., all file in on election day to help spur Democrat party victory. Although I've never seen these things in action, we know that in MN Al Franken (the failed comedian) is relying on tons of votes that suddenly appeared out of the ether to challenge the incumbent. Up in Reno, during the 2004 election, I remember seeing a bus pull up and unload tons of people at the high school where I voted in front of a man who then gave them a speech before they got in line.
So many people despise their franchise. They do not take advantage of it unless incentivized to vote. When you give people an extra incentive, they denigrate it's value, and you commit a crime, having in essence bought a vote. That which we obtain too easily we esteem too lightly. This is one reason why I oppose early voting. If they cannot be bothered to show up on election day and do what is necessary, maybe they don't deserve the right to vote.
The article blames Jefferson's defeat on low turnout by blacks in the district. Despite the allegedly phenomenal turnout on behalf of Barack Obama for president, apparently the blacks could not be bothered to turn out to vote for Jefferson, who is himself black. There were no buses organized for this special election, no free coffee and donuts, and no cash incentives to vote, and so the poor of New Orleans' ninth ward didn't show up to vote. It wasn't worth it to the Democrat party to repeat the expenditures of the general election for a single congressional seat.
Democrats routinely rely on matters of dubious legality to encourage voter turnout. You may recall that one of the observers at my polling place on election day was wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt, in flagrant violation of the nonpartisan rules governing his attendance. He kept it concealed from us for most of the day, and I suspect that among the poll workers I was probably the only anti-Obaman. Dead people, convicted felons, the homeless, people from other districts, etc., all file in on election day to help spur Democrat party victory. Although I've never seen these things in action, we know that in MN Al Franken (the failed comedian) is relying on tons of votes that suddenly appeared out of the ether to challenge the incumbent. Up in Reno, during the 2004 election, I remember seeing a bus pull up and unload tons of people at the high school where I voted in front of a man who then gave them a speech before they got in line.
So many people despise their franchise. They do not take advantage of it unless incentivized to vote. When you give people an extra incentive, they denigrate it's value, and you commit a crime, having in essence bought a vote. That which we obtain too easily we esteem too lightly. This is one reason why I oppose early voting. If they cannot be bothered to show up on election day and do what is necessary, maybe they don't deserve the right to vote.
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