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Huckabee Encourages Vote Suppression: "The Lord's Work"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
While campaigning for Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee appeared to endorse voter suppression. He told supporters its "their job" to keep McDonnell opponents from the polls: "Let the air our of their tires ... keep 'em home. Do the Lord's work."
McDonnell's fans laughed, but Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe isn't amused. He sent a letter to his own supporters highlighting Huckabee's comments. "People died for the right to vote in this country," he writes, "and we have to protect it."
The full letter:
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Huckabee Encourages Vote Suppression: "The Lord's Work"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
While campaigning for Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee appeared to endorse voter suppression. He told supporters its "their job" to keep McDonnell opponents from the polls: "Let the air our of their tires ... keep 'em home. Do the Lord's work."
McDonnell's fans laughed, but Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe isn't amused. He sent a letter to his own supporters highlighting Huckabee's comments. "People died for the right to vote in this country," he writes, "and we have to protect it."
The full letter:
We just found out ...
McCain Leads Off Today's Budget Debate With A Retread Of Failed Republican Ideas
DownWithTyranny! —
You probably heard McCain barking on TV this morning about his own personal budget-- put together for him by his favorite lobbyists-- and how every Republican in the Senate would follow his leadership and vote for it. I would guess that almost every Republican hates his guts and doesn't see any need to put up with his egocentric showboating any longer. When the McCain budget came up-- more tax cuts for the rich, coupled with the destruction of Medicare and Social Security-- it was soundly defeated 60-38. Not only couldn't McCain get his best buddy Lieberman (I-CT) to vote for his harebrained scheme, not even ritual aisle crosser Ben Nelson (D-NE) ...
VIDEO: Huckabee Jokes About Keeping Voters Away from the Polls in VA Gubernatorial Election
The BRAD BLOG —
While out on the stump for VA's Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell, former Gov. Mike Huckabee made an hysterical joke to the laughing assembled crowd of Republicans, instructing them to "Do the lord's work" by not letting voters to the polls if they don't plan to vote for McDonnell. ...
And this is the NICE wingnut
Brilliant at Breakfast —
Brad Friedman uncovered this video of Mike Huckabee joking about vote suppression: Yup, that's the ticket -- tell a bunch of southern Republicans to resort to intimidation and thuggery to prevent those who might vote against his chosen candidate from getting to the polls. Brad puts Huckabee's ...
