Retiring Guy's Digest

Monday, October 13, 2014

Glenn Grothman Speaks the Language of the Godfather of States' Rights

Why Did Black Voters Flee The Republican Party In The 1960s? (NPR, 7/14/2014)

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

[Barry] Goldwater can be seen as the godfather (or maybe the midwife) of the current Tea Party. He wanted the federal government out of the states' business. He believed the Civil Rights Act was unconstitutional — although he said that once it had been enacted into law, it would be obeyed. But states, he said, should implement the law in their own time. Many white southerners, especially segregationists, felt reassured by Goldwater's words. Black Americans, says Vince Hutchings, felt anything but:

"African-Americans heard the message that was intended to be heard. Which was that Goldwater and the Goldwater wing of the Republican party were opposed not only to the Civil Rights Act, but to the civil rights movement, in large part, as well."

Yup, the Grothman's back and he's on board with Barry.

Press release. Grothman Issues Statement on Supreme Court Voter ID Order
(10/10/2014)

Related posts:
Glenn Grothman, Quiet Man. (10/12/2014)
Tom Petri returns the favor to Glenn Grothman. (9/5/2014)
Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District primary: Less than 12% of voters paid attention. (8/24/2014)
Hey guys and gals, Scott Walker is not 100% convinced that Glenn Grothman can win the 6th CD. (8/23/2014)
Career politician Glenn Grothman moves one step closer to Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District general election. (8/22/2014)
To the tune of $692,000. (8/14/2014)
Glenn Grothman: A man without a mandate. (8/14/2014)
Glenn Grothman to Tom Petri: Thank you for your 35 years of service. (8/1/2014)
Duey Stroebel can't be bothered with fundraising, looks to buy seat instead. (8/1/2014)
Clearly, "common-sense bills" and "Grothman" should never be used in the same sentence. (7/9/2014)
Two career politicians pledge limited service in the U.S. House of Representatives. (7/8/2014)
Glenn Grothman, Affirmative Action, and the demographics of Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District. (4/28/2014)

The Republicans' Voter ID, "Common Sense" Echo Chamber

Appeals court dissenters blister state's voter ID law. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/10/2014)

Calling out the nonsense.

"Some of the 'evidence' of voter-impersonation fraud is downright goofy, if not paranoid, such as the nonexistent buses that according to the 'True the Vote' movement transport foreigners and reservation Indians to polling places," wrote Judge Richard A. Posner of the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

Also quoted in the article.

If nothing else, the Republicans have always been on message on this issue.

They are, of course, simply listening to their masters' voices.

Office of the Governor news release, 9/12/2014

News release, 5/7/2014

"Voter ID is still up in the air", a legislature column (8/9/2012)

Apparently, the phrase is also useful in all-purpose circumstances

John Nygren State Assembly

But after repeating this phrase ad nauseum, it does sound a bit goofy, which is probably why the appeals court judges opposed to voter ID threw it back in Republican faces last month.

“It is simply impossible, as a matter of common sense and of logistics, that hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin voters will both learn about the need for photo identification and obtain the requisite identification in the next 36 days.”