Robbie, you're missing the point of my column. A clear majority of Mississippians voted against "personhood" last fall, which would do much more than outlaw abortion with no exceptions for rape, incest or life of the mother, as I explain above. Romney's stance will allow the radical-radical right in Mississippi to push personhood on the state and win.
[Top 5 Things You Need to Know about Kris Kobach][1]
[His Southern Poverty Law Center Hatewatch entry][2]
[Kobach and Romney][3]
From that last link:
> During the early stages of the > primaries he decided to go > ultra-hard-core on immigration — so > hard-core, in fact, that he locked > himself in an embrace with the Kansas > secretary of state, Kris Kobach, who > wrote Arizona’s and Alabama’s noxious > racial-profiling immigration laws. Now > as Mr. Romney tries to move towards > the center for the general election, > he will have to win the votes of > people—including many Latinos— who > don’t necessarily view immigrants as > an invading army of criminals. > > Latino voters. The Kobach crowd. Mr. > Romney can try to have one or the > other, but probably not both. > > In January, Mr. Romney gleefully > accepted Mr. Kobach’s endorsement and > said he was “so proud” to have “Kris > on the team.” Mr. Kobach hailed Mr. > Romney as a “true conservative.” Four > months later, the relationship is not > so clear. Is Mr. Kobach still on the > team? This week the Romney campaign > told Politico no — he was not an > adviser, just a “supporter.” > > Mr. Kobach begged to differ. He’s > still an adviser. “Nothing’s changed,” > he told Think Progress and The National Review.
Watch Rachel Maddow's clip on R.L.'s (with intern Dylan Watson) work to get Hosemann to be straightforward about the state of voter ID; it starts about 1:30:
So, Hosemann put this press release out yesterday. (And cheers to JFP reporter R.L. Nave for "raising a stink," as Rachel Maddow called it last night when she plugged his stories, about this problem with Hosemann's (lack of) communication on his pet issue):
> No Voter ID Needed for Nov. 6 General > Election jackson, ms - Mississippi > voters will not need to present a > Voter ID or other approved photo > identification to cast a ballot in the > November 6 General Election. > Although more than 62 percent of > Mississippi voters in November 2011 > approved an amendment to the state > Constitution requiring voters to > present photo identification before > casting a ballot, the election law has > not yet received approval from the > U.S. Department of Justice. Therefore, > a Voter ID will not be required to > vote on November 6, 2012.
Thanks, Atlee. I asked the editors to make sure this was included as it's an important piece of the puzzle, but it slipped through somehow. I appreciate your posting it.
Um, ZOT. Did you read the piece I linked and follow the link in it to the Topeka news report? Kobach and two other Republicans said that it wasn't frivolous for that dude to sue to keep Obama off this fall's ballot there because they didn't trust the authenticity of his birth certificate? Do you know what "birtherism" is??? The question isn't whether they met; it's what they decided. And, yes, he withdrew it -- after Kobach said he had a valid concern about the birth certificate, and Kobach wouldn't even say if he believed Obama's birth certificate is real. Hell, most Republicans aren't that cray-cray anti-Obama.
I don't give a damn where he went to school, he's still clearly a whack-job. Why in hell is Phil Bryant hauling somebody with his track record into Mississippi to once again make us look stuck in the 1960s? To appease his Tea Party base that he spent so much time pandering to during the election?
As for your apologist take on his anti-immigrant efforts: Who are you kidding? Again, even most Republicans know these efforts are about profiling and being so mean to immigrants that they "self-deport" (a word that Romney and his adviser Kobach love).
And your contention that "illegal alients are illegal" isn't actually true if you do some homework on who actually makes up the undocumented immigrant population in America. "Treated with respect"? Please. Profiling people is never respectful.
My suggestion to you is to actual read what's linked before commenting and looking like you have no idea what actually happened or was reported.
This man has no business in MIssissippi, further tarnishing our reputation and our economic-development efforts. Phil Bryant should withdraw from this lawsuit, send him packing and apologize to the people of Mississippi for trying to make us look like we still live in Citizen Council times.
donnaladd says...
Romney's ad that is still running in Indiana today in support of Mourdoch -- the only ad he has done for a Senate candidate:
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BTW, "government-run health care" is dishonest.
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donnaladd says...
Robbie, you're missing the point of my column. A clear majority of Mississippians voted against "personhood" last fall, which would do much more than outlaw abortion with no exceptions for rape, incest or life of the mother, as I explain above. Romney's stance will allow the radical-radical right in Mississippi to push personhood on the state and win.
This is important to understand.
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donnaladd says...
Here is a story about Romney campaigning with Kobach with lots of links to follow:
[On MLK Day, Romney Campaigning With Anti-Immigrant Official Tied To Hate Groups][1]
And here's a video of Kobach saying that Romney is "far to the right" of other Republican candidates for presidents, not to mention President Obama:
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[1]: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/0…
On Who is Kris Kobach?
Posted 25 October 2012, 10:31 a.m. Suggest removal
donnaladd says...
Here's more on Kobach:
[Right Wing Watch.][1]
[Kris Kobach Criticized Over Voter ID Push By Kansas Secretary Of State's Office][2]
[(Arizona Sheriff) Joe Arpaio's New Counsel Kris Kobach, and His Disingenuous Statements to Fox 10][3]
[Kobach faces hostile questioning at Wichita meeting][4]
[1]: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/…
[2]: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/2…
[3]: http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastar…
[4]: http://www.kansas.com/2012/05/31/235548…
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donnaladd says...
More links about Kris Kobach:
[Top 5 Things You Need to Know about Kris Kobach][1]
[His Southern Poverty Law Center Hatewatch entry][2]
[Kobach and Romney][3]
From that last link:
> During the early stages of the
> primaries he decided to go
> ultra-hard-core on immigration — so
> hard-core, in fact, that he locked
> himself in an embrace with the Kansas
> secretary of state, Kris Kobach, who
> wrote Arizona’s and Alabama’s noxious
> racial-profiling immigration laws. Now
> as Mr. Romney tries to move towards
> the center for the general election,
> he will have to win the votes of
> people—including many Latinos— who
> don’t necessarily view immigrants as
> an invading army of criminals.
>
> Latino voters. The Kobach crowd. Mr.
> Romney can try to have one or the
> other, but probably not both.
>
> In January, Mr. Romney gleefully
> accepted Mr. Kobach’s endorsement and
> said he was “so proud” to have “Kris
> on the team.” Mr. Kobach hailed Mr.
> Romney as a “true conservative.” Four
> months later, the relationship is not
> so clear. Is Mr. Kobach still on the
> team? This week the Romney campaign
> told Politico no — he was not an
> adviser, just a “supporter.”
>
> Mr. Kobach begged to differ. He’s
> still an adviser. “Nothing’s changed,”
> he told Think Progress and The National Review.
[1]: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/…
[2]: http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/2…
[3]: http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/201…
On Who is Kris Kobach?
Posted 24 October 2012, 7:42 p.m. Suggest removal
donnaladd says...
Watch Rachel Maddow's clip on R.L.'s (with intern Dylan Watson) work to get Hosemann to be straightforward about the state of voter ID; it starts about 1:30:
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On Hosemann's Office: No Voter ID Needed
Posted 24 October 2012, 7:32 p.m. Suggest removal
donnaladd says...
So, Hosemann put this press release out yesterday. (And cheers to JFP reporter R.L. Nave for "raising a stink," as Rachel Maddow called it last night when she plugged his stories, about this problem with Hosemann's (lack of) communication on his pet issue):
> No Voter ID Needed for Nov. 6 General
> Election jackson, ms - Mississippi
> voters will not need to present a
> Voter ID or other approved photo
> identification to cast a ballot in the
> November 6 General Election.
> Although more than 62 percent of
> Mississippi voters in November 2011
> approved an amendment to the state
> Constitution requiring voters to
> present photo identification before
> casting a ballot, the election law has
> not yet received approval from the
> U.S. Department of Justice. Therefore,
> a Voter ID will not be required to
> vote on November 6, 2012.
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donnaladd says...
Thanks, Atlee. I asked the editors to make sure this was included as it's an important piece of the puzzle, but it slipped through somehow. I appreciate your posting it.
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donnaladd says...
Um, ZOT. Did you read the piece I linked and follow the link in it to the Topeka news report? Kobach and two other Republicans said that it wasn't frivolous for that dude to sue to keep Obama off this fall's ballot there because they didn't trust the authenticity of his birth certificate? Do you know what "birtherism" is??? The question isn't whether they met; it's what they decided. And, yes, he withdrew it -- after Kobach said he had a valid concern about the birth certificate, and Kobach wouldn't even say if he believed Obama's birth certificate is real. Hell, most Republicans aren't that cray-cray anti-Obama.
I don't give a damn where he went to school, he's still clearly a whack-job. Why in hell is Phil Bryant hauling somebody with his track record into Mississippi to once again make us look stuck in the 1960s? To appease his Tea Party base that he spent so much time pandering to during the election?
As for your apologist take on his anti-immigrant efforts: Who are you kidding? Again, even most Republicans know these efforts are about profiling and being so mean to immigrants that they "self-deport" (a word that Romney and his adviser Kobach love).
And your contention that "illegal alients are illegal" isn't actually true if you do some homework on who actually makes up the undocumented immigrant population in America. "Treated with respect"? Please. Profiling people is never respectful.
My suggestion to you is to actual read what's linked before commenting and looking like you have no idea what actually happened or was reported.
This man has no business in MIssissippi, further tarnishing our reputation and our economic-development efforts. Phil Bryant should withdraw from this lawsuit, send him packing and apologize to the people of Mississippi for trying to make us look like we still live in Citizen Council times.
On Who is Kris Kobach?
Posted 24 October 2012, 5:55 p.m. Suggest removal
donnaladd says...
He's also a birther whack job who wanted [to throw Obama off the ballot in Kansas for *this* election.][1]
Romney sure does have interesting friends and advisers—from Bush's neocons to birthers like Kobach and Trump.
[1]: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.c…
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