Admiring the Exposed Super-Egos in the Texas Voter ID Case

 

Victoria Rose Rodriguez is an 18 year old from San Antonio who is worried that the Texas Voter ID law would disenfranchise her.  So the Eric Holder led Department of Justice used the Texas teen to testify in Washington DC courtroom as a poster child to nullify Texas’s efforts to prevent voter fraud by demanding state issued identification before going to the ballot box.

In March, the Department of Justice blocked implementation of this Texas Voter ID Law as a violation of the Federal Civil Rights Act.  A three judge panel in Washington, DC is adjudicating the case.  Ms. Rodriguez’s testimony came at the end of the second day of testimony and clearly was an attempt by the Department of Justice to put a sympathetic human face to their case.  Attorney General Holder notes that only 8% of whites lack ID cards but that the statistic skyrockets to 25% for minorities.

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Albert Einstein on Life

Jay Z Inspired Faux Obama Rap

Jay Z with Obama in the background

During the dog days of summer, it is a good time to enjoy some non-polemic political parody before the full throes of the Presidential campaign.

This video by Iman Crosson (a.k.a. Alphacat) filks Jay Z's rap 99 Problems.

Methinks the protagonist protests too much. And it clearly is not authentic as the first person singular is not used enough during the rap.

Apologies to Jay Z.  For that matter, apologies for Jay Z.

Does Hope Have You Covered?

Sir Francis Bacon famously wrote that "Hope is a good breakfast but it is a bad supper."

 Since we have seen that Hope is not bringing home the bacon for America, it might be time for a positive Change in the White House.

h/t: Glenn McCoy

Dreams from Mitt Romney's Father

[2nd from L.] Gov. George Romney (R-MI) walking in MLK inspired Freedom March in Grosse Pointe, MI June 29, 1963

On the campaign stump, presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) will echo this pearl of wisdom from his father.

The photo shows newly elected Governor George Romney (R-MI) risking his political capital to participate in a Martin Luther King inspired Freedom March in his tony home town of Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the summer of 1963. This was not a one off photo op. Romney's father did not support 1964 GOP nominee Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) because of his civil rights position and earned the Michigan Governor vituperative hate mail.

This axiom paired with George Romney's example supporting civil rights is particularly poignant considering the early 2012 campaign meme smearing the Latter Day Saints' faith for not permitting blacks to be ordained as priests until 1978 to give the impression that Mormonism was tarred by racism.

Mitt, George & Lenore Romney, 1962
photo: AP

People should not choose Presidents for their pedigrees but for their proven accomplishments along with their policy aspirations. But much of President Obama's appeal has been on his biography while surrogates in the campaign and the media trash Mitt Romney's C.V. This notable quotable should shed light on the dreams of Mitt Romney's father which informs his son.