It's not just Romney the Serial Truth Destroyer, or Ryan the Zombie-Eyed Granny Starver - it's the entire party. They can't win based on the strength of their ideas or their vision for America's future they have to try and steal the vote, then Lie and Misdirect about it the way the so-called "Moderate" Joe Scarborough does here.
via Media Matters.http://mediamatters.org/...
Recent changes in Florida's voting laws led to long lines and confusion the weekend before Election Day, with some voters waiting up to seven hours and others being turned away from the polls just days before their last chance to vote. Circumstances were so difficult for South Florida voters that the Atlantic Wire ran a story on Monday morning titled, "Voting Is Already a Mess in Florida."
In response to these reports, Brzezinski said "We've been talking about the impact of early voting in this race. There are some issues with early voting in Florida over the weekend when the Miami-Dade elections department closed its doors with hundreds of people still lined up outside. The center was shut down for an hour until officials were given permission to extend in-person absentee voting. Democrats have now filed a federal lawsuit to force the state's Republican-controlled government to extend early voting hours in South Florida."
Scarborough dismissed the story as an attempt to say: "Republicans bad. Rick Scott bad. Voting suppression." As Brzezinski and the Morning Joe guests continued to discuss the early voting issues in Florida, Scarborough repeatedly interrupted, yelling "Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi," making it nearly impossible for anyone to get a word in edgewise.
Time to call the Wahhh-bulance because people might have a legitimate reason to criticize Republican Governors for attempting suppression.
But the six hour waits in early voting lines in Florida and Ohio are not a "plot" to make Republicans look bad... it's the result of the Republicans being bad.
This is not a myth. This is not hype. It's Real.
As Rachel Maddow explained this weekend. http://www.rawstory.com/...
“If you are one of those people being forced to stand in those long lines tonight, tomorrow or on election day, honestly, your country needs you to do it,” Maddow said. “Your country needs you to do it not only because it’s your civic responsibility, but also because there are people out there trying to profit politically off of you not doing it. People who are counting on you not having the time or the commitment. People who are trying to profit off of you giving up. It’s gonna be hard to vote this year in a lot of places where it is most important that you vote. Your country needs you to stick it out. No matter who you are voting for, your country needs you to do it.”
If Ryan/Romney and the GOP using
these tactics, making this ridiculous argument, lying about the President, lying about Detroit, lying about Jeep, lying about Benghzi and now even lying about the President's response to Hurricane Sandy -- what kind of America would be wrought by people who stoop this low?
They need to lose. Badly. Decisively. Embarrassingly. Disastrously.
VOTE GOD DAMMIT, VOTE - like your Life Depends on it - because it just might.
Vyan