Well, we all know that the Great Recession of 2008 has been bad. Most of us have been hit right where it hurts -- in our pockets.
Much ado was made in the purported "Tea/Republican Party Revolution" of 2010, when record numbers of incumbents were shown the exits in Washington and in state capitals around the nation. Voters were mad as hell, and just weren't going to take it anymore! And there were pledges of action on our top priorities as a nation.
So, as many state legislatures are winding up their current sessions and the US Congress prepares to depart for the hazy, lazy days of summer, we get the news that one of the main priorities on the minds of the people has, in fact, been firmly and thoroughly dealt with. We can all breathe a sigh of relief. No more worried days or sleepless nights.
It's voter fraud.
That's right...the "best and brightest" minds in the halls of our capitals have worked late into the night, burning the midnight oil in order to deal with that harbinger of gloom and doom: voter fraud.
The clearest example may be right here in my "home" (not) state of Florida, where our governor is expected to sign into law the bill party-lined through the legislature that places multiple restrictions on who can vote and when. It was hailed as "the most significant achievement" of Gov. Rick Scott's first legislative session.
Now, I know that Florida doesn't have the most sparkling reputation for electoral efficiency. But, according to "gubmint" records, there were an entire 31 cases of alleged voter fraud referred by the Florida Department of State over the last 3 years. My God...31 cases in a population of 18,537,000 people (give or take a few snowbirds.) No wonder the citizens were rioting in the streets to have this travesty overturned!
Or, as another class act governor has put it (I speak of none other than the Hon. Scott Walker of Wisconsin): "Wisconsin is broke" and some serious money has got to be saved. So, his legislature is considering a Voter ID bill that will cost (that's not a typo) taxpayers an additional $5.7 million per year. Holy Union Dues, Batman!
They're almost as bad in Wisconsin as the folks down in Florida; Attorney General Van Hollen found that a staggering 0.00003% of Wisconsin voters committed voter fraud. Yes, that’s about the same percentage as one has getting struck by lightning and greater than the chance to win the Lottery.
No need for me to drone on ad infinitum, ad nauseam.... you catch my drift, right?
Former President Bill Clinton was credited with perhaps the most micro-focused campaign strategy ever invented when, in unseating popular first-term President George H.W. Bush, he coined the phrase: "It's the economy, stupid!"
O, Slick Willy, where are you when we need you?
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