44 States

[Minimalist]

Have so far refused to give the WLB non-public voter information.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/03/politics/k...index.html

Forty-four states and DC have refused to give certain voter information to Trump commission

Which is good because it would be like giving a baby a loaded gun.

[vorlon13]

49 states attorneys general thought Nebraska representative Lee Terry's legislation to allow spam phone calls on our cell phones (which seems to have happened anyhow) was a lame ass idea. Lee persisted in his error for quite a while after that, however, just like the Trumpers are going to do.

[Thumpalumpacus]

From the article:

The information the commission is seeking includes registrants' full names, addresses, dates of birth, political parties, the last four digits of their social security numbers, a list of the elections they voted in since 2006, information on any felony convictions, information on whether they were registered to vote in other states, their military status, and whether they lived overseas.

I wonder how many small-government Republicans will have the cojones to stand up against this? I wonder how many NRA members terrified of gun registration because of hypothetical government attempts to track owners are okay with this gambit of Trump's?

I'd better invest in an upgraded hypocrisy meter ... I get the sense my current one is about to shit the bed.

[Aegon]

Wait until you hear what he tweeted:

"Numerous states are refusing to give information to the very distinguished VOTER FRAUD PANEL. What are they trying to hide?"

My guess? Their tax returns!

[Jackalope]

From the article:

The information the commission is seeking includes registrants' full names, addresses, dates of birth, political parties, the last four digits of their social security numbers, a list of the elections they voted in since 2006, information on any felony convictions, information on whether they were registered to vote in other states, their military status, and whether they lived overseas.

I wonder how many small-government Republicans will have the cojones to stand up against this? I wonder how many NRA members terrified of gun registration because of hypothetical government attempts to track owners are okay with this gambit of Trump's?

I'd better invest in an upgraded hypocrisy meter ... I get the sense my current one is about to shit the bed.

There are, in my estimation, very few small government Republicans. They seem perfectly content to have an enormous, bloated military - at the expense of programs that would actually, you know, help the people. They are apparently perfectly happy having large government when it suits them, just as they're perfectly happy to have the government insert itself into things which are none of it's business - reference the article in the OP.

(I don't think Democrats necessarily exhibit any less hypocrisy, however, it gets on my wick whenever a claim to small government is made in reference to the GOP, much in the same wat that Democrats piss me off when they claim to be the party of the common man and spend so much time sucking Wall Street cock.)

[The Grand Nudger]

Because neocons aren't really conservative, or new.  They're just shitty, small minded, big gov tax and spend liberals.

-at least the self described liberals know to tax people who actually -have- money, these useless neocon pieces of shit keep trying to bleed a stone.

[Thumpalumpacus]

From the article:


I wonder how many small-government Republicans will have the cojones to stand up against this? I wonder how many NRA members terrified of gun registration because of hypothetical government attempts to track owners are okay with this gambit of Trump's?

I'd better invest in an upgraded hypocrisy meter ... I get the sense my current one is about to shit the bed.

There are, in my estimation, very few small government Republicans.  They seem perfectly content to have an enormous, bloated military - at the expense of programs that would actually, you know, help the people.  They are apparently perfectly happy having large government when it suits them, just as they're perfectly happy to have the government insert itself into things which are none of it's business - reference the article in the OP.

Oh, I hear you -- that's entirely the point of my dig. They pay lip-service to the ideal small government, and indeed appeal to it as they attempt things like cutting apart the social safety net or ACA.

In a gay-marriage discussion about five years ago on another forum, a noted conservative there (and a strict-reading Constitutionalist) was arguing against gay marriage, and as someone much more Libertarian then than I am now, I ripped him a new asshole about his mealy-mouthed crap ("You want a small government, but you think the government should be able to tell individuals who they can and cannot share their lives with?!").

The overwhelming majority of them are full of shit. But this time, their hypocrisy will be abetting an attack on our most prized institution -- the secret ballot.

[Jackalope]

Because neocons aren't really conservative, or new.  They're just shitty, small minded, big gov tax and spend liberals.

-at least the self described liberals know to tax people who actually -have- money, these useless neocon pieces of shit keep trying to bleed a stone.

Meh, they aren't liberal in any meaningful way that I'm aware of. I wouldn't necessarily describe them as conservative either. I have another, less kind adjective in mind.

Now watch one of them come along and accuse me of being a leftist extremist. You know who I speak of.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

This idiotic, undemocratic request for voter information aside, I find it odd that the instigator of the 'Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity' doesn't think Russian attempts to subvert the integrity of US elections merits serious consideration.

Boru

[Minimalist]

Can you imagine his opinion if he'd lost?