A Lone, Sane Republican Vows to Address the Voting Rights Act by the End of the Year

[Tx4obama]

A Lone, Sane Republican Vows to Address the Voting Rights Act by the End of the Year

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While making a speech at a RNC event commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, Sensenbrenner said:

The first thing we have to do is take the monkey wrench that the court threw in it, out of the Voting Rights Act, and then use that monkey wrench to be able to fix it so that it is alive, well, constitutional and impervious to another challenge that will be filed by the usual suspects.

This is reminiscent of the days when partisanship was secondary when it came to things like reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act or the Voting Rights Act.

Sensenbrenner is one Republican with a solid record of supporting the VRA having worked to get it reauthorized under Reagan back in 1982 and again, under Bush in 2006. After the Supreme Court overturned the preclearance formula in June,he testified at a Senate Judiciary hearing on the VRA saying:

I did not expect my career to include a third reauthorization of the VRA, but I believe it is a necessary challenge. Voter discrimination still exists, and our progress toward equality should not be mistaken for a final victory.”

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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/2013/08/26/republican-jim-sensenbrenner-vows-vra-formula-year.html

[BlueDemKev]

1. Mr. Sensenbrenner better prepare for a primary challenge...

...from the TEA PARTY.

[Tippy]

7. Primary challenge would be the least of my worries.

They are getting so angry I fear for his life.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. That's amazing. Generally, Senselessbrainer is pretty much of a rightwing d-bag.

[busterbrown]

4. Freedom Fries was his creation, I believe!!

[Mike Daniels]

6. Bob Ney and Walter Jones were the ones promoting the change in the cafeterias in Congress

It was some loser restaurant owner in NC who first coined the name.

[Rectangle]

12. Ironically, It's Senselessbrenner that has a bit of "sense" this time

around!

I bet there is a Primary challenge revving up for him too.!

[HooptieWagon]

3. I'm amazed someone can use "sane" and "republican" in the same sentence.

[blkmusclmachine]

5. I guess this means that we can welcome another Blue Dog to the DEM Party soon.

[BlueDemKev]

9. *Wimper...Whine*

Great. Another Democrat-In-Name-Only who votes 98% of the time with the Rethugs on the most important issues.

[Sunlei]

8. why wait untill the last second to 'pretend' republicans want all Americans to vote.

such a fake rebranding of bullshit mountain.

[meow2u3]

10. I wonder if he's afraid blue states might suppress Republican voters

the same way Repuke legislatures went out of their way to suppress Democratic voters.

[Blue Idaho]

11. This is all about attracting black votes.

I noticed recently that some republican talking heads are trying to drive a narrative blaming those mean old Democrats for making it impossible for blacks to vote and it was the good old republican party that gave them their voting rights. After all - it was a republican that freed the slaves - right? While it may be technically true, the parties have completely reversed their positions over the last fifty years or so.

Right after Sensenbrenner made this announcement Rancid Priebus strolled up to the microphone with a big shit eating grin and said - looks like we have us some real news here today folks!

While I welcome any genuine effort to restore the voting rights act, the devil is in the details. My daddy taught me to never trust a republican - especially a John Bircher. I think I'll stick with that advice.

[Tx4obama]

13. Bump :)