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**WGRocky** · 04-08-2011, 09:56 PM

Read his actual words, not the WSJ's or whatever you want the words to be.

He never said "democrats and African Americans", yet you've used that construct twice. Nor did he said that they have a hard time getting an ID, the WSJ "presumed" that. He just said that these laws are an attempt to restrict voting.

So he wasn't implying it? What was he implying then? Using the term Jim Crow sure seems to bring race in to me.

Here's more:

Like Clinton, many Democratic representatives have compared voter ID laws to the Jim Crow laws that limited many African-Americans' right to vote in the early 20th century. Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) has accused Republicans of wanting "to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws and literally -- and very transparently -- block access to the polls to voters who are more likely to vote Democratic candidates than Republican candidates." Bill Clinton: Voter ID Bills Are Worst Effort To Disenfranchise Voters Since Jim Crow Laws (VIDEO)

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WGRocky Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 385 Senior Member	Read his actual words, not the WSJ's or whatever you want the words to be. He never said "democrats and African Americans", yet you've used that construct twice. Nor did he said that they have a hard time getting an ID, the WSJ "presumed" that. He just said that these laws are an attempt to restrict voting. So he wasn't implying it? What was he implying then? Using the term Jim Crow sure seems to bring race in to me. Here's more: Like Clinton, many Democratic representatives have compared voter ID laws to the Jim Crow laws that limited many African-Americans' right to vote in the early 20th century. Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) has accused Republicans of wanting "to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws and literally -- and very transparently -- block access to the polls to voters who are more likely to vote Democratic candidates than Republican candidates." Bill Clinton: Voter ID Bills Are Worst Effort To Disenfranchise Voters Since Jim Crow Laws (VIDEO)
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