No voter ID? Then vote early and vote often.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has just passed a law that requires a photo ID when casting your vote. I can hear the cries of "racism" already. I never thought of ID being necessary to vote as a racism issue, any more than requiring a drivers license to legally drive a car, a racist issue. Or for that matter, providing ID when you buy liquor, rent a car, cash a check or board a plane. In actuality, the list of things that require a photo ID is quite lengthy. So why does a required ID to vote cause such an uproar? Aren't we all interested in an accurate and fair representative vote? Well, you'd think so wouldn't you, but... uh, uh. Democrats fight tooth and nail against any efforts to require a photo ID when voting. Gee. Its almost as if they want to encourage illegal and fraudulent voting. (sarcastic smirk) They know that most Americans think its a good idea to prove you are who you say you are when voting - and to vote just once, not multiple times. Since that's an argument doomed to fail, they have to address the issue in another manner. They need a boogieman. A diversion. VIOLA! When all else fails and logic takes a nap - enter "racism".

The story goes something like this;

Requiring poor, inner city people (re: Blacks) to provide ID is an insult and hearkens to the era of the poll tax. It creates fear and resentment. Plus these people probably don't have any ID because after all, they've been kept down by "The Man" so long. (It has nothing to do with the fact that this constituancy reliably votes Democratic 96% of the time) (2nd sarcastic smirk) Plus many old people don't drive, so they don't have drivers licenses. What kind of ID could they possibly have? So in addition to racism we have ageism.

Enter the facts.

First of all. I think it would be difficult to find anyone without a photo ID. My parents are 87 and 83. Both gave up their drivers licenses a few years ago. Yet, they have the FREE photo ID's issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. If you accept government assistance, you also have a photo ID. So the old and the poor are covered. In the event you don't have a photo ID, the state will allow you to cast a provisional ballot that could be included once ID is obtained, should a vote be close. So far, I'm not seeing the racist part - just the "stuff the ballot with bogus votes" part.

I'd have more respect for this farce if the Dems just came out and said; "Hey, we like stuffing ballots like in the old days. Its a Chicago tradition!" But instead they resort to the flimsiest of arguments that have no basis in reality. I imagine that lawyers for the opposition are preparing their legal briefs as we speak. Ready to bring the case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and eventually, the U.S. Supreme Court. And what will be their main argument? Well, the poor are to stupid to get an ID card and the old are too feeble. And in the upside down world we find ourselves in - sadly, that argument just may work.