In 2007, Prezident Bush nominated Hans von Spakovsky to the Federal Election Commission. It was a typical crony appointment.Hans is another amoral Republican who believes and acts on the premise that what's good for the Republican Party is good for the country and is most definitely God's will! He has a nasty record of messing in elections - in fact he's the one largely responsible for "purging" Florida's voting rolls in 2000 which resulted in Bush being appointed prezident by the U.S. Supremes.
He's also tried to defranchise voters in Georgia and in Indiana. Unfortunately, our "activist" Supreme Court justices just upheld his effort in Indiana.
According to SourceWatch, Ted Kennedy said Spakovsky, as a Justice Department lawyer, "was involved in a decision that rejected a recommendation of career Justice Department lawyers in a Texas redistricting case. Those lawyers had concluded that the redistricting plan violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 because it eliminated several districts where minorities had substantial voting power and illegally diluted black and Hispanic voting power."
And that's exactly the kind of immoral, unethical actions that define Spakovsky!
His nomination, thanks to Barack Obama and other Democrats, has been effectively blocked.
Hans threw in the towel back in January and left the FEC, but Bush has "resisted efforts to withdraw [his] nomination..." Of course he has. Bush doesn't make mistakes. And he owes Spakovsky - big time!
But now Bush claims he wants to "compromise," and he's nominated "two new Republicans and one new Democrat to the" FEC. This, according to the arcane rules of the U.S. Senate will somehow allow a separate vote on von Spakovsky.
Write your senators now. Tell them to vote "No." Hans is not a nice man. Hans will do anything to further the right wing Republican agenda. Hans is representative of exactly the kind of person we do not want on the Federal Election Commission!
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Hans is another example of how far from democracy our political leaders have strayed. It seems rare to find dedicated public servants trying to do what is right for the nation. Years ago there was always a loyal opposition, representing an opposing view. Both side then sat down and came to some compromise after debates. Even Newt Gingrich talked to Clinton and sometimes worked out something that was beneficial to the people. Since then, it has been a winner take all game, rather than an attempt to solve problems. We now have all sorts of problems waiting until something changes in our system, so that we can address serious problems and get off abortion, Ten Commandments, gay marriage, Christianity, etc. In the meantime, we are losing our edge in education, science, health care, military ability to protect ourselves, etc. We have hungry people watching bulti-billionaire weddings and social events. A f w, like The Gates and Buffets etc do more good than organizations using their own money and skills to help people all over the world. We have a crumbling infrastructure, global warming problems, food shortages admits plenty and an energy problem that will only get worse in the short run, not better. Our economy is good but depends upon pushing paper rather than creating jobs and making things. Our middle class, that used to buy things we made, no longer can afford to even eat out, let alone buy things, cannot educate their kids or hang onto their homes.
We are in trouble and the leading candidates do not tell us how they will improve things, We will vote based on personality and vague promises and get the administration we seem to deserve. We voted for a light weight twice and cannot change him into an effective leader. We must sit an wait for next January to begion to make changes.
Bob Poris
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