Wisconsin Voters Eligible - For Now

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Sunday’s (Oct. 19) Janesville Messenger contained an editorial comprised of excerpts from three national publications attempting to divert attention away from the important issues of the day with the overheated rhetoric of voter registration fraud.

Messenger Editorial Excerpt:
If we learned anything from the mess in Florida in 2000, it’s this: When elections don’t end on Election Day, things get ugly quickly. That is why today, and not the day after Election Day, is the day for Americans of all political stripes to aggressively press for more robust safeguards against vote fraud….. —National Review

Wrong. The day AFTER election day is the BEST time for states, attorney generals and local jurisdictions to prepare for and aggressively press for more voter safeguards for the next election.

In a bold-faced move just eight weeks before Election Day, Wisconsin’s Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen (R)started a frivolous voter registration lawsuit only after he became McCain's state campaign co-chair. Designed to deflate voter confidence and gum up democratic efforts, Van Hollen's suit was finally seen for what it is and thrown out of court on Thursday.

After Election Day '08, Van Hollen will have two more years until his own election day of reckoning, lets hope he finds the time then to do something about his newfound crusade against voters.

Read Marge Krupp's statement on the court ruling here.

Messenger Editorial Excerpt:
McCain and Palin are common sense conservatives and proven reformers. Their record of reform can be emphasized and contrasted with Obama’s and Biden’s record of conventional, go-along, get along liberalism. -- The Weekly Standard

But isn't the "go-along, get along" theme the social doctrine conservatives apply on those ever-changing liberals to participate in and join the status quo? Since when is liberalism "conventional" and conservatism anything else but "the same old?"

Messenger Editorial Excerpt:
ACORN helped make the term ”affordable housing” a Washington staple. So as the roots of the financial crisis are laid bare, take a hard look at ACORN. – The Washington Times

But everyone knows “unaffordable housing” caused the crisis, who do we blame for that?The Messenger also contained a confusing article written by Star Parker who blames government for the financial crisis when the masters of Wall Street speculated on an inch of deregulation and greedily turned it into a mile. Parker regularly and naively blames the government for creating the hold the “welfare state” has on the free markets, and its effect on urban centers, bankers and financiers. Yet, she implies – the free markets can regulate themselves. Our problem is - WE just don't understand.

If anything, Parker should at least convince herself with her own rationale and celebrate the financial crisis because after all, she writes - what we are watching is the latest failure of the welfare state. If you've read Parker's columns in the past, nothing should make her happier than this.

But if we are watching the failure of the welfare state as she alone understands and gleefully explains, will it still continue to fail if the rest of us don't understand it?

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The League of Women Voters put the fabricated crisis surrounding Wisconsin's voter registration in clear perspective.

League of Women Voters Urges Citizens to Vote:
People should not be put off by scare tactics, nor confused by misinformation and myths about voter fraud. Our system in Wisconsin is a model for the nation.

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Read humans refusing to smear Obama for McCain campaign.