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I can’t find anyone without an ID

Published 12:01am Wednesday, September 19, 2012

According to the Clarion Ledger, there has been 74 voter frauds registered since the year 2000 in the state of Mississippi. If 74 were caught, how many got by without being detected?

People who steal our votes are liars and thieves, and I hate liars and thieves. To me, they are more widely destructive than rapists and murderers. Rapists and murderers affect only the lives of a very few victims while vote thieves affect the lives of thousands, and even millions of people.

The people of Mississippi voted in 2011 by a 2/3 margin to adopt voter ID in the state. The legislature then enacted a law for it. This law is now being held up by the Justice Department as punishment today for the actions of our grandfathers many years ago. How long must we suffer for the sins of our grandfathers?

More liars intervene and say things like, “Voter fraud does not exist.” “The poor old folks don’t have access to photo ID.” What are the people who make these statements trying to hide? The answer seems obvious — voter fraud.

I recently had an X-ray in a nearby city. In filling out the forms, I was asked for a photo ID.

I asked the lady, “Why do you want my photo ID for an X-ray?”

She replied, “So we will know you are who you say you are.”

We then got into a little discussion. “Why, I asked do you want to prove my identity for an X-ray that affects only me when you don’t require photo ID for voters whose actions affect thousands of people and their assets?” I refused to show her my ID.

I could tell, at this point, that the attendant was getting hot under the collar. She said, “If you don’t show your ID, we can’t take your X-ray.”

I said, “What if I’m one of the poor old folks who don’t have a photo ID?”

She was getting really distraught, and I gave her my driver’s license. I asked, “Do you have any poor old folks without photo ID’s show up?”

She replied, “No.”

I rest my case about poor old folks and photo ID.

I have pulled this little prank several times in the past when asked for a photo ID to cash a check, etc.

I think if more people would do it, there would be pressure put on the bulldogs at the Justice Department in Washington to let our duly authorized legislation go!

 

Ed Field

Natchez resident

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  • Anonymous

    Yes Voter ID should be in effect this November!

  • Anonymous

    You won’t find anyone without an ID at the SS or Food Stamp offices either.

  • Anonymous

    I’m for voter ID, but you sir are an idiot. Rapists and murderers?  Oh, and what you described is not a prank.  Cellophane in the toilet bowl is a prank.  What you did is just called being a moron, and I would have tossed you.  They probably needed to verify your ID with your Medicaid since you sound like you’re about 65+ years old.  I bet you don’t like “entitlement programs” either huh?  Moron.

  • http://www.natchezdemocrat.com khakirat

    I’m a Democrat and I feel it only right to show a ID when voting and if I didn’t, I feel people would think I had something up my sleeve of doing fraud!! I have to show my ID ever so often and it makes me feel good when they ask for it while getting a whiskey!!!

  • Anonymous

    MY MORNING WAS FL0ATING ALONE PRETTY GOOD UNTIL I READ THIS ARTICLE. ED FIELD, DO YOU FEEL EVERYONE IS AS DUMB AS YOU.  YOU MIGHT LIVE IN AMERICA AND THAT’S ALL. I HATE FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU TRYING TO TAKE PEOPLE FOR FOOLS. HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL WRITING THAT CRAP?  YOU ARE NO MORE OR LESS THAN ANOTHER MITT ROMNEY FLUNKY. AND SPEAKING ABOUT MITT, THAT’S ONE OF THE STUPIDIST AND DUMBIST MAN I EVER SEEN. THAT LITTLE> BOY< HE PICKED FOR A V.P IS NO DIFFERENT. IF YOU THING THAT THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DON'T KNOW WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH THAT VOTER ID, YOU ARE JUST AS STUPID AS YOUR BUDDY MITT. IT WILL BE REPUBLICAN CAUGHT UP IN THAT MESS AS WELL. WHEN *PRESIDENT* OBEMA KICK MITT *** JUST LIKE HE KICKED McCAIN'S, IT WILL BE ALL OVER FOR THE RACIST PARTY OF "NO". ED, YOU GOT TO REMEMBER ONE THING, THERE ARE MANY IN YOUR PARTY DON'T LIKE THAT NUT. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU WILL BE PRINTING AFTER NOV. 6, 2012 YOU NUT.

  • Anonymous

    Closed mouths don’t cause trouble, Dave…hypocrite.  Khaki is a Democrat and supports voter ID.  Is he a racist Mitt Romney flunky as well?

  • Anonymous

    cowbellbill- YOU are an illiterate, backwards sounding hick.  Now, how does that make YOU feel? Mr. Fields makes excellent points, and I agree with him 100%. You don’t like his comparison? Okay, say you don’t and move on. You don’t have to immediately start being abusive. So coGIRLbill, ride off into the sunset and take your venom-spewing mouth with you, you saddle-sore sporting nut job. ( Doesn’t feel good to be attacked and called names, does it?)

  • Anonymous

    What “sins of our grandfathers” are you talking about and how is that relevant to voter ID?  

  • Anonymous

    DD – BY THE “RACIST PARTY OF NO”, DO YOU MEAN THE PARTY THAT STOOD ON THE STEPS OF SCHOOLS TO PREVENT BLACKS FROM ENTERING THE BUILDINGS??

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